# What's your current "earworm"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396 "2006-04-27T01:40:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/61 "2006-04-29T18:57:41Z")
A medley of Nirvana songs, including random lines from _All Apologies_, _Come As You Are_ and _Smells Like Teen Spirit_. I heard _All Apologies_ the other day in the car and _Come As You Are_ this morning. No idea why the _Teen Spirit_ lines are in there as well. Worst part is, I don’t really know the words to these songs, it’s just a jumble of random lines floating around in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/62 "2006-04-30T02:30:58Z")
Well, I woke up with a new earworm today. A song by The Wiggles, whom my son is currently obsessed with. Now, I don’t mind The Wiggles and in fact I will admit that I think they’re quite good. Just not 400. Times. A. DAY in my head. “Here comes the bear, Stomping! Stomping!” Auggh! ---
**Author:** ![crimson87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@crimson87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crimson87)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/63 "2006-04-30T02:34:20Z")
NWA’s “Panic Zone.” I love that electro-boogie stuff. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/64 "2006-04-30T04:10:27Z")
I mentioned it in another thread, and for the last three hours, all I can hear in my head is: _Mull Of Kintyre Oh mist rolling in from the sea My desire is always to be here Oh Mull Of Kintyre…_ ---
**Author:** ![marginal\_prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@marginal\_prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marginal_prophet)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/65 "2006-05-06T01:27:49Z")
The _ending theme_ from The Tonight Show. It tootles out at the end of the show while the credits roll, and it drives me nuts! It is just so bad and annoying. I tape that show and Conan every night and try very hard to skip it but when I can’t it gets stuck in my head. How they can have a good intro tune and a whiney finishing one is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/66 "2006-05-19T13:23:17Z")
**Jake the Peg** Diddle-iddle-iddle-dum… ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/67 "2006-05-19T14:26:44Z")
At the moment, “_Sanctis Fortis_” from _The Dream of Gerontius_. I have some high-class earworms 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/68 "2006-05-19T15:58:24Z")
Woke up with _Battle Flag_, by the Lo Fidelity Allstars. Weird song to wake up to. Very odd. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/69 "2006-05-19T16:56:26Z")
The theme song for Wallace and Gromit. I’m crackers for cheese! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/70 "2007-02-28T01:40:48Z")
Blame it on **Jeeves & Wooster** : “Minnie the Moocher” and “Forty-Seven Ginger-Headed Sailors.” Can’t. Get. Them. To. Stop. Playing. In. My. Head. Dash it all, Fry and Laurie! ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/71 "2007-02-28T02:42:08Z")
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes How do you measure the length of a year? How about love? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/72 "2007-02-28T02:53:02Z")
“True” by Spandau Ballet. There’s a really great new remix of it on their “Reformation” compilation, and I can’t get it out of my head. Ah ha ha ha ha I know this smudge is true ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/73 "2007-02-28T03:28:03Z")
Take on Me. For the last two months. Not that I’m complaining. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/74 "2007-02-28T03:38:11Z")
One I had not too long ago was the theme from the animated _Spiderman_ show. Without warning, I’d start singing: “Is he strong? Listen, bud! He’s got radioactive blood!” Just about drove me crazy! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/75 "2007-02-28T03:42:18Z")
I found myself at work today singing The Who’s “Squeezebox” under my breath. _She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out_ ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/76 "2007-02-28T05:46:28Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] I found myself at work today singing The Who’s “Squeezebox” under my breath. _She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out_ [/QUOTE] I’ve had a Who earworm before, but it was “Substitute.” ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/77 "2007-02-28T06:54:02Z")
the cowboy with the hole in his throat singing “you don’t always die from tobacco”… and frequently, “you give a little love” (the Coke commercial with the GTA engine rendering) ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/78 "2007-02-28T08:20:50Z")
Thanks to **Only Mostly Dead** being the last post I read in this thread, I’ve now got Erasure’s “A Little Respect” burrowing around in my head. However, for some inexplicable reason, I’ve got it mixing in and out with “The Promise” by When In Rome, as well. _oh baby pleeeeeeeaaaaassseee (give a little respe-ect) give a little respect… to… I promise you I will!_ ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/79 "2007-02-28T09:23:20Z")
Some song called _Mushaboom_ by a someone called **Feist**. Never heard of them before this song, but it’s been stuck in my head for about a week. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/80 "2007-02-28T11:26:03Z")
I’ve had SNL’s infamous [Dick in a Box song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dmVU08zVpA) stuck in my head for a few days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396.md?page=5)