# Okay, which one of you bastards did this to me? (Your current earworm) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 26, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856 "2013-11-26T20:26:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/1 "2013-11-26T20:26:33Z")
I’ve had the Stones’ song “Under My Thumb” in my head for a couple of days. It was someone on this board who put it there. Whoever you are, I hate you! Of course, I shouldn’t be complaining. I had Cher’s “Dark Lady” in my head for days before the Stones took over. I guess someone saved me from myself. What’s your recent earworm? ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/2 "2013-11-26T20:40:29Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zaspgmHH4wk/hqdefault.jpg "POPEYE 1980 MOVIE "EVERYTHING IS FOOD"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaspgmHH4wk) Everything is food, food, food! ---
**Author:** ![Fluke\_Starbucker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3e96dc/32.png) [@Fluke\_Starbucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluke_Starbucker)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/3 "2013-11-26T20:49:38Z")
Hawksley Workman - Striptease ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/4 "2013-11-26T20:54:07Z")
karma karma karma karma karma karma chameeeeleon karma karma karma karma karma chameeeeeleon… aargh! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/5 "2013-11-26T20:54:20Z")
Elliot Smith - [Between the Bars](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPD-a1FjUtU) Great song from a talented but depressing fucking bastard who went and killed himself. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/6 "2013-11-26T21:01:06Z")
[Poison](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BUnwBZkLNY). Dunno who it’s by originally but this is the cover that’s stuck in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/7 "2013-11-26T21:04:46Z")
Well, thanks to you I know have Cher’s “Dark Lady” stuck in my head. But it alternates with “Ode to Joy” because I’ve been trying to play that on the piano\*. \*Actually, it’s an iPhone. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/8 "2013-11-26T21:10:21Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > [Poison](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BUnwBZkLNY). Dunno who it’s by originally Alice Cooper. And this post put Alice’s version in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/9 "2013-11-26T21:13:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > karma karma karma karma karma karma chameeeeleon karma karma karma karma karma chameeeeeleon… aargh! Don’t worry, it comes and goes. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/10 "2013-11-26T21:16:28Z")
> [@Kyrie\_Eleison](#): > > Don’t worry, it comes and goes. Awesome, but now I think I have a new earworm. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/11 "2013-11-27T00:53:31Z")
**Second** verse, same as the **first**! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/12 "2013-11-27T00:58:10Z")
My bologna has a first name, it’s O S C A R… sigh ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/13 "2013-11-27T00:58:59Z")
Protip: I’ve found a cure for earworms. Find a song from a completely different musical tradition (Asian, say, or Native American-- I use a Navajo hymn), and sing that to yourself a few times. It’ll displace the earworm, but will be unfamiliar enough to not get lodged in its place. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/14 "2013-11-27T01:28:29Z")
I’m a regular watcher of _Dancing With The Stars_ (don’t judge me!) and a couple of weeks ago one of the couples danced to [this song.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtOV7bp-gys) It keeps popping into my head at random moments. Please, make it stop! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/15 "2013-11-27T01:48:16Z")
I was never a big Devo fan, but I’ve been hearing a lot of Devo in my head lately. Can’t explain it. This is my latest infection, and the lyrics confuse and intrigue me. Gates Of Steel [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uqoH4rvXxpU/hqdefault.jpg "Devo - "Gates of Steel" (Live - 1980) MVDvisual") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqoH4rvXxpU) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/16 "2013-11-27T01:48:52Z")
Ha, I just got one lodged in there and bad. The Sony Playstation 4 commercial’s version of Lou Reed’s _Perfect Day_ has been echoing around upstairs. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0d9d-cdxhk) As always, it is the piano. I looked up the chords two days ago and will probably be playing it (poorly) by the beginning of next week. Here’s the original version: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QYEC4TZsy-Y/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-AoACoAKKAgwIABABGGIgYihiMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAhDimXphCKlR_y6XyndgqpvCpCJg "Lou Reed - Perfect Day") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYEC4TZsy-Y) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/17 "2013-11-27T01:53:16Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Alice Cooper. And this post put Alice’s version in my head. Weird video. The singer sings the chorus correctly (“Your lips are venomous poison”) but the writing hand substitutes “bitterness” for “venomous.” ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/18 "2013-11-27T02:24:41Z")
Opening credits music to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The husband has been watching reruns in the morning as I’m getting ready for work lately, and it gets stuck in my head all day. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/19 "2013-11-27T02:26:01Z")
Thanks to _SOMEBODY_ on the Dope, I have “You have to fight, for your right, to paaaaaaaaaarty!” in my head. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Lunar\_Eclipse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@Lunar\_Eclipse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Eclipse)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-bastards-did-this-to-me-your-current-earworm/674856/20 "2013-11-27T17:48:28Z")
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