Ever hear a song you didn't like but couldn't get out of your head???

[fred v]

The recent tragedy of Prince's death reminded me of this; there were MANY Prince tunes that I liked, but this wasn't one of them!

Nevertheless, I found myself inadvertently humming it throughout the summer of 1985, when it hit the airwaves.

Have you ever had the same experience? If so, what was the song?

[Aristus]

1. 'Amazed' by Lone Star.

When that crappulous, festering, diseased drog-dropping of a song was on the charts, every time it came on the radio, I started looking for a window to jump out of.

It always mystified me that for a genre of music that sells itself with a hefty slug of violent masculinity, male country singers all seem to sound like adenoidal eunuchs.

That song ear-wormed me all night once, and I was sorely tempted to get out of bed, go downstairs to the kitchen, find the corkscrew, and jam it into each of my ears so I never had to hear that song again.

[Doc_Technical]

2. yes

[fred v]

3. Ugh

Fucking pedophilia!

[TexasBushwhacker]

4. Sharona was 17

Creepy perhaps, but not pedophilia. The songwriter was 25 at the time. They dated for several years.

[fred v]

13. How do you Know?

Sharona's age was not mentioned in the lyrics. Unlike this song:

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. I googled it

There aren't that many Sharonas and I had seen her on Oprah about people who had songs written about them. She a real estate agent now.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124397021

[TexasBushwhacker]

5. Don't Worry Be Happy! N/t

[Iggo]

6. About a dozen times a day, easy.

[3catwoman3]

7. The "Hooked On A Feelin'"...

...version with that stupid "Ooga chaka" chant in the background. Just thinking about it will probably get the damn earworm going.

[liberaltrucker]

8. Achy Breaky Heart

I refuse to look up the video.

[VOX]

9. You mean an "ear worm"? CONSTANTLY!

They are terrible! I've found that the more simplistic the song, especially if it has an extremely repetitive and unvarying rhythm, the greater chance it has to become an ear worm. Personal examples of this self-inflicted torture:
Crimson and Clover, Wooly Bully, the annoying dual guitar lead in Hotel California, etc. It can take days for these to fade...I fear just typing them!

[Boxerfan]

10. True story-Thanks Mom....

I was about 6-7 and Christmas was coming up. The advertisers on TV made catchy jingles for the various products. I really liked Hot Wheels & car stuff.

And I have a catch all brain / memory when it comes to jingles. If it is catchy it sticks (to this day).

I had the GI Joe jingle stuck in my head & I was singing it apparently. Mind you I hated "boy dolls" & never considered one as something I wanted.

But my Mom overheard me singing it & bought what she thought was 2 GI Joe's. Turns out she only bought the suits/ accessories & not the real doll. And I never wanted them or played with them. But she had to go buy the doll to go with the stuff she had already bought.

Reality was she had just gone through a divorce & desperately wanted us to be as un-affected as possible. Getting us a perfect gift was all she wanted to do. But I got something I didn't want but I could never really tell her that.

See ya on the other side Ma...

[nolabear]

11. If I never hear THIS again it'll be too soon. Besides, now Mr. Bear wants a pet pig.

[GOPblows431]

12. Gimme More

Ugh, hate that song. But I struggled for years to get that tune out of my mind.

[Lizzie Poppet]

15. Frequently. But I have a stock of guaranteed earworms I actually LIKE to drive 'em out with!

[KamaAina]

16. The classic

[pinboy3niner]

17. Does a song from a certain theme park ride count?