# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/301 "2016-02-11T06:19:27Z")
[Always On the Wrong Side of Sunrise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTV2eC1wvj8)– Head Like a Kite ---
**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:** [February 11, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/302 "2016-02-11T17:14:23Z")
San Francisco, from the 1960s by Scott McKenzie and John Phillips. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/303 "2016-02-11T19:14:10Z")
Billy Preston & Syreeta Wright - With You I’m Born Again One of the latest editions to the iPod and it is stuck in my head! ---
**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:** [February 11, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/304 "2016-02-11T19:32:59Z")
A friend just reminded me of this one. [Figaroooooooo…!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwvqdXR3XnI) (…Lets see Kaley Cuoco Lip Sinc That Mutha…!) ---
**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:** [February 11, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/305 "2016-02-11T20:13:13Z")
All day it’s been Queen with “Find me somebody to lo-ove…” ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/306 "2016-02-12T15:18:47Z")
OOO EEE OOO AAAH AAAH. (Witch Doctor/Muppets version.) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/307 "2016-02-12T16:25:49Z")
Roll Me Away, by Bob Seger A great song of motorcycle riding, and freedom ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/308 "2016-02-12T16:43:49Z")
“My bologna has a first name: it’s O-S-C-A-R …” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/309 "2016-02-12T17:29:15Z")
Crash by The Primitives Thanks to SlackerInc for helping me find this song. I had it running around in my brain for a few days and couldn't figure out the name or the name of the band. It was driving me nuts. (or "more" nuts). ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/310 "2016-02-12T18:29:32Z")
Toby Keith, [“I Wanna Talk About Me”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxUuDPNbkJk). ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/311 "2016-02-13T19:04:01Z")
I’ve got a baaad one. The last 3 trips to the international market gave me a full dose of OK Go’s _I Won’t Let You Down_ each time. Didn’t know anyone actually played their stuff, even on a background music channel. Nice videos, but actually listening to their music? Why? Earworm hell. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/312 "2016-02-13T19:16:52Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > Toby Keith, [“I Wanna Talk About Me”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxUuDPNbkJk). That’s the only Toby Keith song I like, but it always makes me think of [Greg Giraldo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKlGoMZQSxc) cutting a joke at Toby’s expense at the Larry the Cable Guy Roast. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/313 "2016-02-13T19:59:13Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > Back in November I watched the Man in the High Castle on Amazon. Episode 4 began with a song that had a 1940s vibe so I dove into some research. > > Turns out the song was Mac the Knife. > > Inexplicably I found myself singing some weird lyrics that in no way at all matched the blood saturated ballad that is the true version of the song. Something about a clock striking midnight kept up its aggravating rotation. > > Further research brought to light the fact that McDonalds had hijacked the tune back in the 1980s with its own whitewashed version to sell Big Macs and these were the lyrics that first inserted themselves into my earworm playback. > > When I first read the actual lyrics I was amazed. Murder depicted in striking detail with bolts of unexpected humor (lies a body just oozin life - Eek!). Lyrics seem on a different plane than the music. A great lesson to use when explaining the meaning of incongruity. > > If one ignores the words it’s a jaunty little piece hence the earworm infection. > > It comes and goes with me frequently adding to my own discomfort. For some reason. I complained about this earworm to a coworker with the result of having him whistle it randomly during the day. No doubt this contributes to Mac taking up real estate in my head. > > This is not the oddest earworm to wriggle itself into my mental arena. ;) ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/314 "2016-02-14T05:45:41Z")
Wow! That’s fantastic! I remember the Moon face man singing but not the words…the things one can find on the Interrooms! ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/315 "2016-02-14T06:46:16Z")
Do most people always have a song playing in their heads? Cause I do. It’s like a radio in my brain. Only recently did I wonder how common this is. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/316 "2016-02-14T08:16:39Z")
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. Which I saw Joshua Bell perform live tonight. Incredible piece of music and an incredible performer. All my expectations (which were very high–c’mon, it’s _Joshua Bell_) were surpassed. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/317 "2016-02-14T10:53:31Z")
Neutron Dance by The Pointer Sisters. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/318 "2016-02-14T15:33:03Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > Do most people always have a song playing in their heads? Cause I do. It’s like a radio in my brain. Only recently did I wonder how common this is. Maybe you could post this Q in IMHO (??). I’d like to respond but I don’t want to clutter this thread. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/319 "2016-02-14T17:41:13Z")
Some old [Led Zeppelin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D026KiN8ifs) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/320 "2016-02-14T18:50:29Z")
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