I gotta say that I am continually afflicted with Earworms (not to be confused with Earwigs, which are actual insects). I hear a song, or even a commercial jingle, on the radio, and it somehow sticks in my brain, sometimes for days on end, before it ultimately goes away. Only to be replaced within a few days by another song or commercial jingle. I wake up, and the thing starts playing in my head almost immediately. And, unfortunately, some of the Earworms that afflict me can consist of the most uninspiring and insipid music around.
Recent examples: The Eye in the Sky (Alan Parsons Project); The Eye of the Tiger (bad); Werewolves of London (fine, but it gets old after awhile); Give me a Break (KitKat bar jingle - bad); A Woman in Love by Barbra Streisand (horrible); It's a Small World (perhaps THE worst).
I try listening to other tunes which I DO like in order to make the Earworm go away. That generally doesn't work. It just goes away over time. I Googled the subject, and the article linked below suggests that I am far from being alone in having this affliction. But it bothered me slightly to read that certain personality features (such as OCD and neuroses) may dispose one to getting Earworms.
www.health.harvard.edu
Do any of you suffer from Earworms? If so, are the songs similarly bad? And do you have a method of making them go away?
Recent examples: The Eye in the Sky (Alan Parsons Project); The Eye of the Tiger (bad); Werewolves of London (fine, but it gets old after awhile); Give me a Break (KitKat bar jingle - bad); A Woman in Love by Barbra Streisand (horrible); It's a Small World (perhaps THE worst).
I try listening to other tunes which I DO like in order to make the Earworm go away. That generally doesn't work. It just goes away over time. I Googled the subject, and the article linked below suggests that I am far from being alone in having this affliction. But it bothered me slightly to read that certain personality features (such as OCD and neuroses) may dispose one to getting Earworms.
Why you can’t get a song out of your head and what to do about it - Harvard Health
The experience of having an “earworm”—a song that’s stuck in your head—is extremely common. But why do they happen? And how do you get rid of one? ...
www.health.harvard.edu
Do any of you suffer from Earworms? If so, are the songs similarly bad? And do you have a method of making them go away?
