# GAAAHHH!!! Damn this song!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 8, 2002, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810 "2002-11-08T01:17:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/21 "2002-11-08T23:34:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dread Pirate Jimbo \* > **The song currently stuck in my head is “I’m Gonna Getcha Good” by Shania Twain. It’s such a mediocre song! And I don’t even listen to country music! GAAAACK.** That song reminds me of aliens. I think it’s a certain instrument in the downbeat. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/22 "2002-11-08T23:36:32Z")
I know this is hijack but **Joe K** , your sig would be hilarious…except Mary McCartney died of breast cancer before Paul ever met that Lennon boy. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/23 "2002-11-09T14:12:57Z")
Hey, **Lucki** , it’s better than having the theme song from “The Love Boat” stuck in your head. (Like I did for three weeks.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Green\_Feather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@The\_Green\_Feather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Green_Feather)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/24 "2002-11-09T16:10:05Z")
The cure for a song stuck in your head is to hold someone firmly by the shoulders and yell the offensive song at them. This will transfer the song to them. The drawback to this cure? The person you transfer the song to must be a friend. This happened to a co-worker of mine. He had the barney song stuck in his head. He called to another co-worker, ‘Could you come out into the hall for a minute?’ Next thing we heard was a very loud and off key rendition of the barney song. The co-worker came back in dazed and confused (but not in a led zepplin way). My friend almost earned a ride in the white van wearing a wrap around sport coat. Those are the risks… ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/25 "2002-11-09T16:22:35Z")
I actually like the ketchup song but will not learn the dance as it is all I can do to walk any more without tripping over my own two feet. [sub] I love Crowded House, and also just got a copy of A Hard Day’s Night on DVD, and am not going to hell. Right?Right?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/26 "2002-11-09T17:12:31Z")
Hell, I’ve been tryin to get this song out of my head for over 20 years. \*Ah, everybody get on the floor, let’s dance Don’t fight the feeling give yourself a chance Shake, shake, shake - shake, shake, shake Shake your booty, shake your booty Oh, shake, shake, shake - shake, shake, shake Shake your booty, shake your booty Oh, you can, you can do well, very well Your love can stand the world, I can tell Oh, shake, shake, shake - shake, shake, shake Shake your booty, shake your booty Oh, shake, shake, shake - shake, shake, shake Shake your booty, shake your booty…\* ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Broken\_Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Doll)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/27 "2002-11-10T05:56:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by todd33rpm \* > **To forget a song/commercial jingle you have stuck in your head, hum or sing the melody line to "The Girl From Ipanema."** Oh great. I had the Ketchup song stuck in my head from reading this thread [ooh, that rhymes], so I tried your little trick but got **The Girl From Ipanema** mixed up with **Copa Cabana** …now I have THAT stuck in my head. Damn my feeble brain! …at the Copa…Copa Cabana…_sings off-key_ ---
**Author:** ![todd33rpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@todd33rpm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/todd33rpm)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/28 "2002-11-10T10:46:50Z")
**Steve Wright** , **Blowero** and **Broken Doll** : My apologies…I work at a commercial radio station (thankfully not affiliated with one of the villainous corporations mentioned earlier), and when you get _every_ horrible political spot and badly-produced/annoying advertisement stuck in your head _all the time_, you take any relief you can get. My problem is that I invariably get the version of “Ipanema” that plays on the elevator in _The Blues Brothers_ and outside the elevator in _Mallrats_ stuck in my head…but it is preferable to hearing children badly singing campaign jingles. _Trust me._ (shuddering) ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/29 "2002-11-10T12:00:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skerri \* > \*\*Hey, **Lucki** , it’s better than having the theme song from “The Love Boat” stuck in your head. (Like I did for three weeks.) \*\* Or what I realized I was whistling as I walked through the grocery store yesterday - _If I only had a bran_ from the Wizard of Oz. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/30 "2002-11-10T12:02:47Z")
That’d be a _brain_, not a _bran_ big difference there. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/31 "2002-11-10T12:53:22Z")
If I had a bran, I’d be regular. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/32 "2002-11-10T15:45:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lsura \* > Or what I realized I was whistling as I walked through the grocery store yesterday - _If I only had a bran_ from the Wizard of Oz. Damn you, **Lsura**! Now I know what’ll pop into my head every time I go into the breakfast cereal aisle looking for my two scoops of raisins. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/33 "2002-11-11T00:29:51Z")
**Delta-9** , you are _evil_! How could you inflict that on me? However, the “Girl From Ipanema” treatment seems to be working. Fortunately, I _like_ that song. Maybe I should just fire up iTunes… ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/34 "2002-11-11T00:51:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skerri \* > \*\*Hey, **Lucki** , it’s better than having the theme song from “The Love Boat” stuck in your head. (Like I did for three weeks.) \*\* _Three weeks_? I think I’d have to shoot myself in the head. Oh, and I just listened to “The Ketchup Song”, and I _like_. Quite a lot, actually. It’d make a great mambo number. ---
**Author:** ![SpasticKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@SpasticKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpasticKitty)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2002, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/35 "2002-11-11T21:51:13Z")
Speaking of the Ketchup Song… A few months ago I saw something my sister had downloaded from the Internet…a cartoon Spiderman dancing to the Ketchup Song! It doesn’t sound that funny to begin with, but when I saw it I laughed my ass off! I don’t have a link, nor do I know of any way to go about getting a link. Does anyone else here know what I’m talking about? Or am I just crazy? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/36 "2002-11-11T22:19:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jayjay \* > **Velma, try [here](http://www.theketchupsong.com/).** Well, the girl’s cute, anyway. Y’know, the one with the boobs. What? ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2002, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/37 "2002-11-12T04:38:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lsura \* > \*\* > Or what I realized I was whistling as I walked through the grocery store yesterday - _If I only had a bran_ from the Wizard of Oz. \*\* Dammit!!! So, I’m up on a house roofing today and YEP you guessed it. I’m gonna set that damned scarecrow on fire and his little dog too. Thanks Lsura…:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2002, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/38 "2002-11-12T05:22:16Z")
You all should have been there the day I was playing cards with MIL and SIL and every so often, and totally without conscious will, I would sing, “JAM to the mutha!” I’m surprised that I survived to tell the tale, to be honest. Why they didn’t shoot me that day I’ll _never_ know. No jury in the world would have convicted them! And that’s all that I know of that song, too. Nearly drove ME nuts before I got it out of my head! Maybe they figured that was punishment enough… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2002, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/39 "2002-11-12T06:32:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lucki Chaarms \* > Foolishly, I downloaded this song. It remains stuck in my head. I keep listening to it, trying to ease the pain. It remains, oh, it remains. I hate this song!! Get it out of my head!! It’s terrible!!! Oh, you think _you_ have problems? HA! There was a thread a week or so ago in Cafe Society about cheesy songs. Being a conneisuer (sp?) of such, I wrote out a list of my favorite cheese classics. Someone (I could look it up if necessary) mentioned an old song called _Never Been to Me_, which I just barely remembered. So I “looked it up” and I CAN’T GET THE FREAKIN’ THING OUT OF MY HEAD!!! FOR OVER A WEEK!!! God, what did I do to deserve such torment??? ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2002, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810/40 "2002-11-12T07:26:22Z")
I guess that i do not have it too bad when the radio in my head always plays _Weather With You_ and Crowded House. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaahhh-damn-this-song/135810.md?page=3)