# How'd THAT song get stuck in my head? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2006, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515 "2006-05-05T10:12:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pretend_my_name_is_witty)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/21 "2006-05-06T00:42:05Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] But…you’re an Englishman!..do you even HAVE playgrounds there? [/QUOTE] I’m not even sure what this means. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/22 "2006-05-06T02:55:07Z")
Just so **Least Original** has the proper lyrics in his head: The Franz Ferdinand song is called “Take Me Out”. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/23 "2006-05-11T20:07:29Z")
Tinkywinky! Dipsy! Laalaa! Po! Teletubbies! Teletubbies! 😕 ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/24 "2006-05-11T20:33:58Z")
\*It’s much too groovy a summer’s day to waste runnin’ round in the city bum bum bum bum bumba-bum…\*\* \*my jukebox even provides the friggin’ bassline ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/25 "2006-05-11T20:58:55Z")
[QUOTE=Terminus Est] Just so **Least Original** has the proper lyrics in his head: The Franz Ferdinand song is called “Take Me Out”. [/QUOTE] I know. I was supplying the lyrics for A Ha’s big hit. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/26 "2006-05-11T21:10:16Z")
[QUOTE=pretend my name is witty] I’m not even sure what this means. [/QUOTE] Honestly, now that I’m seeing it again, I’ve got no clue what it’s supposed to mean either. I think I was being a brat and implying that people in England don’t play. Then again, being from Glasgow, maybe I was picking on Scots. I vote to chalk it up to temporary insanity. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/27 "2006-05-11T22:00:31Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] I woke up this morning with the song “Georgie Girl” in my head. No surprise there – it’s been on the mental jukebox for about three days. Where the hell did it come from? [/QUOTE] Thanks a lot, Twickster! Now that song is lodged in MY head. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Elko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elko/32/3196_2.png) [@Elko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elko)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/28 "2006-05-11T23:20:08Z")
For about a week recently, it was _Shipoopi_, from _The Music Man_. After a few days, I was begging the ghost of Buddy Hackett to get out of my head. That was replaced by _It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)_. Thankfully, that’s subsided somewhat & I am mostly earworm-free at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/29 "2006-05-11T23:23:56Z")
For me, it’s the 2nd and 3rd movements from the _Appassionata_. In no hurry to dislodge them. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/30 "2006-05-12T03:01:40Z")
[schnappi](http://www.schnappi.tv/neues.php) :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/31 "2006-05-12T04:12:33Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] I know. I was supplying the lyrics for A Ha’s big hit. [/QUOTE] I was pointing out the odd title in your post #5. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand Take On Me - a-ha Take Me On - :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/32 "2006-05-12T04:46:28Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Honestly, now that I’m seeing it again, I’ve got no clue what it’s supposed to mean either. [/QUOTE] That’s weird. It made sense to me. I thought you were referring to the lyrics: _In West Philadelphia born and raised On the playground where I spent most of my days Chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool And all shooting some b-ball outside of the school_ Also, Fresh Prince does seem like a strange show to make it overseas. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/33 "2006-05-12T07:19:17Z")
I read a book. In the book, a character gets the following phrase into his head, to the tune of “Guantanamera”: “One referee… There’s only one referee Two-ooh-ooh linesmen… But only one referee–eee.” _From a book!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/34 "2006-05-12T07:23:47Z")
[QUOTE=aruvqan] [schnappi](http://www.schnappi.tv/neues.php) :smack: [/QUOTE] Oh, that’s just _evil._ I’ve got a new one going through my head. _God gave rock and roll to you! Gave rock and roll to you! Gave rock and roll to everyone!_ You’d think if I had to constantly hear a Kiss song, it might at least be one of the good ones. What makes it worse is I don’t know any of the other words, so it’s just the chorus, over and over and over… ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/35 "2006-05-12T08:04:37Z")
I’ve got [this song](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php) stuck in my head. You’re welcome. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/36 "2006-05-12T08:46:57Z")
[QUOTE=Cordial Jim] _How bizarre, how bizarre_ [/QUOTE] Bastard!!! :mad: :mad: I heard that song earlier today and it took me TWO HOURS to get it out of my head! Now I gotta replace it with something even more annoying: \*We can dance if we want to We can leave your friends behind Coz your friends don’t dance and if they don’t dance Well they are no friends of mine (I sayyy…) We can go where we want to Place where they will never find And we can act like we come from out of this world Leave the real world far behind We can dance…we can dance…everything out control We can dance…we can dance…we’re doing it wall to wall We can dance…we can dance…everybody look at your hands We can dance…we can dance…everybody takin’ the cha-ah-aaaance…\* ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/37 "2006-05-12T09:19:55Z")
We’re working “on location”; we have some programmers working for us back at central and an Away Team of programmers here. The head programmer gets a lot of phone calls. One of the other programmers started whistling the bolero “Somos Novios” (“we’re in love” would be a decent translation, it’s not literal) whenever a call came for his boss. Now he plays it in his computer. And because of this I’ve been getting the Best Boleros Ever Playlist running through my head 😛 Along with a selection of pasodobles - all of it music I would never listen to! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/38 "2006-05-12T09:29:38Z")
[QUOTE=Team of Scientists] That’s weird. It made sense to me. I thought you were referring to the lyrics: _In West Philadelphia born and raised On the playground where I spent most of my days Chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool And all shooting some b-ball outside of the school_ Also, Fresh Prince does seem like a strange show to make it overseas. 😕 [/QUOTE] Fresh Prince not only made it overseas: they were thinking of cancelling it after the second season, but it was doing so well overseas that they didn’t. The translation and dubbing teams were great. They actually translated pop references well. If the original said “Oprah”, the Spanish version says “la Campos” (who, funnily enough, is known in Latin America as well as in Spain due to International Spanish Television). The voiceover actors were very, very good. And a lot of the stuff that happens is highly recognizable in any culture; even though the uncle is a judge you don’t get to learn about a distorted version of the US legal system (which is very different from the legal system common throughout Southern Europe and Latin America) as it happens in cop series for example. You don’t need to know what a “valley girl” is, so long as you’ve got the notion of “fresita” (Costa Rica) or “pija” (Spain) — the Bel Air elder cousins are almost, almost, ALMOST as pijos as Enrique Iglesias! Only almost. Fresh Prince got a much higher market share overseas than it did in the States. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515/39 "2006-05-12T12:45:49Z")
Whenever my husband or I have a nasty ear worm one of us sings [this](http://krofft.dementedstuff.com/bugathem.wav) and that gets rid of it right away. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-that-song-get-stuck-in-my-head/355515.md?page=1)