# Put a ring on the worst earworm I've had in a while **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-ring-on-the-worst-earworm-ive-had-in-a-while/527760 "2010-02-05T03:49:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-ring-on-the-worst-earworm-ive-had-in-a-while/527760/21 "2010-02-05T21:21:12Z")
OH GOD I AGREE. I hear five seconds of that song and then it gets stuck in my head for ages. Possibly years. I’ll probably still be humming it twenty years from now. I’m so bitter than the last time I heard it was on fucking NPR. NPR! You’re not supposed to give me earworms, you traitor. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-ring-on-the-worst-earworm-ive-had-in-a-while/527760/22 "2010-02-05T23:17:14Z")
Maybe it’ll help if you hear a [much cooler version.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIr8-f2OWhs) ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-ring-on-the-worst-earworm-ive-had-in-a-while/527760/23 "2010-02-05T23:48:20Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > [And here’s a version that isn’t blocked in my country.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY) Goddamn, I hate that shit. Worldwide fucking web, America. :mad: I can see your link but the one the OP posted is blocked in my country. I live in Texas. 😕 ---
**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:** [February 6, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-ring-on-the-worst-earworm-ive-had-in-a-while/527760/24 "2010-02-06T02:12:58Z")
> [@Terraplane](#): > > I can see your link but the one the OP posted is blocked in my country. > > I live in Texas. 😕 Well, we have proof Texas isn’t part of the United States now. Huh. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-ring-on-the-worst-earworm-ive-had-in-a-while/527760/25 "2010-02-06T02:17:38Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > I do. The editing, the lighting, the dancing…unbelievable, actually. I just don’t see the special. I give the ladies 4 and a half Tina Turners out of 5 for the dancing in high heels, though. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-ring-on-the-worst-earworm-ive-had-in-a-while/527760/26 "2010-02-06T03:00:10Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Well, we have proof Texas isn’t part of the United States now. Huh. But I (the OP) am not based the United States. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-ring-on-the-worst-earworm-ive-had-in-a-while/527760/27 "2010-02-06T03:26:26Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I just don’t see the special. I give the ladies 4 and a half Tina Turners out of 5 for the dancing in high heels, though. It was all done in one take, apparently. And Beyoncé looks about 1000% better than Tina at her bes. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-ring-on-the-worst-earworm-ive-had-in-a-while/527760/28 "2010-02-06T09:43:41Z")
Oh dear, I appear to be guilty of posting when plastered. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-ring-on-the-worst-earworm-ive-had-in-a-while/527760/29 "2010-02-06T19:03:49Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > It was all done in one take, apparently. And Beyoncé looks about 1000% better than Tina at her bes. Yes, but Tina is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for dancing in heels. If you don’t believe me, go see for yourself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-ring-on-the-worst-earworm-ive-had-in-a-while/527760/30 "2010-02-07T02:52:52Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Yesterday all day I had “All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth” stuck in my head all day. God knows why. [This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=550684)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-ring-on-the-worst-earworm-ive-had-in-a-while/527760.md?page=1)