# 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:** 77
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1524 "2024-10-14T13:17:04Z")
Playing on the mental jukebox this morning is _“Don’t Dream It’s Over” by Crowded House._ (Hey now hey now…) I seem to have heard that song several times recently while in the car and now it’s stuck there for a while. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1525 "2024-10-14T19:30:49Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > Al Stewart’s “Lord Grenville” Nice one ! My latest :- [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rkImUx6Z55w/maxresdefault.jpg "The Sheriff - ELP (An International Collaboration)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkImUx6Z55w) ---
**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:** [October 25, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1526 "2024-10-25T18:07:23Z")
The “Between the Lions” theme ---
**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 26, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1527 "2024-10-26T04:00:42Z")
“What’s Up” time to die ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1528 "2024-10-28T22:16:39Z")
> **[Bonny Portmore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonny_Portmore)** > > "Bonny Portmore" is an Irish traditional folk song which laments the demise of Ireland's old oak forests, specifically the Great Oak of Portmore or the Portmore Ornament Tree, which fell in a windstorm in 1760 and was subsequently used for shipbuilding and other purposes. > In 1664 an extensive castle was erected at Portmore, near Portmore Lough, County Antrim by Lord Conway, on the site of a more ancient fortress. It contained accommodation for two troops of horse. The site fell into neglect afte... The Loreena McKennitt version. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1529 "2024-10-28T22:51:45Z")
I’ll be out shopping and a song will play on the PA system that will stick with me the rest of the day. Today it’s **“Every Little Kiss” by Bruce Hornsby and the Range.** I like that song but my favorite by Mr. Hornsby is the lesser-known **“Across the River.”** ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1530 "2024-10-30T19:10:50Z")
Good god, right now mine is “Love Plus One” by Haircut 100. I heard part of it on the Sirius First Wave channel yesterday, and it’s been following me around ever since. ---
**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 30, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1531 "2024-10-30T22:33:39Z")
Dueling Earworms!\* I keep switching back and forth between _Daydream Believer_ (thanks to [this](https://youtu.be/RsVMZ6l_26s) YouTube video) and _Linger_ by the Cranberries. The latter is kind of hard to explain. I’ve been watching episodes of Community lately. There’s a bit in S02E01 where a [singer comes in](https://youtu.be/xz-9c2IPoUE?t=89) singing the song (more or less). So I have a combo of the original (music and lyrics) but with that singer’s voice. \* “Talk about your …” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1532 "2024-10-30T22:56:24Z")
The one that Khan put in Chekhov. …what? ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1533 "2024-10-30T23:28:36Z")
“The Love I Lost,” great 70s R&B from Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes. Must’ve heard it somewhere and it stuck. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1534 "2024-11-01T02:03:12Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Good god, right now mine is “Love Plus One” by Haircut 100. If the earworm is the lyrics, then God help you. On the other hand, if it’s the sax that’s pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1535 "2024-11-01T02:19:28Z")
Thats What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1536 "2024-11-01T04:48:30Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > If the earworm is the lyrics, then God help you. On the other hand, if it’s the sax that’s pretty good. Heheh, my brain works through the whole song eventually, but it’s mostly fixated on the horn melody before the chorus and the chorus. Still going on, I really need to work it out of there. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1537 "2024-11-01T15:52:11Z")
Thanks to another thread, I’m currently cursed with “Constantinople” by Al Stewart. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1538 "2024-11-04T15:15:23Z")
Stray Cat Strut! But just random lines: I strut right by with my tail in the air. Stray cat strut, I’m ladies cat I’m a feline Casanova, hey… Get my dinner from a garbage can. But I got cat class and I got cat style. 😺 😺 ---
**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:** [November 7, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1539 "2024-11-07T21:23:23Z")
Steve Forbert - “Romeo’s Tune” (1979) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vYMu2qgOiJs/maxresdefault.jpg "Romeo's Tune") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYMu2qgOiJs) ---
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[_Dead Man’s Party_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNgzWrvYwH0) by **Oingo Boingo**. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1541 "2024-11-11T17:49:32Z")
The Dead South’s _“In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company.”_ ---
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I put on a “Belly - Feed the Tree” YouTube generated playlist last Friday night and The Cranberries “Linger” has been stuck in my head since (just about to go to bed after Monday). ---
**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:** [November 12, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1543 "2024-11-12T15:57:09Z")
I’ve been doing Pat Benatar in the car lately. (Wait, let me rephrase that …) Lots of good songs, but the Worm of The Ear decided on _[So Sincere](https://youtu.be/OjycSfSg_9s)_. First thing this morning I finally transitioned to _[Heartbreaker](https://youtu.be/fd_7jIC9180)_. I thought to myself: “Great, at least I don’t have _So Sincere_ running thru my head anymore.” Oops. That was a mistake. Bad Worm. Very bad Worm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=76) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=78)