Recent ones

The trees- rush The 'middle part' before the last verse. Why so much rush lately? Today at lunch 'add it up' - violent femmes

xanadu - rush

Not the disco Xanadu, the proggy Xanadu, most specifically the "exit, stage left" live version

A magnetic fields song

The one that starts "what if the show didn't go on?" It's on 69 love songs.

Pyromania - def lepperd

This was yesterday

Julie - jens lenkman

You can trade me for a cigarette lighter

Summer nights - van halen

This is the crappy "van Hagar"era, which I don't even acknowledge exists. Also recently had 'heaven is a place on earth' in my head.

She's leaving home - the beatles

Bye bye

yesterday and today

yesterday: abacab - genesis this morning rotating head - the (english) beat

Sing a song - the carpenters

I have had a bunch of really outrageous ear worms recently but have not felt like logging them. This one, however, deserves it. I don't like this song and I don't know why it is in my head. I purged it by listening to sonic youth's cover of superstar.

19 something and 5 - gbv

there's been a bunch of others but I haven't been motivated to write them down.

Closer to Fine - indigo girls

Woke up with a headache like my head against a board, twice as cloudy as I'd been the night before

red shoes - e. costello

i only like the angry songs

Save a secret for the moon - magnetic fields

Sometimes they just pop into your head, mid afternoon

Hovering sombrero - tmbg

Not the worst tmbg song, but there are lots of ones I like more than this one.

a night in tunisia

this was in my head when I woke up

Oh boy - buddy holly and the crickets

Boston - hitch a ride

The end part of the chorus. Early today it was the song from that sports store commercial. I have a headache. (Edit: it is possible that this has been in my head since 5/28, I've decided to start posting recent duplicates.)

Tuesday afternoon - the moody blues

Mainly the galloping part in the middle

Rock on - David essex

Rock on Rock on

a few hits not logged

tie your mother down - queen church of the poisoned mind - culture club goodnight ladies - traditional

Cars and parties - Edith frost

There's too many cars round here.

Hitch a ride - boston

Especially the guitar solo

ice cold ice - husker du

if i sound distant that's because

To remake the young flyer - Tobin sprout

This was in my head as I got out of bed this morning.

Five corporations - fugazi

Clusterfuck Theory

highway to hell - ac/dc

Playin in a rockin band

Beautiful loser - Bob seeger

I don't know if that's the name but it is in the chorus.

Yankee Doodle dandy

"Do or die" through "4th of July" I also had weird dreams last night

thank you - zeppelin

Person 1 stares of at sunset Person 2 "what's wrong?" P1 "I hear Thank You by Led Zeppelin" P2 stops Walkman connected to crappy car stereo speaker that was quietly playing.

I can't go for that - hall and oates

I'm not sure that's the name of the song but you get the point

Recent hits

Sunday, while doing long hours of mindless work: Safety Dance Others: Divine hammer - breeders Do they know it's christmas time - the 80's I'm sure there were more.

Long distance runaround - yes

Plus many others not logged while i have continued doing mindless work

A lot of songs today while doing numb mindless work

Stay down here where you belong - Tiny Tim Cruise like a Norwegian - from the radio ad The candy man - the 70s one from a movie? Or TV show? Riding bikes - shellac

My boogie shoes (or whatever it is called) by KC and the sunshine band (or whoever it is)

I am not wasting my my my my my my time looking up this song. (This song was in my head yesterday)

Love will keep us together - the captain and tennile

Where did this song come from?

Bigmouth strikes again - the smiths

cause I got right to take my place in the human race

you are the everything - rem

all you hear is time stand still