Can't Get It Out of My Head

[jon_chaisson]

So.

Would it be considered ironic that for over the last two weeks, I've had ELO's "Can't Get It Out of My Head" stuck in my head? Not that I mind, it's just that it's been stuck there for longer than it should, and I'm not sure if I should be blaming Jeff Lynne for it or not. I did try the "play it so it won't be an earworm anymore" move, but it didn't work. I figure it'll go away on its own, perhaps if I end up hearing that car commercial with "Nth Degree" by Morningwood playing in the background enough times.

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[chaoticmoth.livejournal.com]

Nearly 98% of people have had songs stuck in their head, Kellaris reported at the recent meeting of the Society for Consumer Psychology. The 559 students -- at an average age of 23 -- had lots of trouble with the Chili's "Baby Back Ribs" Jingle and with the Baha Men song "Who Let the Dogs Out." But Kellaris found that most often, each person tends to be haunted by their own demon tunes.



"Songs with lyrics are reported as most frequently stuck (74%), followed by commercial jingles (15%) and instrumental tunes without words (11%)," Kellaris writes in his study abstract. "On average, the episodes last over a few hours and occur 'frequently' or 'very frequently' among 61.5% of the sample."


Here's the students' top-10 earworm list:


Other. Everyone has his or her own worst earworm.
Chili's "Baby Back Ribs" jingle.
"Who Let the Dogs Out"
"We Will Rock You"
Kit-Kat candy-bar jingle ("Gimme a Break ...")
"Mission Impossible" theme
"YMCA"
"Whoomp, There It Is"
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
"It's a Small World After All"

http://www.webmd.com/content/article/61/67505.htm

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

I figured you'd find some sort of internet article on it. I find it amusing that it was found on WebMD, though!

Good to know I don't have any of those really annoying top 10 songs stuck in my head, ever. For me, #s 2-10 seem to be the kind that you hear enough times that you can block it out.

Although I found out in college that "Girl from Ipanema" works wonders if you want to get something stuck in someone else's head...they just have to know the song, though.

Although I found out in college that "Girl from Ipanema" works wonders

[chaoticmoth.livejournal.com]

Or "The Reflex" by Duran Duran. :)