Kill that ear-bug!

"I make the beat go boom, papi..."
"I make the beat go boom, papi..."
"I make the beat go boom, papi..."

Oh ya, I am making the beat go boom, papi all f******* day long! This line is from this irrritatingly catchy house tune called 'Discoteka' that Phillip sent to me. The singer sort of warped huskily through the rest of the song, leaving only this chorus intelligible. Unfortunately it got jammed on repeat mode in my iTunes and that was the only song I listened to (unknowingly) all of yesterday.

And a day later, it's like a stucked needle tripping over the same groove in my head. And it is driving me absolutely bonkers.

I did a little reading to find out why do we get songs trapped in our head. According to an expert in the music industry, all songs are created with the focus on the 'hook'. Essentially, this mean that the music's natural adhesiveness determines its popularity hence, sale. If we don't get reeled in, they don't get business.

Most catchy tunes are "simple, repetitive and circular composition". Due to our memory limitation, we don't "see" the entire song in our head - just the section which is repetitve. So the question now is: how do we get the annoying tune out of your head?

According to a pyschologist, the reason it's in your head is because you've got a "kind of cognitive itch or you've got this sense of something not quite complete, so you try to complete the task in some other way". In other words, just like every other darn things in life you can't get over, you need to give it "closure".

Accordingly, killing the source of the song (aka Phillip) will not work. The next best thing according to said psychologist, is to analyse why that song is so meaningful to you. Was it some unresolved issue? Was it the ephiphanic lyrics? Was it playing during an emotional period in your life? HOW ABOUT BECAUSE IT WAS STUCK IN MY PLAYER ALL DAY, DAMMIT!

Here are 6 easier ways to get rid of stucked songs in head:

No. 1: Chop head off (Ouch!)

No. 2: Drown it with alcohol or other legally abusive substances (eg. chocolates or char kway teow)

No. 3: Do something physically complicated, like touching your nose with your eyelash

No. 4: Do something mentally complicated, like writing an essay on Freud's theory of 'Psychosexual Development'

No. 5: Do something emotionally complicated, like breaking up with your imaginery bf/gf

AND THE WINNER IS:

No. 6: Pass it on to some other suckers. Apparently this is the most effective (proven) method.
Once you sing it to another person, you pass on the bug!!

Now everyone, sing with me:
"I make the beat go boom, papi..."
"I make the beat go boom, papi..."
"I make the beat go boom, papi..."


Starkillers - Discoteka (Kobbe & Austin Leeds Mix)