# "You make me feel like a worm"?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-make-me-feel-like-a-worm/318426 "2005-08-24T15:01:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-make-me-feel-like-a-worm/318426/1 "2005-08-24T15:01:09Z")
I went hiking with my Dad this weekend up in Maine. Driving home, a bit sleepy, I was flipping through the dial and heard a pretty good-sounding song. It had a definite pulsing New Wave vibe to it, though it melded that with some grungy guitars, and a singer who, when he hit the high notes in the chorus, sounded a bit like Scott Weiland. Here’s the thing: That chorus…I wasn’t paying much attention, so I can’t be sure. The song seemed to be about some lost love, generally positive about whoever the writer was reminiscing about. Then he busts loose with: \*You make me feeeeel like a worm You make me feeeeel like a worm Your worm \* The fack? I kinda liked the song, and would consider downloading it if I could just find it. Nobody seems to have written a song about feeling like a worm, though, so I’ve not had much luck. Any ideas who this is? I feel like such a naff old fart. “Kids these days and their rock ‘n’ roll! What the Hell are they singing about, anyway! It’s all gibberish!” ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-make-me-feel-like-a-worm/318426/2 "2005-08-24T15:11:42Z")
Try “Dakota” by the Stereophonics - I’m pretty sure that’s the song you’re looking for. It sounds like they’re singing “a worm” or “Your worm”, but they’re actually singing “the one”. Yes. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-make-me-feel-like-a-worm/318426/3 "2005-08-24T15:12:23Z")
Maybe this? > **[Misheard Lyrics](http://www.amiright.com/misheard/artist/stereophonics.shtml)** > > Misheard Song Lyrics, performed by Stereophonics. Misheard song lyrics (also known as mondegreens) are instances of when a song lyric can't be understood, and the mind substitues a new word for you. Stereophonics’, “Dakota” Misheard Lyrics: You make me feel like a worm You make me feel like a worm A worm. Original Lyrics: You make me feel like the one You make me feel like the one The one. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-make-me-feel-like-a-worm/318426/4 "2005-08-24T15:25:29Z")
Holy crap. Thanks, you two! Oh my freaking word, that is some funny shit. At least I wasn’t the only person who got “you make me feel like a worm” out of it. I checked out a sound file, and that is indeed the correct song. Ohhhhhhhh, boy, I amuse myself with my idiocy. Sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-make-me-feel-like-a-worm/318426/5 "2005-08-24T15:27:06Z")
Yeah, well, sometimes you feel like a worm. Sometimes you don’t. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-make-me-feel-like-a-worm/318426/6 "2005-08-24T15:28:04Z")
But do they make you feel like a _natural_ worm?