Aarghhh. Where do earworms come from and why are they usually songs you despise?

[Arkansas Granny]

Today I have this running around in my brain. Don't like it, never liked it and haven't heard it in years, but it pops up today out of nowhere.

Wives and Lovers
Burt Bacharach
Hey! Little Girl
Comb your hair, fix your makeup
Soon he will open the door
Don't think because there's a ring on your finger
You needn't try anymore
For wives should always be lovers too
Run to his arms the moment he comes home to you
I'm warning you...
Day after day
There are girls at the office
And men will always be men
Don't send him off with your hair still in curlers
You may not see him again
For wives should always be lovers too
Run to his arms the moment he comes home to you
He's almost here...
Hey! Little girl
Better wear something pretty
Something you'd wear to go to the city and
Dim all the lights, pour the wine, start the music
Time to get ready for love
Time to get ready
Time to get ready for love
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Burt Bacharach / Hal David

[True Dough]

1. It's this one for me

Not sure how that particular hook snuck into a cranny of my cranium...

[Harker]

2. They're a form of self-torture.

And the reason I never bought a brand new pair of roller skates.

[Walleye]

3. Or a brand new key

[Harker]

7. Aaaaaaaggggghhhh. n/t

[Hugh_Lebowski]

9. In case you might think your post makes you sound old ...

I'm *only* 54 and I know EXACTLY what you're talking about

[Harker]

13. Never crossed my mind!

My body may be 62, but my mind is still that of a juvenile.

That didn't come out right.

[Walleye]

4. This is mine. I like this song ok, but it sure gets stuck in my head

https://m.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

10. That's a damn catchy tune. As are NY Minute and Heart of the Matter from the same disc

I saw him on that tour actually. Concord Pavilion ... 1989 I want to say?

[Walleye]

12. I really love this one, too

https://m.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

18. Oh, man ... Eagles have some good ones in this department (or bad I suppose) ...

This one gets stuck in my head every time ... luckily it's a brilliant song ... top 5 Eagles for me, easily.

[Walleye]

20. Thanks, I forgot about that one. Brilliant album

[Pinback]

5. Misogynistic lyrics

That’s why I can’t stand that song, vocal versions anyway. Jazz musicians often play it as an instrumental, and it’s a good tune musically, but I have a hard time forgetting the lyrics even then.

Maybe this will help cleanse your musical palette:

[Arkansas Granny]

22. That's my biggest complaint about that song. I've never been big on accepting gender roles and

I tried not to force them on my children, either. My boys can cook, clean and do laundry and my daughter can bait her own hook and change a tire.

When I was in 7th or 8th grade, we had a textbook in our "Health" class that advised girls on hairstyles and clothing choices based on your body size and face shape. Yep, part of our health lesson was how to make yourself more attractive to boys.

[Larissa]

6. My current earworm

I wasn't a fan of "Crazy" by Cee Lo Green. But the emotional way this guy on a subway sings it has caused this worm to burrow into my skull.

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[NQAS]

8. I just visited my 2-year-old granddaughter

You want earworms, watch Peg and Cat.

"We solved a problem, problem solved."

Please, make it go away.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

11. From what various parents have told me, the worst is if Baby Shark gets in your head

It can cause something of an existential crisis I'm told.

Pretty sure the same was said a while back about some Barney song.

[Harker]

14. Gads.

Why do I keep revisiting this thread?

[Lochloosa]

15. Mine.

[KT2000]

16. my current is Marry Me Bill

Laura Nyro. Tried to sing along but that didn't help. I just got over Tomorrow, which I despise.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

17. If I hear this song one time, which happens every few years, it'll stick with me for DAYS

Luckily for me, I love this song

Or if you prefer a non-shitty sounding version, that contains the entire song, not the radio edit ...

[Arkansas Granny]

27. Great song. One of my favorites.

[EYESORE 9001]

19. For as long as I can remember, I have always had a song running in my mind

Always. I’m pretty good at changing the song if it’s annoying or has gone on too long. Right now, it’s The Old Man Down the Road by John Fogerty.

[rsdsharp]

21. It's inspired by an appetizer at Clyde's Bar in Georgetown.

https://m.

[Harker]

24. Don't be cruel.

And you know I'm not talking about Elvis.

[rsdsharp]

30. I have to share the pain.

I was a disc jockey when this thing hit. Imagine having to play this in the hot rotation. I’d rather play Kung Fu Fighting. Not Billy Don’t Be a Hero, but Carl Douglas over this, for sure.

[lastlib]

23. I don't know why we get them, but....

I often get an ELO earworm, and I Can't Get It Out Of My Head........... No, I Can't Get It Out Of My Head...........

[Harker]

25. Don't bring me down. n/t

[lastlib]

26. No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

I would never do that! I'll tell you once more.....

[Hugh_Lebowski]

28. This will rid you of your bacharach/david problem right now if you watch both these ... promise

[Harker]

29. Now you've done it.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

31. I'm trying to help you out with an at least decent song, and you come back with something terrible?

Sheesh ...

[Harker]

32. ELO plagued my high school life.

I'm sorry to be ungrateful.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

33. LOL ... okay ... I always thought they were among the better acts of the mid-late 70's

But to each there own

[Harker]

35. I was a crazy, mixed up kid.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

36. You can put me down for that one too :)

[Hugh_Lebowski]

34. I'm layin' this down as maybe the catchiest song of all time ... I used to think it was cheesy

But I have come to appreciate it as damn-near pop music perfection in my later years.

[Harker]

37. Once you start naming Frankie Valli / Four Seasons hits

it's hard to stop.

[msongs]

38. aka the premature EJ song nt

[Hugh_Lebowski]

43. Damn ... is your name Michelle?

I'm really sorry ... that never happens!

[janterry]

39. This one is awful

[GumboYaYa]

40. On the way to my first law school exam I got the Flash Gordon theme song in my head.

And I could not get it out. I thought I was going to fail out of law school on my first exam because of "Flash ahaaaa Savior of the Universe"

[Hotler]

41. I double dog dare you......to open and have a listen.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

42. You honestly would have to give me a cash prize (nt)

[RFCalifornia]

44. Manha Manha

[yellowdogintexas]

45. I tend to have them most of the time.

Earworm of the day is "Our Love is Here to Stay" which was triggered by another thread about father/daughter dance songs at a wedding. So I pulled up 3 different versions (Tony Bennet, Nat King Cole, and Sinatra) and posted them in the thread.

It has been stuck in my head since. I could do a lot worse don't you think?

For a couple of days it was the theme music to the original "Ducktales" which is a very cool song.

I have a highly suggestible brain I think because it doesn't take much for something to get hung up in there.