# Just try and get this song out of your head **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408 "2006-05-19T15:21:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/1 "2006-05-19T15:21:14Z")
[Most addictive song ever.](http://www.jonnydigital.com/temp/loituma__.swf) Listen to it once, say to yourself “Oh my, what a stupid little song.” and then try to close it. You can’t. You’ll be powerless to resist. It’s been playing in the background on my computer for about 45 minutes now. I’ve already inflicted it on my family and friends today, so I thought I would also share the affliction with you guys. You’re welcome! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/2 "2006-05-19T15:23:58Z")
I closed it - Lucinda Williams came on the radio. Do you know what language that is? ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/3 "2006-05-19T19:05:13Z")
> [@Greywolf73](#): > > [Most addictive song ever.](http://www.jonnydigital.com/temp/loituma__.swf) > > Listen to it once, say to yourself “Oh my, what a stupid little song.” and then try to close it. You can’t. You’ll be powerless to resist. > > It’s been playing in the background on my computer for about 45 minutes now. I’ve already inflicted it on my family and friends today, so I thought I would also share the affliction with you guys. > > You’re welcome! 😃 I hate you 😛 Seriously, make it stop… Please. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/4 "2006-05-19T19:16:22Z")
I closed it after 45 seconds. It hasn’t stayed with me much, less ear-wormish than the Hamster Dance song. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/5 "2006-05-19T19:20:14Z")
I shot her. So you won’t have to listen to her boopy-ibby dobby dim any more. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/6 "2006-05-19T19:32:09Z")
Aw, come on, nothing’s more addictive than [this](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php)! Or, for whatever inexplicable reason, this flash video is annoying as hell, but the song… the song… [the damn song](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/french.php)!! I keep finding myself singing [the enormously mondegreen-ed version of] this song as I’m cooking dinner or cleaning the house… GAH! :eek: ---
**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:** [May 19, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/7 "2006-05-19T20:13:33Z")
he he he…big purple boobies. Oh! There’s music too! ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/8 "2006-05-19T20:14:49Z")
I love that song! Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/9 "2006-05-19T20:41:53Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > Aw, come on, nothing’s more addictive than [this](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php)! > > Or, for whatever inexplicable reason, this flash video is annoying as hell, but the song… the song… [the damn song](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/french.php)!! I keep finding myself singing [the enormously mondegreen-ed version of] this song as I’m cooking dinner or cleaning the house… > > GAH! :eek: Sometimes, when I have a particularly rough day in fibre channel land, I find myself gazing out the window at work, looking at the herd of cows being protected by a lone black llama, and I start singing “llama’s llama taste of llama, llama llama duck” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/10 "2006-05-19T21:01:45Z")
It’s hard to believe that it would come up, but at a lunch meeting at work today I sang: If you go down to the woods today you’re in for a big surprise If you go down to the woods today you better go in disguise 'Cause every bear that ever was there Is gonna be there today 'Cause today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic! Followed by the encore: Shaggy bears baggy bears raggy bears too There’s nothing on earth Uncle Walter won’t do So he can go waltzing, wa-wa-wa-waltzing So he can go waltzing, go waltzing with bears! ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/11 "2006-05-19T21:06:49Z")
I think [Bananaphone](http://www.filmbuffs.net/bananana/) has 'em all beat. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/12 "2006-05-19T21:09:53Z")
That’s not an earworm, that’s an earmaggot. Getitout, getitout getitOUT! ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/13 "2006-05-19T22:09:05Z")
> [@YaWanna](#): > > I closed it - Lucinda Williams came on the radio. > > Do you know what language that is? From what I’ve read, it’s a mixture of Finnish polka song and plain old gibberish. It’s an actual band who has more songs than this one available, but I’ve forgotten their name and hopefully that will prevent me from tracking down more of their stuff which would cause me to suffer from these earworms for the next 5 years or so. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/14 "2006-05-19T22:29:36Z")
[This one](http://12121.hostinguk.com/splits.htm) sticks with me. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/15 "2006-05-19T22:38:42Z")
> [@Greywolf73](#): > > Listen to it once, say to yourself “Oh my, what a stupid little song.” and then try to close it. You can’t. You’ll be powerless to resist. _starts feeling antsy_ Damnit. I turned it off with ease when I posted to this thread earlier… but then after going away, sending out resumes, tediosly poring over jobs and getting a gigantic headache weeding out the crap from the crop, I wandered back to the Dope. I returned to this thread. I clicked on your link. I turned it off. Then I clicked it again. I broke into a cold sweat and turned it off again. I read another thread. I came back. It’s on now… been on for a while. I’ve decided it is going to be my background music for whenever I do my housework. Also, if ever I get a job answering telephones, this will play constantly in the background. I think… I might start dancing at any moment. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/16 "2006-05-20T02:14:26Z")
[This](http://www.mlcsmith.com/strange/hatten/assets/hatten.swf) will cleanse your ears of what’s currently occupying them. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/17 "2006-05-20T02:17:58Z")
So will [this](http://www.goyk.com/flash.asp?path=976) ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/18 "2006-05-20T03:46:31Z")
The Cosby Jazz rules all earworms. [http://cosbyjazzy.ytmnd.com/](http://cosbyjazzy.ytmnd.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/19 "2006-05-20T05:14:49Z")
I put the name of the flash file, loituma, into Google and came up with [this](http://www.noside.com/catalog/CatalogAlbum_01.asp?Album_ID=45): > [@](#): > > Loituma is a young quartet who combine the Finnish vocal tradition with the exquisite sounds of the kantele (Finnish harp). At ease with four-part unaccompanied vocals as well as four-part kantele instrumentals, Loituma were selected Band of the Year at the 1997 Kaustinen Folkmusic Festival. According to the linked site, the song is called _Ieva’s Polka_. That’s the second cool folkloric band from Finland I’ve stumbled across in recent months. I’m definitely going to get the CD. I am _seriously_ starting to like things and people from Finland. Including the science officer from the beginning of Star Wreck. :: fans self :: ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408/20 "2006-05-20T05:31:48Z")
This song is so fun. I can’t close it until it ends. When does it end? 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-try-and-get-this-song-out-of-your-head/357408.md?page=2)