Fall Out Boy and the worst earworm ever
Marianne Eloise has had the same Fall Out Boy song stuck in her head for over three years. "It\u2019s Hard to Say 'I Do,' When I Don\u2019t," an relatively obscure cut from the band's 2007 album Infinity on High has taken up permanent residence in her brain as the ultimate earworm. Everybody has had a riff or a melody stuck in their head, but not at this . Eloise, a journalist and music writer, decided to turn her malady into a story. Her pursuit of the science behind "stuck songs" led her to our unique bureau of forensic musicology.\nOn this episode of Switched on Pop, Charlie and Nate talk about earworms: what they are, why are they so catchy, and how we might get rid of them. Then, Nate confronts his own stuck song: The Lemon Twigs's "In My Head," and in talking to the two brothers behind the group, finds a novel approach to giving an unwanted musical guest the boot.\n\nSongs Discussed\n\n\nFall Out Boy - It\u2019s Hard to Say \u201cI Do,\u201d When I Don\u2019t\n\n\nThe Lemon Twigs - In My Head\n\n\nKylie Minogue - Can\u2019t Get You Out of My Head\n\n\nGene Wilder - Pure Imagination\n\n\nDave Harrington Group - Pure Imagination\n\n\nMore\n\nRead Marianne Eloise\u2019s\xa0Vulture\xa0article, \u201cMy Quest to Exterminate an Earworm\u201d\n\nCatch the\xa0Lemon Twigs on Tour\xa0(at your own peril)\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices