# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/41 "2005-03-25T23:02:01Z")
Some recent and not so recent ones: Woman Like a Man - Damien Rice Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand Lover I Don’t Have to Love - Bright Eyes The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - the Postal Service B is for Brutus - the Hives And that Simple and Clean song that \*\*Stonebow \*\*mentioned up thread is really catchy. Don’t be ashamed. 🙂 The bad thing about liking a song so much that I endlessly put it on repeat is that I inevitably get tired of it, and no longer like it as much as I did when I first heard it. All of the above songs have suffered this disillusionment. I still like the songs, but that “this is such a great song!!” excitement is gone. In the case of songs that have been so overplayed, like Hey Ya - Outkast, will take years for me to like again. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/42 "2005-03-25T23:16:58Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > “She Bangs the Drums” and “I Wanna Be Adored” — **Stone Roses** That reminds me: “Ten Storey Love Song” - The Stone Roses ---
**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:** [March 25, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/43 "2005-03-25T23:48:12Z")
**Anni** , nice list! Especially the Love and Phil Ochs songs. I wouldn’t put “Surf’s Up” on repeat, though. To me, when that one’s over, it’s _done_. ---
**Author:** ![Sarah\_Woodruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sarah\_Woodruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarah_Woodruff)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/44 "2005-03-25T23:58:21Z")
_Suffragette City_ - David Bowie _Back in the USSR_ - Beatles _Stuck in the Middle With You_ - Steeler’s Wheel (otherwise known as “the Ear song” for obvious reasons :eek: _60 Miles an Hour_ - New Order _Walk Idiot Walk_ - The Hives _Country House_ - Blur ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/45 "2005-03-25T23:59:43Z")
Rebel Heart, by the Corrs. This is truly one of the loveliest pieces of music I’ve ever heard and I don’t seem to tire of it at all. Teo Torriate by Queen always gets played at least twice. And, OK, I will admit it - when I’m cleaning house like a lunatic, I sometimes alternate between Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and Love Shack for hours on end. Because, you know, then the duster becomes a microphone… ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/46 "2005-03-26T00:44:52Z")
\*\*First Time Ever I saw your Face \*\* by The Sterephonics I love that song, Ive mentioned it in several threads on this message board… Some more recent songs I’ve been hitting the repeat button for are \*\*Sometimes You Cant Make It On Your Own \*\* by U2, \*\*Dublin Sky \*\* by Darren Hayes, \*\*Mr Brightside, Somebody Told Me, & Glamourous Indie Rock and Roll \*\* by The Killers. And occasionally Damien Rices \*\* The Blowers Daughter\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/47 "2005-03-26T01:02:43Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > and, for some reason, I have a very soft spot for: > > “I Love You (Always Forever)” — **Donna Lewis** Good, it isn’t just me. Also: “Blinded By the Light (long version)” \_ Manfred Mann’s Earth Band “Twilight Zone” - Golden Earring “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” - Blue Oyster Cult “Paperback Writer” - The Beatles “Across the Border” - Electric Light Orchestra “Wishing You Were Here” - Chicago “Judy in Disguise (with glasses)” - John Fred and His Playboy Band “I Fought the Law” - The Bobby Fuller Four “96 Tears” - ? & the Mysterians “Lyin’ Eyes” - The Eagles “Homeward Bound” - Fleetwood Mac “Philadelphia Freedom” - Elton John …and many more ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/48 "2005-03-26T02:30:19Z")
Lately I keep repeating these five songs. I keep intending to make a playlist of them. _Whatsername_–Green Day _Holy Water_–Big & Rich _Carrying Your Love With Me_–George Strait _Wrapped Around_–Brad Paisley–it’s that time for wedding songs again. _Can’t Fight the Moonlight_–LeAnn Rimes–gets me in the mood to write werewolf stories somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/49 "2005-03-26T02:40:43Z")
[QUOTE=continuity eror] “Baby, Can You Dig Your Man?” by Self QUOTE] Isn’t this Larry’s song in The Stand? Did Stephen King take it from Self, or did Self take it from Stephen King? 😕 ~S&S ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/50 "2005-03-26T02:49:42Z")
A few, in chronological order of obsession episode: “Birdhouse in your Soul” by They Might Be Giants “Being Boring” by Pet Shop Boys “Crucify” by Tori Amos “Miracles” by Pet Shop Boys ---
**Author:** ![Unregistered\_Bull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3da27b/32.png) [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/51 "2005-03-26T02:58:52Z")
El Paso and Feleena by Marty Robbins. Heck, a whole bunch of Marty’s songs honestly. I’ll continuously listen to a few of his CDs over and over. Pancho and Lefty by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard 16 Tons by Tennesee Ernie Ford Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean Gallo del Cielo by Joe Ely. I’d like to listen to more of his stuff if there as good as this song. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/52 "2005-03-26T03:00:47Z")
“Cinnamon Girl” by Neil Young " Starship Trooper" by Yes " Prelude/Angry Young Man" by Billy Joel " Paradise City ", by Guns N Roses " Lie To Me" by Johnny Lang All of “Live Rust” by Neil Young " You Can’t Always Get What You Want" by the Rolling Stones “Mysterious Ways” by U2 “Outside You’re Ugly” by Aaron Lewis “Everybody Hurts” by REM “On The Silent Wings of Freedom” by Yes “Dear Mr. Fantasy” by Traffic and…god…a lot of others. Hell, when I was a teenager ( and this is a very very bizarre one ), I played my 45 of “The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald” relentlessly. Something about that song got under my skin. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/53 "2005-03-26T03:05:01Z")
“Miracles” Jefferson Starship “Aimee” Pure Prairie League “Why” Annie Lenox “Leather and Lace” Stevie Nicks “Fool’s Overture” Supertramp The entire “Aja” album Steely Dan “Follow You Follow Me” Genesis and (when I was a very morbid kid) the almost unbearable “Seasons in the Sun” by Terry Jacks Crap. I AM old, aren’t I. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/54 "2005-03-26T03:06:09Z")
Although I’m apparently not any older than Cartooniverse. (Or any more morbid, for that matter.) ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/55 "2005-03-26T03:11:29Z")
Winamp has this handy little “Most Played” thing. I’ve got: “Sweet Ones” - Sarah Slean “Day One” - Sarah Slean “Remedy” - the Black Crowes “Dream a Little Dream of Me” - Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald “The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side” - the Magnetic Fields “Tangled Up in Blue” - the Indigo Girls, live “You Wouldn’t Like Me” - Tegan & Sara “Jesus of Suburbia” - Green Day “That’ll Be the Day” - Buddy Holly and any number of early Beatles songs. And that’s just for this month. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/56 "2005-03-26T04:05:47Z")
Oh, Og! I just can’t help myself. “Stairway to Heaven”. Am I going to Hell? ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/57 "2005-03-26T04:22:31Z")
Lately, the songs that have been getting the loop by me are… **Rachel Yamagata- _Worn me down_** **Danzig- _Black Angel, White Angel_** **Grass Roots- _Sooner or Later_** ---
**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:** [March 26, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/58 "2005-03-26T15:38:53Z")
> [@Tenar](#): > > Although I’m apparently not any older than Cartooniverse. (Or any more morbid, for that matter.) Tee hee. “Seasons In The Sun” Tee hee. Me too. I forgot about that one. Owned the 45, too. We’re **not** old !! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/59 "2005-03-26T16:21:01Z")
Songs that I’ve repeated over and over? Uh, quite a few. The most recent ones are: Hallelujah- Rufus Wainwright Lullaby- Assemblage 23 Re-Align- Strormkern The Boy With The Arab Strap- Belle and Sebastian Forever- Bruderschaft Let The Wind Erase You- A23 Home Stay- Yoko Kano Fun With Drugs- Velvet Acid Christ One-Eyed Man- This Morn’ Omina ::bops around apartment to last song:: ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/60 "2005-03-26T16:34:08Z")
I decided to actually contribute to this post, so here goes: Thru the Eyes of Ruby - The Smashing Pumpkins Blood Red Summer - Coheed and Cambria Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh - Bright Eyes Meaningless - The Magnetic Fields Nothing Better- The Postal Service Forgot About Dre - Dr. Dre (featuring Eminem) The Stalker - Piebald I’m A Loner, Dottie, A Rebel - The Get Up Kids I go through weird moods of listening, you see. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218.md?page=4)