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Music Monday — What are you listening to? (Earworm Edition 👂🐛)

Michael Tharrington on September 25, 2023

cover image source: Giphy Earworms! We all get'em sometimes. You know what I'm talking about right? It's when a song gets stuck on repeat in your ...
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Jimmy Lipham • Edited

Lots of synthwave and stuff without lyrics really help me get into flow. So, to name a few:

  • Arcade Summer - FM-84
  • Intergalactic Highway - Dynatron
  • Pulse Power - Dynatron
  • The Bench - Ogre
  • Pumping Iron - Silverhawk
  • Them or Us - Highway Superstar
  • Nightdrive - VHS Dreams
  • Nightvoid - Stellar Dreams
  • Dimensions - Stellar Dreams
  • Purify - Balligomingo

If you like cheese, the Hackers movie soundtrack is great:

  • Halcyon and On and On - Orbital
  • Cowgirl - Underworld
  • Protection - Massive Attack
  • Open Up - Leftfield

Now, for earworms in the genre, one that constantly gets my foot tapping:
FM Love - Anders Enger Jensen (of 8-bit guy fame)

Happy hacking!

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Michael Tharrington

Thanks for chiming in, Jimmy! So much good stuff in here. I love synthwave. 💚

I also get "Halcyon and On and On" stuck in my head often.

Fun fact: the movie Mortal Kombat, the 90's version (aka the best version 🙂) ends with that song playing. I just learned that this year when I rewatched the movie... apparently 10 year-old-me didn't catch that, haha.

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emmanuel ikeleji

Esoteric! Never heard these before and so I'll give it a try

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Brian Bethencourt

I only recently discovered Journey, but now I can't stop singing "One day, love will find you! Break those chains that bind youuuuu!"

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Michael Tharrington

Haha, all you had to do was quote the song and it's playing through my head now.

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Monty Harper

I made this playlist on Spotify of all the songs I know about that Paul McCartney and/or John Lennon wrote for other artists: open.spotify.com/playlist/4EtJK3zN...

It's full of earworms. Right now "From a Window" keeps going round and round in my head, maybe because that one was relatively new to me.

If you know of any songs I should add, please pass them along. Thanks!

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Michael Tharrington

Ooooo, I'll check out the playlist Monty... sounds like a good one! I'm not familiar with "From a Window", so will keep my ears open for it.

The McCartney/Lennon combo is hard to beat when it comes to earworms... but also, I think Harrsion's "Here Comes the Sun" might just be the earwormiest Beetle's song out there.

If I think of any other McCartney or Lennon tunes for you to add, I'll let you know.

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Monty Harper

Yep, George had to compete with John and Paul for space on any album, and he didn't start writing songs until the other two were already cranking out hits, so he had to bring his A-game to get his songs recorded. "Something" is another good example of a Harrison earworm. Enjoy the playlist!

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Michael Tharrington

Oh totally, I've read a good deal about George's struggles to get his tunes included! And when he became a solo artist, he quickly released a double album, I'm thinking either because he had some rejected songs banked and ready to go or was just so ready to let loose as a songwriter that the songs flowed from him... maybe both!

"Something" is one of my favorite Beatles songs. There are some wonderful cover versions of it too... apparently, George wrote it while thinking about Ray Charles (not Pattie Boyd, haha!) and he gave it to Joe Cocker (who actually put it out on an album before the Beatles did... I still count it as a cover, haha). Ray Charles ended up playing it too and did an amazing job with it!

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Renan Ferro

This weekend I was listening to a song that couldn't get out of my head. It's a type of Brazilian country music. It's great to listen to with a barbecue and a few beers 😅😋

youtube.com/watch?v=KWp54ZJ2Q0E

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Michael Tharrington

Nice!! I can see how this one would get stuck in your head, Renan. Also, feeling the bbq and beers vibes. 🍻

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Nick Taylor

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Michael Tharrington

The most recent earworm for me comes courtesy of the hard rock duo Death from Above 1979. Give the song "Caught Up" a whirl and see if it gets stuck in your head too!

Also, gotta love this badass music video for it!

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Fernando

My earworm these days is this song. Kept running into it on TikTok and now lives rent free in my head

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Michael Tharrington

Definitely a catchy one here!

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emmanuel ikeleji

I get what you mean man! Like a jam 'iterating' in your mind like you're in a "while loop". Well, I have these jams that'll add to your earworms. "Balance".........Buck Slenderly.........."Magical Romance".........House Of Dawn.........."This Winter".........Greg Baumont........"The Heat"..........Tony Braxton..........."Pinkberry".........Blaq Tuxedo........."Plaything"..........The Silhouette..........."Losing/Come Through/Facts/Comfortable"...........H.E.R............."Nobody Else But You/Can't Be Friends/About You/Foreign/Circles/Already Taken"..........Trey Songz.............."Bad Like That".........Carbon Casca.........."A Million And One Questions/A Ballad For Fallen Soldiers".........Jay-Z.........."Seen It All/Go Crazy".............Jeezy......."Closer To My Dream"............Drake. There is more but this should do #DreamNigeria #ReactJs #LovingReact #Fragments #jsx

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Paweł Ciosek

Intense Studying 🎧😻 -> open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF...

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Jimmy Lipham

Oooh, I dig this! Adding it to the rotation.

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Grace Icay

Instagram reels have ruined my brain and this song is forever looping in my head: youtube.com/watch?v=S2TaAcwC_zI

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Michael Tharrington

Oooo that drum'n'bass beat is definitely memorable... I can see how that one would loop around in your mind, haha.

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Griff Polk

ME! By Taylor Swift, for no apparent reason. I heard it once yesterday, but the weird part is, it is the instrumental for most of it and then the music AND vocals in other parts. Idk why…

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Bruno Santos

Chorus of Glaubenskraft by Powerwolf is playing on repeat in my head for weeks

open.spotify.com/intl-pt/track/0np...

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commdao

Which of the Pickwit Triplets Did It?!

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Michael Tharrington

Lol, musicals... they definitely have an earworm quality to them. I haven't seen this show, but have heard of it... might have to check it out sometime!

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commdao

I think season 1 was still the best, but these music numbers are winning me over in season 3.