Do you have an Earworm?

I've been singing 'I'll Tell Me Ma' for over a week now, with an Irish accent, which is odd, because I'm not Irish!

I had one all last week. One of the advert tunes, can't recall it now but what was infuriating me more I don't even like the tune! Couldn't get it out of my head!!

A few days ago it was Blueberry Hill ( Fats Domino) that was a nice ear worm actually.

Every other day I get a song stuck in my head, usually just some of it rather than the whole thing, today it is Abba, 'thank you for the music.'

I've often had 'The green, green grass of home'!

oh yes I have them often. It was The green, green grass of home this morning and then 'the sound of silence' I wish it was!!

Please, Lord, don't let me kill this thread! ??

joannewton I read a story about that once; about a man who put a centipede into the ear of his wife's lover while he was sleeping. He told him that it would "find its way out by eating its way through his brain". ? I think it might have been Edgar Allen Poe. Sorrry; digression!

Always a whole wormery! At the moment I'm switching seamlessly between "For Me And My Gal" (I was listening to my Harry Nilsson cd at the weekend), "Summertime" (obviously,it's Feb 6th ...) and Faure's Pavanne.

Yesterday - all day - was "Largo Al Factotum", don't know why,drove poor DH mad.

After choir last night it was the opening song of Joseph. ('im with the coloured coat.) Tonight's choir offering is a "Gloria" with far too many Amens. "Gloria in Excelis Deo" stuff.

I habitually listen to BBC Radio 4. But after the One O'clock News I leap up to turn off before The Archers theme begins. If I don't move fast enough I'm doomed to have it as a tune in my brain for the rest of the day, minimum!

Im off to choir practce in a minute so Im sure the tunes we are singing will be going round my head all night. I was singing all sorts of silly songs to DGC at the weekend so had 'There was an old woman who swallowed a fly' on the brain for a while.

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The Shape of you by Ed Sheeran was in regular pkay by my eldest GS this weekend. I quite like it now

Scales and Arpeggios from the film The Aristocrats is my current earworm.
My 1 year old Great Niece absolutely adores it, so it is played almost constantly when she visits her Gran ( my Sister).

Yes, I have them quite a lot, very irritating. Someone advised me to sing Happy Birthday whenever you realise the ear worm is wriggling and it does seem to work most of the time - perhaps not immediately, you have to try it a few times.

I'm glad I actually read your message instead of just being put off by the heading. The idea of a genuine ear worm is horrific!

My worst ever was ' Pass de Dutchy on de left hand side (?)! Why oh why? It lasted days. My DDs worst was Ring of Fire! She didn't even know she knew it?

I find singing 'God Save the Queen' gets rid of my earworms.

Somebody told me that if you sing 'Happy Birthday to You' all the way through, it will get the thing you're singing out of your head. It works for me.

We had a CD ,when grand daughter was small, of Jo Jingles and it would last all the way from Lutterworth to Lincoln where we visited my sister. Grand daughter would go to sleep listening to this and we never dared to switch it off in case she woke and was grumpy.
So 'My bicycle has a bell' is now my current ear worm and I haven't heard this for about 10 years! The brain is a marvellous thing but I do wish it would change the tune!!

Whatever DH happens to be practicing most on the saxophone, plus a few BeeGees numbers after watching something about them on sky Arts at the weekend.
Usually I wonder why a particular song then realise it's being used in an advert.

Don't stop me now I am having a good time by Queen goes around and around in my head when I out cycling.

Every morning for the last week it's been 'We went to the animal fair' running through my head. Today it was (still is!) the advert about controlling your home from your phone. Next week is half-term so it will probably be 'Shaun the Sheep'

*walks!