Don't Stop Believing by Journey
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Absolutely anything from Squeeze's "Singles and 45's".
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.
Banana phone
A phone with a peel! 🍌 📞
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.
Do Your Balls Hang Low - Iris & Rose
Beep Bap bap babab boop. Bap bap babab boop.
Mmbop
Putting on the ritz
Baby shark do do do-do
Pretty much anything by Elton John, especially Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
It'll drive you mad
Hold me closer Tony Danza...
Can’t believe nobody proposed Dr Jean’s Banana Song yet. It got stuck in my ears for months when I first heard it
The Ballad of Smokin' Joe Rudeboy - Tom Cardy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7W4dAvZmQc
The Day Robert Palins Murdered Me - a Lego Stop Motion Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgN4KaBqm6c
When the Party Don’t Stop (But You Wish It Would) - Key & Peele https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42hLntSxUeM
Omg I can believe I found this first try. Been so long since I’ve thought of it Pogo
We too belong but i a waddle
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."
I'm probably screwed just by thinking of the song to recommend it to you. 😁
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
Oh, so you're fucking evil. Noted.
Stuck in my head without even listening.
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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
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.
It's 'Eheu!' and it means some variation of 'Oh no' or 'Alas' or even 'Oh shit!' in Latin.
I should have looked up the lyrics, but eheu, I did not.
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
LOL. Sucke....
Crap.
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Take this ancient weapon from the 80s:
You could've simply type "Jitterbug!" to plant this into our collective brains.
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a bad one is bananaphone
Somewhat deeper cut: Rafi - Bathtime. Just try not to hum along once you've heard it once!
that has genuine qualities to it. Banana phone is demon spawn made of pure crap.
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.
Somebody once told me
someBAWdee
I'mmmmm saiiiiiling away...
These 3 are classics that get burned into my brain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q6yphdZhUA
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