# 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:** 20
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/381 "2016-03-15T20:48:00Z")
I was listening to “Payin’ the Cost to be the Boss” by B.B. King on the way to work this morning, so that’s what is stuck in my brain today. “I’ve got a good mind to give up living and go shopping instead” ---
**Author:** ![coraline50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@coraline50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coraline50)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/382 "2016-03-18T03:20:52Z")
Blowing in a Secular Breeze – Go Kart Mozart ---
**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 21, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/383 "2016-03-21T15:36:27Z")
Thanks to XM radio, a song from the 60s. July 1969, to be exact. It was the #3 hit in the USA in July 1969, when astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin was eating the first meal ever consumed by man on the moon, the celebration of Holy Communion and Christ’s bread and wine, just before he followed Neil Armstrong out the door of the LEM to put the first steps on the moon. The song was from the musical _ **Hair** _, sung by Oliver (William Oliver Swofford): _ **Good Morning, Starshine** _. La da da da, da da da, da da da, da da da da da da da da, da da da, da da dad a, da da da da da. Good morning starshine The earth says hello You twinkle above us We twinkle below Good morning starshine You lead us along My love and me as we sing Our early morning singing song Gliddy gloop gloopy Nibby nobby nooby La la la lo lo Sabba sibby sabba Nooby abba dabba Le le lo lo dooby ooby walla dooby abba dabba Early morning singing song Good mornin’ starshine There’s love in your skies reflecting the sunlight in my lover’s eyes Good morning starshine so happy to be My love and me as we sing Our early morning singing song Gliddy gloop gloopy Nibby nobby nooby La la la lo lo Sabba sibby sabba Nooby abba dabba Le le lo lo dooby ooby walla dooby abba dabba Early morning singing song Can you hear me? Singing a song Loving a song ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/384 "2016-03-22T01:42:38Z")
[This one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=145896) And I haven’t even opened the thread yet. ---
**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 23, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/385 "2016-03-23T03:52:26Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > _ **Good Morning, Starshine** _ Earwormed when I got that single that year (and “Let it Be”) for my fifth b-day. Yeah the halcyon singing and melodies in GMS can _really_ embed themselves, and that’s a good thing, in this instance. I’ve had many days, like today, where the superlative backing vocals in the following have an almost locomoting effect, making this reporter boogie through the day: NB - nasty ass funky dirty muthafuckin funk! ---
**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:** [March 23, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/386 "2016-03-23T15:15:27Z")
The stupid Carvana “That didn’t suck” commercial. Damn auto tune. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/387 "2016-03-23T19:49:29Z")
“Stressed Out” by Twenty One Pilots. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pXRviuL6vMY/maxresdefault.jpg "twenty one pilots: Stressed Out [OFFICIAL VIDEO]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXRviuL6vMY) ---
**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:** [April 16, 2016, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/388 "2016-04-16T09:47:25Z")
I heard it this morning, and it’s been ringing in my ears all day long: Devoted to You, sung by James Taylor and Carly Simon. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fpK0kv3CuaI/hqdefault.jpg "Devoted To You - Carly Simon & James Taylor - 1977") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpK0kv3CuaI) ---
**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:** [April 16, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/389 "2016-04-16T13:55:21Z")
Early in the week, **Mrs. FtG** had her docked iPod on while I was doing stuff and the unrandom-as-can-be shuffle algorithm played a bunch of Neil Young and Jackson Browne. (Apparently it decided to make a “Guys who dated Daryl Hannah.” playlist.) Days passed. Then starting yesterday I’ve had _Tender Is the Night_ stuck in my head. Before that, I had two songs: _Over_ and _Didn’t I?_ by Amanda Jones (the 80s-90s Atlanta group) as consecutive earworms. Possible candidates for Most Obscure 'worms. Can’t find a vid of either, but here’s something even better: their cover of [Haunted](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QPL_YRen04). ---
**Author:** ![soonerblue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soonerblue/32/3302_2.png) [@soonerblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soonerblue)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/390 "2016-04-16T22:20:30Z")
I’ll wake up with this looping through my head. What a man, what a man, what a man, what a mighty good man What a man, what a man, what a man, what a mighty good man Yes he is A mighty mighty good man … Linda Lydell - What a Man From a TV ad - some money institution - where a bearded guy puts on blue eyeshadow, lipstick, a wig, and a fairy costume to surprize his little girl at her princess birthday party. The children all laugh and his little girl runs to his arms. My old auntie complains that it promotes cross-dressing, etc. Snort. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/391 "2016-04-23T13:02:13Z")
I did a quick search in this thread but it came up empty. Interesting that it has never been reported here. _Yes I like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain I’m not much into health food I am into champagne_ It’s all the fault of **jtur88**. And me too, I guess > [@Trivia Dominoes: Play Off the Last Bit of Trivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/28991): > > The Pina Colada Song was voted the world’s most likely song to trigger an earworm. Thanks. The actual title of the song is “Escape”, and it was originally record as an album track by British singer Rupert Holmes in 1979. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19278873#post19278873](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19278873#post19278873) ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/392 "2016-04-23T14:02:47Z")
_Zeina_ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pam0R-j60FI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pam0R-j60FI) ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/393 "2016-04-25T15:26:37Z")
“They alive, dammit!” ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/394 "2016-04-25T17:09:42Z")
Gershwin, Concerto in F, beginning of the third movement, Phillipe Entremont piano, Ormandy/Philadelphia. Sometimes earworms can be a good thing. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/395 "2016-04-26T00:48:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Trapped in a mine that had caved in > And everyone knows the only ones left > Were Joe and me and Tim… I affix the blame for this one on **Bullitt** who, in post 390, cited the Piña Colada song\* \*(both were written by Rupert Holmes) mmm ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/396 "2016-04-26T01:37:10Z")
Purple friggin’ Rain. It won’t go away. Whenever it pauses, I see another thing about Prince, and there it is again. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/397 "2016-04-26T02:38:53Z")
The Lonely Goatherd - the yodeling song from The Sound of Music. Why, I have no idea. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/398 "2016-04-26T12:13:28Z")
“I Fall to Pieces” by Patsy Cline Because I woke up achy and old feeling. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/399 "2016-04-26T13:05:50Z")
Another rare one: [I Had a Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z78KW_dXXOM) by Blue Angel from 1980. I wonder whatever happened to the singer in that group. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/400 "2016-04-26T13:54:19Z")
At least this one is in English and I know the words [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8clnxViHdp8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8clnxViHdp8) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=21)