# Songs with an insanely catchy beat **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [October 8, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526 "2020-10-08T22:28:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/63 "2020-10-19T04:15:47Z")
You fooled me… [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wkNv02OUOk) ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/64 "2020-10-19T19:32:34Z")
ah well done, that’s a classic for sure ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/65 "2020-10-19T20:01:38Z")
Liked it a lot. It brought back to mind Dave and Ansell Collins - I can’t think why they didn’t occur to me earlier. Apparently Double Barrel was a minor hit in the US (#1 in the UK); the only thing I’ve ever heard that sounds remotely like it was the follow-up, Monkey Spanner (minor hit in the UK - didn’t trouble the scorers in the US). Neither is in any way explicable - just enjoy. Double Barrel [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H_7Kx2FlFQY/hqdefault.jpg "Dave & Ansell Collins - Double Barrel") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_7Kx2FlFQY) Monkey Spanner [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rMaA0HPlA1k/hqdefault.jpg "Dave & Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMaA0HPlA1k) j ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/66 "2020-10-20T13:53:36Z")
What a WIDE array of music and music styles! ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/67 "2020-10-20T14:00:03Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > When my son was in diapers, a reliable way to get him to shake his booty was to play The Romantics _Talking In Your Sleep_. I laugh every time I hear it, remembering my little baby holding on to the couch and “dancing”. That reminds me of my niece when she was tiny. She would totally dance around to “we built this city”. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/68 "2020-10-20T14:01:45Z")
Oh I bet she’d hate to be reminded of that. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/69 "2020-10-20T14:04:15Z")
https://www.youtube.com/embed/nrN6eR5MZ0w?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLCBB529B1FCD5DFE9 Hold back the water, by Bachman Turner Overdrive. I remember attending a concert of theirs in November, 1973. Totally brought the house down! ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/70 "2020-10-20T14:36:46Z")
And I probably shouldn’t forget the tune that was #1 around the time I turned 21 seeing as today is my oldest grandchild’s 21st Bday… [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewFBuYHldeY) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/71 "2020-10-20T15:15:51Z")
Well, if we’re gonna do this, let’s do this right: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sEXHeTcxQy4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEXHeTcxQy4) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gGdGFtwCNBE/maxresdefault.jpg "The Killers - Mr. Brightside (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdGFtwCNBE) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1f6q6Wa313o/maxresdefault.jpg "Sweet and Tender Hooligan (BBC Version) (2008 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f6q6Wa313o) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dlejA2rlF3I/maxresdefault.jpg "Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlejA2rlF3I) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PeeZRw52FxE/hqdefault.jpg "Love Kills - Joe Strummer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeeZRw52FxE) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iMXR7w76VZU/hqdefault.jpg "Buzzcocks - What Do I Get? (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMXR7w76VZU) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fTH71AAxXmM/maxresdefault.jpg "The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTH71AAxXmM) ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/72 "2020-10-20T15:49:00Z")
I think this is a better example of the Fratellis [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yPIz_1on-ec/maxresdefault.jpg "The Fratellis - Creepin Up The Backstairs (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPIz_1on-ec) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/73 "2020-10-21T05:30:46Z")
Fleetwood Mac, _Tusk_: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ATMR5ettHz8/maxresdefault.jpg "Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATMR5ettHz8) I don’t think that drumbeat needs any comment. Harry Nilsson, _Jump Into The Fire_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/era7iVv2WPE/maxresdefault.jpg "Harry Nilsson - Jump Into The Fire "Remastered"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=era7iVv2WPE) Not that it requires any comment, (and feel free to skip this I love it, but it’s probably not important) but since the bass line really provides the groove and the drummer gets to do wonderful fills whenever he feels like it, and I’m a bass player: I’d like to point out that Herbie Flowers apparently thought the song is over at about 2:27. He de-tunes his E string pretty severely expecting the outro. Up till now, he’s been the backbone of the track with (as far as I know) the instruction to play “A groove in D”, and he’s just made his low E (maybe already de-tuned to D, but that’s gone now) something where that string is a flappy chromatic mess, so he jumps up an octave while everyone keeps going and uses his E string for flappy, chromatic fills. At around 3:58, there’s an obvious edit into the drum fill/solo, but it works. When everyone gets back in. Herbie is still messing around with the E string. He’s figured it out so he knows where D is on the fretboard (but if that string is anything, it’s beyond low B), and grooves out on it and the upper strings for the rest of the track. Dang, everyone goes crazy on a jam, and it’s totally salvageable with an edit. I love it. But then again, ooof, thrash metal when it’s at its best, has nothing to offer but beats. S.O.D., _March of the S.O.D./Sergeant D_:\* [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qZSTfGIoPLc/maxresdefault.jpg "(HQ) S.O.D. - March of the S.O.D. and Sergeant D and the S.O.D.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZSTfGIoPLc) Ok, all that said. I’m going to submit this one even though I agree that probably 90% of the world or more will probably think I’m stupid for thinking that it’s catchy, I’ve spent some time on a couple of occasions trying to figure out where the snippets of beats from this Glenn Branca piece were coming from when they were stuck in my head. Too bad I’m too rudimentary drummer to reproduce any of it! Hey, that’s my problem. Enjoy if ya wish. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/V5rEAxlPHpQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Sym. No. 1, Movement 4") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5rEAxlPHpQ) But then again, there’s always the simple pleasures, like _Groove is in the Heart_. I loves it, and it’s too easy to not include at this late date. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/etviGf1uWlg/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgVigzMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBxb4E85Y7YvYTuN-RGqMsyxFhKFw "Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etviGf1uWlg) \*Like it or not, there’s no way you can take the album title seriously. If you do, well, you’ve avoided all of it’s contents. \*\*Never mind everyone else on the track playing _slightly_ different songs. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/74 "2020-10-21T13:41:35Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > \*\*Never mind everyone else on the track playing _slightly_ different songs. You might enjoy this then: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Akz2efTdJ-E/hqdefault.jpg "Gang of Four - Love Like Anthrax (Damaged Goods EP)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akz2efTdJ-E) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/75 "2020-10-21T14:14:57Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > You might enjoy this then: Enjoy it? I wish I wrote it! ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/76 "2020-10-21T20:08:28Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pBkHHoOIIn8/hqdefault.jpg "Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBkHHoOIIn8) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uUnbxbHZBUc/maxresdefault.jpg "Hey Ya!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUnbxbHZBUc) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/77 "2020-10-21T21:09:32Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/E1I4A5yazr4/hqdefault.jpg "New York Dolls - Personality Crisis") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1I4A5yazr4) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/227m9lw5CcI/hqdefault.jpg "Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=227m9lw5CcI) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/78 "2020-10-21T21:26:46Z")
^^ Yeah, “Holidays In The Sun” is a catchy song, but Steve Jones (a cleptomanic in every sense) stole the riff from Paul Weller: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZcK5Go8CzRc/hqdefault.jpg "The Jam - In The City") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcK5Go8CzRc) ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/79 "2020-10-21T21:44:49Z")
Weller was a prolific shoplifter in the melody store himself. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/80 "2020-10-21T21:48:43Z")
Well, I don’t doubt you, but do you have examples? I know Paul Weller’s output quite well and can’t think of a case at the moment (or have never noticed one because I didn’t know the source). ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/81 "2020-10-23T19:29:46Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Well, I don’t doubt you, but do you have examples? The Jam’s “Start” conspicuously borrows the riff from the Beatles’ “Taxman.” ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526/82 "2020-10-23T19:32:00Z")
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