# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/81 "2015-06-07T13:27:40Z")
Taking the lead…tinnitus. The background is alternating between Gotye’s [Somebody That I Used To Know](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YzGOq42zLk) and Dave Nachmanoff’s[Grateful](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a054ITEdO0). ---
**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:** [June 7, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/82 "2015-06-07T14:11:35Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Now it’s Coven’s version of One Tin Soldier. One Tin Soldier - it’s still going! ---
**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:** [June 7, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/83 "2015-06-07T15:23:46Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > One Tin Soldier - it’s still going! You must be quarantined before it sprea…AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and… .) ---
**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:** [June 7, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/84 "2015-06-07T15:55:32Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > You must be quarantined before it sprea…AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! > > (Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and… .) Sing it, brother! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HKx0tdlxMfY/hqdefault.jpg "One Tin Soldier - Lyrics - Coven") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKx0tdlxMfY) > [@](#): > > Listen, children, to a story > That was written long ago > 'Bout a kingdom on a mountain > And the valley folk below > On the mountain was a treasure > Buried deep beneath a stone > And the valley people swore > They’d have it for their very own > > Go ahead and hate your neighbor > Go ahead and cheat a friend > Do it in the name of Heaven > You can justify it in the end > There won’t be any trumpets blowing > Come the judgment day > On the bloody morning after who… > One tin soldier rides away > > So, the people of the valley > Sent a message up the hill > Asking for the buried treasure, > Tons of gold for which they’d kill > Came an answer from the kingdom, > “With our brothers, we will share > All the secrets of our mountain, > All the riches buried there” > > Now, the valley cried with anger, > “Mount your horses, draw your sword!” > And they killed the mountain people > So, they won their just reward > Now, they stood beside the treasure > On the mountain dark and red > Turn the stone and looks beneath it… > “Peace on Earth” was all it said > > Go ahead and hate your neighbor > Go ahead and cheat a friend > Do it in the name of Heaven > You can justify it in the end > There won’t be any trumpets blowing > Come the judgment day > On the bloody morning after who… > One tin soldier rides away > > Go ahead and hate your neighbor > Go ahead and cheat a friend > Do it in the name of Heaven > You can justify it in the end > There won’t be any trumpets blowing > Come the judgment day > On the bloody morning after who… > One tin soldier rides away ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/85 "2015-06-07T16:41:01Z")
you bastard! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/86 "2015-06-07T16:55:53Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Sing it, brother! > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKx0tdlxMfY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKx0tdlxMfY) I now have a new one, thank you and Dam you! ---
**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:** [June 7, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/87 "2015-06-07T17:09:02Z")
**Phish - Down With Disease** : Here's the video with 'Beavis and Butt-head' commentary: Stop-stop-stop-stop-stop-stop-stop... ---
**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:** [June 7, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/88 "2015-06-07T23:43:19Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Sing it, brother! > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKx0tdlxMfY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKx0tdlxMfY) Does anyone remember The Sonny and Cher show and how they would have little animated bits running while they sang a tune and how Cher sang “One Tin Soldier” with “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear” as bookends and they showed a little cartoon while she sang? You don’t? Well, [here it is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg84L84uop8): ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/89 "2015-06-08T00:32:28Z")
[An raibh tú ag an gCarraig](https://youtu.be/Je3GoZw1W3w?t=42) ---
**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 8, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/90 "2015-06-08T01:05:36Z")
> [@4thdentist](#): > > Madeline Kahn’s “I’m Tired” from Blazing Saddles. I think I was mowing the lawn when it came to me. Goddammit! …of being admired ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/91 "2015-06-08T03:28:48Z")
William Elliott Whitmore Song “Old Devils”. Singing it here on Jools Holland [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20SNSOl97ro) ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/92 "2015-06-08T03:48:39Z")
Lily Allen’s “Fuck You.” It’s been stuck in my head since last night. Cause we hate what you do and we hate your whole crew so please don’t stay in touch [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IPZuYwYxnL4/hqdefault.jpg "Lily Allen - Fuck You [Official Music Video]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPZuYwYxnL4) ---
**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:** [June 9, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/93 "2015-06-09T17:39:33Z")
“Brown Sugar” ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/94 "2015-06-11T13:18:12Z")
[TV Rock Bimbo Nation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LizetmrcFLI) First heard this a couple weeks ago and cannot get rid of it. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/95 "2015-06-11T15:54:21Z")
Does it count if you like it? [Herb Alpert - Casino Royale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT4_ZVxKjEc) ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/96 "2015-06-11T16:22:27Z")
I heard a real oldie on my way to work this morning and now I’m humming it at my desk. “Baby Baby Don’t Cry” by Smokey Robinson. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/97 "2015-06-11T16:23:11Z")
“Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” because I was talking about **Song Of The South** the other night. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/98 "2015-06-11T16:49:03Z")
ARGHHHH. Tom Waits _Closing Time_ (instrumental, last track on the Closing Time album). I dug up my copy of the song and listened to it last night. Lovely song. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/99 "2015-06-11T20:20:42Z")
“Bittersweet Symphony” by The Verve. I dunno. I’ve just been thinking about someone I once knew and that song popped into my head. That’s all. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/100 "2015-06-11T20:45:10Z")
Ever since seeing today that Ron Moody died, the brilliant little march “Be Back Soon” from _Oliver!_ has been playing in an endless loop in my brain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=6)