# 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:** 21
**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:** [April 26, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/401 "2016-04-26T13:57:21Z")
“[7](http://perezhilton.com/tv/Prince_Seven_Official_Music_Video/?id=6f8a58ce02cab#.Vx9zm4Vf1ko)” by Prince. Ever since he died. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/402 "2016-04-26T15:37:40Z")
With all these tribute and memorial renditions of “Purple Rain” going around, I of course decided to link to… Journey’s “Faithfully” 😉 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OMD8hBsA-RI/maxresdefault.jpg "Journey - Faithfully (Official HD Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMD8hBsA-RI) ---
**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 27, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/403 "2016-04-27T23:21:44Z")
Ricky Nelson “Fools Rush In” ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/404 "2016-04-29T02:58:05Z")
“Nevermind” and “Are You What You Want To Be”, both by Foster the People. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mINnYOQir3U) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19v2TmYeeew) ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/405 "2016-04-29T04:31:49Z")
The Shepherds’ Farewell, from _L’enfance du Christ_ by Berlioz. It was included in a choral compilation I just got from the library. ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/406 "2016-04-29T11:10:39Z")
Prince’s “Raspberry Beret”, and my Joseph Ducreux version: “She wore a brightly-coloured purplish-red cap upon the side of her head, such as one might purchase from an establishment specializing in the vending of previously-worn and subsequently cast-off attire.” Help me… ---
**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:** [April 30, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/407 "2016-04-30T14:39:13Z")
I had the line “Going for broke. Lead on. One more for the road” going through my head. I googled a bit, and found out it’s called The Lifo Shuffle by Boz Scaggs. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/408 "2016-04-30T18:14:19Z")
Someone mentioned “Jag” in another thread, so it’s Richard Thompson’s “Valerie” - Well Valerie! You’re going to choke or drown Valerie! Why don’t you put that down? If you don’t get over this eating jag They’re going to take you home in a body bag I can’t stand to see one more calorie Well I’m a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie ---
**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:** [May 1, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/409 "2016-05-01T17:29:16Z")
**Blind Melon’s No Rain** , because I was just reading about Heather DeLoach, the bee girl. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/410 "2016-05-01T19:06:36Z")
**Frank Lloyd Wright** , because it’s the tune I’m presently learning on guitar. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/411 "2016-05-02T16:07:35Z")
[Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Needle and the Spoon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJHqFFWuNI4) The guitar riff and the solo are so damn catchy. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/412 "2016-05-02T21:49:23Z")
“It’s a Long Way to Tipperary.” I heard it when watching an old British B&W film. Couldn’t get the song out of my head when I was walking this morning, it’s a march, and I fell right into step along with each beat. Help! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/413 "2016-06-02T14:44:11Z")
My current earworm is just an instrumental passage in a song I cannot otherwise identify – very frustrating. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/414 "2016-06-02T15:07:49Z")
> [@quiltguy](#): > > “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary.” I heard it when watching an old British B&W film. Couldn’t get the song out of my head when I was walking this morning, it’s a march, and I fell right into step along with each beat. Help! :smack: [Here. Try this instead.](http://youtu.be/SfvrrSOkJ3o) Mine is “Take a Giant Step” _Come with me leave yesterday behind/ This song is driving me out of my mind_ ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/415 "2016-06-02T15:16:45Z")
William Elliott Whitmore - “Old Devils.” Topical, even. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/416 "2016-06-03T17:29:13Z")
Repo Man, the greatest rock and roll song ever created: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8JFYGW0epaw/hqdefault.jpg "Iggy Pop - Repo Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JFYGW0epaw) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/417 "2016-06-03T18:21:48Z")
[Kirby Krackle - Up, Up, Down, Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg2kDtJZos8) ---
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/418 "2016-06-03T21:55:47Z")
I have a random directory of stuff currently playing on the microSD card in my car. So something from that gets in my head most days. Yesterday we both got Jackson Brown’s _Ready Or Not_ stuck in our heads. Something **Mrs. FtG** is still not all that happy about. (She likes the song. It’s the earworm part that’s the problem.) Today I’ve got Cracker’s _Eurotrash Girl_ going. (Why do they make the best song a hidden track?) ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/419 "2016-06-07T22:19:10Z")
Maroon 5 “Payphone” ---
**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:** [June 7, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/420 "2016-06-07T22:30:04Z")
“Where You Lead,” by Carole King. That’s what happens when you binge watch a TV show. The theme will stick like taffy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=22)