Inner music example type: Songs

The Song That Doesn’t End

Songs, TV Programmes

Performed by Shari Lewis, American ventriloquist and puppeteer, 1992.

Shake It Off

Songs

In her song ‘Shake It Off’ (2014), Taylor Swift manages life’s irritations with the help of music in her head: ‘But I keep cruising Can’t stop, won’t stop moving It’s like I got this music In my mind Saying, “It’s gonna be alright.”‘

Ohrwurm

Songs

‘Ohrwurm’ by Wise Guys. This song by a popular German a capella group is about having an earworm and trying to get rid of it.

Lego Movie 2

Cartoons and comics, Films, Songs

Music which is designed to be catchy and to brainwash the protagnists. The song lyrics are "This song's gonna get stuck inside your head"

10,000-Year Earworm to Discourage Settlement Near Nuclear Waste Repositories

Songs

In 2014, musician Emperor X wrote a deliberately catchy song titled 10,000-Year Earworm to Discourage Settlement Near Nuclear Waste Repositories (Don’t Change Color, Kitty) in reference to the “ray cat” idea in nuclear semiotics, attempting to embed a warning message in folklore that would still be remembered in 10,000 years’ time.