How To Kill Earworms – The Songs That Get Stuck In Your Head

You wake up and there's a song in your head or somebody even mentions a stupid song and it gets stuck there all day! They call these little pests 'earworms' and now little beadie-eyed guys with pocket protectors in lab coats have figured out a solution that doesn't involve therapy with a piece of wood marked 'Louisville Slugger'... Although the revelation isn't all that 'scientific'. All those bucks spent on degrees at MIT and ongoing extensive research and the results are in: rid yourselves of those pesky earworms simply by...

...thinking of something else... HARD.

No seriously, scientists say that all you need do is distract your mind by doing a Sudoku puzzle or crossword or something that is engaging to your mind to get it off the killer pop song stuck in your head. The song is taking over your working memory, so you need to shove it out by replacing it with something else. Video games or a really engaging convo can do the trick too, so gone are the days of banging your head against a wall or screaming at the top of your lungs! Well, unless you're belting out 'Mah-nah-mah-nah' from the Muppets! Happy bug control ;)

Click the audio player below for some further humor while trying to cure yourself of earworms....