January 24th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
My word of the day: Earworm.
They stay in your head, they dig deep, they never let go and there is no known cure for it. I’m not talking about an animal or creature, I’m talking about the *Songs stuck in your head* syndrome and those you ultimately find yourself humming when you least expect it.
Aargh! The songs, the jingles and the short tunes that irritatingly gets lodged within.
Can’t believe I haven’t heard that word until now. Nevertheless, it’s a term that fits perfectly for those many songs that follow me subconsciously throughout the day. The Hillary vs. Obama song is a perfect example.
Here is my top 15 list of Earworms (in no particular order):
1) YMCA (Village People)
2) The Mana Mana song (Muppets)
3) Who Let The Dogs Out (Baha Men)
4) Mission Impossible Theme
5) Austin Powers Theme
6) Ice Ice Baby (Vanila Ice)
7) Can’t Touch This (MC Hammer)
8) Don’t Worry Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin)
9) Cotton Eye Joe (Rednex)
10) I’m Too Sexy (Right Said Fred)
11) She bangs (Ricky Martin)
12) Barbie Girl (Aqua)
13) It’s a Small World
14) Wannabe (Spice Girls)
15) Hangin’ Tough (New Kids on the Block)
Special Mentions: Straight up (Paula Abdul), Tom’s Diner (Suzanne Vega) and You’ve Got the Right Stuff (New Kids on the Block)
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yoshi said: @ 9:16 pm
January 24th, 2008
you know what song kills me everytime?
“you take the good, you take the bad, there you have the facts of life…the facts of life…”
That gets me every time. I will now have to curse you for putting all those songs in my head now. LOL
The Foo said: @ 2:08 am
January 25th, 2008
@Yoshi
ha! Earthworms are annoying aren’t they? Oh yes, that “facts of life” song should be in the list too.
kristarella said: @ 8:56 pm
January 27th, 2008
Haha, I’ve never heard of that…
I used to always get New York New York in my head, which was silly because I only knew the line “Start spreading the news” after a while I added “I’m leaving today”… that’s really all I know still! It doens’t get in my head very often anymore though.