I have started trying to figure out why certain songs get stuck in my head. So far, there seem to five categories of repetunes. Some of the songs are associated with a vivid memory. Hearing those songs more or less instantly reminds me of a specific time, place, person or event. Other songs are just really catchy and want to bounce up and down on my eardrum 4eva. And then there are the songs that I have heard recently and take up temporary residence in my temporal lobe. Then there are the songs that seem to reflect something in my life that I am processing or working on subconsciously. Finally, there are songs that I have previously been obsessed with or earwormed by. There is actually a sixth category of songs, songs that I have no explanation for why they are in my head. Apparently Ani Difranco songs are just randomly running around in my head? I have no idea why those two Ani Difranco songs made it into my brain for a while.
What is interesting is that most of the songs that I have been earwomed with fall under two or three different categories. For example, the song that started this blog, "Holiday" by Madonna, has a vivid memory associated with it, is quite catchy, and I had heard it recently. So most repetunes have multiple reasons for dancing through one's brain.
From here on out I am going to keep track of how often a song earworms me and what are the possible reasons for the earworming. Thusly:
"Sexyback" - once in eleven days - memory, catchy, heard it recently
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