Comments on: The Big Question: Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)! Edition

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:51:16 +0000

Disclaimer: The cure may be worse than the disease….

Try “Tom’s Diner” or “Get Down Tonight.”

Please don’t kill me!

By: Anne (in Reno)

Anne (in Reno) — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:31:40 +0000

I also have a backup song to sing that will get any earworm out of my head. It really does work if you find the right one for you.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:04:18 +0000

I’m in the sing it all the way through camp. I don’t have to do it out loud, singing it in my head is fine, but I have to actually concentrate on it, and then usually it’ll go away. If not, I have the pina colada song ready. Then, of course, I have a different problem.

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:42:23 +0000

Want the hippy way on it? LoL According to the Secret(do read it, it’s amazing really!) Songs get stuck because they’re what you attracted at the moment. So search for the reason the song got stuck in your head. Once you figure that out it seems to disappear :-)

By: jen209

jen209 — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:35:43 +0000

This question reminds me of a South Park episode from several years ago where Cartman has “Come Sail Away” in his head, and the only way he can get it out is to sing the entire thing through out loud. Seems that many people have the same solution.

By: Constance Kent

Constance Kent — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:08:51 +0000

I think you have to submit to obsessions. I play it over and over, sometimes for weeks, 24/7. I find alternate versions and compare those too. I send You Tube links to all my friends so they can share my, uhm, enthusiasm. I play it for my students in class, and download it onto my Ipod so I can listen to it between classes. This recently happened to me with the Leonard Cohen song, “Everybody Knows.” And as a matter of fact, I’m playing the Rufus Wainwright version right now…

By: Peaches

Peaches — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:48:59 +0000

“He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands” has been going around in my head in orchestral, gospel and elementary choir practice. Ooy!!! There must be a message. Maybe if it’s played backwards…

By: B.S.A.G.

B.S.A.G. — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:38:22 +0000

I have a specific song that I force myself to think/”sing” in my head to drive out earworms. It’s catchy, has a longish instrumental bit (so no pesky lyrics) and happens to be one of my all-time favorites (so if it gets stuck instead, at least it’s an earworm I like). I fear that if I divulge what song it is, it might cease to work – but I also think the right song would be different for each person.

By: Ripley

Ripley — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:59:56 +0000

I sing it all the way through out loud or I try to replace it with another equally earwormy song, which is “Baby Got Back” in my case.

Sometimes, I just have to wait it out, like a bad cold. Earworms rarely visit for more than 3 days, so sometimes I just succumb until it decides to leave on its own.

By: rabrab

rabrab — Sat, 03 May 2008 05:24:58 +0000

Play it all the way through, or better, *sing* it all the way through. And pay attention to it.

I believe that earworms are just lonely. Give them a little focused attention and they wander off, happy.