How do you get rid of an earworm?
Make Rhianna stop. I don’t even like her.
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The only surefire way to stop it is to introduce a more resilient earworm.
I find “If I only had a brain” often works. Or nearly any song from the Rocky Horror soundtrack.
I’m not the biggest Beatles fan. You just made it worse.
dont hate me
“bitch better have my money!”
For me, it’s as simple (and as cruel) as getting the song stuck in someone else’s head. I’ll start singing it, and as soon as they murmur a few of the notes it’s like sluurrrpp worm is pulled into their ear, out of mine. Not really sure why it works, because that shouldn’t be how it works, but it does…
When no one is within ear-reach, I’ll just scramble the earworm until it dissolves. I’ll start mentally singing little pieces of a whole bunch of songs, whatever comes to mind, never going more than a few lines for each, stopping at irregular times to make it seem less like coherent music and more like miscellaneous sound.
I find that listening to the entire earworm song helps, if you follow it immediately with something you like better. I usually use “Tainted Love.”
(Rick Roll is definitely a bad idea.)
Another thing that helps is to listen to a song whose words you cannot sing. Art songs are good for this, for example, “Bailero” from Cantaloube’s “Songs from the Auvergne.” I particularly like the rendition sung by Dame Kirir te Kanawa. link
Oh WHEW! I’m glad I peeked to see what you were talking about! I thought there was a worm parasite that could get in people’s ears. If there is, I’d rather not know about it unless it’s an imminent danger.
I do one or more of the following:
* Pick another catchy tune that I don’t dislike.
* If that fails, pick another catchy tune that I don’t dislike as much.
* If that fails, play some music that I like.
* If that fails, play the bad one a bit – that sometimes clears out the repetition – then play other music.
* And/or focus on something else that takes over the music channel of my brain.
Like this? My niece plays this over and over and IT WIll NOT DIE.
Earworms typically have very persistent rhythms that cause them to get stuck in your head. In other words, it’s all about that bass, ‘bout that bass (no treble).
Play a different earworm.
Man, if I NEVER hear any Stevie Nicks or Elton John for the rest of lie, fine by me. I freaking HATE “Landslide” and ” Daniel.” haha
Then start telling the truth, for a change, @Coloma!
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Life dammit, I meant life! haha
Yeah, and Freud never wore a slip.
@ibstubro He never wore a slip? You mean he went commando in those sundresses?
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