Got a song stuck in my head. How can I stop it?

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Lewis capaldi - someone you loved. I actually love this song but snippets of it have been playing over in my head since I woke up this morning.

I don't want to hate the song, but it's driving me mad!

Does anyone know how I can stop it ?

Sing happy birthday a few times

Listen to the whole song from start to finish.

@DaanSaaf not sure if you were being serious but I'll try it anyway.

@implantsandaDyson I tried that earlier but it didn't help.

I read somewhere* recently that singing the national anthem is the best way to rid yourself of an ear worm. It works for me, even though I’m staunchly anti-royalist.

• Vague is my middle name.

You have to sing the whole song accurately all the way through.

You need to listen to something else that's catchy and will drive it out. Try this:

I heard Summer Holiday by Cliff can dislodge even the most persistent earworm.

We use Macho Man in our house. Annoying enough to oust the ear worm but not catchy enough to take its place. Perfect.

We invoke the Achy Breaky Protocol. Sing something you’d be embarrassed to let others hear.

I have a nuclear option but only I know the code

Ok so I've sang happy birthday and the national anthem the best I could.... and now it's changed to George Ezra - shotgun going over and over

Oh my gosh, same here! For me it's the second part of the chorus, over and over again!

It's occasionally replaced with the chorus of "dancing with a stranger "

Singalong to this instead

It’s a great tune to accompany doing the housework.

I always use "Can't get you out of my head" by Kylie as an earworm cleanser. It's catchy and repetitive and importantly the problem reminds me of the song name! Otherwise I'd be stuck on the earworm song with no escape, I can't think of a second tune while I've got one going.

Karma kameleon is legendary for getting rid of any ear worm

Sing another one.

Baby shark doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

You're welcome.

Listen to The Chicken Song by Spitting Image. Somebody You Loved by Lewis Capaldi is a beautiful song but very sad. It's also a bitch of an earworm. That and Sam Smith/Normarni's Dancing with a Stranger.

If The Chicken Song doesn't cure you, nothing will.

Apparently chewing gum uses the same muscles

Also, try this little fucker

You need to replace them with non earwormy tunes. Dh often changes the music playing at the end of a long family journey, if it seems like we're all going to end up lumbered with something annoying.

www.dur.ac.uk/music/research/earworms/

You need to get yourself one of those puzzle books and do an anagram, or sudoko - works for me!

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. It's still there this morning but I will give some of your ideas a go.