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[Pliqueajour]

Just a light silly topic.

I think the music and jingles on some commercials are "earworms" and sometimes hard to get outta my head! Lol!

What songs get stuck in your head and do you have a way that works to stop them? Or do you just let them play? 🎶🎶🎶

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/earworms-list/

9/2/16

"When researchers at the University of St. Andrews began studying the science of earworms, they discovered something classic rock fans already know: Queen make very addictive songs.

The band finished with three of the Top 10 earworms of all time, including the No. 1 spot, “We Will Rock You.”

That 1977 song’s News of the World companion, “We Are the Champions,” came in at No. 3, while 1975’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” finished at No. 6.

The list, which will be used in association with a new Heinz advertising campaign, was compiled following a mathematical formula developed by the university’s School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies.

An earworm required five key elements including rhythmic repetition, predictability, melodic potency, surprise and listener receptiveness, St. Andrews researcher Bede Williams told NME.

Bon Jovi‘s “Livin’ on a Prayer,” Europe‘s “The Final Countdown” and Journey‘s “Don’t Stop Believin’” also made the St. Andrews Top 20. You can see the complete list of earworms below.

“If you look at the songs which emerged from the research, they all have a distinctive rhythmic fingerprint,” Williams said. “If we remove the melody, they’re still recognizable by their rhythm alone.”

University of St. Andrews Top 20 Earworms
1. Queen, “We Will Rock You”
2. Pharrell Williams, “Happy”
3. Queen, “We Are the Champions”
4. The Proclaimers, “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”
5. The Village People, “YMCA”
6. Queen, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
7. Europe, “The Final Countdown”
8. Bon Jovi, “Livin’ on a Prayer”
9. Various artists, “Jingle Bells”
10. Baha Men, “Who Let the Dogs Out?”
11. Psy, “Gangnam Style”
12. Rick Astley, “Never Gonna Give You Up”
13. Journey, “Don’t Stop Believin'”
14. Mark Ronson, “Uptown Funk”
15. Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
16. Michael Jackson, “Beat It”
17. Kaiser Chiefs, “Ruby”
18. Cast of The Rocky Horror Show, “The Timewarp”
19. Meghan Trainor, “All About the Bass”
20. Culture Club, “Karma Chameleon”

[Bird mama]

@Pliqueajour

Fun topic - this has been my summer of mourning for Prince, so I've been listening to lots of his music.

I guess I'm kinda wormy on:

If I was your girlfriend

Dance 4 me

Chocolate Box

Another one popped into my head, lol 

The Ballad of Dorothy Parker

[sidsmom]

[Susan Louise]

One tune I have listened to recently...3+ days ago still lingers in my head...especially when I am tring to go to sleep...

LOVE the tune, but I'm ready to move on...LOL

Check it out if you dare...LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IqH3uliwJY

[qualitygal]

I had some Christmas song on my mind. It seems like it's usually a line of song or a rhythem to it. I don't know what it is. Music is music and it's got a lot of good to it.

[just bee]

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl

With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there

She would merengue and do the cha-cha

And while she tried to be a star

Tony always tended bar

Across the crowded floor, they worked from eight ‘til four

They were young and they had each other

Who could ask for more?

At the Copa (CO!) Copacabana (Copacabana)

The hottest spot north of Havana (here)

At the Copa (CO!) Copacabana

Music and passion were always the fashion

At the Copa.... they fell in love....

[just bee]

We had joy, we had fun

We had seasons in the sun

But the stars we could reach

Were just starfish on the beach

We had joy, we had fun

We had seasons in the sun

But the wine and the song

Like the seasons have all gone

All our lives we had fun

We had seasons in the sun

But the hills that we climbed

Were just seasons out of time...

[just bee]

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night

Gonna keep on dancin' to the rock and roll

On Saturday night, Saturday night

Dancin' to the rhythm in our heart and soul

On Saturday Night, Saturday night

I-I-I-I, I just can't wait

I-I-I-I, I got a date

At the good ol' rock and roll road show, I gotta go

Saturday Night

Saturday Night

Gonna rock it up, roll it up

Do it all, have a ball

Saturday Night

Saturday Night

It's just a Saturday Night

It's just a Saturday Night

It's just a Saturday Night...

[Plaid Pants2]

This is the song that I have stuck in my head at the moment. 

Last night as I got home about a half past ten
There was the woman I thought I knew in the arms of another man
I kept my cool, I ain't no fool, let me tell you what happened then
I packed some clothes and I walked out and I ain't going back again

So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
Say I won't be coming home, I gotta start a new life
So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer, I gotta start a new life

You've been many things but most of all a good secretary to me
And in times like this I feel you've always been close to me
Was I wrong to work nights and to try to build a good life
All work and no play has just cost me a wife

So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
Say I won't be coming home, I gotta start a new life
Take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer, I gotta start a new life

When a man loves a woman it's hard to understand
That she would find more pleasure in the arms of another man
I never really noticed how sweet you are to me
It just so happens I'm free tonight would you like to have dinner with me?

And take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
Say I won't be coming home, I gotta start a new life
Take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer, I'm gonna start a new life

[terrier3]

The song "Cake by the Ocean" by DNCE was huge this spring when we were vacationing by the beach in FLA.

I still can hear that song as we drove to New Smyrna Beach!