Thankfully, its starting to go away but over the past two to three days I’ve been infected with the most malicious of viruses: An earworm.

What’s an earworm?

From Dictionary.com:

Earworm: a tune or part of a song that repeats in one’s mind.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, an earworm is when a song gets “stuck” in your head and parts of said song repeat over and over and over and over again until you’re ready to pull a drill out of your toolbox and…

…ahem…

I’ve had earworms before.  I’m sure most everyone has.

In my case, the latest earworm I’ve struggled with was The Beatles’ Martha My Dear, from their White Album.

Here’s a very early demo of the song…

What’s weird about this is that, frankly, of all the Beatles songs out there, its one that I’ve never really given all that much thought to.  It’s a nice song, mind you, a cheerful Paul McCartney tune dedicated (yep) to his dog Martha and its a nice piece but hardly one of the most memorable of songs.

And yet the other day, when I was tuning in to the various Sirius stations I stopped at their Beatles one and the host talked about this song and how he knew Martha (the dog) and here’s the song…

…and it played and stuck in my head ever since.

Best way to combat an earworm is to try to overlap/drown it out with another song.  In my case, I chose something far more bombastic…

With my luck, I’ll have this song be my latest earworm…