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Livvie

Why is it that the worst songs are the easiest to get stuck in your head?

It's been torturing me for the last two hours, lol.

Posted - March 29, 2018
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  • 3375
    Darn good question.  I guess it's why they call it an earworm.  
      March 29, 2018 1:27 PM MDT
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  • 2658
    A bad earworm can be persistent..try playing a favorite song and hum or sing along with it to replace the bad one.
      March 29, 2018 1:33 PM MDT
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  • 10468
    Earworms are usually incomplete songs/melodies (meaning it's missing a phrase, stanza, note, etc.).  Your brain wants to complete it, so it runs over and over in your head until it's completed or something else takes its place.  Try running the ENTIRE song through your head - lyrics and melody (look up the lyrics if need be).  (Of course that's not easy to do with a song you can't place). That should make it "pass" like a normal thought.
      March 29, 2018 2:44 PM MDT
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  • It's a outlet mall commercial jingle I have stuck in my head.  It's been in there for the past 2 days.  At least you get a whole song.  I get the same five words over and over. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at March 29, 2018 3:28 PM MDT
      March 29, 2018 3:27 PM MDT
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