That Song You Get Stuck In Your Head

Do you ever find yourself singing or humming a song that you find horrendous? And once you realize it you want to wash your mouth out with soap but it’s too late. That song is now stuck in your head until the next one comes along. That song for me today is, “Gangnam Style.” I don’t even know what he’s singing most of the time, but I sing it anyway. Argh.

So now I’m hoping for a song like “Time After Time” to save me from this ludicrous song on replay in my brain. To help it along I have my iPod playing “Time After Time,” but it hasn’t started working yet. Damn.

Then there’s the song someone else gets stuck in your head. You hear them singing or humming it and you continue doing it even after they’ve finished. I’m actually good at getting those started, usually with something like a Britney Spears song (they’re so addictive!) until I’ve got the other person on the hook. Then I stop and leave the room. They’re usually cursing me when they realize what I’ve done, but I’m laughing instead.

You know, unless it backfires and I get the song stuck in my own head too. But I guess that’s the risk I take when I play that particular game. Bonus points if you can get the other person singing “Free Bird.”

Sam