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asklemmy·Ask LemmybyNABDad

What's a good earworm song to inflict on someone?

My wife keeps singing music from Into the Woods. It's a fine musical, and I'm a fan of it, but she's getting the songs such in my head.

I need ammunition to fight back with.

What's a good song to play that I can't get stuck in her head?

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orlyowl
piefed.ca

Sorry to go nuclear on your wife. Make it through the chorus of this song (mmm bop) one time and it's just about guaranteed earworm. In the words of Mr. Miyagi "If do right, no can defend."

https://youtu.be/NHozn0YXAeE

I'm probably screwed just by thinking of the song to recommend it to you. 😁

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Neverclearreply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

You have so many relationships in this life

Only one or two will last

You go through all the pain and strife

Then you turn your back and they're gone so fast

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Quazatronreply
lemmy.world

You could've simply type "Jitterbug!" to plant this into our collective brains.

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palordrolap
fedia.io

Pompeii by Bastille. Not so much the song but the day-day-oh, day-oh chant that runs under it.

Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. It took me years to get rid of it. I am in danger simply talking about it here.

Speaking of Day-oh though, the Banana Boat Song made famous by Harry Belafonte and also its appearance in Beetlejuice is a mid tier earworm. It all depends on how evil you're feeling.

Edit: 10 imaginary points if you spot what I had to fix.

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Apytelereply
sh.itjust.works

It's 'Eheu!' and it means some variation of 'Oh no' or 'Alas' or even 'Oh shit!' in Latin.

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TryingToBeGoodreply
reddthat.com

Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. It took me years to get rid of it. I am in danger simply talking about it here.

…goddammit

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AzuranAurorareply
piefed.ca

If you thought the Gotye version was catchy, the ska-punk cover of Somebody by Half Past Two is even more so. Listen to it at your own peril.

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Mighty
lemmy.world

I could be brown, I could be blue, I could be violet sky, I could be purple, I could be hurtful, I could be anything you like

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Apytele
sh.itjust.works

Dragostea din te (might not be spelling that right but it's iconic enough that it should pop right up when searched).

Also blue by Eiffel 65, the party rock anthem or crazy frog. No lyrics but still catchy is something like Sandstorm.

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la508reply
lemmy.world

I'VE SEEN THINGS, I'VE SEEN THEM WITH MY EYES
I'VE SEEN THINGS, THEY'RE OFTEN IN DISGUISE...

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_haha_oh_wow_reply
sh.itjust.works

Eeeeeeevil Betty?

No, I just find the movie Kung Pow: Enter the Fist to be pretty amusing.

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shalafireply
lemmy.world

Had to ask! There's a dude on Bluesky with your exact icon that I kinda dig.

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AceFuzzLord
lemmy.zip

If you can find a loop of the first few seconds before the lyrics of VengaBoys We LikeTo Party, that's diabolical IMO.

Otherwise, that song is, IMO, such a good earworm.

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A_Union_of_Kobolds
lemmy.world

The worst earworms are when you dont really know the words. If you dont have kids I recommend Danny Go.

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Trainguyromreply
reddthat.com

Danny Go is so weird because it sets off all of my kids slop sensors but it's actually pretty decent. Gets the kids moving, it's generally fine content wise, doesn't overdo the cuts between shots or have too much going on on screen to destroy the kids' attention span, but my gosh its stylized like so many slop channels I have to double-take every time

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A_Union_of_Koboldsreply
lemmy.world

Yeah it rubbed me that way at first for sure. Ive come around, though. From what i understand they started it for their son, who recently passed.

The "hyper" videos drive me nuts but hey, can't really fault them for finding a way to make money off the same thing twice I suppose.

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humanspiralreply
lemmy.ca

that has genuine qualities to it. Banana phone is demon spawn made of pure crap.

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Lovable Sidekick
lemmy.world

Superfreak by Rick James. In fact, I use it to knock out other songs trying to establish a beachhead in my brain.

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Parafaragaramus
infosec.pub

Caramba - Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot
Be aware this is not a regular earworm, this is a nuclear option. I don't know when I first heard this but every so often it climbs back from the deep, deep hole in my memories I have thrown it down and assaults me at 3am.

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The Velour Fog
lemmy.world

Pretty much anything by Elton John, especially Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

It'll drive you mad

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Today
lemmy.world

Copacabana. I've had it for about 8 years. Drives my husband crazy that i can't stop singing it.

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e0qdk
reddthat.com

80s/90s cartoon intros, e.g.

::: spoiler Gummi Bears Dashing and daring

Courageous and caring

Faithful and friendly

With stories to share

All through the forest

They sing out in chorus

Marching along

As their song fills the air

Gummi Bears

Bouncing here and there and everywhere...

:::

::: spoiler Duck Tales Life is like a hurricane

Here in Duckburg

Racecars, lasers, aeroplanes

It's a duck-blur

Might solve a mystery

Or rewrite history

DuckTales

Ooh-ooh

:::

::: spoiler Rescue Rangers

Sometimes some crimes

Go slipping through the cracks

But these two gumshoes

Are picking up the slack

There's no case too big

No case too small

When you need help, just call...

Ch-Ch-Ch-Chip 'n Dale's

Rescue rangers

:::

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nightlily
leminal.space

This is the song that doesn’t end, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because…

The ending of Lamb Chop's Play-Along. That has cursed me for 30+ years.

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TransNeko
lemmy.world

"United States of Israel" and "United States of Pedophiles" are good ones.

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phantoreply
lemmy.ca

My immediate supervisor at work knows how bad I get earworms, and does Baby Shark whenever I annoy him. It's in there now, thanks to this.

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LEM 1689
lemmy.sdf.org

Let's do the Milkshake

Selling like a hotcake

Try some, buy some

Fee-fi-fo-fum

Talk about... pop muzik

Talk about... pop muzik

Pop, pop, pop muzik

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StickyDangoreply
lemmy.world

I got as far as "milkshake" and instantly continued on to

...brings all the boys to the yard

Thanks. 😭

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ArcaneSlimereply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

I still get Suck My Dog's Dick stuck in my head regularly, mostly when my boss is micromanaging lmao.

"Suck a racehorse's bootyhole, suck a snow leopard's ass, suck a constipated ghost's dick.."

Absolute lyrical genius.

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Gerudoreply
lemmy.zip

This was a brutal ear worm for me for a few weeks

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gjoel
programming.dev

What's a good song to play that I can't get stuck in her head?

That's very nice of you, that you don't want it to stick.

Not sure they're good ones though, but having a daughter who loves singing, the recent ones are a few ones from kpop demon hunters and popular from Wicked. But really any song will stick if you just keep singing it incessantly...

Someone mentioned pogo, so I'll add that my wife and myself had this one stuck for ages, even if it's not your typical kind of song. https://youtu.be/a4NCnH7RPZY

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Ffkhrocks
lemmy.world

Just start humming the Mr. Sandman jingle (bum bum bum) and your work is done

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doublenut
sh.itjust.works

The best are no word tunes

The limbo song for example. Hum/whistle that shit for 10-20 minutes at work and watch by the end of the day at least half your coworkers are humming it.

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