# I can't get that song out of my head! AAAAHHH!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826 "2008-03-26T19:03:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [March 26, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/1 "2008-03-26T19:03:13Z")
All day long, I have had “Georgy Girl” going on a perpetual loop tape in my head! I even normally like the song, but after the umpteenth time I’ve heard (imagined hearing, course) the Seekers singing “Heyyyyyy therrrrrrre…Georgy Girl!” I wanted to scream. Hoping to get it out of my head, I turn on the office radio. The office radio is generally kept on the ‘oldies/light rock/pop’ station, and about ten minutes on, wouldn’t you know what song comes on? Ahhhhh!!! What’s running through your mind right now? ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/2 "2008-03-26T19:15:58Z")
Recently, on PBS, I watched “Ferrets: The Pursuit of Excellence.” It’s a short film about ferret-lovers. Throughout the film, a pleasant redheaded woman named Barb Carlson, who is holding a large cream-colored ferret, sings a filk-type [song](http://youtube.com/watch?v=pRfwNjw82GY) about a mischievous ferret: “Ferret, oh, ferret, gatherer of stuff, ferret, my ferret, when will you have enough?” That ferschlugginer song is stuck in my head, and I fear that it won’t come out until I send a ferret in after it. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/3 "2008-03-26T19:51:48Z")
Dit dit dii di Dit da dii di Dit dit dit dit dit da dii di ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/4 "2008-03-26T21:00:55Z")
I learned about this cure on this very board. I had a horrible song stuck in my head. For three days! Find your old game boy, set one of those tunes, and play a few games. It works, really. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/5 "2008-03-26T21:13:29Z")
Da, da, DAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Da, da, DAAAAA DAAAAAA! Da, da, DAAAAA DAAAAAA da da. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/6 "2008-03-26T21:44:16Z")
Click on the icon, [listen to this](http://www.shaggs.com/) and you’ll never complain about another song. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/7 "2008-03-26T22:11:25Z")
I watched _Oliver!_ a week ago, and that damned maddeningly catchy march, “Cheerio and be back soon” is stuck. the. hell. in. my. head. It’s like hiccups: after a couple of days it’s seemingly gone, but the next day bam! it’s lodged in there again. I’m aggressively humming Rossini overtures and Broadway tunes, anything catchy or bombastic, to drive it out. Nothing’s working. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/8 "2008-03-26T22:22:25Z")
Here you go. If ever you need an earworm replaced, these will do: [Llama](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama) [Taters](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/taters) [Leekspin](http://www.skammich.com/leekspin.html) [Choccy](http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/choccy/) [Ultimate Showdown](http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/ultimate+showdown/) [Crabs](http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/crabs/) [Kenya](http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/kenya/) [Kitty Cat Dance](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/kittycat) You’re [del]doomed[/del] welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/9 "2008-03-26T22:33:12Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Click on the icon, [listen to this](http://www.shaggs.com/) and you’ll never complain about another song. Ever. [/QUOTE] That has to be the single worse “song” I have ever heard. Aargh, my ears are bleeding! Tuneless (and yet still managing to be consistently out of tune), with accompaniment that sounds like a band of 3-year-olds were playing. What on earth is that supposed to be? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/10 "2008-03-26T22:52:22Z")
I was picking up 16 banker boxes from another work location, and the feat of fitting them all into my little Honda Civic hatchback made one co-worker comment that it was like watching Tetris. Naturally, the little electronic/Russian tetris music that was a ubiquitous part of my college years (and which I hadn’t thought of in ages) came rushing back, and I couldn’t get that earworm out of my head for hours. Grrrrrrr. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/11 "2008-03-26T23:22:33Z")
Hey there, Georgy Girl, there’s another Georgy deep inside! eww… ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/12 "2008-03-26T23:45:08Z")
Could be worse. I’ve had the Gamera song (as done by Joel and the bots) stuck in my head from time to time these last three days. That is probably what I get for watching all the Gamera MST3K episodes over the last few days. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/13 "2008-03-26T23:54:21Z")
[Ievan Polkka](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN4cLlIKnoA). Love it. Live it. Clean your bathroom to it. Thank me later. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/14 "2008-03-27T00:08:36Z")
I watched Dawn of the Dead over the weekend, so my earworm is “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” – not Bobby Ferrin’s version but the one you hear in shopping malls. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/15 "2008-03-27T00:25:45Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman] What’s running through your mind right now? [/QUOTE] I’ve had an 80’s and Go-go’s theme today - both Belinda Carlisle’s “Mad About You,” and was it the Go-go’s, or Belinda solo - “Head Over Heels.” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/16 "2008-03-27T01:16:45Z")
[QUOTE=Mama Tiger] That has to be the single worse “song” I have ever heard. Aargh, my ears are bleeding! [/QUOTE] Then my work here is done. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/17 "2008-03-27T01:22:22Z")
Here, [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0) should make it all better. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/18 "2008-03-27T01:24:57Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman] What’s running through your mind right now? [/QUOTE] Well **now** it’s Hey there, Georgy Girl. Thank you **very** much! ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/19 "2008-03-27T02:42:44Z")
Not so much a song as a [mysterious ticking](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4). ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826/20 "2008-03-27T03:02:02Z")
Whenever I get a song stuck in my head, I always just start humming my Song-breaker- a Tune so catchy to me that it could endlessly be stuck in my head and destroys all other annoying songs: Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple. (The Da Da Daaaa’s above might have referenced it, but I usually don’t have that last line being Daaaa Da Da - i only have Da da, without the extra Daaaa. As its 3 notes, 4 notes, 5 notes, not 6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-that-song-out-of-my-head-aaaahhh/442826.md?page=2)