# What song is stuck in your head right now?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 10, 2005, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651 "2005-04-10T08:41:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Arwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Arwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwin)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/21 "2005-04-10T16:35:17Z")

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Baby It’s Cold Outside - from some weird Elf movie. It also prompted a really nice version of this song I vaguely remember, but no idea at this moment by whom. Tom Jones and a female singer from some alternative band I think. Someone here is bound to know. 😉

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**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/22 "2005-04-10T16:46:12Z")

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> [@gfloyd](#):
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> “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by **Greedn Day**.

Hey, this song is stuck in my head, too.

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**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/23 "2005-04-10T16:49:20Z")

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“OH!! _I’m_ a Goofy Goober, yeah!  
_You’re_ a Goofy Goober, yeah!”

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!

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**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/24 "2005-04-10T17:02:12Z")

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At this very moment, it’s the music from the opening credits to Monty Python’s Flying Circus…

But for the last few days, the one most stuck in my head has been:  
[Closer](http://www.joshuaradin.com/media.php) – Josh Radin

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**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/25 "2005-04-10T17:04:12Z")

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“Peter Packet” by some people at Cisco.

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**Author:** ![nevermore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nevermore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevermore)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/26 "2005-04-10T21:25:39Z")

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a live Sublime cover of U2’s “Sunday Bloody Sunday.”  
it’s kinda pleasant.

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**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/27 "2005-04-10T21:46:02Z")

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**Beyond The Fields We Know** by Dead Meadow

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/28 "2005-04-10T21:50:33Z")

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Il Divo’s **Regresa Mi**. (Spanish version of **Unbreak My Heart**.)

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/29 "2005-04-10T22:18:23Z")

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“Desperado” - the version sung by the little girl in _In America_. Saw it on cable this afternoon. _sniff_

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**Author:** ![wonderwench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/35a633/32.png) [@wonderwench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderwench)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/30 "2005-04-10T22:19:22Z")

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Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/31 "2005-04-10T22:22:51Z")

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Was Ty Cobb by Soundgarden, now I guess it’s the coda of Layla.

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**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/32 "2005-04-10T22:25:07Z")

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> [@Arwin](#):
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> Baby It’s Cold Outside - from some weird Elf movie. It also prompted a really nice version of this song I vaguely remember, but no idea at this moment by whom. Tom Jones and a female singer from some alternative band I think. Someone here is bound to know. 😉

Cerys Matthews from Catatonia

Mine is Gay Messiah by Rufus Wainwright - see my new thread.

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**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/33 "2005-04-10T22:31:21Z")

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One Winged Angel, by Nobuo Uematsu. Before that it was The Wreck of the Edmound Fitzgerald, by Gordon Lightfoot.

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/34 "2005-04-10T23:08:17Z")

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Little Green Bag. If you’re saying WTF? watch Reservoir Dogs. LGB plays in the beginning after they’ve left the diner. It was on my mind today, and started whistling while in the market with my daughter. Littlecats picked it up by the time we left. 😃

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**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/35 "2005-04-10T23:14:15Z")

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“Whatsername” by Green Day, again.

What’s that you say? Stop listening to _American Idiot_? Why, that’s crazy talk.

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**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/36 "2005-04-10T23:14:18Z")

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It was “Immigrant Song” by Led Zepplin because someone sent me “Viking Kitties” this morning. Now, thanks to Melondeca, “Time Warp” has replaced it.

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**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/37 "2005-04-10T23:16:07Z")

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Well, it was Dance Commander by Electric Six, but now, thanks to **Chimpy** it’s Rockaway Beach. And the Ramones _never_ go away.

ZJ

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**Author:** ![nevermore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nevermore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevermore)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/38 "2005-04-10T23:25:46Z")

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> [@Zjestika](#):
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> Well, it was Dance Commander by Electric Six

that is seriously the weirdest fuckin’ video I have ever seen in my life.

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**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/39 "2005-04-10T23:57:59Z")

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> [@Chanteuse](#):
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> “OH!! _I’m_ a Goofy Goober, yeah!  
> _You’re_ a Goofy Goober, yeah!”
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> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!

The Campfire Song

C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E. . .

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**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-stuck-in-your-head-right-now/298651/40 "2005-04-11T00:07:16Z")

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“It was a cold dark evening such a long time ago  
when by the mighty  
hand of Jove  
it was a sad story how we became lonely two-legged creatures  
the story  
the origin of love”

Been there for about a week.

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