# Make the music in my head go away!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-music-in-my-head-go-away/66725>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 28, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-music-in-my-head-go-away/66725 "2001-05-28T01:30:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-music-in-my-head-go-away/66725/21 "2011-05-06T15:05:02Z")

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The only thing I have in my head is _braaaiiiinnnssss…_ 😛

However, one thing I always wanted to try, but for some reason never think to when I am hit with a severe case of head radio, is to just open my mouth and let it hang slack-jawed for a while. The theory being that I actually subvocalize the music I ‘hear’, and letting the mouth hang open might perhaps inhibit this. But as I said, I’ve never had a chance to really test this…

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**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:** [May 6, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-music-in-my-head-go-away/66725/22 "2011-05-06T16:43:23Z")

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I curse the day I heard “I Wanna Be Like You” by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Someone told me it was from the Disney film _The Jungle Book_, so I went to youtube and watched/listened as Louis Prima himself rendered it in its original form.

WARNING: DON’T DO THIS YOURSELF IF YOU WANT TO RETAIN YOUR SANITY

I swear that tune was in my head for two solid months. I wanted to smash my head with the stapler at work to drive it out. What works for me is to substitute an insanely catchy jingle by someone like Queen or Michael Jackson, which also may stick for awhile but not as long as a newly-discovered piece.

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**Author:** ![komolono](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/komolono/32/532_2.png) [@komolono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/komolono)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-music-in-my-head-go-away/66725/23 "2011-05-06T17:15:15Z")

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See what I’m throught/in the middle of

> **[My name is komolono - I'm an alcoholic \[question about withdrawal...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=579178)**
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> I have a history of heavy drinking. Several years ago, I was so fed up with it - I just stopped. Well, stopped drinking alcohol for a couple of weeks, but smoked marijuana, instead. Because marijuana had no effect on me, I was soon drinking alcohol,...

I suppose that SDMB is soundless - you don’t need TVs;)

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