# 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:** 61
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1202 "2022-08-08T18:23:36Z")
Si\_Amigo posted The Unicorn - the Irish Rovers in the Topic Playlist thread, and it’s been firmly embedded in my brain for the past 10 minutes. My kids used to love it, 15 years ago, and the lyrics and tune variations are clever, but I need to listen to something else and replace it. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_EPsuOEH1fY&ab\_channel=XxMrBlondexX](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EPsuOEH1fY&ab_channel=XxMrBlondexX) > [@Topic Playlist! (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/4316): > > Hits of the 1960’s Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver She Loves You - The Beatles Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys The Unicorn - the Irish Rovers My brother won a radio contest and dared the DJ to find him a copy of this. He did. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1203 "2022-08-08T19:23:12Z")
Luckily, you caught me in a rare month or so where all my earworms are fun: Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello: Most of _Live at 54th,_ but especially _Toledo_ and _My Little Red Book._ Zac Brown Band: The really escapist stuff, like “Got my toes in the water, my ass in the sand…” and “Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair?” And I nabbed a picture disk in the dollar LP bin: Culture Club’s classic album _Colour By Numbers._ So now I’ve got the whole 45 minutes of that running through my head. Seriously, this is one reason I listen to audiobooks so much: if I didn’t, I’d have non-stop Boy George running through my head (usually with me obliviously singing along). ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1204 "2022-08-08T21:58:38Z")
Jefferson Airplane, “Lather.” I was at a hotel where the touletries brand was Lather 2 weeks ago and it’s been stuck in my head since then. At least I know all the words. An odd song but catchy. A strange choice for the B side of Crown of Creation. Here, why should I enjoy it alone? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9WF4FF8QrQE/hqdefault.jpg "Jefferson Airplane - Lather") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WF4FF8QrQE) ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1205 "2022-08-08T22:44:51Z")
If you’re going to have a Melanie song stuck in your head you might as well bring Miley Cyrus along. I think this one is excellent. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LL4BHMSreF8/hqdefault.jpg "MELANIE & MILEY CYRUS Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma (2015)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL4BHMSreF8) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1206 "2022-08-11T14:21:04Z")
Read a review of an upcoming radio documentary _In Suburbia_, which takes it’s title from the Pet Shop Boys’ song - which has been stuck in my head for days now. But hell, I love the Pet Shop Boys - all they did was produce perfect pop records. Best earworm I’ve had in years. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/setkn6jzHIs/hqdefault.jpg "Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=setkn6jzHIs) j ---
**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:** [August 11, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1207 "2022-08-11T15:46:39Z")
[Elvis - You Ask Me To](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlGcD4I2Chw), it’s a Waylon Jennings/Billy Jo Shaver song but I think Elvis did a great cover. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1208 "2022-08-12T11:57:27Z")
My neighbor had never heard of the concept of earworms. He described one he was having, and he was relieved to find out he wasn’t having a mental problem. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1209 "2022-08-12T15:45:45Z")
There’s a local car dealership and they advertise on the radio with a catchy jingle. I can’t get it out of my head. And every time it comes on, it gets worse. I change the station when it comes on. It’s gotten so bad that when it comes on I start singing It’s A Small World to purge it from my brain. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1210 "2022-08-12T16:02:56Z")
I haven’t bought much in the way of new music in many years, but I’ve had this song on repeat for a few weeks now: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WAifgn2Cvo8/maxresdefault.jpg "Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAifgn2Cvo8) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1211 "2022-08-12T17:57:26Z")
From _Risky Business_ - love it! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZRSNy8DcIDk/maxresdefault.jpg "Tangerine Dream - Love On A Real Train (State Azure Cover)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRSNy8DcIDk) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1212 "2022-08-12T18:08:49Z")
I love these guys … [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/b2_CJ_nx-l4/maxresdefault.jpg "VULFPECK /// 3 on E (feat. Antwaun Stanley)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2_CJ_nx-l4) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1213 "2022-08-17T19:33:35Z")
Brian Cox, perhaps best known for _Succession_, as Prof. Harold Hill. Great stuff! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/h2sE_4lBtrQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Ya Got Trouble") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2sE_4lBtrQ) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1214 "2022-08-17T21:30:05Z")
This is my current earworm. It’s also my ringtone. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Yjl890_qwf4/maxresdefault.jpg "Caro Emerald - Tangled Up (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjl890_qwf4) ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1215 "2022-08-17T21:33:32Z")
It’s alternating between [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sc5iTNVEOAg/maxresdefault.jpg "Lit - My Own Worst Enemy (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc5iTNVEOAg) and [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wYsMjEeEg4g/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHOBYAC4AOKAgwIABABGH8gQyglMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBTFhUWKvTScpcVNc3PAaUQ_-zyqg "Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYsMjEeEg4g) ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1216 "2022-08-18T20:04:13Z")
Because of all the threads and articles on abortion, I keep having the first two lines of the Sex Pistol’s Bodies run through my head She was a girl from Birmingham She just had an abortion ---
**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:** [August 22, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1217 "2022-08-22T15:16:48Z")
[_Lonely Days_ by the Bee Gees](https://youtu.be/ipwWbZnpgiI) came up on the car stereo card yesterday. Brought back memories, etc. But it’s a freakin’ earworm, and a Bee Gees one as well. After hearing it several hundred times in my head since it’s time for the ice pick. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1218 "2022-08-30T05:07:24Z")
Bring on the ice pick! The Tiki Room song from Disney has settled in my head. Follow the link at your own risk. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Kd0RD_SfZhE/hqdefault.jpg "Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room FULL SHOW and PRE-SHOW at Disneyland 2021") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd0RD_SfZhE) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1219 "2022-08-31T05:24:04Z")
A more pleasant earworm today, Dave Mallett singing his “Garden Song”. I don’t know why he’s not better known. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2m0LewjkO4s/hqdefault.jpg "Dave Mallett - Garden Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m0LewjkO4s) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1220 "2022-08-31T18:08:05Z")
Listening to a book that keeps mentioning two henchmen, Wenk and Gilley. So of course I canNOT stop singing: _Ziggy played guitar,_ _jamming good with Weird and Gilly…_ (and the Spiders from Mars) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1221 "2022-08-31T23:05:37Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > I watched an old Carrie Fisher one-woman-shoe last night (Wishful Drinking) - I had no idea she was married to Paul Simon. I love Carrie’s comment: Short people. Short marriage. My earworm is alternating between Superfreak and Catwalkin’…guess what I watched recently. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=62)