Songs you can't get out of your head

It's happened to you. It's happened to everybody. A song -- or part of one -- gets stuck in your head and refuses to be dislodged. It may be a song you like, but just as often it's a song you can't stand. But love it or hate it, there it is, zooming round and round your brain like a hyperactive child in a small room, and just as annoying.

Mostly, it's a temporary thing -- some advertising jingle or popular ditty of the day that claims your mind for a few hours, maybe a day or two, and then is gone. But there is music that can work its way into your brain and stay there for a lifetime. My ex-wife has a habit of humming Yellow Submarine whenever she is depressed, annoyed or just spinning her mental wheels. As for me, I have not one but two musical demons that recurrently gain possession of my mind. Fortunately, both are also personal favourites of mine, so I don't really grudge them the headspace.

One is Doctor Wu by Steely Dan. It's an excellent song all round -- melody, lyrics, arrangement, the quality of musicianship employed -- but the 'viral' bit, for me, is the saxophone solo in the middle.

The other is The Wedding List by Kate Bush. Once again, it's a fine song from one of my favourite artists (Wuthering Heights and Breathing still raise the hairs on my forearm every time I hear them, though I've heard them both hundreds of times). In this case, it's the melody that does it -- angular, seemingly discontinuous and unforgettable.

Anybody else out there like me, in thrall to a particular song or song fragment?

If so, let us hear about it.

I am very prone to getting Paris Hilton stuck in my head. But, the problem is, when I get a song stuck in my head, I have to listen to it for hours. A problem with that is the fact that I even have to get the music, I would probably get mocked to no end for even thinking about the music, so when I get it stuck in my head, it is murder.

Can't Get It Out Of My Head - Electric Light Orchestra :shk::shk::shk:


Recently... I've been humming, Ah Leah - Donnie Iris -- great 80's tune.

867-5309 by Tommy Tutone. "Jenny Jenny, who can I turn to?" EIGHT SIX SEVEN FIVE THREE OH NI-EI-UN! Song goes through my head at least once a day.

I also frequently get Billy Thorpe's "Children of the Sun". The intro more than the lyrics.

Go figure.

Most of Dark Side of the Moon. Listening to it far too often doesn't help.

I always have random songs in my head, and when I haven't, I'm listening to music.