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ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace piefed.ca ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-12-21
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That fucking jellicat song from Cats

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shameless lemmy.world Shameless@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-08
#53 · Quote Reply

Baby shark da-doo-da-doo-doo

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wjrii lemmy.world wjrii@lemmy.world
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#54 · Quote Reply

For plausible deniability in October, Monster Mash.

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psion1369 lemmy.world psion1369@lemmy.world
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#55 · Quote Reply

This is the song that doesn't end...

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Ffkhrocks lemmy.world Ffkhrocks@lemmy.world
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#56 · Quote Reply

Just start humming the Mr. Sandman jingle (bum bum bum) and your work is done

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DrBanjo reddthat.com DrBanjo@reddthat.com
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#57 · Quote Reply

Banana Boat!!!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YO7M0Hx_1D8

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rastacalavera lemmy.world rastacalavera@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
#58 · Quote Reply

Omg I can believe I found this first try. Been so long since I’ve thought of it Pogo

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abrake lemmy.world abrake@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#59 · Quote Reply

a bad one is bananaphone

Somewhat deeper cut: Rafi - Bathtime. Just try not to hum along once you've heard it once!

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Trainguyrom reddthat.com Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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#60 · Quote Reply

Most things from MrWeebl... And now I'm singing bag full of crabs lol

OH IVE GOT A MOUTHFUL OF CRAAAAABS

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Almacca aussie.zone Almacca@aussie.zone
Joined: 2025-02-06
#61 · (edited) Quote Reply

I'm Dancing In The Show Tonight

Popcorn

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Trainguyrom reddthat.com Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
Joined: 2023-06-10
#62 · (edited) Quote Reply

The worst earworms are when you dont really know the words. If you dont have kids I recommend Danny Go.

Danny Go is so weird because it sets off all of my kids slop sensors but it's actually pretty decent. Gets the kids moving, it's generally fine content wise, doesn't overdo the cuts between shots or have too much going on on screen to destroy the kids' attention span, but my gosh its stylized like so many slop channels I have to double-take every time

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Almacca aussie.zone Almacca@aussie.zone
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#63 · Quote Reply

These 3 are classics that get burned into my brain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q6yphdZhUA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU-wH8SrFro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viMEhOWcxd0

Tub Ring did a cover of Prisencolinensinainciusol that's pretty awesome.

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BlueÆther no.lastname.nz BlueEther@no.lastname.nz
Joined: 2023-06-08
#64 · Quote Reply

Father Goose - Jig Jog Gee

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A_Union_of_Kobolds lemmy.world A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-09-20
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Danny Go is so weird because it sets off all of my kids slop sensors but it's actually pretty decent. Gets the kids moving, it's generally fine content wise, doesn't overdo the cuts between shots or have too much going on on screen to destroy the kids' attention span, but my gosh its stylized like so many slop channels I have to double-take every time

Yeah it rubbed me that way at first for sure. Ive come around, though. From what i understand they started it for their son, who recently passed.

The "hyper" videos drive me nuts but hey, can't really fault them for finding a way to make money off the same thing twice I suppose.

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AzuranAurora piefed.ca AzuranAurora@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-12-24
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Pompeii by Bastille. Not so much the song but the day-day-oh, day-oh chant that runs under it. Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. It took me years to get rid of it. I am in danger simply talking about it here. Speaking of Day-oh though, the Banana Boat Song made famous by Harry Belafonte and also its appearance in Beetlejuice is a mid tier earworm. It all depends on how evil you're feeling....

If you thought the Gotye version was catchy, the ska-punk cover of Somebody by Half Past Two is even more so. Listen to it at your own peril.

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la508 lemmy.world la508@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-15
#67 · Quote Reply

Most things from MrWeebl... And now I'm singing bag full of crabs lol

I'VE SEEN THINGS, I'VE SEEN THEM WITH MY EYES
I'VE SEEN THINGS, THEY'RE OFTEN IN DISGUISE...

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TribblesBestFriend startrek.website TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website
Joined: 2025-01-30
#68 · Quote Reply

This was a brutal ear worm for me for a few weeks

Played a TTRPG game where we fought an ear worm, this was it’s theme song

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TryingToBeGood reddthat.com TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com
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#69 · Quote Reply

Did someone already mention the Kars for Kids jingle? (Sorry, everybody.)

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turdburglar piefed.social turdburglar@piefed.social
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Somebody once told me

someBAWdee

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TryingToBeGood reddthat.com TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com
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Pompeii by Bastille. Not so much the song but the day-day-oh, day-oh chant that runs under it. Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. It took me years to get rid of it. I am in danger simply talking about it here. Speaking of Day-oh though, the Banana Boat Song made famous by Harry Belafonte and also its appearance in Beetlejuice is a mid tier earworm. It all depends on how evil you're feeling....

Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. It took me years to get rid of it. I am in danger simply talking about it here.

…goddammit

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turdburglar piefed.social turdburglar@piefed.social
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#72 · Quote Reply

we gonna rock on to…

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agamemnonymous sh.itjust.works agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-15
#73 · Quote Reply

I'VE SEEN THINGS, I'VE SEEN THEM WITH MY EYES I'VE SEEN THINGS, THEY'RE OFTEN IN DISGUISE...

Carrots handbags cheese

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TheMcG lemmy.ca TheMcG@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-02
#74 · Quote Reply

My go to is the song that doesn’t end from lamb chops.

https://youtu.be/1_47KVJV8DU

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phanto lemmy.ca phanto@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-03
#75 · Quote Reply

Baby shark da-doo-da-doo-doo

My immediate supervisor at work knows how bad I get earworms, and does Baby Shark whenever I annoy him. It's in there now, thanks to this.

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HugeNerd lemmy.ca HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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#76 · Quote Reply

https://youtu.be/MtN1YnoL46Q

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med sh.itjust.works med@sh.itjust.works
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#77 · Quote Reply

Panjabi MC - Mundian To Bach Ke (Beware Of The Boys)

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Mycatiskai lemmy.ca Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca
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#78 · Quote Reply

Lambchop - the song that never ends

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JackTea piefed.world JackTea@piefed.world
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Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. It took me years to get rid of it. I am in danger simply talking about it here. …goddammit

LOL. Sucke....

Crap.

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Apytele sh.itjust.works Apytele@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-12
#80 · Quote Reply

Pompeii by Bastille. Not so much the song but the day-day-oh, day-oh chant that runs under it. Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. It took me years to get rid of it. I am in danger simply talking about it here. Speaking of Day-oh though, the Banana Boat Song made famous by Harry Belafonte and also its appearance in Beetlejuice is a mid tier earworm. It all depends on how evil you're feeling....

It's 'Eheu!' and it means some variation of 'Oh no' or 'Alas' or even 'Oh shit!' in Latin.

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gjoel programming.dev gjoel@programming.dev
Joined: 2024-04-09
#81 · Quote Reply

What's a good song to play that I can't get stuck in her head?

That's very nice of you, that you don't want it to stick.

Not sure they're good ones though, but having a daughter who loves singing, the recent ones are a few ones from kpop demon hunters and popular from Wicked. But really any song will stick if you just keep singing it incessantly...

Someone mentioned pogo, so I'll add that my wife and myself had this one stuck for ages, even if it's not your typical kind of song. https://youtu.be/a4NCnH7RPZY

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icon4691 lemmy.world icon4691@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-11-23
#82 · Quote Reply

The Ballad of Smokin' Joe Rudeboy - Tom Cardy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7W4dAvZmQc

The Day Robert Palins Murdered Me - a Lego Stop Motion Music Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgN4KaBqm6c

When the Party Don’t Stop (But You Wish It Would) - Key & Peele
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42hLntSxUeM

インク切れ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCmc5FvZh5s

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humanspiral lemmy.ca humanspiral@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-10-23
#83 · Quote Reply

Somewhat deeper cut: Rafi - Bathtime. Just try not to hum along once you've heard it once!

that has genuine qualities to it. Banana phone is demon spawn made of pure crap.

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HugeNerd lemmy.ca HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-06
#84 · Quote Reply

fart in the duck

https://youtu.be/q62_DOol380

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johnydoe666 lemmy.dbzer0.com johnydoe666@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-08-20
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Can’t believe nobody proposed Dr Jean’s Banana Song yet. It got stuck in my ears for months when I first heard it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFmr_TZLpS0

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Unquote0270 programming.dev Unquote0270@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-07-05
#86 · Quote Reply

Baby shark do do do-do

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The Velour Fog lemmy.world Blackfeathr@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#87 · Quote Reply

Pretty much anything by Elton John, especially Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

It'll drive you mad

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spacegoat lemmy.world spacegoat@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-28
#88 · Quote Reply

Putting on the ritz

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stringere sh.itjust.works stringere@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-15
#89 · Quote Reply

Mmbop

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stringere sh.itjust.works stringere@sh.itjust.works
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#90 · Quote Reply

Pretty much anything by Elton John, especially Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. It'll drive you mad

Hold me closer Tony Danza...

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stringere sh.itjust.works stringere@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-15
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Omg I can believe I found this first try. Been so long since I’ve thought of it Pogo

We too belong but i a waddle

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StickyDango lemmy.world StickyDango@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-09-01
#92 · Quote Reply

Let's do the Milkshake Selling like a hotcake Try some, buy some Fee-fi-fo-fum Talk about... pop muzik Talk about... pop muzik Pop, pop, pop muzik

I got as far as "milkshake" and instantly continued on to

...brings all the boys to the yard

Thanks. 😭

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lokalhorst feddit.org lokalhorst@feddit.org
Joined: 2026-04-25
#93 · Quote Reply

Beep Bap bap babab boop. Bap bap babab boop.

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davetortoise reddthat.com davetortoise@reddthat.com
Joined: 2025-10-13
#94 · Quote Reply

Do Your Balls Hang Low - Iris & Rose

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palordrolap fedia.io palordrolap@fedia.io
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It's 'Eheu!' and it means some variation of 'Oh no' or 'Alas' or even 'Oh shit!' in Latin.

I should have looked up the lyrics, but eheu, I did not.

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Parafaragaramus infosec.pub genuineparts@infosec.pub
Joined: 2024-04-05
#96 · Quote Reply

Caramba - Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot
Be aware this is not a regular earworm, this is a nuclear option. I don't know when I first heard this but every so often it climbs back from the deep, deep hole in my memories I have thrown it down and assaults me at 3am.

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ArcaneSlime lemmy.dbzer0.com ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-06-30
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Wesley Willis, Rock and Roll McDonald’s

I still get Suck My Dog's Dick stuck in my head regularly, mostly when my boss is micromanaging lmao.

"Suck a racehorse's bootyhole, suck a snow leopard's ass, suck a constipated ghost's dick.."

Absolute lyrical genius.

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WhatISawInTheWoods lemmy.world WhatISawInTheForest@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-06-08
#98 · Quote Reply

Banana phone

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crystalmathadept lemmy.zip crystalmathadept@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-08-15
#99 · Quote Reply

If you thought the Gotye version was catchy, the ska-punk cover of Somebody by Half Past Two is even more so. Listen to it at your own peril.

I first saw Walk Off the Earth play it in a single guitar in one take

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Sir_Premiumhengst lemmy.world Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-04
#100 · Quote Reply

Banana phone

A phone with a peel! 🍌 📞

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nightlily leminal.space nightlily@leminal.space
Joined: 2024-08-08
#101 · (edited) Quote Reply

This is the song that doesn’t end, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because…

The ending of Lamb Chop's Play-Along. That has cursed me for 30+ years.

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