# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/121 "2007-05-31T08:24:25Z")
Museum of Idiots, by They Might Be Giants. I have had the part that comes between each verse–the part that starts with quiet low horns, then repeats similar notes but with loud high pitch horns–stuck in my head for _two whole days now_. This is how it is for me. This is my life. I have had a musical phrase consisting in a _single four beat measure_ stuck in a loop in my head before. Gah! -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/122 "2007-05-31T09:05:23Z")
The _Anvil Chorus_, from whatever. In this case, from a bastardised version in a radio ad. Grr. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/123 "2007-05-31T09:08:11Z")
Today it’s the theme tune from “Shaun the Sheep”. Yesterday it was “The Hoobs”. Yes, you can see the quality of my viewing… ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/124 "2007-05-31T11:03:44Z")
“Boys and Girls of Rock & Roll” from the animated movie, The Chipmunk Adventures. It is where they were dancing on the old Grecian ruins. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/125 "2007-05-31T12:48:13Z")
“Patches, I’m dependin’ on you, son To pull the family through My son, it’s all left up to you…” ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/126 "2007-05-31T15:25:22Z")
**Land Down Under** by Colin Hay off his **Man at Work** album. Great song but I would like to stop hearing “buying bread from a man in Brussels…he just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich” over and over. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/127 "2007-05-31T15:25:36Z")
Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, Banana Phone! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/128 "2007-05-31T16:50:15Z")
[QUOTE=photopat] **Land Down Under** by Colin Hay off his **Man at Work** album. Great song but I would like to stop hearing “buying bread from a man in Brussels…he just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich” over and over. [/QUOTE] I have played that record (LP!) every summer since I bought it, for nostalgic reasons. However, I understand your predicament. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/129 "2007-05-31T17:13:52Z")
My brain is on a Sesame Street kick. Remember that little stop-motion animation of 3 stripy balls and a polka-dot ball, where the different one wants to play? It has the world’s catchiest tune. I’ve been whistling it for two days now. This morning, I varied the earworm menu by telling my little girl that “everybody poops.” Bam, now “Everybody Sleeps” is in there too, alternating with the stripy/polka-dot drama. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/130 "2007-05-31T23:33:49Z")
Nothing else matters 'cause I I need your love And nothing else matters 'cause I I need your love… Bedroom Rockers “Nothing Else Matters” I was reminded of it by a CSI Miami episode last week, and [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6IjxhU8VoY) is the only place I can find the whole song online. Too bad the cheapest I’ve seen the cd is over $22… ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/131 "2007-06-01T02:16:07Z")
The music from ‘Boomshine’, which is fine because it’s peaceful and lovely and the tune is just long enough that it doesn’t feel repetitive. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/132 "2007-06-01T03:01:05Z")
‘Around the World’, sung by Christine Ebersole in the Broadway show GREY GARDENS. Saw it last Friday and got the OBC right then and there. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/133 "2007-06-01T14:54:58Z")
“Bye Bye Blackbird,” the Miles David/John Coltrane version. Very nice. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/134 "2007-06-01T15:08:20Z")
_Dogs_. Not that that’s a bad thing. I aquired _Animals_ last week and have been listening to it every day. Dragged down by the stone! one! one! one! one! one! one! one! one! one! one! one! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/135 "2007-06-18T13:43:48Z")
[QUOTE=MissTake] _“Coin Operated Boy”_ by The Dresden Dolls. It will NOT go away. I’ve even tried the Spiderman Theme Song, to no avail. That’s okay though, it could have been _“It’s a world of laughter, a world of cheer…”_ [/QUOTE] Heh! We just saw them last night (Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors tour) and I also had that (well, have that again now) as my earworm. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/136 "2007-06-18T13:50:22Z")
Raffi’s “Bananaphone.” God help me. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/137 "2007-06-18T14:31:08Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Heh! We just saw them last night (Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors tour) and I also had that (well, have that again now) as my earworm. [/QUOTE] Alas, I’ve now moved on. Not in a good way, either. [Party Like a Rock Star](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LMoplcpRJM) _t-t-t-totally, dude!_ (I would have LOVED to see that concert though. I adore Cyndi Lauper _sigh_) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Tudrussell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Buck\_Tudrussell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Tudrussell)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396/138 "2007-06-18T14:55:24Z")
watched “Rent” this weekend and now I have the “five hundred twenty five thousand, six hundred minutes” song running over and over and over, etc… ad nauseum! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-earworm/354396.md?page=6)