# Songs That Have Caused You to Press the "Repeat" Button Over and Over Again

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Most repeated?

_Another World_ - Beborn Beton  
_Something I Can Never Have_ - Nine Inch Nails  
_Blasphemous Rumours_ - Depeche Mode  
_Kathy’s Song_ - Apoptygma Berzerk  
_Kein Zuruch_ - Wolfsheim  
_Call the Ships to Port_ - Covenant  
_Jet Boy, Jet Girl_ - The Damned  
_Ich Bin Ein Auslander_ - Pop Will Eat Itself  
_She’s in Parties_ - Bauhaus  
_Cities in Dust_ Siouxsie and the Banshees  
_Du Hast_ - Rammstein  
_Moonage Daydream_ -David Bowie

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I have lots more than these, but here you go.

\*Churchill’s Speech (Intro) \* - **Iron Maiden** “[Live After Death](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000063DHK/104-3734374-5844720?v=glance&s=music&n=507846&vi=samples#disc_1)”

(This one’s my favorite song by this group.) \*Rime of the Ancient Mariner \* - **Iron Maiden** “Live After Death”

\*Die With Your Boots On \* - **Iron Maiden** “Live After Death” (disc 2)

_Clairvoyant_ - **Iron Maiden** “[Seventh Son of a Seventh Son](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000063DI9/qid=1111864658/sr=8-5/ref=pd_csp_5/104-3734374-5844720?v=glance&s=music&n=507846)”

_Prophecy_ - **Iron Maiden** “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son”

\*Blackened \* - **Metallica** “[…And Justice For All](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002H6C/qid=1111864697/sr=8-8/ref=pd_ka_1/104-3734374-5844720?v=glance&s=music&n=507846)”

\*…And Justice for All \* - **Metallica** “…And Justice For All”

_Concerto For Two Trumpets In C Major PV 75 (1st Mvt.)_ - \*\*Antonio Vivaldi \*\* (You can listen to a bit of it [here](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000058IS/104-3734374-5844720?v=glance&s=music&vi=samples#disc_1).)

_Suite From Anna Magdalena Notebook: Minuet in G Major_ - **(Bach) performed by Wendy/Walter Carlos** “[Switched On Bach](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000641BM/ref=wl_it_dp/104-3734374-5844720?%5Fencoding=UTF8&coliid=IJEPQGCO77QRE&v=glance&colid=2Z1V0PE16UBH6)”

Also _Sheep May Safely Graze_ from that album.

I like the non-synthesized performances of those pieces too. You can listen to _Suite From Anna Magdalena Notebook: Minuet in G Major_ [here](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005YQL6/104-3734374-5844720?v=glance&s=music&vi=samples#disc_1).

_Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall_ - **Paul Simon** “[Paul Simon Songbook](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001LYGVC/ref=m_art_li_24/104-3734374-5844720?v=glance&s=music)”

_Tongues of Kali_ - **Martyn Bennet** “[Bothy Culture](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000009R2/ref=wl_it_dp/104-3734374-5844720?%5Fencoding=UTF8&coliid=IZQN2TOJIG266&v=glance&colid=2Z1V0PE16UBH6)” (You can watch his video [here](http://music.yahoo.com/ar-271919---Martyn-Bennett).)

_The Rythm Thief_ - Sparks (You can see their [video](http://music.yahoo.com/ar-265398---Sparks) here.)

_Bathtime in Clerkenwell_ - **(The Real) Tuesday Weld** “[I Lucifer](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001HOX1E/qid=1111870487/sr=8-1/ref=__1/104-3734374-5844720?v=glance&s=music)” They have a flash video that I believe is also for sale, you can watch the short [here](http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/content/bathtime_clerkenwell) at Shockwave. (I don’t like the album version of this song as much as the “short” version.)

_Coin Operated Boy_ - \*\*The Dresden Dolls \*\* “The Dresden Dolls” (You can hear the whole song and watch their [video](http://music.yahoo.com/ar-309360---The-Dresden-Dolls) on Yahoo Launch, all video links on this post are from Launch, with one exception.)

_Forest [Tree Mix]_ - **The Cure** “[Mixed Up](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002H8K/ref=wl_it_dp/104-3734374-5844720?%5Fencoding=UTF8&coliid=I2GFFE5QNEBR2Y&v=glance&colid=2Z1V0PE16UBH6)”

_Walk [Everything Mix]_ - **The Cure** “Mixed Up”

_Caterpillar [Flicker Mix]_ - **The Cure** “Mixed Up”

_In Between Days [Shiver Mix]_ - **The Cure** “Mixed Up”

\*To Wish Impossible Things \* - **The Cure** “[Wish](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002HAJ/ref=wl_it_dp/104-3734374-5844720?%5Fencoding=UTF8&coliid=I2L3H975CCPSUC&v=glance&colid=2Z1V0PE16UBH6)”

_Doing the Unstuck_ - **The Cure** “Wish”

\*Same Deep Water as You \* - **The Cure** “[Disentegration](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002H70/ref=wl_it_dp/104-3734374-5844720?%5Fencoding=UTF8&coliid=I1HSVIP7UI5GEK&v=glance&colid=2Z1V0PE16UBH6)”

\*Prayers for Rain \* - **The Cure** “Disentegration”

_Burn_ - The Cure “[The Crow Original Motion Picture Soundtrack](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002IWH/ref=wl_it_dp/104-3734374-5844720?%5Fencoding=UTF8&coliid=I3E2UUHZLU0HS&v=glance&colid=2Z1V0PE16UBH6)”

_It Can’t Rain All the Time_ - **Jane Siberry** “The Crow Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”

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I do this a lot. Lately I can’t stop playing “We’re All In This Together” by **Ben Lee**. It’s gorgeous, and so addictive.

Two that really stick out for me in the last couple of years are “Your Cover’s Blown” by **Belle & Sebastian** , and “Silent Sigh” by **Badly Drawn Boy**. I spent hours and hours just hitting the back button as soon as they were finished, and they still managed to amaze me every single time.

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I go through obsessive loops with all kinds of music. I work well listening to ambient or electronica or happy hardcore, so that tends to get looped a lot. Right now I’m listening to the electronic music of [Eloy Fritsch](http://www.musicexpress.com.br/Artisto.asp?Artista=248). (Available by legal download from [http://www.musicexpress.com.br/](http://www.musicexpress.com.br/))

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I do this rather often, so I’ll also go with those currantly which are on repeat, some even as I type this…

Nymphetamine- Cradle of Filth  
Stickin’ in My Eye- NOFX  
Iron Tusk-Mastodon  
Vermillion (pt 1) Slipknot  
Decendants-World’s on Heroin  
Bad Religion- Nerve  
Dropkick Murphy’s- Rocky Road to Dublin

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Many, many songs are like those listed above, but I hardly can remember them now. Back when music was legal to download, this happened to me more than it does now that I buy CDs. Anyway, starting from my first, I’ll recount the best I can.

Don Mclean - Castles in the Air ; It just worked for me. Also, my first song-on-repeat that I can recall.  
Postal Service - Many off of “Give Up,” namely The District Sleeps Alone Tonight.  
Tilly and the Wall - Many off of “Wild Like Children,” namely Fell Down the Stairs, Night of the Living Dead, and Ice Storm Big Gust and You.  
Elf Power - The Winter is Coming  
Bright Eyes - The Movement of a Hand ; First song I heard from them and found his voice rather intriguing in an Issac from MM way.  
Modest Mouse - Styrofoam Boats, Float On, Wild Packs of Family Dogs, etc  
Arcade Fire - Wake Up  
Beat Happening - Our Secret  
CVB and TMBG - Too many to remember, probably all I have heard from them.  
The Unicorns - Jellybones, Sea Ghost  
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and the entire album, for that matter. Out of all the music I have listened to over the years, this is the only one that I play multiple times every week, for several years counting.  
The Shins - Gone for Good  
Pete Seeger - The Union Song  
Grape Digging Sharon Fruit - Peppermint John  
Drive By Truckers - Zoloft  
The Who - A Quick One While He’s Away (Live at Rolling Stone’s Animal Circus, no less.)  
James Kochalka Superstar - Monkey v. Robot  
Breeders - Huffer, Off you  
Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen  
Sparklehorse - More Yellow Birds, Piano Fire  
Beck - Loser

Yes, I know the horse is just about beaten stiff. You should, however, see an actual list of mine - an unabridged version, if you will.

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Only one in recent memory: **Slaughterama** by GWAR.

I was on the usual long road trip home for Christmas and I had set my Neuros to play all songs alphabetically. **Slaughterama** was on a CD I ripped, but hadn’t listened to. It took me completely by surprise, and frankly disturbed me a tad. So, naturally, I had to listen to it a few more times.

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Today’s song is **Coin Operated Boy** by the Dresden Dolls.

Past songs:  
**I’ve Been High** by REM - the live, acoustic version released on The Panel Vol. 3.  
**Hurt** and, prior to that, **One** (cover of the U2 song) by Johnny Cash  
**Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town** by Pearl Jam  
**The Way** by Fastball  
**Saltwater** by Julian Lennon (when it was new and I was in my early teens - I killed it by falling asleep listening to it on repeat. Now I can’t stand to hear it).  
**Fitter, Happier** , **Paranoid Android** and **Karma Police** by Radiohead, all at various disconnected times  
**Take This Bottle** by Faith No More - it was my “I’ve ruined my life” song back when I believed that.  
**Interstate Love Song** by Stone Temple Pilots, my most favourite song ever.

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Lately, Puffy Ami Yumi’s version of Joining a Fanclub.

In the past…the list is too long to bother with.

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> [@cazzle](#):
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> Today’s song is **Coin Operated Boy** by the Dresden Dolls.

Egads, what a great song! The part at the end of the bridge section is unbelievable. My air drums get a great workout whenever this is on.

The rest of the album is great too. “Good Day” and “Girl Anachronism” have both done their own share of damage to my repeat button.

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Let’s see…

**Amon Tobin** - _Get Your Snack On_  
**Throwing Muses** -_Call Me_  
**Jeff Buckley** - **Mojo Pin** (but pretty much anything by this man!)  
**Interpol** -_Obstacle 2_  
**Jane’s Addiction** -_Jane Sez_  
**Cat Power** - _Speak For Me_  
**Doves** -_Break Me Gently_  
**New Order** -_Thieves Like Us_  
**Modest Mouse** -_Interstate 8_  
**The Black Keys** -_Set You Free_  
**The Sex Pistols** -_Submission_  
**Yeah Yeah Yeahs** -_Maps_  
**The Smiths** -_Frankly Mr. Shankly_  
**Alpha** -_Lipstick From The Asylum_  
**Belle and Sebastian** -_I Don’t Love Anyone_  
**David Bowie** -_Rebel Rebel_  
**Billie Holiday** -_I Cover The Waterfront_  
**Edith Piaf** -_Fais-moi valser_  
**Garbage** -_Vow_  
**Fred Astaire** -_Night and Day_  
**PJ Harvey** -_Beautiful Feeling_  
**Siouxsie and the Banshees** -_Christine_  
**The Cure** -_The Perfect Girl_  
**Spoon** -_The Way We Get By_  
**The The** -_Uncertain Smile_  
**Miles Davis** -_Blue in Green_  
**Sigur Ros** -_Agaetis Byrjun_  
**Hooverphonic** -_Renaissance Affair_  
**Kate Bush** -_Running Up That Hill_  
**Franz Ferdinand** -_The Dark of the Matinee_  
**Superchunk** -_Never Too Young To Smoke_  
**The Clash** -_Straight to Hell_

There are more…but that should keep y’all busy 😃

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Hmmm…at the moment they would have to be:

**Jump** -Van Halen  
**I’m Your Man** -Wham  
**You Never Even Called Me by my Name** -David Alan Coe  
**Time to say goodbye** -Andrea Botticelli and Sara Brightman  
**157 Riverside Avenue** -REO Speedwagon  
**Keep on Rollin’** -REO Speedwagon  
**Gypsy** -Fleetwood Mac  
**In the Arms of the Angels** -Sara MClaughlin

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> [@ZebraShaSha](#):
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> The Who - A Quick One While He’s Away (Live at Rolling Stone’s Animal Circus, no less.)

If it were possible to just burn straight through a CD for having repeated a track so many times, it would have been for “A Quick One” - definitely one of the best songs to sing and yell along to.

I’m really into the ‘permanent repeat’ thing, though I try not to do out around other people. Thank gawd for the iPod and CD players in cars - I can sing along to my heart’s content. 🙂

In kinda chronological order (or what comes to mind)…  
Cracker, _Eurotrash Girl_ (Hidden track 69, heh heh heh)  
REM - _What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?, Tongue, Radio Free Europe_ (man I loved that song)  
All sorts of Radiohead - _Fake Plastic Trees, Sulk, Black Star, Electioneering, Karma Police, How Can You Be Sure?_  
Belly - _Slow Dog_ and _Feed the Tree_  
Beck - still a popular repeater - _Nitemare Hippy Girl, Beercan, Fuckin’ with My Head_

Fiona Apple, _Shadowboxer, Sleep to Dream_ (soundtrack to my first boyfriend/ breakup)  
Cornershop, _Brimful of Asha_ (the ‘Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow’ song)  
Verve - _Bittersweet Sympony_ (LOVED this - listened to it all the time in Spain)  
Doves - _There Goes the Fear_  
Flogging Molly - most anything - great for getting revved up for studying for big exams

In the past couple months…  
Jimmy Cliff, _Pressure Drop_  
Mint Royale, _Show Me_ (I know, I know, just take away my snob card now)  
Ismael Lo, _Tadieu Bone_ (This is the song from _All About My Mother_ when the camera soars over Barcelona and Manuela finds Agrado, and I have no idea what he’s singing about)  
Jarabe de Palo, _Dos días en la vida, Perro apaleado, Duerme conmigo_  
Komeda, _Blossom_  
Aterciopelados, _Baracunata_  
Flaming Lips, _Fight Test_

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After careful consideration, I’ve decided to use the “Artist – Title” format, without bolding. Anyway, here’s my list:

Static-X - Ostegolation  
A Perfect Circle - Rose  
Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh, Comely  
Neutral Milk Hotel - King of Carrot Flowers, Part 3 (I surgically removed part 2)  
Shadows Fall - Crushing Belial  
David Byrne – The Accident  
Blondie – Rapture  
Black Sabbath - Paranoid  
William Shatner - Common People (So sue me)  
The Decemberists - The Soldiering Life  
Led Zepplin - Misty Mountain Hop  
Fear Factory – Cyberwaste  
Placebo - Bigmouth Strikes Again  
Static-X – Bled for days

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According to iTunes, my favorites are as follows

All is Full of Love—Bjork (137 plays)  
Going to Hell—Tiger Lillies (115 plays)  
“Rock Shop”—From the Robocop soundtrack (109 plays)  
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space—John Coxon, & Co. (95 plays)  
Not Gonna Get Us—Tatu (84 plays)  
Main theme from “The Last Valley” (80 plays)

By my figuring, I’ve spent almost 11 hours listening to that one Bjork song over the last two years.

Oh my.

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Rock Lobster - the B52s  
I Might Be Wrong; The National Anthem - Radiohead  
Professional Widow; Cornflake Girl - Tori  
I couldn’t even keep track of how many Allman Brothers songs. Dreams has to be number one. Recently I’d list their covers of I Walk on Gilded Splinters and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.

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> [@Ranchoth](#):
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> By my figuring, I’ve spent almost 11 hours listening to that one Bjork song over the last two years.
> 
> Oh my.

Err, sorry to burst your bubble, but that’s _nothing_. 😛  
My last song obsession, “Jenny Place Your Bets” by Dolorean, I listened to on repeat on my car cd player on the way to and from work, and put it on repeat - all by itself - on my computer playlist at work. With a 45 minute commute each way, and an 8 hour work day, that’s 9 1/2 hours of listening to that one song _in one day._ And I continue to listen to it in playlists and cd mixes, and sometimes still on repeat for a few hours at a time.

I do have to be careful I don’t o.d. on songs I love, but I have a fairly high tolerance for repeat, and when I get obsessed, I have to listen over and over and over. I can only do this with sad songs, which are always my favorite songs anyway.

I’ve done this with many songs over the years, but the most recent few are:  
Jenny Place Your Bets - Dolorean  
The Way You Dream - 1 Giant Leap feat. Michael Stipe  
Mirrorball - Everything But the Girl  
Somebody Hurt You - A Girl Called Eddy  
It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference - Alison Krauss & Union Station (and that’s only the most recent in a line of many Alison Krauss songs - with and without Union Station - which have I’ve put on infinite repeat)

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/78 "2005-03-27T18:28:52Z")

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Tori Amos: Blood Roses & Girl

Cocteau Twins: Cherry Coloured Funk & Spanglemaker

Deftones: Change

Alice in Chains: Down in a Hole

System of a Down: Toxicity

Bjork: Hunter

Kate Bush: Cloudbusting

Since Fiona Apple’s newest CD leaked, I’ve had that on constantly.

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/79 "2005-03-27T19:27:41Z")

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**Monkey Chews** , **cazzle** , have you seen The Dresden Dolls video yet? I think it’s well made, and fits the song. It’s linked in my previous post on this topic. 😉

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**Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-caused-you-to-press-the-repeat-button-over-and-over-again/296218/80 "2005-03-28T01:15:51Z")

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> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#):
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> **Monkey Chews** , **cazzle** , have you seen The Dresden Dolls video yet? I think it’s well made, and fits the song. It’s linked in my previous post on this topic. 😉

Love the video! Can’t think why the idea of checking out the video hadn’t occurred to me yet but when I saw your post a lightbulb came on and I went to check it out. That infuriating website refused to show me the video, apparently because it detected that I was on an Australian IP address. After mucking around there for a while, I went to the [official Dresden Dolls website](http://www.dresdendolls.com/) and downloaded the large version of the clip to my computer. Now that I have my precious and can play it whenever I like without streaming it, I say ya boo sucks to Launch.

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