# For the love of Pete, get this song outta my head! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337 "2002-10-15T15:18:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/21 "2002-10-15T17:44:07Z")
**Zebra** , darling, you know there’s no one else. (Well, except for Rebound Guy. But his name is Ben, and that’s lust, not love. :D) But no, no Grease songs for me. Arrgh. So far, cow-orkers have suggested: 1. The theme from **Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood** (no way!) 2. **Rocky Top** by John Denver 3. Just about every song from a Broadway musical. Oh great. Now my cd drive in my computer is stuck! I’ll be listening to **A Perfect Circle** for the rest of the day now. It’s a plot, I tell ya! A plot to make me _CRAZY_! ---
**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/22 "2002-10-15T18:01:29Z")
Damn you all! Now I have the Brady Bunch song, This is the song that never ends, It’s a small world AND the Love boat theme (the first few words that **Second Guest** posted, I’m not as old as you 😛 so I have just those few in here) ALL STUCK IN MY HEAD!!! ::Grabs 3 Doors Down, turns speakers way up:: ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/23 "2002-10-15T18:01:50Z")
One day, one night, Saturday’s alright **Online’s just fine, nighttime, anytime** _ **GET YOUR DEGREE, SET YOURSELF FREE** _ _ **NATIONAL AMERICAN UNIVERSITY!!!** _ :goes completely insane: ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/24 "2002-10-15T18:22:47Z")
“We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun” :: d&r :: ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/25 "2002-10-15T19:20:43Z")
They got the mustard OUTT!!! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/26 "2002-10-15T19:27:53Z")
Ooooooo **Politzania** … That was cruel! That damn thing just keeps going up an octave and never ends. \*Well I think I’m going out of my head. Yes, I think I’m going out of my head Over Youuuuuuuuu… \* ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/27 "2002-10-15T19:57:19Z")
And, if I might contribute in some small way to the putrefaction of your grey matter… **Jungle Boogie! Jungle Boogie, yeah Jungle Boogie! Jungle Boogie, yeah…** [sub]You know what they call a Quarter-Pounder with Cheese in France?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![xcheopis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xcheopis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xcheopis)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/28 "2002-10-15T19:59:01Z")
_Oh it’s been getting so hard Living with the things you do to me My dreams are getting so strange I’d like to tell you everything I see_ _Oh and see a man at the back as a matter of fact His eyes are as red as the sun And the girl in the corner let no one ignore her Cause she thinks she’s the passionate one_ _Oh Yeah! It was like lightning Everybody was fighting And the music was soothing And they all started grooving_ _Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah And the man in the back said everyone attack And it turned into a ballroom blitz And the girl in the corner said boy I want to warn you It’ll turn into a ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz_ [SUB]Ballroom Blitz by Sweet, 1975[/SUB] ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/29 "2002-10-15T20:09:16Z")
I’ve tried. I’m almost in tears (;)), because I know this song is going to drive me crazy. I did it. I finally broke down and found [this](http://tv.cream.org/themes/loveboat.mp3). It’s all over, folks. This song has been permanantly seared into my brain. My only consolation is that when I sent the link to **pbrtallboy** , it immediately started playing, and the people in the cubicles next to his were frowning. MWAH HA HA HA! If I can’t cure the disease, I can at least spread it around! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/30 "2002-10-15T21:24:10Z")
Your only hope is to come to NYC and have a marathon wild monkey sex sexsion with me. (watch, that song will fly right out of her head now) ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/31 "2002-10-15T22:57:26Z")
“Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip. That started from this tropic port, aboard this tiny ship…” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/32 "2002-10-15T23:16:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zebra \* > \*\*Your only hope is to come to NYC and have a marathon wild monkey sex sexsion with me. > \*\* I’m cured! Oh, no I’m not. Heh heh… you said “sexsion”… ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/33 "2002-10-16T00:19:08Z")
As a recovering Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder victim, I suggest either “You’re still the one” by Shania Twain, or “Pines of the Appian Way” by Respighi. Theoretically, “Hindi Sad Diamonds” from the _Moulin Rouge_ soundtrack could work as well. May the gods save you if THOSE songs aren’t powerful enough. Ranchoth ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/34 "2002-10-16T00:27:02Z")
_Gimme a break, Gime a break, Break me off a piece of that Kit Kat Bar…_ Repeat as necessary. Near guaranteed to scramble out any other song residing in your brain. ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/35 "2002-10-16T00:42:45Z")
“The Girl From Ipanema”. Definitely. Or, alternately, “Angry Johnny” by Poe. That song’s the Anti-Love Boat Theme, I think. And **zebra** , what about giving _me_ a marathon sex session? After all, I need it. Truly. Maybe we can do it on a Long Island Railroad train. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/36 "2002-10-16T02:58:38Z")
I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves, Everybody’s nerves, everybody’s nerves, I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves and this is how it goes: I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves, Everybody’s nerves, everybody’s nerves, I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves and this is how it goes: I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves, Everybody’s nerves, everybody’s nerves, I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves and this is how it goes… ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/37 "2002-10-16T04:37:44Z")
Oh how happy I am that I do not know the theme song from Love Boat. First person to trick me into clicking a link to it will suffer from The Wrath of Cecil. [sub]I hope…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![iconoplast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3d9bf3/32.png) [@iconoplast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iconoplast)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/38 "2002-10-16T09:36:58Z")
No no no. Try the theme song to “Sealab 2021”. If you haven’t and can’t find it, let me know. I’m always happy to… um… help. Yes, help. ---
**Author:** ![pbrtallboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f475e1/32.png) [@pbrtallboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbrtallboy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/39 "2002-10-16T12:06:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skerri \* > \*\* > > My only consolation is that when I sent the link to **pbrtallboy** , it immediately started playing, and the people in the cubicles next to his were frowning. > > MWAH HA HA HA! > > If I can’t cure the disease, I can at least spread it around! > > 😃 \*\* FYI, the only person that frowned is a chick from England who’d never heard it before. It went something like this: Me: “You should play this at your wedding this weekend – it’s romantical!” Her: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337/40 "2002-10-16T18:07:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*What I hate is when you know the tune but not the words and you have to make up your own. My personal ditty makes me cringe but I don’t know how it’s suppossed to go… > > _Jesus Christ, Superstar > Who in the hell do you think you are?_ > > :eek: \*\* Gah! My friends and I saw this show and went around singing the _exact same thing!_ :eek: I don’t think any of us actually knows the words. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-pete-get-this-song-outta-my-head/132337.md?page=3)