# Songs That Get Stuck in Your Head Wanted

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-wanted/357851>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 23, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-wanted/357851 "2006-05-23T02:23:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-wanted/357851/81 "2006-05-24T18:38:56Z")

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No. I don’t even own it on CD anymore. I’ve liquidated a lot of the discs I had when I stopped being a bar/party DJ.

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**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-wanted/357851/82 "2006-05-24T18:53:57Z")

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Harumph.

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-wanted/357851/83 "2006-05-24T18:58:22Z")

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Ode to Joy by Mozart? What, he was stealing from Bach? 😃

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-wanted/357851/84 "2006-05-24T18:59:27Z")

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Or make that Beethoven. :smack: :smack: :smack:

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-wanted/357851/85 "2006-05-24T19:00:50Z")

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The **Banana Splits** theme.

_One banana, two banana, three banana, four…_

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**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-wanted/357851/86 "2006-05-24T19:25:49Z")

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**One Tin Soldier** by somebody or other

**These Boots Are Made for Walkin’** (Nancy Sinatra) - “You kept lyin’ when you should’a been truthin’ - good” AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!

**Girls Just Wanna Have Fun** (Cyndi Lauper) - and everybody else wants to blow their brains out.

The **Meatballs** theme song - “Are you ready for the summer? / Are you totally annoyed yet?”

And the ultimate of all annoyingly catchy songs -

**It’s a Sunshine Day** - the Brady Bunch Kids

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-wanted/357851/87 "2006-05-24T19:30:59Z")

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[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman]  
**One Tin Soldier** by somebody or other  
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The band was Coven.

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**Author:** ![BlackHeart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@BlackHeart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackHeart)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-wanted/357851/88 "2006-05-24T20:19:02Z")

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You gotta throw in “Barbie Girl” by Aqua.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to pour Drain-O down my ears.

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**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-wanted/357851/89 "2006-05-24T21:33:41Z")

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[QUOTE=Mama Tiger]  
Ode to Joy by Mozart? What, he was stealing from Bach? 😃  
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My bad. I was looking for more symphony music when I typed that out.

Manual diarrahea.

Bad Trevor.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head-wanted/357851/90 "2006-05-25T14:39:13Z")

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“Believe” by Cher

“If This Is It” by Huey Lewis and the News, if only because I need to pass on my current earworm :eek:

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