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What's a good earworm song to inflict on someone? (lemmy.world)

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My wife keeps singing music from Into the Woods. It's a fine musical, and I'm a fan of it, but she's getting the songs such in my head.

I need ammunition to fight back with.

What's a good song to play that I can't get stuck in her head?

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[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 23 points 2 days ago

Pompeii by Bastille. Not so much the song but the day-day-oh, day-oh chant that runs under it.

Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. It took me years to get rid of it. I am in danger simply talking about it here.

Speaking of Day-oh though, the Banana Boat Song made famous by Harry Belafonte and also its appearance in Beetlejuice is a mid tier earworm. It all depends on how evil you're feeling.

Edit: 10 imaginary points if you spot what I had to fix.

[-] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 5 points 2 days ago

Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. It took me years to get rid of it. I am in danger simply talking about it here.

…goddammit

[-] JackTea@piefed.world 4 points 2 days ago

LOL. Sucke....

Crap.

[-] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

It's 'Eheu!' and it means some variation of 'Oh no' or 'Alas' or even 'Oh shit!' in Latin.

[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 5 points 2 days ago

I should have looked up the lyrics, but eheu, I did not.

[-] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 3 points 2 days ago

If you thought the Gotye version was catchy, the ska-punk cover of Somebody by Half Past Two is even more so. Listen to it at your own peril.

[-] crystalmathadept@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

I first saw Walk Off the Earth play it in a single guitar in one take

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