# Songs that get stuck in your head by just reading the title **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2001, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-by-just-reading-the-title/86568 "2001-10-10T13:50:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-by-just-reading-the-title/86568/1 "2001-10-10T13:50:11Z")
Proceed at your own risk. \*My Sharona Follow the Yellow Brick Road It’s a Small World The Lion Sleeps Tonight We Will Rock You If You’re Happy and You Know It Don’t Worry, Be Happy The Macarena Gilligan’s Island _theme song_ YMCA I’m a Little Teacup Odd Couple \*theme song It hurt me as much to type this as it did for you to read it. Any more suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-by-just-reading-the-title/86568/2 "2001-10-10T13:51:21Z")
_Cars_ by **Gary Numan** ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-by-just-reading-the-title/86568/3 "2001-10-10T14:32:29Z")
Come On Eileen **Dexy’s Midnight Runners** I Want a New Drug **Huey Lewis and the News** Sunday, Bloody Sunday **U2** Mandy **Barry Manilow** These are the only ones I can think of now… Especially Mandy. It gets me every time… Damn you, **seawitch**! Now I’ll be singing it all day… 😛 “Oh Mandy, well you came and you gave without taking…” ---
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-by-just-reading-the-title/86568/4 "2001-10-10T14:50:03Z")
Not a title of a song but whenever I hear \*\*\* DEBBIE GIBSON \*\*\* It starts up “love, only in my dreams as real as it may see ee eem, it was only in my dreams” ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-by-just-reading-the-title/86568/5 "2001-10-10T14:53:27Z")
Doo Ron Ron ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-by-just-reading-the-title/86568/6 "2001-10-10T14:58:24Z")
_Stop Me If You Think That You’ve Heard This One Before_ - The Smiths _Call Me_ - Blondie _With or Without You_ - U2 ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-by-just-reading-the-title/86568/7 "2001-10-10T15:51:25Z")
_Green acres_ ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-by-just-reading-the-title/86568/8 "2001-10-10T16:09:55Z")
_Symphony of Destruction_ ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-by-just-reading-the-title/86568/9 "2001-10-10T16:33:41Z")
**"London Calling"** (get that one _all the friggin’ time_ around here!) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-by-just-reading-the-title/86568/10 "2001-10-10T16:36:23Z")
…singing “Fire!” > [@](#): > > I’m dwiving in my kaa, > > I tun on da way-de-oh… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-by-just-reading-the-title/86568/11 "2001-10-10T16:50:31Z")
Yeah, like you’re going to even get me to open a thread with a title like that. Oops. _When are you going to come down, when are you going to land in My Sharona!! buh-duh buh-duh bump buh-duh bump buh-duh bump its a world of laughter, world of tears, in the jungle, the mighty jungle, the li-on sleeps to-night! Wheeeee-da-be-de, a wheem-a-low-away! Stomp-stomp-clap, stomp-stomp-clap gonna be a big man some day, then your face will surely show it, the landlord says the rent is late, he might have to mitigate, don’t worry, Hey Macarena! Oh let me tell you 'bout my boyfriend, the one they call Hipilito, the weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed, it’s fun to stay at the YMCA, YMCA, just tip me over, pour me out buh-dum buh-dum buh-dum, bop-a-dah-dah, buh-dum buh-dum buh-dum, bop-a-dah-dah, it’s the only way to live, too-la-roo-la too-la-roo-la eh, I’m in love with you! I just heard the news today, I can’t take it all and make it go away, but I sent you away, oh it was only in my dreams when I met her on a Sunday and my heart stood still…_ Arrggghhhhh!! Curse you, vile temptress! ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-by-just-reading-the-title/86568/12 "2001-10-10T17:04:00Z")
_…I live by the river!_ ---
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-by-just-reading-the-title/86568/13 "2001-10-10T17:12:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\*\ > Arrggghhhhh!! Curse you, vile temptress! \*\* Finally. Someone who understands the real me. 😃 [sub]ps - for the other evil ones out there, try humming any one of these in a crowded elevator. Wheeee![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-by-just-reading-the-title/86568/14 "2001-10-10T17:47:34Z")
I wanna be sedated ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-by-just-reading-the-title/86568/15 "2001-10-10T17:51:02Z")
“Money for Nothing” by the Dire Straits ---
**Author:** ![Skijumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Skijumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skijumper)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-by-just-reading-the-title/86568/16 "2001-10-10T18:58:11Z")
99 Luftballons - _Neun und neunzig luftballons! Nananana -na na na_ M.E.T.H.O.D.O.F.L.O.V.E - _It’s the method of modern looove_ What’s love got to do with it - _Whaaaat’s love got to do, got to do with it…Whaaaat’s love but a second hand eeemo-shun_ Ghostbusters - _Who ya gonna call?_ The Reflex - _So why-yi-yi-yi don’t ya use it_