What makes a certain song pop into your head?

@TheHorse (218561)

Walnut Creek, California

November 28, 2018 12:18pm CST

This morning, before my first cup of coffee had brewed, I fired up my computer, looked outside to see that my truck was still there, and said, to myself, "Hmm, looks OK." The words "Looks OK" did it. I immediately found myself singing (in my head) "Wondering Where the Lions Are," by Bruce Cockburn. The first words of that song are: "Sun's up/looks OK/the world survives into another day..." Does this kind of thing happen to you? Sometimes when I'm watching children laugh, the David Crosby song "Laughing" pops into my head. But for now, "Wondering Where the Lions Are" is my morning ear worm.

Bruce Cockburn - 6 - Wondering Where The Lions Are - Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws (1979)

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Bruce Cockburn - 6 - Wondering Where The Lions Are - Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws (1979)

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@wolfgirl569 (105977)

• Marion, Ohio

28 Nov 18

Glad to know I am not the only one

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Nov 18

Sometimes the songs are only in my head. Other times I break into song. That's when I worry that people will think I'm nuts.

@wolfgirl569 (105977)

• Marion, Ohio

28 Nov 18

@TheHorse I've been known to dance to the ones in my head so you are fine

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Nov 18

@wolfgirl569 They'll take you away before me...if we're in the same room.

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@cintol (11261)

• United States

29 Nov 18

No but the minute a dinky little tune comes on a commercial or on the radio, it gets stuck in my head for the rest of the day.

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Dec 18

@cintol I hope you find decent songs that erase horrific ear worms.

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

12 Dec 18

That's when listen to something else over and over and sing along.

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@cintol (11261)

• United States

13 Dec 18

@TheHorse Good plan, I will have to try that but I only listen to the radio usually when I am in the car.

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@Morleyhunt (21744)

• Canada

28 Nov 18

Often the song on the radio when the alarm went off would stick in my head...al day. I learned to really dislike the song..."Red Solo Cup!" What a song to find yourself singing all throughout the day.

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Nov 18

I don't think I've heard that song. Perhaps it's a good thing.

@Morleyhunt (21744)

• Canada

30 Nov 18

@TheHorse probably a good thing.

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Dec 18

@Morleyhunt I take it I shouldn't bother looking for it on YouTube?

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@arunima25 (87770)

• Bangalore, India

2 Dec 18

It happens to me all the time. And I do have songs for each situation that just pop in.

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

12 Dec 18

I have a few that enter my mind for no apparent reason.

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@arunima25 (87770)

• Bangalore, India

13 Dec 18

@TheHorse Yes there are some like that...all time favorite ones.

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

28 Nov 18

Funny, I just posted my first post of the day and it is about a song I think about when I am happy. Our moods dictate what we listen to, or it does with me. And yes, I can hear certain words and all break out in song. Feels like I am losing it on some days. Glad you do the same.

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Nov 18

Heh. Glad I'm not the only one.

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Nov 18

@CarolDM If we wind up in the same padded cell, we can work on harmonies.

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

28 Nov 18

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Nevena Zivkovic

@Nevena83 (65277)

• Serbia

28 Nov 18

It often happens that when I wake up, I have a song in my head.

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Nov 18

Heh. Does it stay there for awhile?

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Nov 18

@Nevena83 Right now I have the "You're on hold and have been for half-an-hour" song in my head. I'm going to have to change that.

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Nevena Zivkovic

@Nevena83 (65277)

• Serbia

28 Nov 18

@TheHorse Yes, sometimes all day.

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@scarlet_woman (23463)

• United States

30 Nov 18

a long of times if the song's connected to a memory for me it'll pop up everytime.

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

12 Dec 18

Usually something in the environment brings a song into my head.

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@much2say (55574)

• Los Angeles, California

28 Nov 18

When I see your profile photo . . . I think of the Mr. Ed song - even though it's a bit before my time

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Mr. Ed the talking horse theme song

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This video is about Mr. Ed the talking horse.

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Nov 18

I use to watch it in the '60s when I was sick and home from school.

@marlina (154131)

• Canada

28 Nov 18

Oh yes, it does happen to me also.

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Nov 18

Do you keep it in your head? Or wind up singing it out loud?

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

28 Nov 18

I think it always happens in this way and is nothing individual.

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

28 Nov 18

Do you think people who listen to more music with words are more subject to this? Occasionally, words from a book I've read (ask not for whom the bell tolls...) will pop into my head. But it happens more often with music.

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

28 Nov 18

@TheHorse I can't comment on this as music is not my thang - as the Brits would say. I am more for the visual arts.

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@JudyEv (339583)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Nov 18

I can't get over the beautiful heads of hair you've captured in that photo.

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

12 Dec 18

Me neither! I keep that photo on my desktop and look at it occasionally when I need a smile. I'm glad I brought my camera to the preschool that day. I usually don't.

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@JudyEv (339583)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Dec 18

@TheHorse Imagine trying to get a comb through either of those.

@Elizaby (6902)

• Pensacola, Florida

29 Nov 18

It happens all the time and it takes awhile ometime to stop thinking on the song

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

12 Dec 18

I just uploaded Wondering Where the Lions Are to my post. It's a happy song, so I don't mind if it sticks with me through the rest of the day.

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@teamfreak16 (43418)

• Denver, Colorado

1 Dec 18

I remember when they used to play "Wondering Where the Lions Are" on the radio!

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Dec 18

You must have lived in a "hip" town!

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@teamfreak16 (43418)

• Denver, Colorado

1 Dec 18

@TheHorse - I actually first heard it on KCBN in Reno.

@debjani1 (7202)

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12 Dec 18

It happens with me too . I never heard the song you are talking about. Hope it would be a nice one.

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@TheHorse (218561)

• Walnut Creek, California

12 Dec 18

I just put it in the post. It's happy one, though the lions are always there. Laughing is a great song as well.

Bruce Cockburn - 6 - Wondering Where The Lions Are - Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws (1979)

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Bruce Cockburn - 6 - Wondering Where The Lions Are - Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws (1979)

@TJGray (291)

• Hallettsville, Texas

13 Dec 18

Oh this happens to me more times than i can count.