# Quick, what's your current earworm? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [June 2, 2015, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433 "2015-06-02T10:22:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/221 "2015-08-24T20:39:43Z")
Mean Mr Mustard… make it stop! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e6kNmfwquxU/maxresdefault.jpg "Frankie Howerd - Mean Mr Mustard") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6kNmfwquxU) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/222 "2015-08-24T22:14:49Z")
Damn you. If I hadn’t read this thread title, I’d never have noticed that I currently have the background music to the original Legend of Zelda running in the back of my mind. The volume was low and I was thinking of other stuff and hadn’t noticed. It’s really repetative. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/223 "2015-08-24T23:21:05Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > [Cows with Guns](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0CCAQyCkwAGoVChMIs7eMr46kxwIVyzg-Ch2ZOQ5_&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DFQMbXvn2RNI&ei=IIjLVbOnI8vx-AGZ87j4Bw&usg=AFQjCNEszL6bGx7hfd7gziC5c7puQ-bb8Q&bvm=bv.99804247,d.cWw), unfortunately. > > Regards, > Shodan Dammit! For days now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/224 "2015-11-25T16:46:14Z")
I step outside this morning and the air is chilly and crisp, and the sky is bright and sunny. What immediately pops into my head? Unfortunately- the Brady Bunch kids, singing… **It’s a Sunshine Day** [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NaCCG7QkM_c/hqdefault.jpg "Sunshine Day") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaCCG7QkM_c) \*i think i’ll go for a walk outside now the summer sun’s callin my name (i hear ya now) i just can’t stay inside all day i gotta get out get me some of those rays everybody’s smilin sunshine day everybody’s laughin sunshine day \* ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Ravenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Abner\_Ravenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Ravenwood)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/225 "2015-11-25T17:07:29Z")
Right now it’s the guitar riff from Aqualung. I had the hook from Captain of Her Heart stuck in my head every day for almost fifteen years until I finally downloaded the song and listened to it all day long every day for almost a month. That did the trick. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/226 "2015-11-25T18:11:37Z")
I like “Hello” by Adele. I know there’s a hate-fest going for it in another thread, so me saying that there isn’t appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/227 "2015-11-25T19:38:35Z")
Beethoven’s 4th. Not kidding. Played it a couple of times to drive out a different earworm, forgetting that I know this thing like the back of my hand from a few decades ago. Every goddam note. The good thing about it is that at least there’s a lot of ground to cover before the inevitable replay. Much better than listening to Karate by The Bedwells over and over, or Sahara Elektrik by Dissidenten, which sounds like a very nice German drinking song sung in Arabic. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/228 "2015-11-25T19:58:58Z")
Someone Like You by Adele. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/229 "2015-11-25T20:01:56Z")
It is from one of my all time favorite albums but there is no reason for it to be playing in my head for the last week. Robbie Robertson [Broken Arrow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiOISz3S8UQ) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/230 "2015-11-25T23:26:30Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Cows with Guns, unfortunately. I expected yours to be “ **Give My Regards To Broadway** ”. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/231 "2015-11-26T00:57:33Z")
[The Minions singing “Y.M.C.A”.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icViP-RZDy4) Mocha, fa les duo ma laki, boji. Mocha, fa ta qui ba dada, boda. Mocha, pinguini Banaki, Loto lato les boo hey? la La bada gei a luo Tu pues des bras La bata gei a luo Tu pues des bras ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/232 "2015-11-26T01:05:13Z")
Chad & Jeremy: [Yesterday’s Gone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UqEG0a_FOE) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/233 "2015-11-26T01:09:25Z")
Theme from _[Lifeforce](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsV7TuNMr5M)_ by Henry Mancini. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/234 "2015-11-26T01:51:35Z")
[Pretty Pimping](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=659pppwniXA) by Kurt Vile. I somehow feel like listening to this high would be even better, but I love it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/235 "2015-11-26T04:44:12Z")
Lately, an oldie from Willie Nelson & Amy Irving:[You Show me Yours and I’ll show You Mine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbAgwUkSdY0) Love to hear Uncle willie and Trigger rocking out… ---
**Author:** ![Goona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@Goona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goona)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/236 "2015-11-26T05:41:49Z")
Like millions of other New Yorkers, I am tormented day and night by the 1-800-Kars-4-Kids song. In 1991, I spent a 7-hour flight helpless against an onslaught of the deservedly obscure 1938 Bing Crosby song “I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams.” I just looked for it on YouTube to confirm the title, and dammit… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/237 "2015-11-26T06:04:57Z")
[Nuclear Love](http://peppercoyote.bandcamp.com/track/nuclear-love), from the Fallout themed album [Blast Radius](http://peppercoyote.bandcamp.com/album/blast-radius) (some tracks incredibly NSFW!) Total ripoff of [Atom Bomb Baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR4Uri9H_Ds), if you ask me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/238 "2015-11-26T13:16:00Z")
[The Amazing Horse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7cCJqya7wc) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/239 "2015-11-27T03:23:07Z")
For about the last two weeks, Cowboy Junkies’ [_A Horse In The Country_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RJWI1MEkiE). Could be a lot worse. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/240 "2015-11-27T13:18:05Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > For about the last two weeks, Cowboy Junkies’ [_A Horse In The Country_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RJWI1MEkiE). > > Could be a lot worse. Could be a _whole lot_ worse. Love that song. mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=13)