# 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:** 82
**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:** [June 21, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1624 "2025-06-21T03:50:25Z")
“Scotland the Brave” ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1625 "2025-06-21T12:04:58Z")
I woke up with **“Silent Running” by Mike and the Mechanics** playing on my mental jukebox. It’s going to be an Armageddon kind of day. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1626 "2025-06-21T12:27:22Z")
Thanks to iPod shuffle, “Rael” by The Who popped up and has been an earworm for the past couple of days. Wanted to share. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IOdfXIOaEBo/maxresdefault.jpg "Rael 1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOdfXIOaEBo) ---
**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:** [June 21, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1627 "2025-06-21T13:11:09Z")
“Midnight For Maya” - Incendio ---
**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:** [June 21, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1628 "2025-06-21T13:19:05Z")
**HIGH HOPES** (Rubber Tree Plant Song) by Frank Sinatra ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1629 "2025-07-13T02:40:26Z")
This will not leave my brain [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IpFX2vq8HKw/maxresdefault.jpg "yung kai - blue (official music video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpFX2vq8HKw) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1630 "2025-07-13T02:45:49Z")
I binge-watched SCANDAL when it just hit Netflix, so Ain’t No Mountain High Enough now routinely plays in my head… ---
**Author:** ![cieskokid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cieskokid/32/5374_2.png) [@cieskokid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cieskokid)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1631 "2025-07-13T03:32:29Z")
From Wet Leg, Rian Teasdale (redhead) & Hester Chambers (elvish blonde), from the Isle of Wight. Fun, catchy as hell & very well done, everything a good ear\*worm should be [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qGg-hitVZKQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Wet Leg - Ur Mum (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGg-hitVZKQ&t=2\) ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1632 "2025-07-22T22:54:29Z")
Right now, my mental jukebox is playing “No More Tears” by Ozzy Osborne. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1633 "2025-07-23T00:15:18Z")
_Everyday Magic_ by My Morning Jacket. It played relentlessly in the car on Spectrum radio during my week long trip. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1634 "2025-07-24T14:35:40Z")
This, due to the current international, national and family context [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vQqRfQxQw5o/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGGUgVShAMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCRNS_yNUn9r1fJPXTwfYf7j3wrMA "La puta madre que lo parioooo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQqRfQxQw5o) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1635 "2025-07-24T14:43:05Z")
Made the mistake of dredging up this song by Golden Earring after hearing that the band’s co-founder, George Kooymans died. Incipient earworm incoming: https://www.youtube.com/embed/tTUZXWKRVM4?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDtTUZXWKRVM4 ---
**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:** [July 24, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1636 "2025-07-24T15:19:23Z")
_Lovely Day lovely day lovely day lovely day_ **Bill Withers** ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1637 "2025-07-26T01:49:13Z")
\*yeah, I know, I’ve “got a lot of growing up to do, mister” And yeah, I know, it’s just “a waste of fucking time” And yeah, I know, I’m “growing older” and my life is "unstable’ And yeah, it shows, but I could never give this up!\* " [4 chords, 3 words](https://brutalyouth.bandcamp.com/track/4-chords-3-words)"\* by Brutal Youth \*(I’m in love!) This part of the song is such an earworm I’m constantly singing it. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2025, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1638 "2025-07-26T02:21:49Z")
**LADY OF THE MOON** by 2002 ---
**Author:** ![doc481](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@doc481](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doc481)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1639 "2025-07-26T20:49:29Z")
Tony Orlando & Dawn “Tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree”. OMG where did that come from?? Whats worse I remember most all of the words. W hich of course leads to “Knock 3 times” arghh ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1640 "2025-07-29T06:39:56Z")
**In Your Eyes** Peter Gabriel [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kU8OJAOMbPg/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGFEgTihlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLATUaOI5OM06bh_LEgPrRBhWUk9TA "Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU8OJAOMbPg) ---
**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:** [July 29, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1641 "2025-07-29T16:53:34Z")
Always loved the Four Tops (especially Levi Stubbs, lead vocals ). But recently started listening to the bass lines. Found out that was James Jamerson (an influence on McCartney and J.P. Jones). Then I discovered a remix of _Bernadette_ that starts with almost a minute of just the bass line with a bit of vocals over it! The whole thing is 8 minutes of bliss thanks to [mosogotam](https://www.youtube.com/@mosogotam)… and now a welcome earworm! https://www.youtube.com/embed/sb0oMArriIo?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDsb0oMArriIo ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1642 "2025-07-31T13:07:43Z")
There have been quite a few welcome earworms recently, and here’s mine. Ever since seeing (on TV) her perform this song at Glastonbury it’s been firmly lodged in my brain, and I’m fine with that. Beth Gibbons: Mysteries. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1P7z3wbLLZQ/hqdefault.jpg "Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Mysteries") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P7z3wbLLZQ) I would go so far as to recommend this for first responder treatment of hazardous earworms. j ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1643 "2025-07-31T13:14:25Z")
“Alley Cat” by Bent Fabric. I have no idea why. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=83)