# Songs That Have Caused You to Press the "Repeat" Button Over and Over Again **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218 "2005-03-25T16:04:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/21 "2005-03-25T18:50:46Z")
Songs I have annoyed people with in the past: The Traveller (Days Are Numbers) by The Alan Parsons Project Drop Dead Legs by Van Halen Hotel California by the Eagles Empty Garden by Elton John I like the bizarre variety of your list, **Winnie**! ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/22 "2005-03-25T19:03:07Z")
There are very few songs that I can stand to do this with, but here’s what makes the short list: Sorrow by **Bad Religion** Porch by **Pearl Jam** Bridge over Troubled Water **Johnny Cash** version. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/23 "2005-03-25T19:33:30Z")
Some that come to mind over the years: “She Bangs the Drums” and “I Wanna Be Adored” — **Stone Roses** “Map Ref. 41N 93W” and “Kidney Bingos” — **Wire** “Only Shallow” — **My Bloody Valentine** “Teardrop” — **Massive Attack** “Cherub Rock” — **Smashing Pumpkins** “Nocture Op 9. Nos. 1 & 2” — **Frederick Chopin** “I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone” — **Sleater-Kinney** “Hot Topic” — **Le Tigre** “Warrior of Woolworth’s” — **X-Ray Spex** “Destroy, She Said” — **Circ** and, for some reason, I have a very soft spot for: “I Love You (Always Forever)” — **Donna Lewis** ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/24 "2005-03-25T19:37:54Z")
Off the top of my head: “Black & White Thunderbird” by [The Delicates](http://www.geocities.com/williamstos/delicateseastcoast.html). ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/25 "2005-03-25T19:39:46Z")
The ones that come to mind right now: Any number of **Beatles songs** on various occasions. **Somewhere Over the Rainbow** - Eva Cassidy **Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World** - Israel Kaamakawiwo’ole **Dream** - The Cranberries **One Cool Remove** - Shawn Colvin with Mary Chapin Carpenter ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/26 "2005-03-25T20:12:24Z")
“Beautiful Day” and “Kite” by U2 “Porcelain”, “Inside” and “Sunday” by Moby “Television” by Robyn Hitchcock “Heigh Ho” sung by Tom Waits “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” by Pearl Jam “Fisherman’s Blues” by the Waterboys “A” by Barenaked Ladies “Have a LIttle Faith in Me” by John Hiatt There have been others. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/27 "2005-03-25T20:20:46Z")
“Time after Time” by Eva Cassidy. “Sweet Dreams are Made of This” by The Eurythmics. ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/28 "2005-03-25T20:53:35Z")
> [@Bojangles](#): > > The man’s a genius - and those that think so are in very short supply it seems. > > Maybe it’s just me! No, I think so too! ---
**Author:** ![Cemetery\_Savior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Cemetery\_Savior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cemetery_Savior)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/29 "2005-03-25T21:11:15Z")
A quick few off the top of my head: [ul] [li]My namesake song from Son Volt[/li][li]'39 from Queen[/li][li]Unforgettable Fire -U2[/li][li]Brazilia Crossed With Trenton -Bob Mould[/li][li]Float On -Modest Mouse[/li][li]Via Chicago -Wilco[/li][/ul] There are lots more, but these are head-stuck right now. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/30 "2005-03-25T21:17:39Z")
This week’s top three repeatable songs are: “Poor Places”–Wilco “Ashes of American Flags”–Wilco “Coast to Coast”–Elliot Smith ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/31 "2005-03-25T21:32:28Z")
“Labour of Love” by Frente! “What You Need” by INXS (God, I must love Aussies or something) “Drive” by Incubus “The Mayor” by Rasputina “The Dream is Over” by Mushroomhead “Before I Forget” by Slipknot “The Sound of Muzak” by Porcupine Tree “Vietnow” by Rage Against The Machine “Locked Away” and “Travel” by The Gathering “AEnima” by Tool “Trouble Me” by 10,000 Maniacs “Two Little Girls”, “Deep Dish”, and “Out of Range” by Ani Difranco “Two Little Hitlers” by Elvis Costello “Cat Scratch Fever” by Ted Nugent “How Sweet it is (to be loved by you)” James Taylor version And for some unknown reason, God help me…“Voulez vous” by ABBA ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/32 "2005-03-25T21:49:22Z")
I was about 16 years old, and for some reason this song changed everything for me, the way I looked at music, my tastes, and I can credit much of what happened in my life to that one damn song, if I decide to trace it back that far. When I first heard it, I thought it was the coolest, most amazing thing I’d ever heard. It was so different than what I was used to. Where I was from, nobody had heard the band before, let alone the song. Now that I’ve built you up, I’ll let you down: **Parklife - Blur** I played it to death. I made a tape of it that I could play all night even as I slept, and put it in one of those tape decks that plays both sides continually. I got the tape for Christmas and played it constantly. I got the CD later and played Parklife again and again and again… I later did it with a live version of “For Tomorrow” (same band). Then later, with a B-side called “Bone Bag”. I broke the Blur pattern years later when I got **Air** ’s CD Moon Safari, and listened to “ **Remember** ” several times over. But nowhere near as obsessively. I still listen to Parklife on occasion today. My husband never heard it until I played it for him, and now he loves it. He’ll play it two or three times in a row, sometimes, but never like I did. It still makes me smile when I hear it though. “_Allllll the people…_.” ---
**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/33 "2005-03-25T21:51:53Z")
“Here I Go” - Syd Barrett “Sonic Bloom” - Tripping Daisy ---
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Nothing all that new, but all of these songs will still inspire me to hit repeat when I hear them: “Letter from an Occupant” and “The Times Have Changed” by the New Pornographers “Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl” by Broken Social Scene “Polyester Bride” by Liz Phair “7” by Prince “She’s an Angel” by They Might Be Giants “Fresh Feeling” by the Eels “Mysterious Ways” by U2 “Strange Currencies” by R.E.M. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/35 "2005-03-25T22:01:51Z")
_The Touch_ and _Dare_ from the _Transformers: The Motion Picture_ soundtrack. _Hungry Like The Wolf_ ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/36 "2005-03-25T22:08:39Z")
“Hallelujah” by Jeff Buckley “Soak Up the Sun” by Sheryl Crow “My Favorite Mistake” by Sheryl Crow “When You Say Nothing At All” by Allison Krauss ---
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One that I particularly liked three months ago (and will again in 9): “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” by Jewel. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/38 "2005-03-25T22:17:13Z")
**March of the Pigs** - Nine Inch Nails, just the parts when it switches from the darker, lower vocals to “Now doesn’t it make you feel better?/The pigs have won tonight/They can all sleep soundly” really does it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/39 "2005-03-25T22:29:16Z")
I saw a few by \*\*Wilco \*\* mentioned above. I’ll throw in a couple more. \*\*Casino Queen Candyfloss \*\* (bonus track on _Summerteeth_) **The Late Greats** And from the \*Mermaid Avenue \* album **California Stars Hesitating Beauty** ---
**Author:** ![Anni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Anni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anni)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/40 "2005-03-25T22:56:54Z")
The most recent one is “Tracy” by The Cuff Links. I think I’ve listened to that song close to a hundred times in the last 48 hours. Some other songs I’ve played over and over: “Alone Again Or” by Love “Brief Candles” by The Zombies “Maybe After He’s Gone” by The Zombies “A Rose For Emily” by The Zombies “Changes” by The Zombies “Hung Up On A Dream” by The Zombies “I Call Your Name” by The Beatles “I Call Your Name” by The Mamas & The Papas “Dedicated To The One I Love” by The Mamas & The Papas “Pretty Song From Psych-Out” by Strawberry Alarm Clock “One Toke Over The Line” by Brewer & Shipley “Surf’s Up” by The Beach Boys “Cabinessence” by The Beach Boys “'Til I Die” by The Beach Boys “Renaissance Fair” by The Byrds “Tapioca Tundra” by The Monkees “Fly Me High” by The Moody Blues “Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends” by Phil Ochs “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” by Country Joe & The Fish “Goodbye” by Paul McCartney (demo with overdubs) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218.md?page=3)