annoying songs a.k.a "earworms"

[Cmon]

Sha la la lala lalala *Bum* *Bum*

Sha la la lala lalala *Bum* *Bum*

Sha la la lala lalala *Bum* *Bum*

When the day is dawning on a Texas Sunday morning how I long to be there with Marie who's waiting for me there every lonely city

ha ha ha ha ha

where I hang my hat

ha ha ha ha ha

ain't as half as pretty as where my baby's at

Is this the way to Amarillo every night I've been hugging my pillow dreaming dreams of Amarillo

and sweet Marie who waits for me show me the way to Amarillo I've been weeping like a willow

crying over Amarillo and sweet Marie who waits for me

Sha la la lala lalala *Bum* *Bum*

Sha la la lala lalala *Bum* *Bum*

Sha la la lala lalala *Bum* *Bum*

and Marie who waits for me

There's a church bell ringing

hear the song of joy that it's singing

for the sweet Maria and the guy who's coming to see her

just beyong the highway, there's an open plain

and it keeps me going through the wind and rain

Is this the way to Amarillo

every night I've been hugging my pillow

dreaming dreams of Amarillo

and sweet Marie who waits for me

show me the way to Amarillo

I've been weeping like a willow

crying over Amarillo

and sweet Marie who waits for me

Sha la la lala lalala *Bum* *Bum*

Sha la la lala lalala *Bum* *Bum*

Sha la la lala lalala *Bum* *Bum*

and Marie who waits for me

Oh ye thats good, played all the time at the Rugby games.

[aefibird]

Oh ye thats good, played all the time at the Rugby games.

...yes, I know...

That's where I first got it stuck in my head. Still, it's better than what they play at the Sheffield Wednesday FC games.

I cracked yesterday and bought the song - gotta love that Peter Kay video!!

[Freddy]

cat, its a kittycat

and it dance dance dance

and it dance dance dance

cat, its a kittycat

and it meow meow meows

and it meow meow meows

cat its a...

Its a good song.... you might be able to find it on the net somewhere with a dancing cat

[kris]

Do you ever get songs/tunes stuck in your head that you just can't stop humming or singing?

I've got one of those "earworms" right now:

Tony Christie's "(Is This The Way To) Amarillo". The kids where I work keep singing it too - I think it's stuck in more heads than just mine!!

I've only heard that version once but I keep getting the version that Radio 1 plays in the morning in my head, (Is this the way to)Aberystwyth (sp?) Does my head in, Chris Moyles is evil

[Grenadier]

Usually, singing the tune out loud helps get it out of your head. Unfortunately, that's not an option for me under most circumstances.

The most annoying song had to be that Europop piece of (insert negative term here), made by Eiffel 65, known as "Blue."

Yo listen up: here's a story

About a little guy

That lives in a blue world

And all day and all night and everything he sees is

Just blue like him inside and outside

Blue his house with a blue little window

And a blue Corvette and everything is blue for him

And himself and everybody around

'Cause he aint got nobody to listen: ...

I'm blue da ba dee da ba-ah da ba deee da ba da-ah da ba dee da ba-ah da ba dee da ba da-ah da ba dee da ba-ah da ba dee da ba da-ah da ba dee da bah...

(remaining awful lyrics removed)

That song probably caused me more misery than any other in recent history. I used to live in an apartment complex, and one of the neighbor's kids kept playing this song over, and over, and over, and over, and was actually going to sing it for his school's talent(less) show.

[monkeygirl]

man, i had "this love" in my head for the longest time, which really sucked cuz i hate that song. the worst is when you get a song in your head that you don't really know, so it's the same 8 bars or so forever! the trick is to have an arsenal of the catchiest songs ever to get less catchy songs out. particle man, anyone?

That's actually how I get most songs stuck in my head. I'll be thinking of songs and kind of singing in my head, and then I get stuck at a point where I don't know any of the words except two or three...then it revolves in my brain for ages until I hear the song again, then it's gone. This seems to happen often with that Christmas Chipmunks song where they're pleading Santa to give them gifts or something. I always hear the part where one of them (Theodore I think) says "Caaaan I haaave a hooola hooop?" over and over and over again.

[Cmon]

Aefibird, do you like rugby? Or are you more of a fottie lover?

[battousai16]

"This seems to happen often with that Christmas Chipmunks song where they're pleading Santa to give them gifts or something. I always hear the part where one of them (Theodore I think) says "Caaaan I haaave a hooola hooop?" over and over and over again."

you poor girl...

[ovine king]

right now i have this running around my head 24 hours a day....

This is the first day of my life

 

I swear I was born right in the doorway

 

I went out in the rain suddenly everything changed

 

They're spreading blankets on the beach

 

Yours is the first face that I saw

 

I think I was blind before I met you

 

Now I don’t know where I am

 

I don’t know where I’ve been

 

But I know where I want to go

 

And so I thought I’d let you know

 

That these things take forever

 

I especially am slow

 

But I realise that I need you

 

And I wondered if I could come home

 

Remember the time you drove all night

 

Just to meet me in the morning

 

And I thought it was strange you said everything changed

 

You felt as if you had just woke up

 

And you said “this is the first day of my life

 

I’m glad I didn’t die before I met you

 

But now I don’t care I could go anywhere with you

 

And I’d probably be happy”

 

So if you want to be with me

 

With these things there’s no telling

 

We just have to wait and see

 

But I’d rather be working for a paycheck

 

Then waiting to win the lottery

 

Besides maybe this time is different

 

I mean I really think you like me

thank you bright eyes......

at least it's a decent song.

at times i also get hit me baby one more time in my head, although i should add that it's the travis acoustic version and not the britney one....

[aefibird]

Aefibird, do you like rugby? Or are you more of a fottie lover?

Both!

I support the decidedly awful Rotherham at rugby and the just-as-equally-awful Sheffield Wednesday at football.

I like both League and Union, but if pressed I'd say Union was my favourite out of the two.

I hardly ever get to go to footie games, though, as I'm usually teaching karate on a Saturday afternoon. Plus, parking is so bad round Hillsborough that I have to leave my car somewhere like Manchester.

On the subject of annoying songs, I seem to have gotten rid of all my "earworms" lately. It's amazing what a good dose of Irom Maiden will do...