Get Out of My Head: All Time Catchiest Songs
There are songs that are catchy and then there are songs that you go to sleep and wake up with still lodged in your head. It's like your brain is itching, but you can't scratch it, and you would do anything short of shoving a chop stick in your ear and ending it all. You don't have to hate these songs, necessarily, but you have to hate the loss of control and powerlessness you feel under their wraths. Dump all of your songs into this Guide/receptacle. If you can't shake a song, how about replacing it with one of these. If you are upset with someone, send them this link and don't say anything. Disguise it as a hyper-link for something else. They won't be able to help themselves. At least one of these songs is bound to be too enticing not to click.
Sars was less contagious than this song
Peter Cetera
Between his vocal work on Chicago songs like, “Youre My Inspiration” and his contribution to The Karate Kid 2 soundtrack, “Glory of Love”, Peter Cetera is one of the catchiest songsmith’s of all time. I’d be surprised if someone hasn’t already punched him in the neck for it by now.
This Montgomery Flea Market commercial broke new records for catchiness in a theme song for southern furniture sales
Named after William S. Burroughs’ dildo from the book “Naked Lunch”, Steely Dan consistently came through with smooth jazz classics. None of them are catchier than this.
Damn you Michael McDonald and your smooth, smooth, sultry, sultry yacht rock voice.
I actually fell in love with this song when it was in “The Crying Game”….. sorry.
only because this one is stuck in my head today.
“…swear I’ll be there”
I can’t help it. My mom was a HUGE fan of George so I grew up with his Faith CD. I don’t know why this specific song sticks in my head though.
OH MAN, I hear this song once and I become a whiny sing-screamy girl. This is an anthem.
You might know it as the Globe Trotters theme. If you are capable of whistling, you will end up whistling this for hours. Lucky for me, I am incapable of putting my lips together to blow.
Made marginally better in being sung by Asian kids who can’t really pronounced “world”.
This song has been stuck in my head for 20 years.
Don’t even act like it ain’t stuck in your head already.
Somebody’s fuckin’ with me.
If you deny that this song gets stuck in your head, there’s only one thing I can say…..you’re SO unbeleivable!
I find myself singing this song without even realizing it!
Although it appears in a commercial, this IS technically a song. A very annoying, yet completely addictive song which I found myself singing yesterday. Like, all day.
I know, I know. I’m sorry.
added by
mswen 11/25/2008
This one is a toss up. I wasn’t sure if I should post this or “Wonderall”.
This is at the very top of my list. I can never shake this damn song.
This was another toss-up. That song “Mr. Brightside” is extremely catchy in it’s own right but, I can deal with this one better. Another bonus is that the video doesn’t start until about a minute and a half in, so you still have time to back out.
They may not be internationally known, but they are certainly knowledgeable about in which manner to rock the microphone.
I I-I I-I-I, used to work with a guy that would play this every day along with Debbie Gibson’s “Shake Your Love”
After singing this at work, I could take a week off and some employee would still be singing it. You can pass this one off like baton.
I had to do some serious research just to find out who did this song and what it’s called.
“Next floor, women’s outerwear…” GOD, I love this song. I must hum this at least once a day. It salvages any day in the same way that only a high-quality baked good can. Someday I will (please god, please god) have someone to sing this timeless duet with. Until then, I proudly do both parts…sigh…
Damn you, YouTube. Your resources have allowed the marginally talented to a) waste a full minute of my life, and b) create catchy bubblegum tunes that will not leave me alone!
I had to come add this after I saw that hamster video
God help me, but this has been stuck in my head for the past three days. It’ll be another four before I get it out.
Yeah, predictable. I was just thrilled to find a video. I didn’t even know that there was one. Lyrics might be a bit off.
Can’t get the chourus out my brain
I’ve got no pride….just tellin’ it like it is.
I didn’t know that the kid from Malcolm-in-the-middle was a singer! (Weird)
Is it true that “you are what you listen to”? Because, if so, this one might have me questioning alot of shit!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGH!!!!!!1one
Bonus points for evoking the image of the Stewie iPod commercial.
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I am a fan of Taqueria's, jazz, 80's films in the vein of "D.A.R.Y.L.." and "Cloak & Dagger", and boomboxes with removal speakers.
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