Earworm. Michele has the details on the phenomenon of a song that just won’t go away.
I suffer from that everyday, and that’s when I actually play the song on my computer all day, through the day, loop-dee-loop, flipped over and back again.
There is no relief. Maybe another photo lyric would help. Watch out for it as the day whizzes past.
And David, listening to other songs doesn’t work for me.
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Earworm, Ohrwurm, who cares
Jay pointed me to Michele who pointed me to a Newday.com article that states “‘Earworm’ is the term coined by University of Cincinnati marketing professor James Kellaris for the usually unwelcome songs that get stuck in people’s heads.” However, I…
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