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That melody you just can't get out of your head
Sondra G23-Feb-22
Have you ever had a melody or the song's lyrics, that just kept playing in your mind, and you wanted it out? Did you find a way to get rid of it, or did you succumb to it's power?
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  • mary c
    Often have a song on loop in the background when i'm trying to sleep and having a restless night.
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    • Imperia S
      Yes and no I can't get it out of my head, no matter what, because its an ad for T.A.B , TAB TOUCH, and I don't even know how TAB TOUCH works
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      • Pam G 449028
        Your the voice crying understanding
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        • Phyrephly
          I hear "Mull o' Kintyre" on the bag-pipes - thanks to Tinnitus - almost every night, most of the night. Occasionally, it'll be 'Amazing Grace' on the BP's, just softly, don't mind either, really, the sound is just 'there', in the background.
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          • marni k
            My number 1 worst song of all time to be stuck in my head is 'Raindrops keep falling on my head" Especially when your in bed reading a book trying to lull yourself to sleep - impossible and no matter what other songs you can think of to SCREAM over this song. I give up. Its no use. Give me a gun
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            • Paula J 395266
              Funny you should say this because I recently saw the show Hamilton, which was very good, but I simply can't get the King's 3 songs out of my head. The music is catchy and the words are so very clever but suddenly during the day I will burst into song, and not just any song but King George the 3rd's song. I'll probably keep singing the King's songs until I hear some other catchy little ditty that is easy on the ear.
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              • Gregory M 356315
                She’s a Lady by Tom Jones
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                • Judy T 470524
                  I often have 'earworms' like that. Today my son was singing 'Won't you take me to Funky Town' and it is still playing on a loop in my head.lol
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                  • Rosemary E 383382
                    no. I just keep having the same old nightmares about things that happened when I was a youngster
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                    • Pauline S/NZ
                      The lunatics have taken over the asylum has been todays tune
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                      • misfortune8
                        I loved Fun Boy 3!
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                    • Mary M 329762
                      Yes but i hate when i don't know artist name but a bit of the song
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                      • Paula J 395266
                        When that happens to me I keep googling until I get it all.
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                      • Mary M 329762Paula J 395266
                        good idea
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                    • TERRIE K
                      I just put up with it. It's mainly where I can't remember the name of the song the tune belongs to. Once I work that out then it just goes away
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                      • Paul B 522937
                        It can drive me nuts
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                        • Bernadette S 103492
                          Happens often, and I have to really stop and think of another tune or words to take it's place. Very frustrating at times.
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                          • Tiffany L 690503
                            It is annoying
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                            • Helen L 750218
                              Yes, Cant stop the Feeling. I just enjoy it coz it puts me in a good mood.
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                              • Rachel B 770624
                                Everyday, isn't that normal? lol
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                                • Brian 511603
                                  Ballroom blitz came on the radio today It's still bouncing around
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                                  • misfortune8
                                    AKA an earworm - yes, I'm OFTEN plagued by them. From "Turn Up Your Radio" by Masters Apprentices to Kanye's "Monster". Anything by Bessie Smith sticks, too - I play Bessie to rid me of other earworms. Another one that's returned to me repeatedly over the years is Mozart's Horn Concerto No4. It's an annoying one. I've even made up goofy lyrics & sing along.
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                                    • April E 461523
                                      Love Bessie Smith. Such attitude especially for that period. Just brilliant.
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                                    • misfortune8April E 461523
                                      The Empress of the Blues! ? [EDIT] I added a heart emoji, but it displayed a question mark instead. There is NO DOUBT that Bessie is the Empress!
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                                    • April E 461523misfortune8
                                      Definitely
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                                  • Stephen F 84899
                                    Always KISS music !
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                                    • Bev
                                      Listen to another song.
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                                      • Sonya F 68771
                                        yes sometimes
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                                        • Igor A
                                          Only those who are lazy and can't find what to do are prone to playing those melodies in their heads all the time. To switch the melody off just start doing something.
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                                          • misfortune8
                                            That doesn't work for me. Doing the dishes is when I'm most likely to be plagued with an earworm.
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                                          • Igor Amisfortune8
                                            Yeah, you can try something less usual ten like gardening. May help.
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                                          • misfortune8Igor A
                                            I have a non-stop verbal monologue. Unless I'm conversing with someone, my brain is chattering away or playing music.
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                                        • Jenny L 591463
                                          Yes I quite often have a song stuck in my head and can't get rid of it. Recently it was Pinball Wizard, great song Love it. so I actually don't mind and I start singing them while I am doing some thing else.
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                                          • Robert T 597718
                                            yes some beautiful music particularly the fifth dimension and the Swing out sisters
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                                            • Belle S
                                              Has in the past, lately I hear a word and I'll start singing a song that the word triggered.
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                                              • misfortune8
                                                I know what you mean, Belle!
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                                              • Belle Smisfortune8
                                                and it could be any word ??
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                                            • Raelz
                                              Just sing it out;)
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                                              • Mariaj
                                                Usually something I heard in the radio before I leave home in the morning and only usually leaves when you get busy but pops back in in moments of lapse time lol
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                                                • roger l 315504
                                                  just enjoy it while it lasts, something will spoil it eventually
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                                                  • Colin L 88398
                                                    All you can do is wait till it disappears.
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                                                    • Megan K 659578
                                                      Yup just gotta let it play its course
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                                                      • Joe B 288252
                                                        No problem…..my ears are broken and I have tinnitus so if I have an annoying tune in my head I just listen to the ringing instead…..lol
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                                                        • Matilda 770368
                                                          Any rita ora song
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                                                          • Larry S 382961
                                                            Any Cindy Lauper, and the other has beens. Give me 60’s any day and it can stay as long as it wants
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                                                            • Beverley S 383001
                                                              I seem to have this happen when I am trying to go to sleep. I love music but some of it really "sticks in my mind" - usually at the wrong time!! Ha ha......
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                                                              • Lorraine C 90175
                                                                Ah the old 'ear worm', I often get the same song stuck in my head while I'm showering and can't seem to get rid of it for a few hours.
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                                                                • IdentifyAs
                                                                  I have small grandkids so the songs continually playing in my head are from Frozen..and NO I can't LET IT GO, LET IT GO..
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                                                                  • The dog house
                                                                    One song "This is Paradise" I listened to this for 52 days while on a Contiki tour travelling around Europe in 1989. Hearing it reminds me of the fantastic time I had travelling and the beautiful places I am unlikely to visit again. Memories are powerful and still puts a smile on my face when I hear that song.
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                                                                    • Julz B
                                                                      yes, it's called a slow form of torture LOL ARGH!. it's always the annoying songs too that you do not want in your head...Does my HEAD in :)
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                                                                      • Pat C 618241
                                                                        Otherwise known as an 'ear worm'. My best idea is to try to get another song to cancel out the "worm".
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                                                                        • Patricia D 315878
                                                                          The last catchy song that was on the radio usually gets stuck in my head for the day, "Rocking all over the world" was just on......Status Quo
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                                                                          • Dada WA
                                                                            It goes in a couple of days usually
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                                                                            • Kat 493553
                                                                              Oh Mammy, oh Mammy Mammy Blue, oh Mammy Blue!
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                                                                              • Roslyn A
                                                                                Gangnam style - woop woop woop woop - load of rubbish that just won't go away
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                                                                                • Julie K 348980
                                                                                  One tune keeps zooming around because the “trigger words” are so common. Apologies in advance to those who also remember the song and get trapped once more. The culprit is “Hello Mother, Hello Father, here I am, in Camp Grenada”…
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                                                                                  • misfortune8
                                                                                    Yes! Hahaha!
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                                                                                • Maria B 89860
                                                                                  No, but am sure Dementia will come to my rescue!
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                                                                                  • Tupulua S
                                                                                    memorized it, even more, every word and the tune
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                                                                                    • kristian s 513441
                                                                                      I sometime have melody or song's lyrics that I can't get out of my head in which it three days from the melody or song's lyrics get out of my head.
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                                                                                      • Martyn L
                                                                                        Lol...it's generally a song that you don't really like that sticks there...isn't it? Like Baby Shark doo doo doo doo de doo...Admit it...you're singing it now aren't you.
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                                                                                        • DENIS PONCH
                                                                                          MUSIC brinks people together it is great for people to relax and in joy life all those 100's of songs that l have enjoyed in my live and when l am feeling down l put some of those songs on, which gives my wife and myself a big lift. That's Life People. D PONCH
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                                                                                          • Nola B 392757
                                                                                            The other day lyrics came into my head so I looked them up...turns out I like two songs with the same name so I played both a few times lol "Come and Get it" The Beatles and John Newman
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                                                                                            • William P 589978
                                                                                              It happens at times, but not based on any favourite.
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                                                                                              • Christina C 466456
                                                                                                Brain worm. Best way is to just listen to the song and also listen to someone else sing other songs.
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                                                                                                • Claude H
                                                                                                  It used to but with old age nothing stays in the memory very long
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                                                                                                  • Sheree T
                                                                                                    Unchained Melody and I don't mind if it hangs around forever.
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                                                                                                    • Jillian S
                                                                                                      Cocomelon! My 5yr old loves watching YouTube and watches Cocomelon alot!
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                                                                                                      • allin
                                                                                                        Still in Saigon,,,,
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                                                                                                        • Melinda B 311794
                                                                                                          I often get songs stuck in my head. Lately, it has been 'Space Oddity' by David Bowie, particularly the guitar solo just prior to the saxophone solo LoL. It is good, though, as there are far worse songs I could have stuck in my head. My sister hates American Pie, and my husband hates Macarena for the same reason. I just have to embrace the song, accept it's there and that it will go of its own accord. When all else fails, distract! Distract! Distract! :)
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                                                                                                          • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                                                                                            The song (lyrics) that sticks in my mind is "Material Girl" by Madonna. The song (lyrics) constantly pops into my mind (well. hmm.... at least once a month) - remains me of my ex-wife (and we have been divorced for decades) - which translates into the fact that I still have feelings for her (and our divorce turned bitter and ugly). Still, she is the only woman I EVER married! I am definitely reminiscing about the good times in our marriage - not HOW the marriage ended?! A part (admittedly - a small part of me) of me does succumb to the song (lyrics) of "Material Girl" that pertain to my ex-wife?!
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                                                                                                            • Hamzah S
                                                                                                              When you listen to something else, you will forget about it for a while then later it might return with a vengeance. Lol!!
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                                                                                                              • Rhonda D 522615
                                                                                                                If I hear a song I love, I will hum it for a day. Just fun.
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                                                                                                                • Linda C
                                                                                                                  Nah never had that problem. My mind is too busy with all sorts of other things.
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                                                                                                                  • PETER M 134659
                                                                                                                    HAPPENS EVERY NOW AND THEN, BUT WHEN IT DOES, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
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