# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/341 "2016-03-05T15:06:46Z")
Yesterday someone mentioned they were from Fall River, Massachusetts, and [this](http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/c/chad_mitchell_trio/lizzie_borden.html) song sprang into my brain in its entirety. I haven’t heard the Lizzie Borden song with about thirty years. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/342 "2016-03-05T23:06:06Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I think I have the world’s most annoying ear worm right now. For several days, at random moments, I start singing “[Take a Letter, Maria](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Y0x1jLkLg).” > > For the love of my sanity, someone make it stop. I like the way you think. It just so happens I’m free tonight, would you like to have dinner with me? mmm ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/343 "2016-03-05T23:42:53Z")
“My Pal Foot Foot” by The Shaggs [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XR9d4ESlpHY/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGF8gXyhfMA8=&rs=AOn4CLD5LKLB8cpmZBN4DscIJaVvGV9Byg "My Pal Foot Foot - The Shaggs") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR9d4ESlpHY) ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/344 "2016-03-06T02:35:52Z")
Fly Like a Beagle. Just that line, to the tune of Fly Like an Eagle. Help me. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/345 "2016-03-06T04:46:00Z")
[Rum, by Gum](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Pl4hVmZjs) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/346 "2016-03-06T05:43:31Z")
Nothing but “ex-AS-per-a-TIONNNN!” in my head the past while: whole wheat goodness ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/347 "2016-03-06T05:50:15Z")
\*Angel Eyes[/I, as sung by Sinatra. _So drink up, all you people, Order anything you see. Have fun, you happy people. The drinks and the laughs are on me…_ ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/348 "2016-03-06T09:57:30Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk_ApB9hX6o) Awesome cover. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2016, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/349 "2016-03-06T11:55:13Z")
I’m on vacation in Texas: Glen Campbell’s Rhinestone Cowboy ---
**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:** [March 6, 2016, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/350 "2016-03-06T11:57:26Z")
> [@tavalla](#): > > Fly Like a Beagle. Just that line, to the tune of Fly Like an Eagle. > > Help me. Sorry, no help here… \*tick, tock, tick DOOT DOOT DOO-DOO \* 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/351 "2016-03-06T12:06:45Z")
_“Slip me a slug of the wonderful mug ‘an I’ll cut a rug just as snug in a jug Drop a nickel in the pot joe Takin’ it slow Waiter, waiter, percolator”_ ---
**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:** [March 6, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/352 "2016-03-06T14:32:56Z")
Watch _The Martian_ last night, and now the song [Waterloo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FsVeMz1F5c) is stuck in my head. I have never been closer to committing suicide. :mad: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/353 "2016-03-06T14:34:18Z")
The \*Gravity Falls \*title music. My kid is watching it in the other room. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/354 "2016-03-06T14:35:11Z")
> [@tavalla](#): > > Fly Like a Beagle. Just that line, to the tune of Fly Like an Eagle. > > Help me. Replace it with [Fry Up An Eagle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIt89l0VZb0). ---
**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:** [March 6, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/355 "2016-03-06T18:57:28Z")
I’ve moved on to “[Human](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIZdjT1472Y),” by the Killers. I have no idea what that song is supposed to mean, but sing it I do. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/356 "2016-03-07T06:10:58Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jREUrbGGrgM/maxresdefault.jpg "The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jREUrbGGrgM) ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/357 "2016-03-07T07:02:14Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Sorry, no help here… > > \*tick, tock, tick > DOOT DOOT DOO-DOO > \* > > 😃 I hate you a little right now. 😉 ---
**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:** [March 7, 2016, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/358 "2016-03-07T10:52:12Z")
Now playing: [Lido missed the boat that day he missed the shack, but that was all he missed, he ain’t coming back…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQZBaJAngH8) Me like. It can stay a while. mmm ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/359 "2016-03-07T17:58:58Z")
Theme song from [Outlander](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-zQoQ1ckFxI). ---
**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:** [March 7, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/360 "2016-03-07T18:27:05Z")
Saw a list of all the Best Song Oscar winners. The one chosen as the best is my earworm, **Shaft.** Can ya dig it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=19)