# Musical Hooks in Retrospect **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-hooks-in-retrospect/445178 "2008-04-13T17:56:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-hooks-in-retrospect/445178/21 "2008-04-14T20:04:45Z")
I dare say the best, most memorable hook in pop history (or last 30 years at least) is [“Genius of Love”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypVLtlXy_No) by the Tom Tom Club. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-hooks-in-retrospect/445178/22 "2008-04-14T20:06:21Z")
Proving that the only difference between a hook and an earworm is whether you like the song… Yummy, Yummy, Yummy (I got love in my tummey) by Ohio Express. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-hooks-in-retrospect/445178/23 "2008-04-14T20:24:58Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Proving that the only difference between a hook and an earworm is whether you like the song… Yummy, Yummy, Yummy (I got love in my tummey) by Ohio Express. [/QUOTE] How very true! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-hooks-in-retrospect/445178/24 "2008-04-15T00:35:35Z")
That reminds me: ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! And speaking of keyboard hooks: Journey - Don’t Stop Believing ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-hooks-in-retrospect/445178/25 "2008-04-15T00:46:05Z")
[QUOTE=The Sonoran Lizard King] Then check out J.S. Bach’s Air on G String sometime. [/QUOTE] It’s closer to Sleepers Awake but according to [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Whiter_Shade_of_Pale) > [@](#): > > The Hammond organ line of “A Whiter Shade of Pale” was inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Sleepers Awake” and “Air on a G String”, but contrary to popular belief, the song is not a direct copy or paraphrase of these or any other Bach pieces.[6] ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-hooks-in-retrospect/445178/26 "2008-04-15T02:37:10Z")
The (backmasked?) strings that open Moby’s “Porcelain” ---
**Author:** ![Intravenus\_De\_Milo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Intravenus\_De\_Milo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intravenus_De_Milo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-hooks-in-retrospect/445178/27 "2008-04-15T02:56:49Z")
- **When the Levee Breaks** , Led Zeppelin (amazing drum track that was recorded in a three-story stairwell) - **Rock’n Me** , Steve Miller Band - **Lovely Rita** , The Beatles (acoustic guitar followed by vocals) - **Black Magic Woman** , Santana (Wow. Just…wow.) - **Summer, Highland Falls** , Billy Joel (lovely, slightly mournful piano solo) - **Cecelia** , Simon & Garfunkel (lots of Peruvian/Andean percussion) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-hooks-in-retrospect/445178.md?page=1)