I wake up almost every morning with an earworm. Some fade quickly, other last for days. Sometimes they make me happy, sometimes they make me doubt my own sanity. They come from all genres. I can never figure out what triggered them. The only thing I do know and that they do without fail is reinforce my belief that all music is connected and good music never goes out of style.
Here’s a roundup of my February earworms. Its more than one a day but I’ve been painting the house so I’ve had extra occasion for songs to occupy my head. Plus one song that stuck in my head because my beloved dog died on Feb 11. I’ll let you figure out which song that is.
- Rick James – Super Freak This earworm is as much about the bouncy music as it is the lyrics.
- Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Don’t Come Around Here No More
- Weezer – Island In The Sun Just try to not chime in ‘hip, hip”.
- Offspring – Gotta Get Away Too fast or a bit too slow?
- MGMT – Kids Oh, that infrectious keyboard!
- Barbara Streisand – On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) There is always at least one Barbara song in every earworm year.
- Anne Murray – Snowbird God help me.
- Crosby Stills Nash and Young – Our House is a very, very, very fine house
- Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s the Way of the World Hearts afire…
- Shakira – Ojos Así I have almost this whole song memorized… “Puedo vivir sin ellos yo…”
- Johnny Cymbal – Mr. Bass Man Ba bababa Ba, booboomboom … It’s like it’s sung by Porky Pig.
- Melanie – Brand New Key You can not, not sing this. Can’t be done.
- The Animals – Please Don´t Let Me Be Misunderstood This song has applied to every one of us at some point.
- Natalie Imbruglia – Torn That’s whats going on ….
- Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Midnight Moses How great is it to have “Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey!” stuck in your head.
- Guns N’ Roses – Welcome To The Jungle Sha na na na na knees knees…
- Bobby Pickett – Monster Mash This is the obligatory childhood flashback earworm.
- Bobby Brown – My Prerogative I know, I know, but it’s so catchy …
- Willie Tee – Walking Up A One Way Street This comes from some obscure corner of my childhood my mother can take credit for.
- Natalie Cole – Miss You Like Crazy
- Oscar Brand – Four Letter Words Ok, this one comes from a stint in my late teens spent in a English-style pub that featured a singer named Rusty Reed
- Three Dog Night – An Old Fashioned Love Song I don’t need to explain this one, do I?
- Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear the Reaper I owe so many earworms to my uncles.
- Carmen Miranda – Chica Chica Boom Chic Language is no barrier when the words are universal. Chica, chica boom.
- Ernest Tubb – Walking the Floor Over You I almost went Grand Ole Opry free this month. Almost, but not quite.
- Carole King – It’s Too Late I wore a groove in Carole King’s greatest hits as a young teen.
- Sham 69 – Borstal Breakout This is one of my favourite songs in my Punk playlist.
- Gene Vincent – Say Mama Go ask your dad.
- Melissa Manchester – You Should Hear How She Talks About You This is just so catchy.
- UB40 – Red Red Wine
- Juice Newton – Queen Of Hearts I loved this song as a kid.
- Howard Jones – Things Can Only Get Better I like to believe this is true …