- Do you listen to more of it? Less?
- Do you focus on a different song?
- Do you stop listening to music until it’s gone?
My theory is that songs get stuck in your head when you listen to a small part of it so then your brain tries to fill in the rest. So I guess you’d have to listen to the whole thing to make it go away. Haven’t really tested this thoroughly enough so if you do, let me know.
Find a different song to get stuck in my head.
Wow, you responded really quickly!
I try to do something similar, though the temptation to listen to more of the stuck song is strong too.
luck of the draw when browsing by new.
I believe it was Colbert who was talking about this situation and said you need something really distinctive but not long enough to become a new ear worm. He suggested the “by mennen” jingle, which if you’re too young or not American enough to know it is literally just 2 seconds of singing the company’s name
I have a Megadeath song on standby which I bring to mind and it eliminates the ear worm. 😃
It’s my theme song for the day, and I whistle or hum or tap along or just enjoy it at random moments. Eventually it’s replaced with a different song, and I repeat. I find that the song that’s playing tends to match up to the theme of the day. Like recently it was “Walking on Sunshine” and it was a day where it finally stopped raining and everyone was just happy and relaxed
It’s my brain trying to complete the song. I just listen to it until I’ve memorized it from beginning to to end
I’m sailing awaaaaaaaay…
I currently have the theme music from Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind stuck in my head but I’m kind of okay with it.
sing it, usually
I mostly do nothing about it, it eventually goes away. Sometimes however, I feel curious about the song and I listen to the whole song, find out whose song is, if there are more version, look up the lyrics.
It used to bother me but at some point I guess I learned to not care if I get a song stuck. Sometimes it is even fun, I can use it as a conversation starter or stuck it in someone else’s head.
[off topic]
‘The Demolished Man’ by Alfred Bester.
In a future with psychic police officers, a billionaire is planning a murder.
To protect himself from ‘peepers’ he goes to one of his advertising agencies and tricks a writer into playing him the worst earworm known to science.
When he’s around the telepath he just remembers the jingle, over and over.
If conclude the song in my head. It ends the loop and stops. If I don’t know the ending, I make up some grandiose ending so my brain thinks it’s over.
I listen for a bit, then I listen to some tunes with a similar BPM, style, or key. I think, though I’m not certain, that it’s my brain telling me that I need to stimulate it by going new places, hearing new things, doing new stuff, etc. It usually stops when I find something else cool enough to hold my interest.
May I ask, what song you have stuck? I had “Golden” from Kpop Demonhunters such in my head for a few weeks recently but my earworms come from an genres.
I’ve been binging a lot of anime lately, so a lot of anime opening & ending songs are getting stuck.
Currently I have “Innocence” by NoisyCell stuck in my head (ending song to Barakamon).
I sing it. Repeatedly.
In lots of cases, I attempt to learn it on piano. Just a simple version.
If it’s an earworm, I will consciously play Thunderstruck in my head until it goes away.
Hi! Enjoy Thunderstruck!
I listen to it more. Not because it’ll get it unstuck or anything. Just cause I like the song
And then if im extra bored and the song has a music video I’ll learn the dance choreography and dance in my room in the middle of the night =w=
