# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/121 "2015-07-15T18:36:51Z")
…and it just changed… "Keep away old man, you won't fool me You and your history won't rule me! You might have been a fighter, but admit you failed, I'm not affected by your blackmail...! You won't blackmail me...." :D ---
**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:** [July 15, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/122 "2015-07-15T18:54:27Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > [Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5an9OuXKxBw) - the theme song to the movie High Noon > > just the “Until I shoot Frank Miller dead” line at the end. I can never remember the rest. > > In searching for that clip I found so many versions without that line. Little is more maddening than an earworm when the lyric that is stuck in your head isn’t in the version of the song you find. I knew I wasn’t mis-remembering it. Who is Frank Miller? Sung by Frankie Laine: [https://play.google.com/music/preview/T7273kanlaemq6org7tlvipdgvm?lyrics=1&utm\_source=google&utm\_medium=search&utm\_campaign=lyrics&pcampaignid=kp-lyrics](https://play.google.com/music/preview/T7273kanlaemq6org7tlvipdgvm?lyrics=1&utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=lyrics&pcampaignid=kp-lyrics) \*Do not forsake me, oh my darlin’ On this, our weddin’ day Do not forsake me, oh my darlin’ Wait, wait along I do not know what fate awaits me I only know I must be brave And I must face a man who hates me Or lie a coward, a craven coward Or lie a coward in my grave Oh, to be torn ‘tweenst love and duty Supposin’ I lose my fair-haired beauty Look at that big hand move along Nearin’ high noon He made a vow while in state prison Vowed it would be my life or his An’ I’m not afraid of death but oh What will I do if you leave me? Do not forsake me, oh my darlin’ You made that promise as a bride Do not forsake me, oh my darlin’ Although you’re grievin’, don’t think of leavin’ Now that I need you by my side Wait along, wait along (Wait along) Wait along, wait along (Wait along, wait along) (Wait along, wait along, wait along)\* I ain’t Frank Miller. Don’t shoot me dead. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/123 "2015-07-15T19:22:25Z")
Back to the Island by Leon Russell. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/124 "2015-07-15T20:08:23Z")
_Ballad of Dwight Fry_ - Alice Cooper ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/125 "2015-07-15T21:53:01Z")
Marian the Librarian from _The Music Man_, alternating with It’s a Fine Life from _Oliver!_. I watched musicals this weekend. StG ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/126 "2015-07-15T22:18:23Z")
An oldie but a goodie - _Non più andrai_, getting stuck in people’s heads since 1786. I saw \*The Marriage of Figaro \*on July 5. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/127 "2015-07-15T22:56:18Z")
[_In the aeroplane over the sea_ by Neutral Milk Hotel](https://youtu.be/hD6_QXwKesU). I heard it in the car yesterday and it’s been stuck ever since. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/128 "2015-07-15T23:16:26Z")
Van Morrison’s [Moon Dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lFxGBB4UGU): _Well, it’s a marvelous night for a Moondance With the stars up above in your eyes A fantabulous night to make romance 'Neath the cover of October skies_ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/129 "2015-07-15T23:19:54Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Who is Frank Miller? The main bad dude in _High Noon_.🙂 Played by [Ian MacDonald (1914–1978)](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531756/?ref_=tt_cl_t9) ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/130 "2015-07-15T23:34:52Z")
[John Wesley](http://www.john-wesley.com/) [_Out Of Your League_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iXj8Yh_APs) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/131 "2015-07-16T02:08:25Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > Van Morrison’s [Moon Dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lFxGBB4UGU): > > _Well, it’s a marvelous night for a Moondance > With the stars up above in your eyes > A fantabulous night to make romance > 'Neath the cover of October skies_ Darn you! That song Always reminds me of the Fall, when the winds are starting to shift before winter. The old WNEW used to play that song on nights when the dry leaves overhead rustled on their branches and the wind seems to say, “C’mon! I Dare you…!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Room](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_room/32/5069_2.png) [@Little\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Room)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/132 "2015-07-16T03:06:50Z")
Today it’s _Yesterday - The Beatles_. Heard it at a funeral today. Better than getting a local ad jingle in my head for days. The worst - it’s like a parasite! ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/133 "2015-07-16T14:36:35Z")
[The way you love me, Faith Hill.](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/faithhill/thewayyouloveme.html) Specifically, this part: \*You’re the million reasons why There’s love reflecting in my eyes \* And I hate this song - it’s one that I actively change the station if it comes on the radio. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/134 "2015-07-16T14:38:40Z")
"At the Banana Cabana, Your pants won’t be missed! Al-most Naaaked Animals!" [If you don’t recognise it, count yourself lucky.] ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/135 "2015-07-16T15:49:19Z")
[ALL OF THESE THINGS MADE ME WHO I AM MAYBE ALL OF THESE THINGS MADE ME WHO I AM MAYBE ALL OF THESE THINGS MADE ME WHO I AM AND I AM…](https://youtu.be/QLZkf6HvO2Q) Yes, it has to be in capslock. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/136 "2015-07-16T16:19:04Z")
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful, A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical. And all the birds in the trees, well they’d be singing so happily, Joyfully, playfully watching me. But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible, Logical, responsible, practical. And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable, Clinical, intellectual, cynical. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/137 "2015-07-16T16:58:39Z")
I’ve been humming “Daddy Could Swear (I Declare)” ever since I heard it on my shuffle this morning on the way to work. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/138 "2015-07-16T17:56:21Z")
“Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye. I have it in my head after watching a Game of Thrones parody video called “A Character I Used to Know.” ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/139 "2015-07-16T18:35:39Z")
After about three weeks of Abba’s _Chiquitita,_ I’m in another brief lull. Yeah, when I get an ear worm, I get it good. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/140 "2015-07-16T20:03:11Z")
Well, it was _Madness_ by Muse. I’ve been listening to that while I run - it’s actually an excellent running song. After I started typing it switched to _Counting Stars_ by One Republic. Then I unfortunately scrolled down before hitting submit. Thanks to **TreacherousCretin** , I now have “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” stuck in my head. Dammit. Fortunately my earworms wander off when distracted by shiny, new earworms. But that means I could have a very ugly new earworm stuck in there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=8)