# Help get this friggin' song outta my head! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-get-this-friggin-song-outta-my-head/80265 "2001-09-07T17:26:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-get-this-friggin-song-outta-my-head/80265/61 "2001-10-04T02:40:58Z")
Hey Dude don’t be so sad Take a bad song and make it better Remember it’ll always be under your skin Once you begin to make it better, better, better, better– Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Na, na, na, na na na naaaaah Na na na naaaaah hey Jude ---
**Author:** ![labradorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@labradorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labradorian)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-get-this-friggin-song-outta-my-head/80265/62 "2001-10-04T03:28:25Z")
Let the professional help you out: Anybody could be that guy Night is young and the music’s hi-iiiiiiggghhh With a bit of rock music, everything is fine You’re in the mood for dance And when you get the chance… (badiddump badiddump badiddump) You are the Dancing Queen, young and sweet, only seventeen Dancing Queen, feel the beat from the tambourine This is all that I’ll write: I won’t infringe copyright (ooo-ooo-ooo-oooh) It’s too late, Now you’ve seen, and you’re humming “Dancing Queen” ---
**Author:** ![ewing1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@ewing1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ewing1)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-get-this-friggin-song-outta-my-head/80265/63 "2001-10-04T04:37:16Z")
Labradorian, you’re good, but not quite a pro yet. . .try these: "Golden words he will pour in your ear, "But his lies can’t disguise what you fear, "For a golden girl "Knows when he’s kissed her, "It’s the kiss of death from Mister "Gollllldfinger. . . " "Here we come, walkin’ down the street, "We get the funniest looks from "Everyone we meet “Hey, hey, we’re the . . . .” "That’s me in the corner "That’s me in the spot "Light "Losing my religion "Trying to keep "A "View “And I don’t know if I can do it. . .” "Whoa, oh, oh "Oh, your cities lie "In dust "My friend “Whoa, oh, oh. . . .” Finally, the secret weapon my classmates and I used to drive our grade school teachers stark, raving mad when cooped up with us on the bus on a field trip (I think it originally came from MAD magazine): "Jingle Bells, "Batman smells "Robin laid an egg. "The Batmobile "Lost a wheel “And Penguin got away. . .” My apologies and accolades to all the copyright holders – your work may be conducive to inducing group neuroses and mass consumption of ETOH, but it is DEFINITELY withstanding the test of time. . . . ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-get-this-friggin-song-outta-my-head/80265/64 "2001-10-04T04:55:50Z")
This is the only antidote: [http://f2.org/humour/songs/realworld.html](http://f2.org/humour/songs/realworld.html) > [@](#): > > It’s a world of acne, a world of germs. > It’s your brand new dog coming down with worms. > It’s the notes being played > By a cockroach parade, > It’s the real world after all. > > It’s the real world after all, > It’s the real world after all, > It’s the real world after all, > It’s the real world after all. ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-get-this-friggin-song-outta-my-head/80265/65 "2001-10-04T05:12:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pessor \* > \*\*… > "Why do birds > suddenly appear… > Every time > You are near? > > Just like me > they long to be… > Close to You" > > WAhhhhhhhhhhh laaaaallaaallaaallaaaahhh > Close to youuuuu…" > \*\* Kind of a hijack, but I thought it funny: In Downey, California, where I went to high school, (and where they grew up, I think) Karen and Richard built two apartment complexes near my church. They named one complex “We’ve only just begun” and the other one “Close to you”. Gag. Or, did I just dream that? Naah. -Sue p.s. Today at work, Kevin was griping about having “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?” stuck in his head. So we drove it home by singing it to him. I was surprised that between two of us, we knew all the words. He’s probably cursing me now. p.p.s. I have a friend with an annoying habit – she bursts into (quiet) song periodically, usually the same couple of lines from a song. I told her one day that she had ‘Musical Tourette’s’. Man, I crack myself up sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-get-this-friggin-song-outta-my-head/80265/66 "2001-10-05T02:02:06Z")
do-the-jitterbug You-put-the-boom-boom-into-my-heart wake-me-up-before-you-go-go don’t-leave-me-hanging-on-like-a-yo-yo wake-me-up-before-you-go-go I-don’t-want-to-miss-it-when-you-hit-that-high ---
**Author:** ![labradorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@labradorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labradorian)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-get-this-friggin-song-outta-my-head/80265/67 "2001-10-05T02:16:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ewing1 \* > \*\*Labradorian, you’re good, but not quite a pro yet. . .try these: \*\* I am rubber. I am too young and too pop-culturally illiterate for these wimpy weapons to have much effect on me. Fortunately my personal earworms are cool pretty cool and I don’t mind them hanging around: - Do you recommend I wait a while direct and live or keep it constant and selective Blue I can read your mind if you want to I will let you Blue I can read your mind if you want to I will let you \* Justine Frischman is Goddess. _My hands are cupped and full of blood My eyes are spirals I am on my knees and praying That is how I pray cause thatis how you pray Rat rat rat rat rat rat HWUH Tongue thickens I am with those who eat drugs Who peek over the wall and get shocked Shocking is therapy ELECTRIFY YOUR HEAD!_ So is Kristen Hersh. ---
**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-get-this-friggin-song-outta-my-head/80265/68 "2001-10-05T02:23:44Z")
Here’s another song (or two) to knock out any others that might be clinging to your mind: …“I am cow, hear me moo, I weigh twice as much as you, and I look good on the BBQ”… …“History is made by stupid people, better people wouldn’t even try! So if you want a place in the history books then do something dumb before you die!”… (Both songs by the [Arrogant Worms](http://www.arrogant-worms.com/). First is “I am Cow” second is “History Is Made By Stupid People”.) (In fact, listening to them now to make sure I don’t get any of the songs mentioned previously by people stuck in my mind.) * * * \<\< Sing a song of six-pence… \>\> ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-get-this-friggin-song-outta-my-head/80265/69 "2001-10-05T05:26:45Z")
Periodically, over the years, it comes back. Like an old friend, whom we normally like, but who has, this one evening, WAY outstayed his welcome… Duke Duke Duke Duke of Earl Duke Duke Duke of Earl Duke Duke Duke Of Earl Duke Duke! ad infinitum [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-get-this-friggin-song-outta-my-head/80265.md?page=3)