# 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:** 62
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1222 "2022-09-02T18:25:18Z")
So much going on in this song (some of it Beatles-inspired)… Michael Penn - “Try” (1997) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BzxAULfYSr8/maxresdefault.jpg "Try") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzxAULfYSr8) ---
**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:** [September 16, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1223 "2022-09-16T18:20:23Z")
I’ve only listened to this a few dozen times recently, it feels like: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SWyz-PJF__A/maxresdefault.jpg "Longha Nahawand (Trad. Turkish) – from O Jerusalem! – APOLLO'S FIRE (2020) – 8/9") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWyz-PJF__A) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1224 "2022-09-16T18:55:48Z")
This is driving me nuts, I never liked Che Guevara much! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0k8xMiZp588/hqdefault.jpg "Hasta Siempre - Carlos Puebla") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k8xMiZp588) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1225 "2022-09-18T13:48:51Z")
Yesterday(?) I posted a response over in the Thread Games category - Inka Dinka Doo by Jimmy Durante. Hearing it over and over in my head is driving me crazy. I even sing it aloud sometimes in a Durante-esque voice, naturally. Occasionally I’ll throw in an Acha-cha-cha. Once I even ended it by saying goodnight to Mrs. Calabash 🙂 to the bemusement of my Better Half. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1226 "2022-09-18T14:02:25Z")
Listened to a cover of this recently it’s stuck. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AIOAlaACuv4/maxresdefault.jpg "Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIOAlaACuv4) ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1227 "2022-09-18T22:04:00Z")
I always have one tune or another playing on my mind’s jukebox, which has a rather eclectic playlist. I woke up this morning with “Sunshine on My Shoulders” by John Denver playing. I don’t know why. I don’t dislike the song but don’t especially like it either. I haven’t thought of it in a long time and don’t recall hearing it played on background music anywhere recently. Around midday, “My Sharona” by the Knack showed up. Again, I don’t know why. Right now, it’s “Bad Moon Rising” by CCR. That one I can explain. I heard on the drive home from the store, so it’s fresh in my memory. I can usually short-circuit whatever is playing by listening to other music, but one time a few years ago it was stuck on “Copacabana” by Barry Manilow for a couple of days and I thought I was losing my mind. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1228 "2022-09-18T23:22:19Z")
The trailer for _Amsterdam_ makes great use of this one, so naturally, it’s followed me home from the theater. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CTUsFm0BAu8/hqdefault.jpg "Ten Years After - I'd Love to Change the World") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTUsFm0BAu8) ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1229 "2022-09-18T23:49:59Z")
“Hyde Park (The Ah’ 'Ooh Song)” by Jeff Kashiwa. (Smooth Jazz) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1230 "2022-09-19T00:54:39Z")
I’ve listened to Pink Floyd’s _Animals_ 3 times in the 2 days(1977 original/new 2018 stereo remix/2018 5.1), so my current earworms are Dogs, Pigs, and Sheep. If you’re a fan, do yourself a favor and seek out the re-issue, especially if you have a surround sound-capable system. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1231 "2022-09-19T01:11:06Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/snZKnES4ng4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965) 4K") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snZKnES4ng4) (Why did Chris Hillman always look like he was really pissed off about something?) Earlier this afternoon: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BSByOeew1rU/hqdefault.jpg "Chad & Jeremy - Yesterday's Gone (1964)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSByOeew1rU) ---
**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:** [September 23, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1232 "2022-09-23T11:26:39Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > “My Sharona” by the Knack showed up… That’s hard one to shake off. This has been with me for a few days now: [Carly Simon, Anticipation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NwP3wes4M8&ab_channel=CarlySimon) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1233 "2022-09-23T12:38:55Z")
this fits the mood of the world : https://www.youtube.com/embed/cv4QNTg1Mps?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDcv4QNTg1Mps because youtube shows the ad for the new killer known game 20 times a day [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nO4A6anNb9w/maxresdefault.jpg "Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988) Title Song by the Dickies") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO4A6anNb9w) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KBfnACUIDWA/maxresdefault.jpg "Raining Tacos 24 Hour - the MAXIMUM Raining Tacos allowed by law") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBfnACUIDWA) because of roblox ---
**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:** [September 23, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1234 "2022-09-23T17:54:31Z")
Saint-Saens’ Danse Macabre. It’s the theme to the series _Jonathan Creek_, which I’ve been binging lately. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1235 "2022-09-23T21:09:08Z")
I have a nephew-in-law who just bought his first turntable. I sent him a couple of my favorite albums, including Secret Secrets by Joan Armatrading. Joe Jackson plays on it, and the attack on his solo piano combined with Joan’s ability to soar from a throaty growl to a near-falsetto on _Love By You_ is mesmerizing… and has been stuck in my head _for the past two weeks!_ https://www.youtube.com/embed/jyFgGlKbxoA?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDjyFgGlKbxoA [Here it is live,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E84gI4Z2MNI) but whenever anyone but Joe plays on it, it’s only 99% brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1236 "2022-09-23T22:01:39Z")
“_Baaad_ self portraits…” has been bouncing through my head for days now. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uRrjDhQLw9s?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDuRrjDhQLw9s ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1237 "2022-09-23T22:19:03Z")
That Greek-sounding flute tune played during the dance at the King’s palace in Mycenae, in “Time Bandits” just before the boy was re-abducted by the bandits. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1238 "2022-09-27T18:13:33Z")
The themes to _Land of the Lost_. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1239 "2022-09-28T20:04:13Z")
Simarik by Tarkan [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FkKShvCPrRc/maxresdefault.jpg "Tarkan - Şımarık - Simarik - Kiss Kiss (Original Video HD)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkKShvCPrRc) Recently my brain was trying to combine “Oh Little Town of Bethlehem” and “Merlin the Magician” by Rick Wakeman. Oh little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by His birds and beasts supply our feast And his feats our glorious chorus. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1240 "2022-10-05T12:59:18Z")
As I’ve mentioned before, I wake up every morning with something playing on my mental jukebox. Today it’s **“This Masquerade” by George Benson.** I have absolutely no idea why, but I’m enjoying it for the time being. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1241 "2022-10-05T13:14:58Z")
[_The Propagation of Light (Through the Ether of Emotion)_, by Au4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh0195abo1I) I woke up humming it, and it won’t go away. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=63)