- Do you listen to more of it? Less?
- Do you focus on a different song?
- Do you stop listening to music until it’s gone?
It’s my brain trying to complete the song. I just listen to it until I’ve memorized it from beginning to to end
I’m sailing awaaaaaaaay…
Find a different song to get stuck in my head.
Wow, you responded really quickly!
I try to do something similar, though the temptation to listen to more of the stuck song is strong too.
luck of the draw when browsing by new.
I believe it was Colbert who was talking about this situation and said you need something really distinctive but not long enough to become a new ear worm. He suggested the “by mennen” jingle, which if you’re too young or not American enough to know it is literally just 2 seconds of singing the company’s name
sing it, usually
Usually one active listening to it clears the son out. Listen to it while reading the lyrics if you need a stronger ending signal.
Same for me. It’s like closure.
Accept that it’s there and go about my day. It will fade just as all the others before it.
I listen to it more. Not because it’ll get it unstuck or anything. Just cause I like the song
And then if im extra bored and the song has a music video I’ll learn the dance choreography and dance in my room in the middle of the night =w=
I have a Megadeath song on standby which I bring to mind and it eliminates the ear worm. 😃
Luckily most of the songs that get stuck in my head are ones I like, so I just let them play until it ends. After that, some other thought(s) occupy my mind, or another song plays.
If it’s an annoying one though? Relax and let it pass like a fart in the wind.
In lots of cases, I attempt to learn it on piano. Just a simple version.
listen to the end of the song or verse, you probably have the middle bit stuck and you just gotta bring it to a conclusion.
Unless it’s some crappy song, just listen to it on repeat until you grow sick of it.
I hum “America” from West Side Story.
I read somewhere years ago that it kicks out earworms without becoming one, and I found that it works for me.
This so weird, I do exactly the same thing except instead of ‘America’ I sing ‘Jet Song’.
“When you’re a jet, you’re a jet all the way…” and all of a sudden the ear worm is gone
I just let it play out in my head and don’t take any action.
If it’s an earworm, I will consciously play Thunderstruck in my head until it goes away.
Hi! Enjoy Thunderstruck!
My theory is that songs get stuck in your head when you listen to a small part of it so then your brain tries to fill in the rest. So I guess you’d have to listen to the whole thing to make it go away. Haven’t really tested this thoroughly enough so if you do, let me know.
