# What songs hypnotize you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555 "2008-10-18T20:42:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/1 "2008-10-18T20:42:17Z")
I’m listening to the Donnie Darko soundtrack and listening to the “Creepy” song. It’s short, but it puts me into a hypnotic state. The deep violins and the heavy synthesized voice “now you know where he lives” always do it for me. I can undergo dental surgery with that going on. In The Fifth Element, when the dark force says “I’ll be with you soon” that hypnotizes me too. What’s hypnotic for you? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/2 "2008-10-18T20:52:30Z")
I guess the closest I can come to being ‘hypnotised’ is when this particular song makes me stop whatever I’m doing and just listen to it all the way to the end… A Lark Ascending. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/3 "2008-10-18T21:39:35Z")
_Tupelo Honey_, Van Morrison. ---
**Author:** ![Marathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marathon)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/4 "2008-10-18T21:56:25Z")
“[Mike Mills](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phofGgEAraE),” by Air. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/5 "2008-10-18T22:11:50Z")
Sheila Chandra trances me. [Sheila Chandra- Ever so lonely](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJyQV3OVQi4) especially, Sheila Chandra’s- Bone Crone Drone [Sparklehorse- Apple Bed](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfzTf1NyoNc) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/6 "2008-10-18T22:15:57Z")
Never/Ever - The Black Angels Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off - Peter, Bjorn And John For Agent 13 - The Besnard Lakes Im like a fish, where simple chord progressions are my shiny things 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/7 "2008-10-18T22:49:39Z")
> [@Marathon](#): > > “[Mike Mills](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phofGgEAraE),” by Air. I raise you [O Superman.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hhm0NHhCBg) Close your eyes and ignore the video. I’m such a sucker for vocoders. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/8 "2008-10-19T03:55:08Z")
[Just like honey](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYTpRWlQnf0)… [The Killing Moon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX1PwkgwsG0). [My Bloody Valentine’s Moon Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIdgFagUBEA) [Temple of Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROnXv7Z7v28). [Black Mass](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DNtBFLmcy4) ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/9 "2008-10-19T04:19:53Z")
[46&2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tja6_h4lT6A) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/10 "2008-10-19T04:33:25Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YLhgb2ZntDw/hqdefault.jpg "EDDI READER - What You Do With What You've Got (Live)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLhgb2ZntDw) ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/11 "2008-10-19T06:08:15Z")
A number of DJs have done mixes that can put me into a trance. I’ve been relistening to Sandra Collins’ “Cream” for a few years now, and it still knocks my brain waves down a notch. Currently, [“Three Days”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmvG2GZ3S7o) by Jane’s Addiction is my song of choice. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/12 "2008-10-19T06:17:49Z")
[Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws_R_GxZX2o) If you get motion sickness, best not to watch the video. Just close your eyes 🙂 > [@Student\_Driver](#): > > A number of DJs have done mixes that can put me into a trance. I’ve been relistening to Sandra Collins’ “Cream” for a few years now, and it still knocks my brain waves down a notch. I’m always looking for good stuff like this, I’ll be checking out Sandra Collins. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/13 "2008-10-19T06:31:27Z")
[Hypnotised](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyJEiOEMIro) ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/14 "2008-10-19T13:42:34Z")
The Beatles’ [Across the Universe](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj-4t9drUlM) and John Cale’s [Hallelujah](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckbdLVX736U). ---
**Author:** ![conurepete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@conurepete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conurepete)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/15 "2008-10-19T15:46:36Z")
It may be a cliche, but I get a mild buzz from Eyna’s song “Orinoco Flow”. For full-on hypnosis I turn to Radiohead. I enjoy the music, but it hits me like a stack of Thorazine waffles. I zone out and will fall asleep sitting up with my eyes open. ---
**Author:** ![Soggy\_Biscuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Soggy\_Biscuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soggy_Biscuit)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/16 "2008-10-19T16:00:36Z")
“Blood Milk and Sky” by White Zombie is very hypnotic to me. “Kashmir” by Led Zeppelin too, though to a lesser extent. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/17 "2008-10-19T16:31:57Z")
Johnny’s Cash’s cover of NIN “Hurt”. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/18 "2008-10-19T19:17:13Z")
The title song from Never Ending Story ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/19 "2008-10-19T19:26:19Z")
Pet Shop Boys - “West End Girls” ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555/20 "2008-10-19T19:41:25Z")
[Fade Into You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWvEXChflEE) by Mazzy Star [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-hypnotize-you/468555.md?page=2)