“Earworms” is a funny name for those songs that get stuck in your head. If you think about it, they attach themselves to you. People get songs stuck in their heads for a few different reasons. A quote from James Kellaris, a professor at the University of Cincinnati says, “there are general patterns of characteristics for songs that frequently get stuck, such as being simple, repetitive, and having mild incongruity,” songs that are easier to sing or easier to memorize, with less words seem to get stuck more easily. We all get earworms once in awhile some more often than others. A study found by the 10th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition discovered that “ more than 91 percent of people reported having an earworm at least
