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What's a good earworm song to inflict on someone?
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Escape - The pina colada song
Sandstorm. Always Sandstorm.
Günther - Ding Dong Song
Badger badger badger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI
I could be brown, I could be blue, I could be violet sky, I could be purple, I could be hurtful, I could be anything you like
If you can find a loop of the first few seconds before the lyrics of VengaBoys We LikeTo Party, that's diabolical IMO.
Otherwise, that song is, IMO, such a good earworm.
Creeper rap https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZujisNZuw0
Smooth criminal
Crazy Frog - Axel F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k85mRPqvMbE
Still Alive from Portal
I used to send this song to a friend of mine all the time. It’ll get stuck in your head for weeks…
Superfreak by Rick James. In fact, I use it to knock out other songs trying to establish a beachhead in my brain.
"United States of Israel" and "United States of Pedophiles" are good ones.
Don't Stop Believing by Journey
Are you Betty on Bluesky? I have to know.
Eeeeeeevil Betty?
No, I just find the movie Kung Pow: Enter the Fist to be pretty amusing.
Had to ask! There's a dude on Bluesky with your exact icon that I kinda dig.
Not me, they're some other person with impeccable taste in movies.
Sorry to go nuclear on your wife. Make it through the chorus of this song (mmm bop) one time and it's just about guaranteed earworm. In the words of Mr. Miyagi "If do right, no can defend."
I'm probably screwed just by thinking of the song to recommend it to you. 😁
Oh, so you're fucking evil. Noted.
Stuck in my head without even listening.
You have so many relationships in this life
Only one or two will last
You go through all the pain and strife
Then you turn your back and they're gone so fast
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Baby shark do do do-do
"Don't put bananas in my butt" song
Banana phone
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Take this ancient weapon from the 80s:
You could've simply type "Jitterbug!" to plant this into our collective brains.
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Mmbop
Easy, Satan.
DOO DOO DOO DOO, DOO DA DOO DOO, DOO DOO DOO DOO, DOO DA DOO DOO
You'll need a surgeon to extract it from her brain.
And mine now, too.
Look at my horse!
Tastes just like raisins
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.
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- Agadoo
- Mighty Quinn
- Early ABBA is quite catchy - Waterloo, SOS, Ring Ring, etc
Somebody once told me
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Caramba - Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot
Be aware this is not a regular earworm, this is a nuclear option. I don't know when I first heard this but every so often it climbs back from the deep, deep hole in my memories I have thrown it down and assaults me at 3am.
I'mmmmm saiiiiiling away...
This is the song that doesn’t end, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because…
The ending of Lamb Chop's Play-Along. That has cursed me for 30+ years.
Dragostea din te (might not be spelling that right but it's iconic enough that it should pop right up when searched).
Also blue by Eiffel 65, the party rock anthem or crazy frog. No lyrics but still catchy is something like Sandstorm.
I'm so saucy!
Putting on the ritz
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