# Quick, sing something else: songs that get stuck in your head **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132 "2004-10-02T01:37:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![633squadron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/ee59a6/32.png) [@633squadron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/633squadron)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/61 "2004-10-05T04:31:17Z")
> [@Podkayne](#): > > I spent the last week mostly sick in bed, with _Apollo 18_ by They Might Be Giants running through my head constantly. > > Yes, the whole album. > > No, it isn’t any less torturous than having a single song stuck in your head. > > Turn around (round!) > Turn around (round!) > There’s a human skull on the ground (round!) > Human skull (skull!) > On the ground (round!) > Turn arouuuuuuund! The statue got me high (HIGH) :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/62 "2004-10-05T04:52:08Z")
> [@prybar](#): > > Is that an actual song? Perhaps the rest of the cd would be as much fun to play for friends and watch them slowly go insane. All of those Weebls toons have a remarkable ability to lodge themselves inextricably in your brain. [Magical Trevor](http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/37/) is awfully persistent, too. “He saw beans, lots of beans lots of beans lots of beans, oh beans, lots of beans lots of beans lots of beans…” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Mook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Mr.Mook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Mook)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/63 "2004-10-05T06:02:58Z")
Gotta go with Manatee on this one. Small World is not just an earworm, it’s an ear dragon. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/64 "2004-10-05T11:14:48Z")
(ahem) _Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring…Banana Phone!_ The worse thing is I’ve managed to track down the original (I think) by a group named Raffi. I still can’t believe it has more than one verse. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/65 "2004-10-05T11:58:12Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > I always think about Dave Barry saying that no one should go to heaven who intentionally rhymes “good” with “world”. He’s right, you know. 😃 Marry me, please. Nobody else ever knows that. 🙂 Also, today I managed to do myself one better: I hit the wrong button on my radio and somehow ended up with the Donna Summer version of “MacArthur Park.” And I don’t think I can take it! Cause it took so long to bake it! And I’ll never have that recipe _agaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain! **Oh nooooooooooooooo!** _ ---
**Author:** ![NutMagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/66 "2004-10-05T12:20:50Z")
The Doobies - Black Water I’d like to hear some funky dixieland Pretty mama come and take me by the hand By the hand, take me by the hand pretty mama Come and dance with your daddy all night long I’d like to hear some funky dixieland Pretty mama come and take me by the hand By the hand, take me by the hand pretty mama Come and dance with your daddy all night long repeat until your brain begins to bleed. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/67 "2004-10-05T12:25:50Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > Badger badger badger badger… Speaking of catchy flash animation songs… Everybody say [Yatta!](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/yatta.php) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/68 "2004-10-05T12:50:15Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > Marry me, please. Nobody else ever knows that. 🙂 > > Also, today I managed to do myself one better: I hit the wrong button on my radio and somehow ended up with the Donna Summer version of “MacArthur Park.” And I don’t think I can take it! Cause it took so long to bake it! And I’ll never have that recipe _agaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain! **Oh nooooooooooooooo!** _ I accept, dear Internet stranger…hold it. Aw shucks. We’re both female! Re: MacArthur Park “Oh Jesus! The cake!” Hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/69 "2004-10-05T14:59:08Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > Badger badger badger badger… At least I know all the words to this one. ---
**Author:** ![Klytus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Klytus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klytus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/70 "2004-10-05T18:22:41Z")
I had _Eye of the Confessor_ (Joe Walsh) stuck in my head for days a while back. But the ultimate ear worm, two words… **Tainted Love**. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/71 "2004-10-06T15:19:36Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > I accept, dear Internet stranger…hold it. Aw shucks. We’re both female! “I’m **rockle** , and this is my hetero lifemate, **Dung Beetle**.” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/72 "2004-10-06T15:50:26Z")
:d ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/73 "2004-10-06T15:51:54Z")
Hey! That’s supposed to be a: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/74 "2004-10-06T16:40:54Z")
"Master of the house… Keeper of the inn…" * * * True Blue Jack * * * “We’ll go 'round in circles…” * * * Okay, how’s this? Yawwwwwn… ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/75 "2004-10-07T10:21:56Z")
[Unfortunately, this one.](http://www.overtherhine.com/music/mp3rarity/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/76 "2004-10-07T12:28:51Z")
“La Donna Mobile”. Well, part of it, anyway. [Elephants, yeah!](http://www.rathergood.com/elephants/) Other than weirdy flash cartoon music, what tends to get stuck in my head is the stuff I used to sing in choir. “Shut De Do”, anyone? The really annoying part is that for some of the songs, like a large part of the medley from Les Miserables, I only know the bass part and can no longer recall the melody…not to mention the stuff from the barbershop quartet. I walk around singing harmony in low note, and people look at me like I’m on crack. Then again, I get that look a lot anyway. Hasn’t bothered me yet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/77 "2004-10-07T12:49:51Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Worst case of the earworms was when I had Tesla’s “Signs” in my head all morning and afternoon, trying desperately to get it out of my head. Finally, busily working on a difficult issue, it went away. > > And then it came on the radio, I swear to god, not 30 minutes later. And it was in my head the rest of the day. I take care of that by superimposing my own lyrics on it. _Whine, whine, everwhere I whine Blocking your scenery, taking your time Do this, don’t do that, can’t you hear me whine?_ ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/78 "2004-10-07T13:08:50Z")
How about… > [@](#): > > Boom boom, acka-lacka lacka boom! > Boom boom, acka-lacka _boomboom_! > Boom boom, acka-lacka lacka boom! > Boom boom, acka-lacka _boomboom_! [“Walk the Dinosaur”](http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/wasnotwas.htm) by the '80s one-hit wonder, Was (Not Was). Almost as bad as: > [@](#): > > _Ouga_ chaka, _ouga_ chaka, ouga, ouga, _OUGA_ chaka! [“Hooked on a Feeling”](http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics/Lyrics/1974/201974.html) as covered by the '70s one-hit wonder, Blue Swede. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/79 "2004-10-07T13:16:25Z")
Last night my son was trying to annoy his older sister by inserting a song into her brain. He kept saying _8-6-7-5-3-0-niiiine_ It worked, too. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132/80 "2004-10-07T13:28:10Z")
99.9% of you will have no idea what this song is or who the artist is, but I’ll share anyway. Here in Austin, there’s a musical comedy group (or is it a comical music group?) called the Asylum Street Spankers. They got a bit of national radio airplay with a really stupid (but really funny) ditty called “The Scrotum Song.” It has a sort of 1920’s jazz melody and silly lyrics that go like “Scrotum, scrotum, it’s my wrinkly, crinkly bag of skin. Scrotum, scrotum, it’s the thing I keep my testes in. Well, it’s wrinkly and it’s crinkly and it’s covered in hair, And I don’t know what I’d do if it was not there! Oh scrotum, scrrrrrrrotum! It’s my wrinkly, crinkly bag of skin. We really mean it, a wrinkly, crinkly bag of skin.” Anyway, our son was born last November, and when my wife & I first brought him home and were changing his diaper, I couldn’t help myself. I started singing that stupid song. My wife, who is far more mature than I, gave me The Glare that said “You’re such a retard. How can you laugh at something that dumb?” But I swear, a few days later, I was passing by the nursery, she was changing his diaper again, and I heard her humming “The Scrotum Song” out loud. Busted! All she could say was, “It’s your fault! You got that stupid song stuck in my head.” And she sang it whenever she changed him for weeks afterward. And then, last week… now that I’m 40-something, I have to get all kinds of medical tests I never had before. Including, yes, a testicular sonogram. And the female technician who was giving me the sonogram must have thought I was a real weirdo, because I kept fighting off smirks and giggles. Because, you guessed it, “The Scrotum Song” was running through my head and wouldn’t go away! Thanks a lot, Spankers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sing-something-else-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head/267132.md?page=5)