SFGate.com - Researcher confirms existence of 'earworms' / 98% of people have had songs stuck in their head "This summer, a community board in Brooklyn, N.Y., has called for a limit on the playing of the "Mr. Softee" jingle by ice-cream trucks -- a jingle that can be unbearably memorable for those subjected to it for extended periods."
The article goes on to very rudely list the most commonly mentioned tunes that people get stuck in their heads the most. I'm going to pass on this inconsiderate mention of the ones I think are the worst... such as, "Whoomp, There It Is", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", and "It's a Small World After All".
They don't mention "Michelle, ma belle", but I'd put that up there high, since I know someone who's recently complained on several occasions about how the song got stuck in his head for an extended period of time over 20 years ago... and the experience is still remembered with ire apparently. I had the same problem with "Love Shack" about 12 years ago, when the song was on the radio all the time when I was at university. It became a hellish experience.
I've also been known to get Verdi's Dies Irae stuck in my head at times of stress... I actually made a sound file of what it sounds like in my head at those times. heh.
I also have a sound file of the ice cream truck music in my neighborhood. heh.
I always get "One is the Loneliest Number" stuck in my head.
Posted by Alison | Monday 18 August 2003 1:53PM
AUGH! Now I have it stuck in my head. Except I'm thinking of the cover version that was on one of the X-Files soundtracks.
Posted by Chloe | Monday 18 August 2003 1:57PM
Grrr... And then today I got the "Mahna Mahna" song stuck in my head. And I found out that it wasn't originally a muppets song... It was actually originally a song on the soundtrack for a 70s European porn film!
Posted by Chloe | Monday 18 August 2003 11:13PM
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I always get "One is the Loneliest Number" stuck in my head.
AUGH! Now I have it stuck in my head. Except I'm thinking of the cover version that was on one of the X-Files soundtracks.
Grrr... And then today I got the "Mahna Mahna" song stuck in my head. And I found out that it wasn't originally a muppets song... It was actually originally a song on the soundtrack for a 70s European porn film!
