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I've been listening to a lot of Christmas songs lately. I actually noticed that a lot of "classic" songs will be sung by other artists. I really like Ariana Grande's version of Last Christmas because she adds more of the ... uh... I totally forget this word but I learned it in History 1... virtuosic? something like that... anyway, what I meant was she demonstrates her skill by altering the notes and the melody line.

They've seriously been playing this song everywhere, and now it's stuck in my head.

I remember reading about ear worms before, and apparently they have a simple, upbeat melody, and catchy, repetitive lyrics. They also have some sort of unusual part to it for you to remember. The repetitive lyrics thing is sooooo annoying. For example, if there's a really repetitive chorus of a song, and it just keeps playing over and over and over... and over and over... and over and over again... UGH.

Anyway, this song is my most recent ear worm. It's not even that catchy, it's just so... I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS! I think it's because the melody is really soft but repetitive. And the melody's quite "pretty", too, if you know what I mean.

The Telegraph says that if you do something that's challenging enough (but not too challenging), it helps make ear worms go away. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/9950143/Get-that-tune-out-of-your-head-scientists-find-how-to-get-rid-of-earworms.html

Also, this study is collecting ear worm songs, which is pretty interesting. I think they're trying to study which ear worms get stuck and why. https://earwormery.wordpress.com I think that's pretty cool. :D