It's Monday. It's music time!
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Today is a "freedom of music" week - we can pick whatever music we want. Today I want to blog about - please forgive me in advance - earworms.We all know what they are. They are the songs that get stuck in our heads on repeat, and we find them hard to get rid of.
Science has an explanation of why and a suggestion of how to get rid of one.
This first song, from 2017, isn't just about earworms but about a relationship that is over and done with. The singer assures his ex that he will be stuck in their heads, just like a song.
Bringing you an on and off earworm of mine from the last two weeks: I Prevail and "Stuck in Your Head". Let's see if I can get it out of my ear with one of these tunes.
After some research I found some other songs prone to becoming earworms.
The Proclaimers hit "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", I've read, is played each time the Scottish national football (soccer to us in the United States) scores a goal. It deserves its earworm status.
From 1993, Los Del Rio and a song that triggered a dance craze (I think when it was re-released in 1995). I was blissfully ignorant of this song until July of 1996, when we visited San Diego for a week and took a day trip to Tijuana. We ate in a Mexican restaurant and the waiters entertained my son by dancing this dance for him. As always, I was late to the party. Here is "Macarena".
From 1997, Aqua and "Barbie Girl". This is a song I should detest but I love it.
The Kaiser Chiefs and "Ruby". This has a chorus that is almost guaranteed to inject an earworm.
Last but not least, a song they used to play at every minor league ballgame I went to back when we had the Binghamton B-Mets. The team was renamed several years ago,and I haven't been back since then. I do miss this song. Rednex and "Cotton Eye Joe".
And that's a wrap!
A note to my readers: Because of participating in the April Blogging from A to Z Challenge,most of my April Music Moves Me posts will publish on Sunday instead of Monday. I hope you will follow me in April for that Challenge. So stay tuned, and watch for my next Music Moves Me post on Sunday, April 2.
Have a great week!
...these never stuck with me.
ReplyDeleteSigh, you’ve given me an ear worm …
ReplyDeleteI hate you! LOL! Just kidding - but thanks so much for putting some (excellent) earworms in my head today...heh! Love all your choices - especially I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles), Macarena and Barbie Girl. Those three will be in rotation in my head all day I think. :)
ReplyDeleteThat Barbie is stuck...ughh. I like 5000 miles and the last one. Now, I might be aging myself but... " Ring Around the Collar". That was one irritating commercial what about the " The Chicken Dance" and " Come on, Be Happy".
ReplyDeleteVery nice. Such fun tunes. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteTunes are rockin' good! Woo Hoo LETS DANCE!!!
ReplyDeleteAlana,
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun idea for this week! I don't remember the song "Stuck in Your Head" but I like it. :) The others I I have heard many times. I think "Barbie Girl" is gonna be stuck in my head all day now. lol So, you're taking the A2Z Challenge plunge for sure. Don't worry about a thing, my dear. I have your back. I'm not taking part in the blog fest this year. Have fun and try to not stress it! ;) Have a boogietastic week, my friend!