Sorry to go nuclear on your wife. Make it through the chorus of this song (mmm bop) one time and it's just about guaranteed earworm. In the words of Mr. Miyagi "If do right, no can defend."
I'm probably screwed just by thinking of the song to recommend it to you. 😁
Take this ancient weapon from the 80s:
Pompeii by Bastille. Not so much the song but the day-day-oh, day-oh chant that runs under it.
Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. It took me years to get rid of it. I am in danger simply talking about it here.
Speaking of Day-oh though, the Banana Boat Song made famous by Harry Belafonte and also its appearance in Beetlejuice is a mid tier earworm. It all depends on how evil you're feeling.
Edit: 10 imaginary points if you spot what I had to fix.
Somebody once told me
I'mmmmm saiiiiiling away...
Dragostea din te (might not be spelling that right but it's iconic enough that it should pop right up when searched).
Also blue by Eiffel 65, the party rock anthem or crazy frog. No lyrics but still catchy is something like Sandstorm.
Kittyman Sea Shanty by the Trailer Park Boys.
Or Amazing Horse by MrWeebl.
Or perhaps Give That Wolf a Banana by Subwoolfer.
Badger badger badger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI
I’m surprised nobody mentioned Yellow Submarine yet. Or the Sesame Street theme. Or Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo.
If you really want to be evil you can also do The 7th Element or Better Off Alone. You have options
Baby shark do do do-do
These 3 are classics that get burned into my brain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q6yphdZhUA
The worst earworms are when you dont really know the words. If you dont have kids I recommend Danny Go.
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama
a bad one is bananaphone
Mmbop
Toxic by Britney Spears
Bobbing along from Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
Those are the last 2 ear worms I gave my wife by accident.
Omg I can believe I found this first try. Been so long since I’ve thought of it Pogo
Still Alive from Portal
Copacabana. I've had it for about 8 years. Drives my husband crazy that i can't stop singing it.
80s/90s cartoon intros, e.g.
Gummi Bears
Dashing and daring
Courageous and caring
Faithful and friendly
With stories to share
All through the forest
They sing out in chorus
Marching along
As their song fills the air
Gummi Bears
Bouncing here and there and everywhere...
Duck Tales
Life is like a hurricane
Here in Duckburg
Racecars, lasers, aeroplanes
It's a duck-blur
Might solve a mystery
Or rewrite history
DuckTales
Ooh-ooh
Rescue Rangers
Sometimes some crimes
Go slipping through the cracks
But these two gumshoes
Are picking up the slack
There's no case too big
No case too small
When you need help, just call...
Ch-Ch-Ch-Chip 'n Dale's
Rescue rangers
Smooth criminal
I could be brown, I could be blue, I could be violet sky, I could be purple, I could be hurtful, I could be anything you like
Caramba - Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot
Be aware this is not a regular earworm, this is a nuclear option. I don't know when I first heard this but every so often it climbs back from the deep, deep hole in my memories I have thrown it down and assaults me at 3am.
Crazy Frog - Axel F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k85mRPqvMbE
Pretty much anything by Elton John, especially Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
It'll drive you mad
baby shark
This should get to her:
If you can find a loop of the first few seconds before the lyrics of VengaBoys We LikeTo Party, that's diabolical IMO.
Otherwise, that song is, IMO, such a good earworm.
"Don't put bananas in my butt" song
Live is life. Na Naa na na na!
For plausible deniability in October, Monster Mash.
Creeper rap https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZujisNZuw0
Don't Stop Believing by Journey
Banana phone
Wesley Willis, Rock and Roll McDonald’s
Banana Boat!!!
🎶I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves!🎶
Let's do the Milkshake
Selling like a hotcake
Try some, buy some
Fee-fi-fo-fum
Talk about... pop muzik
Talk about... pop muzik
Pop, pop, pop muzik
Sandstorm. Always Sandstorm.
Beautiful and Tragic - The Trews
Baby shark da-doo-da-doo-doo
Easy Street
Günther - Ding Dong Song
Superfreak by Rick James. In fact, I use it to knock out other songs trying to establish a beachhead in my brain.
This is the song that doesn’t end, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because…
The ending of Lamb Chop's Play-Along. That has cursed me for 30+ years.
I used to send this song to a friend of mine all the time. It’ll get stuck in your head for weeks…
My go to is the song that doesn’t end from lamb chops.
Love me, love me...
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