# Stuck In The Head
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-the-head/47693
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 29, 2000, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-the-head/47693 "2000-12-29T18:59:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@sunrise\_4836](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunrise_4836)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-the-head/47693/1 "2000-12-29T18:59:02Z")
What causes a song to get stuck in your head? And why is it so difficult to get it out?
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### Author:  [@2nd\_guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_guest)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-the-head/47693/2 "2000-12-29T19:11:35Z")
And why is it usually one you hate?
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### Author:  [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-the-head/47693/3 "2000-12-29T19:29:45Z")
sunrise, I’m disappointed. When I saw the title, I thought that surely you were trapped in some military-type bathroom.
Has someone stolen your identity?
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### Author:  [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2000, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-the-head/47693/4 "2000-12-29T21:31:38Z")
I know that song does it go something like,
In the year 2525,
If man is still alive,
If woman can survive
They may paaaauuuuuuuuse.
De de de de de ,
In the year 3535…
Wish it would get out of my head too.