# WTF is THAT song doing in my head??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2001, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229 "2001-10-09T01:34:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/21 "2001-10-10T03:08:59Z")
…And now I’m fighting desperately to keep the theme song of that Preparation H guy from Conan from entering my head. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/22 "2001-10-10T04:30:50Z")
The LA Times just ran an article about [the science behind this phenomenon](http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-000080020oct07.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dliving). ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/23 "2001-10-10T05:58:16Z")
For the past few days I’ve been walking around singing doo doo doo doo etc. Well realy it was the tunes from levels 1-1 and 1-2 of Super Mario Bros. The old one from the NES system. It’s not such a bad song to have stuck though, I’ve had worse. ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/24 "2001-10-10T08:00:10Z")
_I took a fish head Out to see a movie It didn’t cost He got in for free Fish heads, fish heads Roly poly fish heads Fish heads, fish heads Eat them up, yum._ ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/25 "2001-10-10T08:03:37Z")
For the last two months, at one point or another during the course of every single day, for some God forsaken reason, I’ve spontaneously began to whistle the theme from _C.H.I.P.S._. I think I’m posessed. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/26 "2001-10-10T12:21:06Z")
TUESDAY MORNING: Whitney Houston was singing “I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me” Also i have heard: U2 - One Midnight Oil- Beds Are Burning Crowded House - Don’t Dream It’s Over Dr. Dre and Eminem- Forgot About Dre Depeche Mode The cure Squeeze- Tempted ---
**Author:** ![Briminator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@Briminator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briminator)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/27 "2001-10-10T12:37:47Z")
There has been a scary outbreak of “99 Red balloons” at work, I’m blaming Bin Ladin. ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/28 "2001-10-10T16:08:18Z")
Ever since a work colleague mentioned it earlier today, I have had **I’m Super, Thanks For Asking** from **South Park** on a loop inside my skull. Not the whole song - just that line. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/29 "2001-10-10T16:32:11Z")
Ever since walking to work this morning, I’ve had “Rain When I Die” by **Alice in Chains** stuck in my head. It’s only creepy because it popped in my head as I was crossing the street, and it started raining slightly. I think for the rest of the day I’m going to avoid being in the rain, just in case… ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/30 "2001-10-10T16:35:44Z")
_I wanna talk about me Wanna talk about I Wanna talk about number 1 Oh my me my_ I’ve had that in my head all morning… and I usually don’t even listen to country! Argh! Make it stop. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/31 "2001-10-10T16:45:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by grendel72 \* > \*\*_I took a fish head > Out to see a movie > It didn’t cost > He got in for free > Fish heads, fish heads > Roly poly fish heads > Fish heads, fish heads > Eat them up, yum._ \*\* Little known fact: Actor [Bill Paxton](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Paxton,+Bill) was the human in that video. Dave Barry has an alternative suggestion for why songs get stuck in your head, and often songs you don’t like, such as "I Shot the Sheriff[sup]\*[/sup]. He opines that it’s because radio waves are moving through the air, unseen. Therefore, some of those waves _HAVE_ to penetrate your skull. [sup]\*[/sup][sub]Also, “Seasons in the Sun”[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/32 "2001-10-10T16:54:32Z")
Anyone want the music in the intermission (“the chase”) after the second level of Ms. Pac-Man? 😃 How about the theme song from “Green Acres” to the tune of the Beatles’ “A Day in the Life”? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/33 "2001-10-10T17:12:04Z")
Hey, **RTF** , I’ve done _Amazing Grace_ to the tune of _Gilligan’s Island_\* ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/34 "2001-10-10T17:21:17Z")
At least you folks have a melody to hum or whistle. I just have words stuck in my brain: clientele metamorphosize angst repeating over and over since this morning in a deep bass voice. No idea why - they are not words I normally use, and I’m not even sure the second one is a word at all. I’m really getting tired of it. ---
**Author:** ![Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smashed_Ice_Cream)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/35 "2001-10-10T17:47:24Z")
Hey superdude, Try putting the words to green acres to the music to “purple haze” It works. It’s scary. I gotta get a sig… ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/36 "2001-10-10T18:00:58Z")
How about this, **Smashed Ice Cream**? **Smashed Ice Cream** , you truly are a man among men. Or a woman among women. Or a man among women. Or a woman among men. However your particular tendencies lie. ---
**Author:** ![Baltoeyegrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Baltoeyegrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baltoeyegrl)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/37 "2001-10-10T18:23:01Z")
I like to hear some funky dixie land, pretty mama come and take me by the hand By the ha-hand take me by the hand pretty mama gonna dance with your daddy all night long…I like to hear some funky dixie land pretty mama come and take me by the hand Ah-by the ha-hand, take me by the hand pretty mama OVER AND OVER AND OVER. It never ends. ---
**Author:** ![NutMagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/38 "2001-10-10T18:47:04Z")
::sniffle snuffle:: [sub]I am not alone[/sub] ::sniffle:: … and it never goes away. Another one just takes its place … Baltoeyegrl It’s you! I’ve been doing that one off and on for years. Please stop for awhile, or I’ll start with the Final Jeopardy theme. ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/39 "2001-10-10T19:25:03Z")
Am I the only person who can’t get “Gonads and Strife” out of their head? [http://www.threebrain.com/weeeeee.html](http://www.threebrain.com/weeeeee.html) ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229/40 "2001-10-10T20:22:40Z")
I was ok until about 5 minutes ago. Now I have [this](http://toiletduk.net/multimedia/flash/LittleRedMonkee.swf) stuck in my head. (Those of you at work might want to wait’ll you get home-- it’s not dirty, but it does go on for a while and it’s loud.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-that-song-doing-in-my-head/86229.md?page=1)