3 ms·
Four words: Smoke on the Water. More often, though, I get a Bach Fugue - they can last for days. If I'm really serious about removing an "earworm" I recite po
by RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago
Four words: Smoke on the Water.
More often, though, I get a Bach Fugue - they can last for days. If I'm really serious about removing an "earworm" I recite poetry, ad I've specifically memorised a few poems for that purpose. It was one of my earliest "Mind Hacks".
- joshkaufman 17y agoStrange but true: James Kellaris, one of my marketing professors from college, is the guy who coined the term "earworm" - it's his primary research topic: http://www.business.uc.edu/earworms http://www.business.uc.edu/earworms
- philwelch 17y agoIn a sense, but "earworm" is a literal translation of the German "Ohrwurm", which predates it.