# 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:** 76
**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 31, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1503 "2024-08-31T16:14:14Z")
I managed to deliberately get Pat Wilson’s _Bop Girl_ planted into my head a couple days ago. (The music [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vQExTUbZlI) turned a teen soap actress into an Oscar winner. Or maybe not.) Since learning of Maurice Williams recent death I’ve switched over to _[Stay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Z_hskvz1M)_. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1504 "2024-09-01T03:30:57Z")
Not really a “fun” song but well performed: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MTs6UKjYAME/maxresdefault.jpg "Matty Groves") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTs6UKjYAME) ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1505 "2024-09-01T23:33:16Z")
“Across the River” by Bruce Hornsby and the Range. I heard it while shopping a couple of hours ago and still have it playing on my mind’s jukebox. I’ve always liked that song. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1506 "2024-09-02T00:25:23Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/t6JA-4YgoCw/maxresdefault.jpg "Ben Folds - "Exhausting Lover" (Official Music Video]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6JA-4YgoCw) ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1507 "2024-09-02T09:42:25Z")
Al Stewart’s “Lord Grenville” ---
**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 11, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1508 "2024-09-11T17:36:00Z")
Reaching back to 1968 for some old-school soul… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8eXxfnhWtp0/maxresdefault.jpg "Love Makes a Woman") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eXxfnhWtp0) ---
**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:** [September 11, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1509 "2024-09-11T21:52:14Z")
A week ago we were watching the last episodes of season 3 of _The Bear_. In the next to last episode Gillian Jacobs appeared again as Richie’s ex. (Does a good job there.) That night I remembered I hadn’t watched an episode of _Community_ in a very long time. So I pulled up S1E17 “Physical Education”. A superb episode. Near the end there’s a pool game between Jeff and a PE coach. Much of it is set to _Werewolves of London_ by Warren Zevon. It’s a really fun scene. Watch it on da [YouseTube](https://youtu.be/7GteWdCd9n0). (Warning: has Blake Clark in jockey shorts.) And, for extra _Community_-ness, the next night we watched the season finale episode of [The Bear](https://youtu.be/7GteWdCd9n0) and there was a big scene with Joel McHale. So I’ve been worming on that tune for some time now. ---
**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 11, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1510 "2024-09-11T22:17:49Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > A superb episode. Near the end there’s a pool game between Jeff and a PE coach. Much of it is set to _Werewolves of London_ by Warren Zevon. I’m betting it is a parody of this scene: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pbWuGTlKlu4/maxresdefault.jpg "Werewolves of London / The Color of Money") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbWuGTlKlu4) ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1511 "2024-09-11T22:28:13Z")
“America” from West Side Story ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1513 "2024-09-12T01:59:11Z")
It’s 10pm and for the last hour or so I’ve had 1983’s **“Mornin’”** by the marvelous **Al Jarreau** playing on my mental jukebox. I’ve always liked that happy little tune and I have no clue as to what reminded me of it. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1514 "2024-09-12T02:10:36Z")
A new video popped up in Recommended in youtube. It’s _[Play That Funky Music, White Boy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDOcnuO5c04)_, as performed live by Prince. I didn’t know he ever did this cover. Now it’s going to be stuck in my head for the next week. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1515 "2024-09-12T13:34:12Z")
When I get a _West Side Story_ earworm it’s usually _Gee, Officer Krupke!_ “Hey, I got a social disease!” ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1516 "2024-09-17T01:50:39Z")
**The King has Left the Building** - Strung Out Specifically the last lines, just over and over again in a loop. “The king that would never Could never, ever Show them all, be salvation” ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1517 "2024-09-17T02:15:30Z")
Vincent - Don McLean ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1518 "2024-09-17T02:24:08Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > When a song suddenly starts playing on my mental jukebox, I often have no clue as to how it got there. All day, for reasons unknown, I’ve had an obscure 1971 Top 40 hit by a one-hit wonder band called Cymarron. The song is a little ditty called “Rings.” It was never a song I liked particularly, or disliked (it was that innocuous a song) but something must have unconsciously reminded me of it, so here we are. This happens to me frequently. Songs played in stores, offices, etc. just smolder into my brain effortlessly and unannounced. And I have this habit of turning on the car radio on my 7 minute drive to and from work. Mostly a local rural FM channel which does have some flavorful contributions to the ear-worm phenomenon. I’ve heard songs I did not know existed from the 1960s and 1970s. But then, inexplicably, songs jump into the stream from nowhere. ---
**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 17, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1519 "2024-09-17T02:35:40Z")
[Shake Some Action](https://youtu.be/7cxM51kPdeQ?feature=shared) / Flaming Groovies ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1520 "2024-10-11T23:47:33Z")
Oh jesus - I have bloody “Mammy Blue” stuck in my head. _oh mammy mammy_ ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1521 "2024-10-12T00:24:30Z")
I’ve often discovered new music that I really like on the CBS Saturday Morning Show and this is no different. It’s been a while since the show with her on it was aired, but I bought the song and have been listening to it often. The first two lines of the song are on repeat in my head. I’m going to lose my mind. Fortune Teller by Rett Madison. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1522 "2024-10-12T01:07:59Z")
[Dan Lebowitz - Twilight Train](https://youtu.be/1ojFC4rGxAI?feature=shared) (background music from a youtube channel that I subscribe to) ---
**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:** [October 12, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1523 "2024-10-12T15:05:11Z")
Is it officially an earworm if the songs keep switching around? Right at this moment it’s _Nobody Does It Better_ sung by Carly Simon. Yeah, Do not Want. But it’ll probably cycle out soon with one of the other ones that have plagued me lately. _Hollywood Nights_, _Silver Tongued Devil_, some lesser Paul Simon stuff, etc. The worst is _Tea For Two_ as used in the Community [Interpretive Dance](https://youtu.be/AN5uczbrQ9Q?t=42) episode [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=75) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=77)