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Music is so catchy that they had to come up with a word to describe those songs that get stuck in your head: earworm. Click on any music quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. We'll give you details on who sang it, when they said it, and in some cases, why on earth they thought it was okay to sing it.
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"'Cause you know I love the players, and you love the game."Source: Blank Space | Speaker: Taylor Swift
"'Cause you're hot then you're cold…"Source: "Hot N Cold" | Speaker: Katy Perry
"A guy like you should wear a warning."Source: "Toxic" | Speaker: Britney Spears
"A little bit of Monica in my life..."Source: Mambo No 5 | Speaker: Lou Bega
"A little less conversation, a little more action please."Source: A Little Less Conversation | Speaker: Elvis Presley
"A whole new world."Source: Aladdin | Speaker: Aladdin and Princess Jasmine
"Ain't no sunshine when she's gone..."Source: "Ain't No Sunshine" | Speaker: Bill Withers
"All you want to do is ride around, Sally."Source: "Mustang Sally" | Speaker: Wilson Pickett
"Am I original? Am I the only one? Am I sexual?"Source: "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" | Speaker: Backstreet Boys
"And another one gone, another one gone, another one bites the dust."Source: "Another One Bites the Dust" | Speaker: Queen
"And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet.""Source: Love Story | Speaker: Taylor Swift
"Backstreet's back, all right!"Source: "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" | Speaker: Backstreet Boys
"But rumour has it he's the one I'm leaving you for."Source: "Rumour Has It" | Speaker: Adele
"Bye, bye Miss American Pie"Source: American Pie | Speaker: Don McLean
"California girls, we're unforgettable."Source: "California Gurls" | Speaker: Katy Perry
"Can you pay my bills?"Source: "Bills Bills Bills" | Speaker: Destiny's Child
"Cause I can't make you love me if you don't."Source: I Can't Make You Love Me | Speaker: Bonnie Raitt
"Come as you are"Source: "Come as You Are" | Speaker: Nirvana
"Come on, come on, do the locomotion with me."Source: "The Locomotion" | Speaker: Little Eva
"Darlin' it's better, down where it's wetter, take it from me!"Source: Under the Sea | Speaker: Sebastian the Crab
"Did you ever know that you're my hero?"Source: Wind Beneath My Wings | Speaker: Bette Midler
"Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?"Source: "Firework" | Speaker: Katy Perry
"Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?"Source: "Don't Cha" | Speaker: The Pussycat Dolls
"Don't stop believin'."Source: Don't Stop Believin' | Speaker: Journey
"Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer…"Source: "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" | Speaker: Vicki Lawrence
"Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did."Source: "I'm Still Standing" | Speaker: Elton John
"Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony."Source: Ebony and Ivory | Speaker: Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
"Every day I'm shuffling."Source: Party Rock Anthem | Speaker: LMFAO
"Everybody in the whole cell block was dancing to the jailhouse rock!"Source: "Jailhouse Rock" | Speaker: Elvis Presley
"Fat bottomed girls, you make the rocking world go round."Source: Fat Bottomed Girls | Speaker: Queen
"Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes. How do you measure, measure a year?"Source: Seasons of Love | Speaker: Cast of Rent
"Get up offa that thing and dance 'till you feel better!"Source: Get Up Offa That Thing | Speaker: James Brown
"Get ur freak on."Source: "Get Ur Freak On" | Speaker: Missy Elliot
"Go, shawty. It's your birthday."Source: "In Da Club" | Speaker: 50 Cent
"God speed your love to me."Source: "Unchained Melody" | Speaker: The Righteous Brothers
"Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball."Source: Good Golly Miss Molly | Speaker: Little Richard
"Got a long list of ex-lovers; they'll tell you I'm insane."Source: "Blank Space" | Speaker: Taylor Swift
"He ain't no drag—Papa's got a brand new bag."Source: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag | Speaker: James Brown
"He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich."Source: "Down Under" | Speaker: Men at Work
"He's a sweet talkin', sugar-coated candy man."Source: "Candy Man" | Speaker: Christina Aguilera
"He's leavin'… on that midnight train to Georgia."Source: Midnight Train to Georgia | Speaker: Gladys Knight and the Pips
"Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho! It's home from work we go!"Source: Heigh-Ho | Speaker: The Seven Dwarfs
"Here comes the sun. And I say, it's all right."Source: "Here Comes the Sun" | Author: George Harrison
"Hey sista, go sista…"Source: "Lady Marmalade" | Speaker: Robert Crewe and Kenny Nolan
"Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone."Source: "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" | Speaker: Pink Floyd
"Hey, where did we go? Days when the rains came..."Source: "Brown-Eyed Girl" | Speaker: Van Morrison
"Hit the road, Jack."Source: "Hit the Road Jack" | Speaker: Ray Charles
"Hold me closer, tiny dancer."Source: Tiny Dancer | Speaker: Elton John
"How many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry?"Source: Blowin' in the Wind | Speaker: Bob Dylan
"Hurry up and bring your jukebox money!"Source: "Love Shack" | Speaker: The B-52's
"I ain't no hollaback girl."Source: Hollaback Girl | Speaker: Gwen Stefani
"I came in like a wrecking ball"Source: "Wrecking Ball" | Speaker: Miley Cyrus
"I can't help falling in love with you."Source: Can't Help Falling in Love | Speaker: Elvis Presley
"I can't live with or without you."Source: "With or Without You" | Speaker: U2
"I don't care who you are, where you're from, what you did, as long as you love me"Source: "As Long As You Love Me" | Speaker: Backstreet Boys
"I don't know what's right and what's real anymore."Source: The Fear | Speaker: Lily Allen
"I don't think you ready for this jelly."Source: "Bootylicious" | Speaker: Destiny's Child
"I don't want no scrub."Source: No Scrubs | Speaker: TLC
"I drove all night to get to you."Source: I Drove All Night | Speaker: Cyndi Lauper, Roy Orbison
"I feel so close to you right now, it's a force field."Source: Feel So Close | Speaker: Calvin Harris
"I get by with a little help from my friends."Source: With a Little Help from My Friends | Speaker: The Beatles
"I got all the riches, baby, one man can claim"Source: My Girl | Speaker: The Temptations
"I got you, babe."Source: I Got You Babe | Speaker: Sonny Bono and Cher
"I heard it through the grapevine, not much longer would you be mine."Source: I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Speaker: Marvin Gaye
"I hope you don't mind that I put down in words…"Source: Your Song | Speaker: Elton John
"I just can't get you outta my head."Source: "Can't Get You Out of My Head" | Speaker: Kylie Minogue
"I kissed a girl, and I liked it."Source: "I Kissed a Girl" | Speaker: Katy Perry
"I know who I want to take me home"Source: "Closing Time" | Speaker: Semisonic
"I like big butts and I cannot lie."Source: Baby Got Back | Speaker: Sir Mix-a-Lot
"I love his Cinema Italiano."Source: Nine | Speaker: Stephanie
"I never knew me a better time, and I guess I never will."Source: "Crocodile Rock" | Speaker: Elton John
"I never want to hear you say, I want it that way."Source: "I Want It That Way" | Speaker: Backstreet Boys
"I put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it."Source: "Work It" | Speaker: Missy Elliot
"I said a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie, to the hip hip-hop."Source: Rapper's Delight | Speaker: The Sugarhill Gang
"I said you wanna be startin' somethin', you gotta be startin' something."Source: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" | Speaker: Michael Jackson
"I saw the sign, and it opened up my eyes."Source: "The Sign" | Speaker: Ace of Base
"I see a little silhouetto of a man. Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the fandango?"Source: "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Speaker: Queen
"I see a red door and I want it painted black."Source: Paint It Black | Speaker: The Rolling Stones
"I set fire to the rain."Source: "Set Fire to the Rain" | Speaker: Adele
"I shot the sheriff"Source: I Shot the Sheriff | Speaker: Bob Marley
"I think I'll try defying gravity, and you can't pull me down."Source: Wicked (2003 Musical) | Speaker: Elphaba
"I think to myself: what a wonderful world."Source: What a Wonderful World | Speaker: Louis Armstrong
"I wanna really really really wanna zig-a-zig ha."Source: "Wannabe" | Speaker: The Spice Girls
"I wanna run through the halls of my high school."Source: No Such Thing | Speaker: John Mayer
"I will always love you."Source: I Will Always Love You | Speaker: Dolly Parton (and Whitney Houston)
"I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie world."Source: Barbie Girl | Speaker: Aqua
"I'm a genie in a bottle, baby."Source: "Genie in a Bottle" | Speaker: Christina Aguilera
"I'm everything I am because you loved me."Source: Because You Loved Me | Speaker: Celine Dion
"I'm going back to the start"Source: "Scientist" | Speaker: Coldplay
"I'm just a fool, a fool in love with you."Source: "Earth Angel" | Speaker: The Penguins
"I'm pretty fly for a white guy."Source: "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" | Speaker: The Offspring
"I'm sexy and I know it."Source: Sexy and I Know It | Speaker: LMFAO
"I'm singin' in the rain, just singin' in the rain."Source: Singin' in the Rain | Speaker: Don Lockwood
"I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay, watching the tide roll away."Source: (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | Speaker: Otis Redding
"I've found my friends. They're in my head."Source: "Lithium" | Speaker: Nirvana
"I've got a blank space, baby, and I'll write your name."Source: Blank Space | Speaker: Taylor Swift
"I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts."Source: "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" | Speaker: Danny Kaye
"I've got all my life to live and I've got all my love to give"Source: I Will Survive | Speaker: Gloria Gaynor
"I've got no strings to hold me down, to make me fret, or make me frown."Source: I've Got No Strings | Speaker: Pinocchio
"I've got the moves like Jagger."Source: "Moves Like Jagger" | Speaker: Maroon 5
"I've seen fire and I've seen rain."Source: "Fire and Rain" | Speaker: James Taylor
"If I go crazy then will you still call me Superman?"Source: "Kryptonite" | Speaker: 3 Doors Down
"If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?"Source: "Free Bird" | Speaker: Lynyrd Skynyrd
"If you change your mind, I'm the first in line. Honey, I'm still free, take a chance on me."Source: Take a Chance on Me | Speaker: ABBA
"If you liked it, then you shoulda put a ring on it."Source: Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) | Speaker: Beyoncé
"If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends."Source: "Wannabe" | Speaker: Spice Girls
"If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change."Source: "Man in the Mirror" | Speaker: Michael Jackson
"If you'd have been there, if you'd have seen it, I betcha you would have done the same!"Source: "Cell Block Tango" | Speaker: Prison Girls
"In sleep, he sang to me. In dreams, he came. That voice which calls to me and speaks my name."Source: The Phantom of the Opera (1986 Musical) | Speaker: Christine Daae
"In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight."Source: The Lion Sleeps Tonight | Speaker: The Tokens
"Islands in the stream, that is what we are."Source: Islands in the Stream | Speaker: Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
"It don't matter if you're black or white."Source: Black or White | Speaker: Michael Jackson
"It wasn't a rock. It was a rock lobster."Source: "Rock Lobster" | Speaker: The B-52's
"It's a nice day for a white wedding."Source: White Wedding (Part 1) | Speaker: Billy Idol
"It's been a hard day's night."Source: "A Hard Day's Night" | Speaker: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
"It's going down. I'm yelling, "Timber!""Source: "Timber" | Speaker: Pitbull and Kesha
"It's no surprise to me, I am my own worst enemy."Source: "My Own Worst Enemy" | Speaker: Lit
"It's not about the money, money, money."Source: Price Tag | Speaker: Jessie J
"It's something about the way you look tonight."Source: "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" | Speaker: Elton John
"It's the end of the world as we know it"Source: "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" | Speaker: R.E.M.
"I’d rather be a hammer than a nail"Source: "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" | Speaker: Simon and Garfunkel
"Keep me hangin' on."Source: "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | Speaker: The Supremes
"Killing me softly…"Source: "Killing Me Softly With His Song" | Speaker: Roberta Flack
"Let the sky fall. When it crumbles, we will stand tall."Source: "Skyfall" | Speaker: Adele
"Let's get it on."Source: Let's Get It On | Speaker: Marvin Gaye
"Let's get physical."Source: Physical | Speaker: Olivia Newton-John
"Look at the stars, look how they shine for you."Source: "Yellow" | Speaker: Coldplay
"Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities."Source: Bare Necessities | Speaker: Baloo
"Love is a battlefield."Source: "Love is a Battlefield" | Speaker: Pat Benatar
"Makes me that much stronger"Source: "Fighter" | Speaker: Christina Aguilera
"Mamma mia, here I go again. My, my, how can I resist you?"Source: Mamma Mia | Speaker: ABBA
"Maybe I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time."Source: "Maybe I'm Amazed" | Speaker: Paul McCartney
"My love for you will still be strong after the boys of summer have gone."Source: The Boys of Summer | Speaker: Don Henley
"My mama told me, "You better shop around.""Source: "Shop Around" | Speaker: The Miracles
"New York, New York!"Source: "Theme from New York, New York" | Speaker: Frank Sinatra
"Nothing's gonna change my world."Source: "Across the Universe" | Author: The Beatles
"Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople."Source: Istanbul (Not Constantinople) | Speaker: They Might Be Giants
"Oh Philadelphia freedom, shine on me, I love you."Source: "Philadelphia Freedom" | Speaker: Elton John
"Oh, there's an empty place in my bones that calls out for something unknown."Source: Jack's Lament | Speaker: Jack Skellington
"Oo-ee-oo, I look just like Buddy Holly."Source: "Buddy Holly" | Speaker: Weezer
"Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind."Source: The Phantom of the Opera (1986 Musical) | Speaker: The Phantom
"Out of the sea, wish I could be, part of your world."Source: Part of Your World | Speaker: Ariel
"Pleased to meet you. Hope you guess my name."Source: Sympathy for the Devil | Speaker: The Rolling Stones
"Pour some sugar on me."Source: Pour Some Sugar on Me | Speaker: Def Leppard
"Pretty woman, give your smile to me."Source: Oh, Pretty Woman | Speaker: Roy Orbison
"Pretty woman, walkin' down the street."Source: Oh, Pretty Woman | Speaker: Roy Orbison
"Pretty young thing"Source: "P.Y.T." | Speaker: Michael Jackson
"Private eyes. They're watching you. They see your every move."Source: "Private Eyes" | Speaker: Hall and Oates
"Put the lime in the coconut."Source: "Coconut" | Speaker: Harry Nilsson
"Rollin' on the river"Source: "Proud Mary" | Speaker: John Fogerty
"Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!"Source: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo | Speaker: Fairy Godmother
"Saturday night's alright for fighting."Source: Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting | Speaker: Elton John
"Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime."Source: The Phantom of the Opera (1986 Musical) | Speaker: Christine Daae
"School's out for summer!"Source: School's Out | Speaker: Alice Cooper
"See that girl, watch that scene, digging the Dancing Queen."Source: "Dancing Queen" | Speaker: ABBA
"Shake it like a Polaroid picture!"Source: Hey Ya | Speaker: Outkast
"Shake it off."Source: Shake It Off | Speaker: Taylor Swift
"Shine bright like a diamond."Source: "Diamonds" | Speaker: Rihanna
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?"Source: Auld Lang Syne | Speaker: Robert Burns
"Show me the meaning of being lonely"Source: "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" | Speaker: The Backstreet Boys
"Signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours."Source: Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours | Speaker: Stevie Wonder
"Sing us a song, you're the piano man."Source: Piano Man | Speaker: Billy Joel
"So you wanna play with magic?"Source: "Dark Horse" | Speaker: Katy Perry
"So, goodbye, yellow brick road."Source: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" | Speaker: Elton John
"Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. I say love, it is a flower and you its only seed."Source: The Rose | Speaker: Bette Midler
"Sweet Caroline! Ba, ba, ba!"Source: "Sweet Caroline" | Speaker: Neil Diamond
"Sweet dreams are made of this."Source: "Sweet Dreams" | Speaker: The Eurythmics
"Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, Beauty and the beast."Source: Beauty and the Beast | Speaker: Mrs. Potts
"That's the way love goes."Source: "That's the Way Love Goes" | Speaker: Janet Jackson
"The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades"Source: The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades | Speaker: Timbuk 3
"The only one who could ever reach me was the son of a preacher man."Source: Son of a Preacher Man | Speaker: Dusty Springfield
"The party don't start 'til I walk in."Source: "TiK ToK" | Speaker: Ke$ha
"The record shows I took the blows and did it my way."Source: "My Way" | Speaker: Frank Sinatra
"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls."Source: The Sound of Silence | Speaker: Simon and Garfunkel
"There are places I remember all my life, though some have changed."Source: "In My Life" | Speaker: The Beatles
"There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun."Source: "House of the Rising Sun" | Speaker: Unknown
"They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot."Source: "Big Yellow Taxi" | Speaker: Joni Mitchell
"They tried to make me go to rehab; I said "no, no, no.""Source: Rehab | Speaker: Amy Winehouse
"This is a man's world. But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl."Source: It's a Man's Man's Man's World | Speaker: James Brown
"This is Halloween!"Source: This Is Halloween | Speaker: Citizens of Halloween Town
"This thing called love, I just can't handle it."Source: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Speaker: Queen
"Tin roof...rusted!"Source: Love Shack | Speaker: The B-52's
"Under the boardwalk, down by the sea..."Source: "Under the Boardwalk" | Speaker: The Drifters
"Very superstitious, writing's on the wall. Very superstitious, ladder's 'bout to fall."Source: Superstition | Speaker: Stevie Wonder
"Wake up Maggie, I think I got something to say to you."Source: "Maggie May" | Speaker: Rod Stewart
"War—huh yeah—what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!"Source: War | Speaker: Edwin Starr
"We all need somebody to lean on."Source: "Lean on Me" | Speaker: Bill Withers
"We are never ever ever getting back together."Source: We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together | Speaker: Taylor Swift
"We are the champions, my friends, and we'll keep on fighting 'til the end."Source: We Are the Champions | Speaker: Queen
"We are the world."Source: We Are the World | Speaker: Every Famous Singer Ever
"We can't go on together with suspicious minds."Source: "Suspicious Minds" | Speaker: Elvis Presley
"We don't need another hero"Source: "We Don't Need Another Hero" | Speaker: Tina Turner
"We'll never be royals."Source: "Royals" | Speaker: Lorde
"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year."Source: "Wish You Were Here" | Speaker: Pink Floyd
"What about love?"Source: "What About Love" | Speaker: Heart
"What does the fox say?"Source: The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) | Speaker: Ylvis
"What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?"Source: "Peace, Love, and Understanding" | Speaker: Elvis Costello
"Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there…"Source: "Drive" | Speaker: Incubus
"When a problem comes along, you must whip it."Source: "Whip It" | Speaker: Devo
"When the dawn comes, tonight will be a memory, too."Source: Cats (1981 Musical) | Speaker: Grizabella
"When you wish upon a star."Source: When You Wish Upon a Star | Speaker: Jiminy Cricket
"When your man wanna get buckwild…"Source: "Hit 'Em Up Style" | Speaker: Blu Cantrell
"Whenever, wherever"Source: "Whenever, Wherever" | Speaker: Shakira
"Where have all the good men gone, and where are all the gods?"Source: "Holding Out for a Hero" | Speaker: Bonnie Tyler
"Whether times are good or bad, happy or sad."Source: Let's Stay Together | Speaker: Al Green
"Whisper words of wisdom, let it be."Source: "Let It Be" | Speaker: The Beatles
"Who can it be now?"Source: "Who Can It Be Now?" | Speaker: Men at Work
"Who is that girl I see?"Source: "Reflection" | Speaker: Mulan
"Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?"Source: "What's Love Got to Do With It?" | Speaker: Tina Turner
"Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away."Source: "Yesterday" | Speaker: The Beatles
"Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirate's life for me! We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot!"Source: Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) | Speaker: Pirates
"You ain't never had a friend like me!"Source: Friend Like Me | Speaker: Genie
"You ain't nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time."Source: "Hound Dog" | Speaker: Elvis Presley
"You are beautiful, no matter what they say."Source: Beautiful | Speaker: Christina Aguilera
"You better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone, 'cause the times they are a-changing."Source: The Times They Are a-Changin' | Speaker: Bob Dylan
"You better work."Source: "Supermodel" | Speaker: RuPaul
"You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes."Source: Blue Suede Shoes | Author: Carl Perkins
"You can feel it all over. You can feel it all over, people."Source: Sir Duke | Speaker: Stevie Wonder
"You can stand under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh."Source: Umbrella | Speaker: Rihanna
"You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find you get what you need."Source: You Can't Always Get What You Want | Speaker: The Rolling Stones
"You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone."Source: "Big Yellow Taxi" | Speaker: Joni Mitchell
"You gotta kiss the girl."Source: Kiss the Girl | Speaker: Sebastian the Crab
"You held me down, but I got up."Source: "Roar" | Speaker: Katy Perry
"You know I read it in a magazine, oh-oh."Source: Bennie and the Jets | Speaker: Elton John
"You know my hips don't lie."Source: Hips Don't Lie | Speaker: Shakira
"You lived your life like a candle in the wind."Source: "Candle in the Wind" | Speaker: Elton John
"You look like my next mistake."Source: Blank Space | Speaker: Taylor Swift
"You make me feel like I'm a living teenage dream."Source: "Teenage Dream" | Speaker: Katy Perry
"You're a heartbreaker."Source: Heartbreaker | Speaker: Pat Benatar
"You're motoring. What's your price for flight?"Source: "Sister Christian" | Speaker: Night Ranger
"Your body is a wonderland."Source: "Your Body is a Wonderland" | Speaker: John Mayer
"Your love keeps lifting me higher."Source: "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" | Speaker: Jackie Wilson