what songs get stuck in your head?

[ezdayman 14]

So I was at menards "home depot kinda store" and on there music they were playing a song didnt think much of it till i was driving and wouldnt you know its been stuck in my head for two dam days now.... are you ready for the song lol....

Its by Connie francis.... V--a--c--a--t--i--o--n we're gonna have a ball... and thats the only part of the song I know lol..

So wondering what songs have been stuck in your head while working or just driving down the road?

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N in the summer sun

Put away the books, we're outta school

The weather's warm, but we'll play it cool

We're on vacation, havin' lots of fun

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N in the summer sun

We're gonna grab a bite at the pizza stand

Write love letters in the sand

We're on vacation, and the world is ours

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N under summer stars

Yeah, we'll hop in our jalopy to a drive-in movie

And have a look at the show

We're gonna hug and kiss, just like this

And I can't wait to go-oo-oo

We're gonna mash potato to a jukebox tune

Park your car 'neath an August moon

We're on vacation, till the start of the Fall

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N

We're gonna have a ball! Goooooo!

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N

Gonna have a ball!

Oh-ho, we'll hop in our jalopy to a drive-in movie

And have a look at the show

We're gonna hug and kiss, just like this

And I can't wait to go-oo-oo

We're gonna mash potato to a jukebox tune

Park your car 'neath an August moon

We're on vacation, till the start of the Fall

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N

We're gonna have a ball

Yeah! V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N

Gonna have a ball! (fade)

Edited August 4, 2008 by ezdayman

[Grant 500]

Songs Stick in Everyone's Head

'Earworms' Bother Women, Musicians Most

By Daniel J. DeNoon

WebMD Health News

Feb. 27, 2003 -- They bore into your head. They won't let go. There's no known cure. Earworms can attack almost anyone at almost any time.

No, it's not an invasion of jungle insects. It's worse. Earworms are those songs, jingles, and tunes that get stuck inside your head. You're almost certain to know the feeling, according to marketing professor James J. Kellaris, PhD, of the University of Cincinnati.

Nearly 98% of people have had songs stuck in their head, Kellaris reported at the recent meeting of the Society for Consumer Psychology. The 559 students -- at an average age of 23 -- had lots of trouble with the Chili's "Baby Back Ribs" Jingle and with the Baha Men song "Who Let the Dogs Out." But Kellaris found that most often, each person tends to be haunted by their own demon tunes.

"Songs with lyrics are reported as most frequently stuck (74%), followed by commercial jingles (15%) and instrumental tunes without words (11%)," Kellaris writes in his study abstract. "On average, the episodes last over a few hours and occur 'frequently' or 'very frequently' among 61.5% of the sample."

Here's the students' top-10 earworm list:

1. Other. Everyone has his or her own worst earworm.
   
2. Chili's "Baby Back Ribs" jingle.
   
3. "Who Let the Dogs Out"
   
4. "We Will Rock You"
   
5. Kit-Kat candy-bar jingle ("Gimme a Break ...")
   
6. "Mission Impossible" theme
   
7. "YMCA"
   
8. "Whoomp, There It Is"
   
9. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
   
10. "It's a Small World After All"
    

Stuck song syndrome annoyed, frustrated, and irritated women significantly more than men. And earworm attacks were more frequent -- and lasted longer -- for musicians and music lovers. Slightly neurotic people also seemed to suffer more.

Kellaris hasn't yet found a cure. Women are more likely to try to get rid of the offending ditties. Men are just as likely to do nothing as to fight their earworms.

What helps? Kellaris doesn't know. But he found that when people battle their earworms, nearly two-thirds of the time they try to use another tune to dislodge the one that's stuck. About half the time people simply try to distract themselves from hearing the stuck song. More than a third of the time people with songs stuck in their heads try talking with someone about it. And 14% of the time, people try to complete the song in their heads in an effort to get it to end.

SOURCE: "Dissecting Earworms: Further Evidence on the 'Song-Stuck-in-Your Head' Phenomenon, James J. Kellaris, PhD, presentation to Society for Consumer Psychology, Feb. 22, 2003.

[RPetry 564]

Anything from "Dark Side of the Moon". Hate that album/CD. Only been burned in my generation's brains for nigh on 30 years.

[MMI Enterprises 289]

Sometimes I get a new song stuck in my head the moment I wake up... is kinda crazy.

The wife and I know of a song that rubs off onto others like no other.

We've tested it in grocery stores, parties, you name it. It is the absolute ruler.

Do not procede if you do not want this in yer head.

If brave and you want best results do it with lots of karaoke type of emphasis. Enjoy..lol

This part often times is all that is needed to screw someone up for a day:

La la la la la la la... do do do do do

Or ya can just cut full in by offering a line or two:

Lovin' You - Minnie Riperton

Lovin' you is easy cause you're beautiful

Makin' love with you is all i wanna do

Lovin' you is more than just a dream come true

And everything that i do is out of lovin' you

La la la la la la la... do do do do do

No one else can make me feel

The colors that you bring

Stay with me while we grow old

And we will live each day in springtime

Cause lovin' you has made my life so beautiful

And every day my life is filled with lovin' you

Lovin' you i see your soul come shinin' through

And every time that we oooooh

I'm more in love with you

La la la la la la la... do do do do do

[814jeffw 71]

"Joe Knows How To Live" by Eddy Raven.

[James 624]

How I can't stand Mini Rippedone, Yanni(yawnny), KennyG(kenny please kill yourself) ! I have to listen them when I go to my outlaws ( please stop please!)

I don't want to work- just want to bang a drum all day!

R O C K in the USA

[MMI Enterprises 289]

is like torture eh.. :)

[RPetry 564]

Yanni, Kenny G.?

I would bring an Uzi to that party.

[MMI Enterprises 289]

along with ear plugs and ear muffs to go over them..

[Scott Stone 604]

Just a little song I wrote, gotta learn it note by note, don't worry, be happy...

[MMI Enterprises 289]

"Baby Youuu..you got what I need!!. you say yer just a friend..."

[Apple Roof Cleaning 202]

All of these, take yer pick, and sing along

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[newlook 265]

"Here comes Peter Cottontail....hopping down the bunny trail....hippty hoppy Easter's on it's way....."

Dang Rabbit.....LOL

[jetstream1 18]

I can ride my bike with no handle bars no handle bars

[bigchaz 157]

"Baby Youuu..you got what I need!!. you say yer just a friend..."

Bizzzzz!

what a great voice...

[Beth n Rod 1,279]

How about theme songs?

Theme to Mission Impossible

Theme to Sopranos

Theme to Friends

Beth

[James 624]

Hooked on a Feeling- OOGHA ! OOGHA! OOGHA CHAKA !

[Rick2 42]

Anyone with young children knows the "Backpack" song from Go Diago, Go. Each time I put on my backpack chemical sprayer I get that stupid song in my head. I feel like an idiot.

[All Surface 24]

What about having the alarm set on radio. My wife uses the radio setting. When the alarm goes off and a song is on that always seems to end up being the song of the day that is stuck in my head. :dance: I'll be working ,driving,:vroom: etc... and even the thoughts in my head are Playing to the same tune that I heard when the alarm went off in the morning... Good Lord... It sounds like I need proffessional help! LOL Anyone else have this problem or am I just going batty? :bat: LOL

[Joe Ortiz 14]

The one that gets me is the intro guitar part to smoke on the water by purple haze.been in my head for weeks at atime

[Beth n Rod 1,279]

Rooooxanne!

[StainlessDeal 16]

Anytime I drive by a "House for rent" sign I get:

Trailer for sale or rent

Rooms to let...fifty cents.

No phone, no pool, no pets

I ain't got no cigarettes

Ah, but..two hours of pushin' broom

Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room

I'm a man of means by no means

King of the road.

Third boxcar, midnight train

Destination...Bangor, Maine.

Old worn out clothes and shoes,

I don't pay no union dues,

I smoke old stogies I have found

Short, but not too big around

I'm a man of means by no means

King of the road.

I know every engineer on every train

All of their children, and all of their names

And every handout in every town

And every lock that ain't locked

When no one's around.

I sing,

Trailers for sale or rent

Rooms to let, fifty cents

No phone, no pool, no pets

I ain't got no cigarettes

Ah, but, two hours of pushin' broom

Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room

I'm a man of means by no means

King of the road.

Which is bad enough, even though I love that song, but then I will soon have:

Love is a burning thing

And it makes a fiery ring

Bound by one's desire

I fell down into a ring of fire

Chorus:

I fell into a burning ring of fire

Went down down down and the flames went higher

It burns burns burns that ring of fire that ring of fire

The taste of love is sweet

When hearts like ours meet

I fell for you like a child

Ohhh but the fire went wild

Chorus:

I fell into a burning ring of fire

Went down down down and the flames went higher

It burns burns burns that ring of fire that ring of fire and it burns

Chrous:

I fell into a burning ring of fire

Went down down down and the flames went higher

It burns burns burns that ring or fire that ring of fire

The taste of love is sweet

When hearts like ours meet

I hide before you like a child

Ohhh but the fire went wild

Chorus:

I fell into a burning ring of fire

Went down down down and the flames went higher

It burns burns burns that ring of fire that ring of fire

(One more time)

Chorus:

I fell into a burning ring of fire

Went down down down and the flames went higher

It burns burns burns that ring of fire that ring of fire

That ring of fire

That ring of fire

I'm not sure why those two songs are linked in my mind, but there is a third that gets in my skull, and then I know the attack will soon be over:

Rollin', rollin', rollin'.

Rollin', rollin', rollin'.

Rollin', rollin', rollin'.

Rollin', rollin', rollin'.

Rawhide!

Hah! Hah!

Keep rollin', rollin', rollin',

Though the streams are swollen,

Keep them dogies rollin', rawhide.

Through rain and wind and weather,

Hell bent for leather,

Wishin' my gal was by my side.

All the things I'm missin',

Good vittles, love, and kissin',

Are waiting at the end of my ride.

Move 'em out, head 'em up,

Head 'em up, move 'em on.

Move 'em out, head 'em up:

Rawhide.

Cut 'em out, ride 'em in,

Ride 'em in, cut 'em out,

Cut 'em out, ride 'em in:

Rawhide!

Hah! Hah!

Movin', movin', movin',

Though they're disapprovin',

Keep them dogies movin', rawhide.

Don't try to understand 'em,

Just rope an' throw an' brand 'em.

Soon we'll be living high and wide.

My heart's calculatin',

My true love will be waitin':

Waitin' at the end of my ride.

Move 'em out, head 'em up,

Head 'em up, move 'em on.

Move 'em out, head 'em up:

Rawhide.

Cut 'em out, ride 'em in,

Ride 'em in, cut 'em out,

Cut 'em out, ride 'em in:

Rawhide!

(Rollin', rollin', rollin'.)

(Rollin', rollin', rollin'.)

Hah!

(Rollin', rollin', rollin'.)

Hah!

(Rollin', rollin', rollin'.)

Rawhide.

Hah!

Rawhide!

Did you ever notice that if you just read the lyric of a song that you well know, you can get the earworm?:lgangry:

Sorry about that. :lolsign:

[ezdayman 14]

what about going to the car wash I dont know why but the beat gets stuck in my head! lol....

[StainlessDeal 16]

Have you ever heard a siren in the distance, and then thought you could just barely hear it in the distance...for the rest of the day?

Drives me bonkers in traffic sometimes.

How about the phantom cellphone ring?

[Thomas C 14]

Hakuna Mata from the Lion King.....:)

[MMI Enterprises 289]

Yes.. Backpack, backpack!.. is only prt I know..arghhhhhhh

Larry, who needs alarms?.. they come to me upon waking regardless. :)