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* [[The Return of Captain Invincible|An earworm by]] [[Christopher Lee]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9MuEA2eF8c for your pleasure.]
* [[John Williams]] was kind enough to summarize all of those ear worms we loved in one deliciously awesome arrangement. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEsKD5PPs2I ((BROKEN))Here you go.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB8F8g1-4Uw the Colonel Bogey March] from ''[[The Bridge Onon the River Kwai]]''. That is all.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND4oiuJCCjw Don't you just want to wear a cowboy hat and ride on a horse when you hear this music?]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSLQmOqGh6E&feature=related Another Bernstein piece that nobody ever forgets], although it may take them until 20 seconds in to get it. Dun-Dun-Dun DuhDa Dun-Dun-Dun...
*** Even better [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KecnOolcwIo live with the maestro himself.] You know you have reached [[Ear Worm]] status when the audience are clapping and whistling to your tune!!!
* [[Eraserhead|"In heaven, everything is fine. In heaven, everything is fine. In heaven, everything is fine. You've got your good things, and you've got mine..."]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCHFVTQKqdQ ((BROKEN))There's a catchy tune in the neighbourhood...] [[Ghostbusters|who you gonna call]]?
* [[Charlie and Thethe Chocolate Factory|Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka, the amazing chocolatier...]]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbTUcv07Iww ((BROKEN))Oompa Loompa Doopidee Doo, I've got another ear worm for you...]
*** ''Cheer Up Charlie'' and ''I Want it Now''.
*** "The Candyman." ''All Things Considered'' did a piece on the song virus/ear worm phenomenon and cited this song, which led to tons and tons of listener mail complaining about having caught said earworm.
** "Pure Imagination."
{{quote| ''If you want to view<br />
Paradise<br />
Simply look around and view it...'' }}
** [[Memetic Mutation|Yes! the danger must be growing cuz the tropers keep on troping and they're certainly not showing]] ''[[Memetic Mutation|ANY SIGNS THAT THEY ARE SLOWING]]'' [[Memetic Mutation|AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!]]
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* [[Rocky III|It's the... eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight!]]
** [[Training Montage|* trumpets* GONNA FLY NOW!]]
* [[A Nightmare Onon Elm Street (Film)|"One, two, Freddy's coming for you. Three, four, better lock the door."]]
** [[Completely Missing the Point|"Five, Six, get a crucifix. Seven, Eight,]] [[Overly Long Gag|stay up late. Nine, Ten, never sleep again!"]]
* Two words: ''[[Saw (Film)|Hello]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhSHXGM7kgE Zepp]''.
* Two Words: ''[[Jaws (Filmfilm)|Jaws]]'' Theme (aka, if life [[Sorry I Left the BGM On|had a soundtrack]], the song you don't wanna hear swimming)
** Also known as the 4th movement from Dvorak's Symphony No. 9/New World Symphony. It was initially meant to represent a steam engine starting up.
* Another Two Words: ''[[Halloween (Filmfilm)|Halloween]]'' Theme.
** And Silver Shamrock Novelties from ''[[Halloween III]]'' wants to remind you that there's "Eight more days till Halloween, Halloween, Halloween..."
** And then you [http://www.youtube.com/user/Goldentusk add lyrics...]
* [[The Night of the Hunter (Film)|Rest, children, rest...]]
** [[Ironic Nursery Tune|Once there was a pretty fly...]]
{{quote| [[Soundtrack Dissonance|Leanin', leanin', safe and secure from all alarm...]]}}
* The Imperial March from ''[[Star Wars]]''.
** Remember the medal ceremony theme from the original ''Star Wars?''
** While the original opening theme is sure catchy, the song from the Mos Eisley Cantina is even more so.
** If you think the original version of the Imperial March is an earworm, try the [http://ukulelevideos.blogspot.com/2008/02/kuricorder-quartet-imperial-march.html Kuricorder Quartet's cover]. (And yes, those are indeed the people behind the ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'' soundtrack.)
** [[Ominous Latin Chanting|Duel of the Fates]].
*** ''Corn onnnn....the cob! Corn onnnn... '''the kebobbb!''' ''
* Most scores by [[John Williams]]. ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]], [[Superman (Filmfilm)|Superman]], [[Jurassic Park]], [[ETE.T. the Extraterrestrial (Film)Extra-Terrestrial|E.T.]]''...
* The ''[[Godzilla]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07UL3nBusqg ((BROKEN))theme.]
* Pick a song from the ''[[Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'', any song. Including "The Time Warp."
{{quote| ''It's just a jump to the left, AND A STEP TO THE RI-I-IIIGHT!''}}
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tc5UBYfx8k I'm just a Sweet Transvestite. From Transsexual, Transylvania!]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9-r-2zz5C8 ((BROKEN))Science Fiction (Oooh, ooh, ooh), Double Feature. Dr. X (Oooh, ooh, ooh) will build a creature...]
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** Is there anyone who reads the words "There's a light" and doesn't suddenly find themselves humming "Over At The Frankenstein Place"?
** Hot Patootie, bless my soul, really love that rock n roll.
** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnvVtCC-nsw title song] to ''[[Shock Treatment]]''.
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOEUpYcSwOM "Denton, U.S.A."] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25ZVa_fvs9Y "Bitchin' in the Kitchen"]. O'Brien is one catchy bastard.
* While probably not its actual origin, the taunt song from ''[[Remember the Titans]]'' gets stuck in many people's heads. ''Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye.''
** It's called "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye." It's treated as a [[Chorus -Only Song]] for earworm purposes, but the verses aren't bad.
** ''Remember The Titans'' is full of catchy music:
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrUMn6RS2Uk Everywhere we go-oh, people want to know-oh...] Bonus points for having a snazzy dance to go with it.
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** Also from Nick Cave, inexplicably-- "O'Malley's Bar". It feels like a spoken word song, but it'll get in there... oh yeah.
* Much of the stuff from the ''[[Mirror Mask]]'' soundtrack. Especially the version of "[[Nightmare Valley|Close To You]]", and especially [[Nightmare Fuel|when you're trying to sleep]].
* ''[[Imagine Me and You (Film)|Imagine Me and You]]'' ends the movie with the same song (which is [[Refrain From Assuming|actually titled]] ''Happy Together''), making it an almost sure thing for you to be singing that song for the next two hours or more.
* "[[The Elevator From Ipanema|The Girl From Ipanema]]". The elevator-music version from ''[[The Blues Brothers]]''. And "Rawhide".
* "Vogue," Madonna. You know that scene in ''[[The Devil Wears Prada]]'' where Andie shows off her new fashionista wardrobe to her boyfriend? Yup. ''That'' song.
* ''[[Scarface]]:'' "Push It to Limit," "She's on Fire", "Vamos A Bailar" and "I'm Hot Tonight."
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** As Jackie Chan put it in ''[[Rush Hour]]'', "EVERYBODY knows 'War'."
* "[[Life of Brian|Always Look On the Bright Side of Life]]".
* The ''[[Space Jam (Film)|Space Jam]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9FImc2LOr8 theme].
** And here is a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QPPjD2QeY8&fmt=18 mash-up] that mixes the Space Jam theme with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSfNfRA75-E&fmt=18 Funky Stars], which is pretty catchy by itself.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZPuck8eFfc ((BROKEN))If I hit 'em high, hit 'em high, hit 'em high, if you hit 'em low, hit 'em low, hit 'em low...]
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** [[Covered Up|Fly like an eagle, into the sea...]]
*** [[Mondegreen|Eat the babies, who don't have enough to eat. Shoot the children, with no shoes on their feet. Drown the people, livin' in the street, oh-oh, it's a solution ...]]
* From ''[[Ferris Buellers Day Off (Film)|Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]'' and ''The Secret of My Succe$s'', we have "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100403103443/http://www.hulu.com/watch/42706/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-mail-call#x-4,vclip,3 Day Bow Bow]". (Or, as it's more commonly known, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqU_0xpILIU ((BROKEN))Yello's "Oh Yeah".])
** ''Chicka... chicka-chick-aaaahhhhh...''
* [[Manos: theThe Hands of Fate|The Haunting Torgo Theme]]
* The ''[[Back to Thethe Future (Filmfilm)|Back to The Future]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zSw2V_vW0Y ((BROKEN))theme].
** The power of love...is a curious thing.
** Is this the '50s?/Or 1999?
* Allow me to introduce [[James Bond (Filmfilm)|myself]] -- The—The name's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii1tc493bZM Worm. Ear Worm]. Not to mention the various title themes, especially "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suXkdsftsVU Another Way to Die]". You will not get that opening guitar riff out of your head for at least a week.
** [[Casino Royale (Film)|You know my name!]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfc9GLxlhEw You know myyyyyyy naaaaaaaame! You know my...]
** [[Diamonds Are Forever (Film)|Diamonds. Are forever... they are... all that are needed to please me... they can stimu-layte and... tease me... they won't leave in the night, I've no fear, that they might. Desserrrrrtttttttt... meeeeeeee...]]
** [[Goldfinger (Film)|Goldfinger... He's a man, the man with the MIIIDAAAS TOUUCHHH... A SPIDER'S TOUCH!...]]
** The ''[[GoldeneyeGoldenEye (Filmfilm)|GoldeneyeGoldenEye]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HDrYI0foe4 ((BROKEN))opening theme].
** With that relentless four-note beat, the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQTo62aTbFs theme] from ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' couldn't be more of an [[Ear Worm]] if it tried.
** [[Wings (Musicband)|When you were young]], [[Live and Let Die (Filmfilm)|and your heart was an open book]]...
** [[Carly Simon|Nobody does it better]]; [[The Spy Who Loved Me (Film)|makes me feel bad for the rest]]...
** [[The World Is Not Enough (Film)|The world is NOOOOOOOT ENOOOOOOOOOOOUGH!]] [[Garbage|But it is such a perfect place to start]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C5NLfYdZaE&feature=related MY LOOOOOOOOOOVE].
** So he strikes! Like [[Thunderball (Film)|Thunderball]]....
* Thanks to [[Wall WALL-E]], a whole new generation will go around humming [[Hello, Dolly!|"Put On Your Sunday Clothes"]] inanely. "And we won't come home until we've kissed the giiirrrrll!"
** When you're standing in front of Cinderella Castle in [[Disney Theme Parks|Walt Disney World's]] Magic Kingdom, sometimes they will play an instrumental version of this song. A bright, cheery, whistly tune.
** Also the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC_NmwT43BI Buy 'n' Large] theme, although that was probably completely intentional.
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** A MOOOOOOMEEEEENT TOOOO BEEEE LOOOOVEEEED!!
** Also the song that plays over the end credits: Peter Gabriel's ''Down to Earth''.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H0JDomv8ac Arrival To Earth], from ''[[Transformers (Filmfilm)|Transformers]]''?
** ''That'' part of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g5CGP-iWwg&feature=related Scorponok].
** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McN3_4vdMGs The Touch]" from the original movie.
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* Henry Mancini, dear ''God'', Henry Mancini. ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86znnjhYrq4 ThePinkPanther]'', ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVuvRBqhkxQ ((BROKEN))A Shot In The Dark]'', ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjGDjwxRwpI Charade]'', and that's just for starters...
** Oh, man. "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nh49a8q2E4 ((BROKEN))Baby Elephant Walk]" fits here perfectly. Talk about a song that just goes on forever in your head.
* [[Monty Python and Thethe Holy Grail|"Bravely bold Sir Robin rode forth from Camelot, he was not afraid to die, oh brave Sir Robin..."]]
** "He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways, brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin..."
** "Brave sir Robin Ran away!" "No!"
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** "We are the Knights who say, 'NI!'"
** [[Ominous Latin Chanting|"Pie Jesu Domine * THUD* dona eis requiem. * THUD* "]]
* Also from the Pythons, every song from ''[[Monty PythonsPython's theThe Meaning of Life|Meaning of Life]]''. Especially the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsEcMH_BGfU intro song], the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9PiqCeLEmM penis song] (which is horribly difficult not to sing at work when you get bored and remember the all the words), and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0kJHQpvgB8 Every Sperm is Sacred.] But the worst offender of this trope is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk Galaxy song]
* [[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (Filmfilm)|"So long and thanks for all the fish, so sad that it had come to this, we tried to warn you all but oh dear..."]]
** And don't forget about [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rOMGIbY-9s this] right after the Earth blows up...
* ''[[Fiddler Onon the Roof]]'' gave us [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBHZFYpQ6nc If I were a Rich Man].
** There's another song of the same name. Gets stuck just as easily.
** There's a Mandarin dialect Hokkien song that's hit earworm status by keeping with the premise of If I Were A Rich Man. The refrain translates into "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtkL5Ldpk-g If I had a million dollars]" then goes on to talk about flying to America, or Japan, just to eat sushi...
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** Dun dun dun dun DUN dun dun dun Dun dun dun dun DUN dun dun dun Dun dun dun dun DUN dun duuun dun. [[Dramatic Pause]]. -- "Future Markets"
** "Would you believe in the burden of sin? There's power in the blooood! Power in the blooood! Would you o'er evil a victory win? There's wonderful power in the blood! There is poooower, poooower, wonder-working power, in the bloooooood! Of the laaaaaamb! There is pooooower, pooooower, wonder-working power, in the bloooood! Of the laaaaaamb!"
* The main theme from ''[[The Exorcist (Film)|The Exorcist]]'', Tubular Bells. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZcCxRDtTyM ((BROKEN))"Doo da doo da doo da-da doo da doo da da doo da doo (etc)"]
* The ''[[Saw (Film)|Saw]]'' theme music.
* Ethel Merman is [[Call Me Madam|the hostess with the mostess...]]
** She also knows [[Call Me Madam|"You don't need analyzin', it is not so surprisin', ohat you feel very strange but nice..."]]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX5ZRE26YWM America, FUCK YEAH! Comin' again to save the motherfuckin' day yeah!]
** Everyone has AIDS! AIDS, AIDS, AIDS, AIDS, AIDS!
* [[Repo! theThe Genetic Opera|Zydrate comes in a little glass vial.]]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tevg_jT5Sco A little glass vial?]
*** A LITTLE GLASS VIAL!
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******* ''Ah! Ah!''
******** And when the gun goes off, it sparks, and you're ready for surgery. (Surgery!)
** Pretty much every single song from ''[[Repo! theThe Genetic Opera]]''.
** Single Mom's part of "We Started This Op'ra Shit".
** "Needle Into a Bug" and anything Nathan sings, especially "Let The Monster Rise" and "Legal Assassin".
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** "How much of it's genetics? How much of it is fate? How much of it depends on the choices that we make?"
** "REEEEEEEPO MAAAAAAAAAAAN! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPO MAAAAAN!"
{{quote| Say you bought a heart or new corneas/But never managed to square away your debts/He won't bother to write or to phone you/He'll just RIP THE STILL BEATING HEART FROM YOUR CHEST!}}
** "Maggots, VERMEN! You want the world for nothing! [[Evil Laugh|Mua ha ha ha ha]] I'll keep those vultures guessing!
** "IIIIIII REEEEEMMMMMMEEEEEEEMMMMMMBBBBBBBBBEEEERRRRRRRR! Remember what you did to Marni!"
** GRAAAAAAAAAVEEEEEESSS.
** "AH would you like comment sir?" & " AT THE OPERA TONIGHT!" & "FROM MY WINDOW.
I CAN SEE THE WORLD FROM THERE.
NAME THE STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS.
COUNT THE CARS AND WATCH THE SEASONS"
* [[Also Sprach Zarathustra]].
* "Makin' up a song about [[Coraline (Animationanimation)|Coraline]]! She's a peach, she's a doll,[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WCDqtOlKtM she's a pal of mine..."]
** Not to mention [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LLHUQQ9cmM Dreaming], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxs2vS2gJ-c&feature=related Exploration], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnIUVHtLC08&feature=related the end credits]. That's some fucking catchy gibberish.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av77_epf3l4 Look at me, I'm the king of New York...]
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** ''Ain't it a fine life? Carryin' da banner trough it all!''
* The song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLkax2di8rA ((BROKEN))Chalte Chalte] from the Indian movie ''Mohabbatein''.
* ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|The Wizard of Oz]]'':
** "We're off to see the wizard! The wonderful wizard of Oz!"
** "Somewhere over the Rainbow"
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* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzNhQefDvH0&fmt=18 The Rocketeer Theme]''. You're welcome.
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRUa_E1CugU He's LARRRRRRRGE...] Really, anything from ''[[Popeye]]''.
* [[Labyrinth (Film)|You Remind me of the babe]]
** What Babe?
** The babe with the power
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* The J Ralph version of "Kansas City Shuffle", from [[Lucky Number Slevin]].
* [[Monty Python|"There are Jews in the world, there are Buddhists. There are Hindus and Mormons, and then there are those that follow Mohammed, but I've never been one of them..."]]
* Danny Elfman's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f5ykkGJvMU main titles] for ''[[Spider -Man (Filmfilm)|Spider Man]]'' are part of his insidious plot to take up residence in your brain ''forever''. ''Especially'' that madness at the beginning with the cellos.
** Quite a lot of the stuff Elfman composes could count as an ear worm to some degree...
** [[The Nightmare Before Christmas|"This is Halloween! This is Halloween! Pumpkins scream in the dead of night!"]]
*** If that wasn't bad enough, it's the background theme in the Halloween Town [[Kingdom Hearts]] level. Good luck trying to get it out of your head after that...
* [[Flash Gordon (Filmfilm)|FLASH!]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfmrHTdXgK4 AA-AAH! SAVIOR OF THE UNIVERSE!]
* [[The Breakfast Club|Don't you...* keyboard* ...forget about me!]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7xXgIgV6DA ((BROKEN))Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!]
* "[[Madagascar|I like to move it, move it! I like to move it, move it! I like to move it, move it! We like to...]]"
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* [[Hocus Pocus|Come little children, I'll take you away, into a land of enchantment...]]
** Or for that matter, Bette Midler's cover of "I Put A Spell On You".
* Michael Giacchino's score for the new ''[[Star Trek (Filmfilm)|Star Trek]]'' movie has a grade-A [[Ear Worm]] for a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOe2reF8DS8 ((BROKEN))main theme]. It doesn't help that it's played ''every five minutes''. Lucky thing it's [[Crowning Music of Awesome|awesome]].
** A lot of Giacchino's music tends to have this effect. Just go listen to any of the themes from the [[Speed Racer (Filmfilm)|Speed Racer]] movie. Any of them. Especially "Casa Cristo" and the revamped main theme.
* [[The Boondock Saints|The Blood of Cuchulainn]].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuDTcIrFZ4g ((BROKEN))Marriage has come to town, laughter, color, light and sound. Life is great let's celebrate the sacred union two souls have found.] Aw heck, anything from Bride and Prejudice.
* The main theme (you know, the one played in the commercials) for ''[[Beverly Hills Chihuahua]]''.
* [[Mortal Kombat (Filmfilm)|MORTAL]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PvSnokAvyw KOMBAT!]
* The ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' theme.
* [[Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics|Five out of three musiconomists agree]] that Two Steps From Hell's "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlL_-5VfQJI&fmt=18 Protectors of the Earth]" has a 108% chance of getting stuck in your head. Fortunately, this just means that whatever you do for the rest of your day, be it [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not Awesome?|taking out the garbage or enjoying your hobby of stamp collecting]], will be incredibly, awesomely, '''EPIC'''.
** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5jcGA_gK40 ((BROKEN))Down With The Enterprise]", by some miracle, manages to be even ''[[Up to Eleven|more]]'' earworm-y and '''EPIC''' in equal measure.
* Anything from [[The Sound of Music]], especially "So Long, Fairwell", "Do-Re-Mi", "The Lonely Goatherd" and "Sixteen going on Seventeen".
** How could you possibly forget "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" That one is insidious.
* [[Enchanted (Film)|"How does she know you love her?"]]... damn you, Giselle.
** "Come my little friends as we all sing a happy little working song!"
** "I've been dreaming of a true love's kiss!" Even better if you're going for Pip's version.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYQ2_WBlIxM&feature=related Dum. Da da. Da da da da da da da da da dum...]
* Pretty much anything in [[Grease]].
** You reign supreme, the chicks'll cream, for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oWeaujOWXc ((BROKEN))Grease Lightning...]
** You better shape up! Cause I need a man! Who can keep me satisfiiiied!
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** Tell me more! Tell me more! Did you get very far?
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlozwEe7JTs From Chandi Chowk to China]... [[Dick Richardson]] can't find a translation, but DAMN if it wasn't catchy.
* [[Meet the Feebles (Film)|Sodomy... you must think it very odd of me, that I enjoy the act of sodomy.]] Especially dangerous because it's both maddeningly catchy ''and'' of course a pretty inappropriate thing to ever find yourself singing under your breath in public.
** ''I've got one leg missing... I've got one leg missing... I've got one leg missing... How do I get around?''
* [[Singin' in Thethe Rain (Film)|I'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain...]]
** Make 'em laugh, make 'em laugh!
* [[Forbidden Zone (Filmfilm)|F is Fay / Fi foh foo / F-U-C-K You You You...]]
** Give her all the juice, give her all the juice, 20,000 volts in her caboose...
* ''Dun dun dundun dada dun da...'' [[Risky Business|* slide in* ]] ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6UJZtCz1-c ((BROKEN))Dun dun dundun dada dun da...Just take those records off the shelf!]''
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxHNztg0X3s IT'S PARTY TIME!]
* "Hey Pachuco!" and "Cuban Pete" from ''[[The Mask (Filmfilm)|The Mask]]''.
* The "Berserker" song from ''[[Clerks]]''.
* The ''[[Beetlejuice (Film)|Beetlejuice]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuemrvG-2MM ((BROKEN))theme.]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4eoMxGDEJA ((BROKEN))DAAAY-O]
* The main theme from ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]''.
* ''[[Joes Apartment]]'':
{{quote| Funky towel, towel's got the funk!<br />
Funky towel, towel's got the funk!<br />
Baby I got the loooove (baby I got the powaaaahhh!)<br />
Come on girl and rock my world, and my funky towel! }}
* From ''[[Music and Lyrics]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGLXpIojJkg ((BROKEN))I wasn't gonna fall in love again - but then POP! Goes my heart!]
* [[The Neverending Story (Filmfilm)|The Neverending Story]]... [[Award Bait Song|ahh ahh ahh, ahh ahh ahh, ahh ahh ahh]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSHHnfApO0Q "You're the missing piece I need the voice inside my head"].
* From ''[[Ghost (Filmfilm)|Ghost]]'' (previously a hit for Herman's Hermits in the 1960s and Harry Champion in the 1910s), "I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am":
{{quote| Second verse same as the first!}}
* [[Xanadu (Film)|Xanadu]]... both the title song and "Magic". Oh! And "Don't Walk Away"... Wait! Also "I'm Alive"... And "All Over the World"... Oh! And "Dancin'"... Oh! And...
* [[The Green Mile|Heaven, I'm in heaven...]]
* [[Top Gun|Highway to the danger zone! Gonna take you right into the danger zone!]]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBKOpFVggr8 Take me on your mighty wings, toniiiiiiiiiight!]
* [[CSA: Confederate States of America|Washington and Davis, they made our empire grand...]]
* The lovely indie film ''[[Once]]'' features a huge earworm. It's a gorgeous song, but an ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoSL_qayMCc ear worm]'' nonetheless.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igjSxrCXsMo ((BROKEN))Walking through a dream, I see you...]
* The sex sketch comedy film ''Can I Do It Till I Need Glasses?'' has a theme song that will stick in your head for hours, maybe even days, and the worst part is that it's one you definitely do not want to get caught singing.
* [[Kabhi Kushi Kabhie Gham|Say Shava Shava...]]
* Every. single. song. in ''[[Cannibal! theThe Musical]]'', bear in mind that Trey Parker and Matt Sone made this film when they were ''in college''
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvjbv7wq34 ((BROKEN))The sky is blue, and all the leaves are green, the sun's as warm as a baked po-ta-to! I think I know precisely what I mean, when I say 'It's a shpadoinkle day!']
*** lets build a snowman we can make him our best friend, we can name him bob or we can name him beowulf! we can make him tall or we can make him not so t-
**** BANG!!
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhTU7_mipB0 Hedwig's Theme] from the first [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Filmfilm)|the first ''Harry Potter]]'' movie]].
** From the [[Fake Band]] that plays in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tNUAumvfzg Do the Hippogriff]".
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMoMBFhMdDw I've had! the time of my life] [[Dirty Dancing|and I've never felt this way before...]]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfg97-5uhFQ I feel her breath on my face. Her body close to me..]
* (Enter Jazz bassline)... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdAzx_hYEBo ((BROKEN))Woman], Wo-Man, Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Man! She was a thief, you gotta believe. She stole my heart and my cat!
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSVR94c0bqM Rock me, sexy Jesus]!
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** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkRIbUT6u7Q Money]".
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_TbgMUx9OA ''It's our secret of survival in a very nasty world!'' Now you see us -- now you don't! Now you hear us... now you won't...!] Okay, so we lied about that last part.
** This is from the 1996 version of [[The Wind in Thethe Willows]] btw
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5iZE6-a9jU "Let's make music together!] [[All Dogs Go to Heaven|Let's make sweet harmony!"]]
** [[BigNon LippedSequitur Alligator MomentScene]]!
* [[Rent|I...Seee...]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifknfWDYyp4&feature=related Youuuuu!]
* [[Iron Man (Filmfilm)|Make way! Make way!]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3cJ1onJkig Tomorrow's heading our way...]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdsovEbkPbI It's An Inky Dinky Doo Dah Morning].
* No chance, no way! I won't say it, oh no! (You swoon, you sigh, why deny it, uh-oh!) It's too cliche, [[Hercules (Disney1997 film)|I won't say I'm in love.]]
* [[Kung Fu Hustle]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNqeKIV6oBk&fmt=18 Blade of Gu Qin]. Yes, it comes in at a tragic part of the movie, but it's still damn catchy.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSY4Yi2ypno Requiem For a Dream]
* [[Get Him to The Greek|When the world slips you a Geoffrey,]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X2bf76wn54 Stroke the furry wall!!]
* ''[[The Karate Kid]]''. "You're the best around! Nothing's ever gonna keep you down..."
* [[MacGruber|He made a fucking movie....]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhyu0jXVRQ8&feature=related MACGRUBERRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!]
* [[The Italian Job|"This is the self-preservation society, this is the self-preservation society..."]]
* From [[Hans Zimmer]]: {{smallcapssmall-caps|'''[[Inception|Bwooo]][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2jUhnCU9iA&feature=related ooong]'''}}
* [[Despicable Me|I'm having a bad bad day, it's about time that I get my way...]]
* ''[[The Producers]]''' [[Springtime for Hitler|It's Springtime for Hitler and Germany!]]
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* [[Borat]]'s version of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWGm8HvOrNI Kazakhstan National Anthem]. Anyone who disagree is nosey Uzbek with bone in their brain.
* Even if not a lot of people liked this movie, the theme song of [[Police Academy]] is definitely badass.
* [[History of the World Part One|The Inquisition! (Let's begin!) The Inquisition! (Look out, Sin!) ]]
** The Jews are in spaaaaace!
* ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' has I Monster's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VSmiXRn4vs ((BROKEN))"Blue Wrath"] as a downright infuriatingly catchy intro song.
** *ahem* [[Queen|Toniiiiiiiiight, I'm gonna have mysssseeeeeeellllllf, a real good time . . .]]
* Possibly the only good thing to come out of [[Starship Troopers (Filmfilm)|Starship Troopers 3]] was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIsv1YOFNys this] catchy bit of recruitment propaganda, courtesy of the Sky Marshal.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDcWgbUrAzI The D'Ampton Worm folk song] from ''[[Lair of the White Worm]]''.
* From the end credits sequence of ''[[Kill Bill]]'' Vol. 2, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4aFXfp9Cno&feature=related Maleguena Salerosa].
* I'm not sure this goes under Film, but... Try watching a Richard Simmons "Sweatin' to the oldies" 1, 2, 3, or broadway and not get at least *one* stuck in your head! "Breaking up is hard to do-" NO MORE!!!
* [[The Shawshank Redemption]] has the music that plays when {{spoiler|the police are coming to get Captain Hadley and Warden Norton}}.
* Listen to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eam9v9FsLw4 this music] from [[Pans Labyrinth|Pan's Labyrinth]] and try not to hum it for hours afterward.
* The intro of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX1nHgo9ZeI The War Wagon]
* [[Tears for Fears|Everybody]] [[Real Genius (Film)|wants to]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST86JM1RPl0 rule the world]...
* [[Donnie Darko|Something happens]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sZzCyJVb4o ((BROKEN))and I'm head over heels]...
* [[The Allman Brothers Band (Music)|But I'm not gonna let them catch me, no,]] [[The DevilsDevil's Rejects|not gonna let them catch]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7A2acBVENA the Midnight Rider]!
* [[Dawn of the Dead (Filmfilm)|Da da da da, da da da da,]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V66m52YFZBg ((BROKEN))da da da dadadadadadada!]
* [[The Specials|Life is a rock,]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kh-AP4OCU but the radio rolled me!]
* [[King Diamond|Grandma,]] [[Clerks II|what was it like?]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJH0eBtnbcs To be on the holiday site?]
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzmalnUlWGI Coming Attractions/Feature Presentation theme] from ''[[Kill Bill]]'' and ''[[Grindhouse]]''.
* Really, any of the songs used in the [[Beverly Hills Cop]] series.
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FtCcMTGxmQ opening credits] [[Soundtrack Dissonance|music]] in [[SaloSalò, Oror Thethe 120 Days Ofof Sodom]].
* [[Captain America: theThe First Avenger (Film)|Who's strong and brave, here to save the American way? Who vows to fight, like a man, for what's right, night and day?]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsrd1z-Ufuo Da da da...]
* Definitely the "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSf5tx4e_PA&feature=related Theme From] ''[[The Last Starfighter]]''".
* [[Fantastic Mr. Fox|Boggis, Bunce and Bean,]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CwnpYKT_yo one fat, one short, one lean/ These horrible crooks so different in looks, but nontheless equally mean.]
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKV28XIrHAs galley music] from ''[[Ben -Hur]]''. [[Ramming Always Works|Ramming.... SPEED!]]
* "I'm Shipping Off to Boston" from [[The Departed]].
* The song Tim the Minion (dressed like a mom) sings in [[Despicable Me]].
* Almost about every song in [[Rio]].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2sKH8yjVsM Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows] from [[Cloudy Withwith a Chance of Meatballs]].
* [[Sin City|Sun goes up and the sun goes down...at my desk, I'm like the rest...all I do I wanna do with you.]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWy1JLuP8MY Not actually from the movie,] but incessantly played in the trailers.
* [[The Avengers (Filmfilm)|Like the sun, we will live to rise! Like the sun,]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ZNtOcY_1A we will live and die, and then, ignite again...]
* In the movie ''Thoughtcrimes'', Brendan doesn't believe in Freya's telepathic abilities until she mentions that he'd had the ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' theme song stuck in his head all day.
* In ''[[Wayne's World|Waynes World]]'', Wayne has the song "Hey Mickey" stuck in his head. He and his girlfriend sing it to expel it.
* In the movie ''[[Pontypool]]'', the Ear Worm comes in the form of infected phrases in the English language that spread through understanding.
* In ''[[Eurotrip]]'', Scotty's ex-girlfriend Fiona's new boyfriend's song, "Scotty Doesn't Know" (about Fiona cheating on Scotty) becomes something of an Ear Worm for the entire cast—starting with Scotty's best friend. Not only that, but it becomes a major hit all over Europe.
* "Pocket Full of Sunshine" becomes an Ear Worm for the main character, Olive, of ''[[Easy A]]''.
* The catchy song from ''Three Magic Words'', a short riffed on by [[Riff Trax]], is declared an ear worm by a despondent Bill Corbett after it continues on past the short itself.
 
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