Blogcritics Comments on Earworms - Those Songs That Get Stuck in Your Head

Comment by Michael Wolff on Earworms - Those Songs That Get Stuck in Your Head

Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:37:01 EST

My problem is with images. One look at a pacifer and suddenly every memory has people sucking pacifers. Anyone know the cure?

Comment by Michael Wolff on Earworms - Those Songs That Get Stuck in Your Head

Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:35:33 EST

My earworm is based on images. One look at a pacifer and everyone in my memory is sucking pacifers. Anyone know the cure for this?

Comment by Ezra Barnett Gildesgame on Earworms - Those Songs That Get Stuck in Your Head

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 00:46:34 EST

David Lindley told Leo Kottke to hear the song backwards to get it out of his head.

Comment by Glen Boyd on Earworms - Those Songs That Get Stuck in Your Head

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 19:47:59 EST

Abba have made an entire career out of creating earworms. Damn tasty ones too. -Glen

Comment by Bill on Earworms - Those Songs That Get Stuck in Your Head

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 13:58:16 EST

Several years ago I heard about a cure for earworms (probably on NPR). The problem is that the cure may be much much worse than the earworm you have. To drive out that earworm, start thinking of the melody to "America" from West Side Story.

Comment by Che on Earworms - Those Songs That Get Stuck in Your Head

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 10:18:21 EST

Mark.. ah the Yummy Yummy song. Its my second most frequent earworm. My first most frequent is the Istanbul/Constantinople song. Don't ask me why, it just is. I don't own a copy of either of those songs, and don't listen to radio so I'm unlikely to hear them either in full or truncated form, so I'm not sure the author's theory applies to me.

Comment by Pico on Earworms - Those Songs That Get Stuck in Your Head

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 09:55:45 EST

Insofar as getting rid of an earworm, writing an article about the tune usually does it for me.

Comment by Mark Saleski on Earworms - Those Songs That Get Stuck in Your Head

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 09:39:18 EST

i saw Leo Kottke one time and he told a story of getting "Yummy Yummy Yummy, I Got Love In My Tummy" stuck in his head....though i can't remember how he got it out. oh crap, now I have it stuck in my head. gees, at the mere mention!