Do you ever get a song stuck in your head and no matter how hard you try you can’t make it go away? You try thinking of anything, baseball scores, the names of state capitals — anything. Then, you stop, relax … and then the song starts right back up again (visualize pulling your hair out)!
It might be “Shuffle Off to Buffalo.” If you’re the parent of a young child, it might be the Barney (the purple dinosaur) song. “I love you, you love me, we’re a happy family….” The children’s show was recently discontinued, but it’s coming back next year to torture parents’ minds all over again.
Maybe your particular song doesn’t just live inside your mind, repeating itself over and over and over, but maybe you end up humming it or whistling it. Whatever the case, after awhile you feel that if it doesn’t stop you’ll soon be living in a straightjacket at the funny farm.
Okay, time to answer. If you do, indeed, have a song that drives you crazy from time to time, would you tell us about it in the comment section below? And, please forgive us if bringing this subject up plants a particular song right back in your conscious head. If so, we apologize from the bottom of our hearts.
Just takes a random thought to start the song. I’ve even gone to YouTube to find it and listen to it
Watched Mamma Mia several nights ago – still have ABBA songs stuck in my head!
The cure may be worse than the malady. Just begin to think of Disney’s tune Small World. “It’s a small world after all, “It’s a small world after all, “It’s a small world after all, it’s a small , small world.” Even better is if you can bring up the dancing puppets in your memory. Instant banishment of your previous earworm.
No don’t say it🙉
Hell on earth…just the mention makes me cringe. Thanks for the visual. Have you ever noticed the darkened stairs along the ride in WDW? Those are hidden well to keep victims from jumping out of the boats to escape this purgatory.
Ever since C-19 & saying the Birthday song while you wash your hands properly. I do it all the time!
Snoopy
I’ve heard that if you can play the whole song, sometimes that can help it go away.
It’s mostly commercial jingles, very annoying!
I hadn’t thot about that for some time. It used to happen, but it seems that nothing sticks in my head any more.
Almost daily!
I am one of the often. I have found a “cure”, most of the time. Sing the song loudly and badly, and it will go away, (sometimes).
Not only do I get one song stuck in my head, I usually have a smash up going on…all…day…long.
The ear worms have gotten far worse with age. Sometimes I have a whole medley of 3 or 4 songs stuck for weeks at a time. They are there 24/7, even if I wake up in the middle of the night, it’s still playing. There are certain songs I will now always fast forward past for fear of them getting stuck. It’s really quite maddening.
Mine go away when I get a new song stuck!
My current is the opening theme to Highlander. I’ve had that stuck for a month. “Sing me a song of a lass that is gone”