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Earworm - the experience of a song stuck in the brain. I find myself getting earworms so often haha. My latest one is this song, I Want To Be In Fabric by Todd Edwards, particularly the part starting at 2:28. Gives me massive Freezepop vibes omg!

What are some songs that have been stuck in your head lately that you'd like to share? πŸ˜ƒ

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

My job won't stop playing this stupid pop song that has the exact same melody as Dragostea Din Tei. I think every day for the past several weeks I've been singing some nonsense combination of the two under my breath.

Let's make tonight the weekend, dar nu ma nu ma iei, I don't wanna waiiiiit

[–] Evkob 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The HamsterDance song has been living rent-free in my head on-and-off for most of my life. I blame how much time I spent in arenas as a kid playing hockey.

More recently, the cafΓ© I work at puts on a "French cafΓ©" playlist which has about 7 different versions of "La Vie En Rose" so that's been in my head for the past year as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

That sure is a blast from the past.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

ABBA's "Fernando" pops up in my head randomly all the time. Styx's "Half-Penny, Two-Penny" has a phrase that leaps to mind quite often when reading news. "Justice for money, what can you say? We all know it's the American Way." and also "Justice for money, how much more can I pay? We all know it's the American Way." And when that leaps to mind the rest of the song follows. Forever (or so it seems)...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I tend to get them for quite a long time when it happens. I once had the Oompa Loompa song in my head for a couple months. Rough time.

Now I have young kids, so they change more often now, but they're all kids songs. A couple of Danny Go songs are currently on repeat in my brain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I get the Oompa Loompa song stuck in my head fairly regularly. It usually only lasts for a few hours at most, but it's frequent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I once had the Oompa Loompa song in my head for a couple months.

That's definitely a unique one haha. From the 1971 movie? Do you remember which one?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yep, that's the one.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's not a song and it's not fun and light-hearted and I'm kinda sorry if this fucks anyone's week up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNZ5qylG3qk

It's a reading of "Boots" by Rudyard Kipling, written about the Boer Wars in the late 19th century. It's used in the trailer for the upcoming follow-up to "28 Weeks Later" to great effect, which first drew my attention.

It is possibly the most haunting thing I've heard.

I'm serious when I say this may fuck your week up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

That was incredible, honestly. Fantastic reading. Kind of reminded me of Son House, actually. I feel like the hammer blow rhythm of this poem would match up perfectly with some rattling resonator guitar licks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm on a tracker music binge right now, and God damn there's a good reason that Epic hired Necros to compose for Unreal and UT99. Got a lot of his tunes on repeat in my head right now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh my gosh I love that style of music! Ace Combat 3 vibes in some places, so dynamic and atmospheric sounding. Those chords (?) starting at 1:50 are heavenly!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Check out his stuff some time! There's a bunch of his music over on his ModArchive page, and he composed for a buncha games like Crusader: No Remorse, UT99, and Freelancer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Will do!

Thanks for sharing! πŸ˜ƒ

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I rarely listen to a song more than five or six times before I move on because I love exploring music.

However this song "No Question" by KΓ€nguru is so hype I almost use it as a mini celebratory anthem when something great happens lol

https://youtu.be/dcAy37Ok5Oo?t=16m20s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Now I have part of a sample from a cocorosie song, 'I got a... Ready to drop' but I'm pretty sure I only started that today. Before it was a different song but I've forgotten

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

poppy - push go

Coincidentally, the Perry Bible Fellowship guy just posted a new comic that's very related:

https://discuss.online/post/16691281

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

here's a playlist that grows when I get a song stuck in my head: https://listenbrainz.org/playlist/bb365858-319f-4c50-b5b6-8c6a327d65ec/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Earl Had To Die seems to pop into my head every few months for the past 15 years. "... Well it turns out he was a missing person who nobody missed at all." https://youtu.be/Gw7gNf_9njs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I know karate,

I know jujitsu,

I drive lika gangsta

When I'm comin' to see you

Kennedy - Karate

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It changes all the time.
Right this second though, it's this song from dead rising 2.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Catchy! This one's also earworm-y too. For a game about zombies, the sound track can be really lively!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

The recorder part from this: https://youtu.be/D6DVTLvOupE

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think the most persistent earworm I've ever had is Elliott Smith's Son of Sam, which has been constantly popping into my head the last 17 years or so. I'm not even sure I think it's his objectively best song, but it's the one that's been most earwormy for sure. Usually pops into my head when I shower.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

The intro is catchy. It pops in my head occasionally but I never remember the rest of the song.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

My earworm is whichever song is playing in a public space I’m in. I’m physically incapable of tuning out music & most sounds in public spaces.

I’m very thankful that my boss doesn’t mind me wearing noise cancelling headphones while I’m at my desk.

I bring earbuds with me to the grocery store & the mall. I’m glad I don’t have to ride the bus all the time and listen to other peoples music & tiktok videos.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Been a while since I had a proper ear worm but my most recent one was at Christmas for Bobbing Along from Bedknobs and Broomsticks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Linkin Park's In the End but the MIDI version

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

At the moment it's Ma Meilleure Ennemie by Stromae, which was used in the Arcane series. I'm also not into what's viral on social media because I'm not on there much, but I just recently heard Million Dollar Baby by Tommy Richman on a Wingstop commercial, which was apparently viral on tiktok last year. It's a pretty good callback to classic '90's r&b, which caught my attention.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

There are a handful of songs that will take over my internal radio station if I hear them. The first to come to mind is Surf Music by Paul Williams... no, not that Paul Williams. The one from Taskmaster NZ.