EarWorms..

[crazycanuck]

Do you ever get songs or sayings stuck in your head that never seem to go away? Not just during rides but ya know during normal times too

I can't get "Great Southern Land" by Icehouse out of my head. I can't get enough of the lyric Ayone will tell you its a prisoner island hidden in the summer for a million years

Another one that's driving me nuts is from the new Batman film. (It was a fundraiser for Make a Wish foundation & a friend is v involved..) Why So Serious?

Argh..

[boy in a kilt]

This happens to me all the time.

Why is it never a song I know ALL the words to? For that matter, why can't it only be songs I like?

Some highlights:
Kylie Minogue- Can't Get You Out of My Head (for about 60 miles of an 80 mile ride)

Fatboy Slim- Rockafella Skank- I actually like this song. Good tempo for hammering or climbing but it'll drive you insane

John Denver- Calypso- This one pops up from time to time. Usually when I'm out doing something long and slow, like climbing mountains.

The Theme From iCarly- My daughter loves this show. That's a double whammy because it gets stuck in my head and it's a kid's show

Anything by Sigue Sigue Sputnik. Fortunately, I'm one of three people in the entire world that actually bought any of their CD's so it's not that common.

Scotland the Brave. We had a song that we had to sing regularly in Officer Candidate School set to Scotland the Brave. Now it's there forever. And I sing it to myself all the time.

One of the things that helps is once an earworm starts cropping up regularly, it goes on my MP3 player. That way, when it starts, I can listen to the song and make it go away.

[crazycanuck]

BIK..I remember Sigue Sigue Sputnik...One of those 80's bands that one wants to forget but can't... The Hair!!!! Oh dear..

Another one is Cold Chisel-Khe Sanh...I can't get away from Jimmy Barnes' voice..

[Kano]

and then I wonder where the hec did THAT come from --

yesterday, in the shower, the Casper the Ghost song: please remember me my name is Casper,,,

Karen in Boise

[redranger]

Abba's "Dancing Queen", and oddly enough, "Edelweiss" from The Sound Of Music. I am sure there are others, but these are the two that come to mind right now.

[kelownagirl]

Ear Worms - never heard that term before!

I am notorious for bursting into inane songs while sitting at my computer so when I first read this thread, I started write down what songs I sing over and over again. Here at my top ten, in no particular order.

1. If I only had a brain (Wizard of Oz)
2. Loving You (old 70's song)
3. Oh Canada
4. In the Hall of the Mountain King
5. Winter Wonderland, (year round)
6. A piece by Mozart that I can't remember the name.
7. Goin to the Chapel
8. The Flintstone's Theme Song
9. Somewhere Over the Rainbow
10. Yes, he have no bananas.

They just come popping out of my mouth with no warning. I have no idea why.


Edit to add: None of them irritate me as much as the stuff I sang when I was a primary musis teacher for 10 years...