Earworms

[MindCrime]

That Burger King commercial with SpongeBob that uses Sir-Mix-Alot's "I Like Big Butts" is really getting on my nerves.

[TheLizard]

Happiness is a warm gun...

Probably not a good sign when that pops into my head while I'm at the office.

[Clara]

Just Because - Jane's Addiction

[MuzikTyme]

Talk about an earworm...for me, this next song is an earwig...

"I find my own fun, sometimes for free

I got to pay it to come lookin' for me

Walkin' on Gucci, wearin' Yves St. Laurent

Barely stay on 'cause I'm so God..ned gaunt"

One of the few Aerosmith songs that Joe Perry wrote and sang Lead vocals in.

But unfortunately, Steven Tyler doesn't know how to sing back-up vocals because he's drowning out Perry! Here's where Mr. Perry shines his guitar and glass slide like a diamond.

Listen and see/hear...!

Combination

:guitar:

[BlueAngel]

"Bow Wow Wow" - Funkdoobiest (AKA Cypress Hill Lite)

I've had the blasted chorus in my head all day:

"Bow wow wow yippy yo yippy yay, to the funk, bow wow wow"

[Farin]

^ was that before that lil' bow wow song?

that went something like "bow wow wow, yippy yo yippy yay" too right?

[Farin]

^ was that before that lil' bow wow song?

that went something like "bow wow wow, yippy yo yippy yay" too right?

...which in turn came from "What's my Name?" by Snoop Doggy Dogg

I knew I knew another version

[BlueAngel]

Yeah, Lil Bow Wow's version came years later since Funkdoobiest's "Bow Wow Wow" and Snoop Doggy Dog's "Who Am I (What's My Name)" came out around the same time in 1993. Since both songs use the line I'm not sure who (if either) can be credited for coining it.

[MindCrime]

"Too Shy" - Kajagoogoo

One of the worst earworms of the 80s

[Jenny]

Yeah, Lil Bow Wow's version came years later since Funkdoobiest's "Bow Wow Wow" and Snoop Doggy Dog's "Who Am I (What's My Name)" came out around the same time in 1993. Since both songs use the line I'm not sure who (if either) can be credited for coining it.

Atomic Dog by Geroge Clinton Wiki link

[Farin]

ah, I see

thanks Jenny

[Jenny]

Here's the song from Grooveshark....sorry I was too lazy to put both in one reply:

Atomic Dog - George Clinton

[The Seeker]

I've had the outro of some song stuck in my head ever since I woke up this morning, just the last five or six seconds, and for the life of me I can't figure out what song it is

[Tenacious_Peaches]

Hum a few bars for me.

[pinkstones]

I've had the worst earworm in my head all day.

"You know it's you babe, whenever I get weary and I've had enough, feel like giving up....."

I hate Styx! They did only one song I like and that's Renegade.

[The Seeker]

I've had the outro of some song stuck in my head ever since I woke up this morning, just the last five or six seconds, and for the life of me I can't figure out what song it is

Got it. You know that song that plays at the end of every episode of Scrubs? Yeah.

[TheLizard]

Stone Cold Crazy by Queen

Except I don't know the words so it's just rapid-fire nonsense... which is probably what the words are anyway.

[Farin]

Rainy afternoon I gotta blow a typhoon

And I'm playing on my slide trombone

Anymore anymore cannot take it anymore

Gotta get away from this stone cold floor

Crazy stone cold crazy you know

nah, there's some philosophical statement behind that

[TheLizard]

They call me Dr. Worm

Good morning how are you I'm Dr. Worm...

[Farin]

I like to play the drums

I think I'm getting good,

but I can handle criticism...

[Farin]

And the mercy seat is waiting

And I think my head is burning

And in a way I'm yearning

To be done with all this measuring of truth.

An eye for an eye

And a tooth for a tooth

And anyway I told the truth

And I'm not afraid to die.

And the mercy seat is burning

And I think my head is glowing

And in a way I'm hoping

To be done with all this weighing up of truth.

An eye for an eye

And a tooth for a tooth

And I've got nothing left to lose

And I'm not afraid to die.

And the mercy seat is glowing

And I think my head is smoking

And in a way I'm hoping

To be done with all this looks of disbelief.

An eye for an eye

And a tooth for a tooth

And anyway there was no proof

Nor a motive why.

And the mercy seat is smoking

And I think my head is melting

And in a way I'm helping

To be done with all this twisted of the truth.

A lie for a lie

And a truth for a truth

And I've got nothing left to lose

And I'm not afraid to die.

And the mercy seat is melting

And I think my blood is boiling

And in a way I'm spoiling

All the fun with all this truth and consequence.

An eye for an eye

And a truth for a truth

And anyway I told the truth

And I'm not afraid to die.

And the mercy seat is waiting

And I think my head is burning

And in a way I'm yearning

To be done with all this measuring of proof.

A life for a life

And a truth for a truth

And anyway there was no proof

But I'm not afraid to tell a lie.

And the mercy seat is waiting

And I think my head is burning

And in a way I'm yearning

To be done with all this measuring of truth.

An eye for an eye

And a truth for a truth

And anyway I told the truth

But I'm afraid I told a lie.

[Skuff]

we cut the legs off of our pants

threw our shoes into the ocean

sit back and wave through the daylight

sit back and wave through the daylight

slip and slide on subway grates

these shoes are poor mans ice skates

fall through like change in the daylight

fall through like change in the daylight

i miss yellow lines in my roads

some color on monochrome

maybe i’ll paint them in myself

maybe i’ll paint them in myself

these sidewalks liquid then stone

building walls and an old pay phone

it rings like all through the daylight

it rings like all through the daylight

and in the daylight we can hitchhike to maine

i hope that someday i’ll see without these frames

and in the daylight i don’t pick up my phone

cause in the daylight anywhere feels like home

I have five clocks in my life

and only one has the time right

i’ll just unplug it for today

ill just unplug it for today

open hydrant rolled down windows

this car might make a good old boat

and float down grand street in daylight

and float down grand street in daylight

and with just half of a sunburn

new yellow lines that i earned

step back and here comes the night time

step back and here comes the night time

and in the daylight we can hitchhike to maine

i hope that someday i’ll see without these frames

and in the daylight i don’t pick up my phone

cause in the daylight anywhere feels like home

Daylight~Matt&Kim

[JumboXL]

On the subject of Earworms. Who coined that?

Shouldn't it be earwigs?

I'm quite surprised that the little animal is called an earwig, and that earworm is not in the English dictionary.

The Dutch word for earwig is "oorwurm". The Germans call it an "Ohrwurm".

Does anyone have suggestions for a good recipe against earworms? A song that easily replaces the rotten earworm music with joyful sounds?

Like: after having heard the earworm "It will come in time" by Billy Preston and Syreeta, I must hear "Rainy Day Women #12 and #35" to save my day. Or Cheap Trick's "I want you to want me".

[Tenacious_Peaches]

I have found that The Temptations "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" works every time. See?

[JumboXL]

A new earworm is conquering Holland. This "summerhit" is played every day on Radio Tour de France, towards the end of the day's race.

La Caravane Passe - "Salade, Tomate, Oignon" :

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And an old earworm is having a revival: a film has been released about the sad life of Soeur Sourire and her only hit Dominique is played often: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CIWmO7W0gc .