# What's your earworm \*right now\*? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561 "2010-07-13T17:45:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/121 "2010-08-11T18:06:31Z")
Right now? It’s an old jingle advertising “My Three Sons” on Nick at Nite. (Sung to the tune of the My Three Sons theme song) \*It’s My Three Sons Yes My Three Sons It’s My Three Sons On Nick at Nite. They’ve got a dad His name is Steve He’s got a job He’s really tall And then there’s Bub He cooks them food They’ve got a dog It’s My Three Sons On Nick at Nite.\* Twenty years later and I can remember that. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/122 "2010-08-11T20:14:32Z")
“Lifeline” by Mat Kearney. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/123 "2010-08-11T21:03:41Z")
Autumn Leaves, Hank Garland’s version. I’m learning to play it, and Hank’s version gets stuck in my head every time I work on the song (which has been episodic, as me and my guitar teacher explore other music along the way (last week it was the Byzantine scale, after I’d heard to some sitar pieces and asked about the scale being used), but dammit I want to finish this piece). ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/124 "2010-08-11T22:02:52Z")
I’ve got three really weird earwoms cycling through the past few days. I’ll wake up hearing [Epica - Fools of Damnation](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9jVZ72xHgU) in my head. I suppose it’s my morning prayer. At some point while going about my day, I’ll start hearing [E.S. Posthumus - Ebla](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SdmJtzvf0k&feature=related), which makes pretty much whatever mundane task in which I’m engaged seem like an epic undertaking (slow-mo snap-zoom laundry folding, aww yeah). After the sun sets, I’ll get [Faultline’s cover of Greenfields](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCuF0wCF4K8&feature=related) with R.E.M.'s Michael Stipes on vocals, which is just plain spooky. ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/125 "2010-08-12T04:14:23Z")
“I’ll Never Tell” from Buffy’s musical episode. ---
**Author:** ![Miss-Informed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@Miss-Informed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss-Informed)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/126 "2010-08-12T04:30:34Z")
Dance your cares away (clap, clap) Worries for another day-ay Let the music play (clap, clap) Down in [Fraggle Rock](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dXFWL7l7A0&NR=1) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/127 "2010-08-12T05:24:28Z")
“Freak Like Me”—Sugababes ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/128 "2010-08-12T07:27:24Z")
“Beast of Burden”. For days now. It was playing in a store. Kill me now. ---
**Author:** ![wolf-alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9e8a1a/32.png) [@wolf-alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf-alice)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/129 "2010-08-12T10:48:09Z")
[WOULD YOU LIKE TO LOOK AT MY POTATO?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPT-C2ukAaU) ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/130 "2010-08-12T14:57:06Z")
I have one, but it’s not something anyone else would know. I’m learning to play guitar and I have been working on a solo that basically consists of a series of exercise riffs from my lessons strung together. Each riff was written to teach a specific technique, and they’re not passages from any real songs. Anyway, that’s been stuck in my head for a few days now. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/131 "2010-08-12T18:19:46Z")
Scott Joplin: “The Cascades” ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/132 "2010-08-12T21:13:30Z")
The season 4 opening song to Case Closed. I am going to start throwing things if I don’t get this song out of my head. It’s been stuck there for over a week now and nothing has managed to dislodge it. It’s even interfering with my sleep because it wont SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! ---
**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:** [August 13, 2010, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/133 "2010-08-13T07:17:28Z")
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien Although I had heard it previously in the Edith Piaf movie, it resurfaced as an earworm after seeing Inception. Although, disappointingly, it makes only a scant brief appearance on the OST. I especially love the way that the film repeats the main motifs, but much slower, turning the brassy horns into foghorns… ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/134 "2010-08-13T14:21:33Z")
“Concrete and Clay” by Unit 4 plus 6 or whatever the hell that band’s name is. Heard it two weekends ago in a McDonald’s and it popped back in while I was reading this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/135 "2010-08-13T14:30:43Z")
“9th Wonder (Blackitolism)” - Digable Planets ---
**Author:** ![limegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/136 "2010-08-13T16:06:51Z")
Monty Python’s “The Lumberjack Song”. My 15-year old son started singing it in Walmart yesterday, and\* it won’t go away.\* ---
**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:** [August 13, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/137 "2010-08-13T16:44:10Z")
“Miss Otis Regrets”, the jazzed-up Bette Midler version. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/138 "2010-08-13T17:07:35Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > “Miss Otis Regrets” Welp, I’ve got a new one now! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/139 "2010-08-13T19:14:05Z")
“I Don Quixote”, from _Man of La Mancha_, the [version with Placido Domingo and Mandy Patinkin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEWesAvzvuQ). ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561/140 "2010-08-13T22:15:33Z")
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