# 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:** 85
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1684 "2025-12-27T19:38:30Z")
More than a week ago I looked into the theme song for _It: Welcome to Derry_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5wl4nzJEgIM/maxresdefault.jpg "IT: Welcome to Derry Season 1 Opening Title Sequence") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wl4nzJEgIM) I found that it was a song (that I’d never heard of) by a duo (that I’d never heard of) called Patience and Prudence. Looking for info on Patience and Prudence, I found them doing a cover of Tonight You Belong to Me ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6YXPoqBiLt4/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/6YXPoqBiLt4?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RD6YXPoqBiLt4 Which I remembered having been in a Steve Martin movie. I was thinking _The Man With Two Brains_, but it was _The Jerk_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wyinJyWUhas/maxresdefault.jpg "Tonight You Belong To Me; Steve Martin & Bernadette Peters The Jerk 1979 (High Quality)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyinJyWUhas) So for several days now I have had Tonight You Belong to Me stuck in my head off and on. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1685 "2025-12-27T19:51:55Z")
Warren Zevon - “Seminole Bingo” ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ABxbuI5Zufo/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/ABxbuI5Zufo?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDABxbuI5Zufo ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1686 "2025-12-27T23:49:22Z")
“Come Dancing” by the Kinks. I heard it on the radio driving home a couple of hours ago and have had it playing on my mind’s jukebox ever since. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1687 "2025-12-28T04:07:12Z")
“ We Are Family “, by Sister Sledge. It’s lurking there. Sometimes it’s the dominant background in my brain. Other times, it will flit in, take up some ganglial bandwidth, then retreat. God I want to get rid of this song- which I DO adore. Being from Philly and such…… ---
**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:** [December 28, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1688 "2025-12-28T08:51:21Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Which I remembered having been in a Steve Martin movie. I was thinking _The Man With Two Brains_, but it was _The Jerk_. Damn, I had this exact same recording stuck in my head tonight. (yeah I sing Bernadette’s part. Sue me) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1689 "2026-01-08T16:46:04Z")
One Tin Soldier, by Coven (1971, Jinx Dawson) ➜ [https://youtu.be/djKjeWg5-vk](https://youtu.be/djKjeWg5-vk) ■ ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1690 "2026-01-08T17:59:55Z")
I’ve been listening to a bunch of 60s British pop, and was recommended a song by The Move with the intriguing title “Curly”. Damned if this isn’t one of the finest songs to come out of that era: [The Move - Curly (1969)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CemnaJclmoQ) ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1691 "2026-01-08T20:07:23Z")
While driving to and from errands I heard “Boogie On Reggae Woman” by Stevie Wonder on Radio Paradise. Now playing on my mental jukebox an hour later. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1692 "2026-01-08T20:59:05Z")
I accidentally figured out the main electric piano riff to this a couple of days ago, and now I can’t get it out of my head. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EPfmNxKLDG4/maxresdefault.jpg "Beck - Where It's At (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPfmNxKLDG4) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1693 "2026-01-08T21:10:35Z")
My earworm of today is from Pete Townshend’s _The Iron Man_: “New Life(Reprise)” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OJhoInIzxM0/maxresdefault.jpg "New Life (Reprise)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJhoInIzxM0) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1694 "2026-01-14T22:18:09Z")
It’s been in my head for days… “Diamonds & Rust” by Joan Baez _You burst on the scene_ _Already a legend_ _The unwashed phenomenon_ _The original vagabond_ about Bob Dylan [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1ST9TZBb9v8/maxresdefault.jpg "Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust (With Lyrics)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ST9TZBb9v8) ---
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1695 "2026-01-14T23:43:17Z")
[Roll me up and smoke me when I die](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUBflOTXKsU) ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1696 "2026-03-02T21:34:05Z")
This one totally baffles me. I dozed off while watching TV last night and when I woke up about 30 minutes later, “The Wayward Wind” by Gogi Grant (1956) was playing on my mental jukebox. It was a huge hit its day, but I was only 4 years old in 1956, though I’ve heard the song here and there over the years, enough times that I can play it in my mind, note for note. I remember it was on some LP we had around the house when I was a kid. It’s a great song. Lots of people recorded it, including Patsy Cline and Tex Ritter, but I’ve never heard any other version than Ms. Grant’s. It wasn’t played in the TV show I was watching, and I haven’t thought of that song in probably 50 years, so why would it pop into my mind that way? And it stuck until I went to bed. Sometimes my mind works in very, very mysterious ways… If there are any psychologists on SDMB, I’d welcome an explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1697 "2026-03-03T18:51:02Z")
I have no idea what it means but it just simply kicks ass. [The Move - The Words of Aaron [2005 Reissue] (lyrics)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFfAGPijYyA) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1698 "2026-03-05T00:03:00Z")
I don’t get many earworms so I haven’t participated in this thread. I have one now. Jack O’Connell and others doing _Rocky Road to Dublin_ from the movie _Sinners._ Note: in the movie they only did the first and last verse. This is the full song. I’ve had to pull it up on YouTube daily for a while now. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Iapw_hbyBjE/maxresdefault.jpg "Rocky Road to Dublin | Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iapw_hbyBjE) ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1699 "2026-03-05T21:52:02Z")
We’re just back from a brief vacation in Bristol (the one nearly in Wales). Actually, we were staying in Portishead, just outside of Bristol. And yes, the band Portishead did come from Portishead. The singer was Beth Gibbons, so, inevitably… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ABbZcx6zE5o/maxresdefault.jpg "Beth Gibbons, Rustin Man - Mysteries (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABbZcx6zE5o) j ---
**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:** [March 31, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1700 "2026-03-31T14:28:12Z")
**Ah! Leah!** by Donnie Iris has been swirling around in my head for a few days. It’s such a great song, but it’s one that I don’t think of very often. It popped up on TikTok the other day. I’m glad it did. Then this morning, I saw a clip of Tom Jones singing **She’s a Lady** , and doing his funky dance. So now I have both of those songs popping up in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1701 "2026-04-11T03:06:26Z")
Right now I have When Johnny Comes Marching Home in my head. Because just the other day I was reminded of the old PC game Civil War Generals 2, which had the song on repeat on certain screens. Even though it’s been more than a decade since I’ve played it, remembering the game has its version of the song in my mind - namely, it is entirely musical, and runs through one verse before stopping for a second or two and then playing the exact same loop again. It is earwormy to me because it is the only song in which my musically untrained ears can hear the chord progression resolve itself nicely at the end, which sounds very satisfying and thus begs a repeat for more dopamine from hearing the resolution resolve itself in my head. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1702 "2026-04-16T16:14:56Z")
Baby Love by The Supremes Because this morning I saw a car with the personalized license plate **4 BABLUV.** ---
**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:** [August 28, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1703 "2026-08-28T20:43:27Z")
I am very much not a fan of Dolly Parton’s music. However, all I’ve been hearing between my ears lately is: “Jolene, _Jolene_, _ **Jolene,** _ _ **JOLEEEN** _!” mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=84) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=86)