# this is the song that never ends... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-song-that-never-ends/197899 "2003-08-27T03:45:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![purple\_haze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@purple\_haze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_haze)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-song-that-never-ends/197899/1 "2003-08-27T03:45:09Z")
Ever get an incredibly stupid song stuck in your head? I’ve been alternating between “It’s a Small World” and the song that never ends ALL DAY. Other nominations; Kokomo the macarena Baha Men’s - “Who Let the Dogs Out” the Chili’s baby back ribs song Copacabana 867-5309 (Jenny) anything by Michael Bolton By the way, why do the bad songs get stuck in there? Or is it just that we notice them more? ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-song-that-never-ends/197899/2 "2003-08-27T04:18:32Z")
Oh Aruba, Jamaica, Hey Macarena! I want my Chili’s copacabana, yeah, 867-5309 (867-5309) time love and tenderness… I think something is stuck in my head now. (Good thing I don’t know “Who Let the Dogs Out.”) ---
**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:** [August 27, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-song-that-never-ends/197899/3 "2003-08-27T04:59:00Z")
**Hamish** has had _La Marseillaise_ stuck in his head today and has therefore spent the day pestering me to repeat the lyrics for him. ---
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-song-that-never-ends/197899/4 "2003-08-27T05:03:44Z")
I’ve had these ones stuck in my head lately (I do like most of them, so it’s not complete torture) YMCA (Village People) Ring of fire (Johnny Cash) Yellow submarine (Beatles) - catchiest ever! Our house (Madness) Tainted love (Softcell) ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-song-that-never-ends/197899/5 "2003-08-27T05:37:00Z")
_Allons enfants de la Patrieeee, Le jour de gloire est arrivé… Contre nous de la tyrannie L’étendard sanglant est levé… L’etendard sanglant…_ _shakes head violently_ Damn you, **matt\_mcl**! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![purple\_haze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@purple\_haze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_haze)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-song-that-never-ends/197899/6 "2003-08-27T11:30:48Z")
We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine Yellow submarine We all… Gaaahh…:smack: ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-song-that-never-ends/197899/7 "2003-08-27T11:38:25Z")
I just bought the DVD of _Chicago_, and I’ve had _Cell Block Tango_ stuck in my head for the last 3 days. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-song-that-never-ends/197899/8 "2003-08-27T12:58:19Z")
It’s Raining Men by one of the Spice Girls. Very awkward to be humming at work. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-song-that-never-ends/197899/9 "2003-08-27T13:33:46Z")
GRRRRRRRRR… I hope all of you get itches in hard to reach places!!! ---
**Author:** ![Plankspanker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Plankspanker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plankspanker)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-song-that-never-ends/197899/10 "2003-08-27T13:42:57Z")
songs i have stuck in my head? Battery (Metallica) The Thing That Should Not Be (Metallica) i guess i’m lucky they’re good songs 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-song-that-never-ends/197899/11 "2003-08-27T14:34:58Z")
I once spent several days running _Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy_ through my head. After a while a chorus of _In the Mood_ crept in (the segue worked very nicely), and I finally dreamed a performance with some Andrews Sisters style of singers, a hot trumpeter, and a full-scale dance during the break. Luckily, that got rid of it, or I wouldn’t have survived. ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-song-that-never-ends/197899/12 "2003-08-27T15:50:48Z")
‘The Elements’ by Tom Lehrer. I can’t even pronounce the words, let alone learn them so it goes on and on in my head like ‘der der der calcium der der der der radium’ etc.