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Music is so catchy that they had to come up with a word to describe those songs that get stuck in your head: earworm. Click on any music quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. We'll give you details on who sang it, when they said it, and in some cases, why on earth they thought it was okay to sing it.
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"A little less conversation, a little more action please."Source: A Little Less Conversation | Speaker: Elvis Presley
"Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did."Source: "I'm Still Standing" | Speaker: Elton John
"Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony."Source: Ebony and Ivory | Speaker: Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
"Everybody in the whole cell block was dancing to the jailhouse rock!"Source: "Jailhouse Rock" | Speaker: Elvis Presley
"Fat bottomed girls, you make the rocking world go round."Source: Fat Bottomed Girls | Speaker: Queen
"Get up offa that thing and dance 'till you feel better!"Source: Get Up Offa That Thing | Speaker: James Brown
"Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball."Source: Good Golly Miss Molly | Speaker: Little Richard
"He ain't no drag—Papa's got a brand new bag."Source: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag | Speaker: James Brown
"Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone."Source: "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" | Speaker: Pink Floyd
"Hey, where did we go? Days when the rains came..."Source: "Brown-Eyed Girl" | Speaker: Van Morrison
"I get by with a little help from my friends."Source: With a Little Help from My Friends | Speaker: The Beatles
"I heard it through the grapevine, not much longer would you be mine."Source: I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Speaker: Marvin Gaye
"I never knew me a better time, and I guess I never will."Source: "Crocodile Rock" | Speaker: Elton John
"I said you wanna be startin' somethin', you gotta be startin' something."Source: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" | Speaker: Michael Jackson
"I see a red door and I want it painted black."Source: Paint It Black | Speaker: The Rolling Stones
"I think I'll try defying gravity, and you can't pull me down."Source: Wicked (2003 Musical) | Speaker: Elphaba
"I will always love you."Source: I Will Always Love You | Speaker: Dolly Parton (and Whitney Houston)
"I'm singin' in the rain, just singin' in the rain."Source: Singin' in the Rain | Speaker: Don Lockwood
"I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay, watching the tide roll away."Source: (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | Speaker: Otis Redding
"I've got all my life to live and I've got all my love to give"Source: I Will Survive | Speaker: Gloria Gaynor
"If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?"Source: "Free Bird" | Speaker: Lynyrd Skynyrd
"If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change."Source: "Man in the Mirror" | Speaker: Michael Jackson
"If you'd have been there, if you'd have seen it, I betcha you would have done the same!"Source: "Cell Block Tango" | Speaker: Prison Girls
"It's been a hard day's night."Source: "A Hard Day's Night" | Speaker: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
"It's something about the way you look tonight."Source: "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" | Speaker: Elton John
"It's the end of the world as we know it"Source: "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" | Speaker: R.E.M.
"I’d rather be a hammer than a nail"Source: "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" | Speaker: Simon and Garfunkel
"Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities."Source: Bare Necessities | Speaker: Baloo
"Oh Philadelphia freedom, shine on me, I love you."Source: "Philadelphia Freedom" | Speaker: Elton John
"Pleased to meet you. Hope you guess my name."Source: Sympathy for the Devil | Speaker: The Rolling Stones
"Saturday night's alright for fighting."Source: Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting | Speaker: Elton John
"See that girl, watch that scene, digging the Dancing Queen."Source: "Dancing Queen" | Speaker: ABBA
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?"Source: Auld Lang Syne | Speaker: Robert Burns
"Signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours."Source: Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours | Speaker: Stevie Wonder
"Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, Beauty and the beast."Source: Beauty and the Beast | Speaker: Mrs. Potts
"There are places I remember all my life, though some have changed."Source: "In My Life" | Speaker: The Beatles
"This is a man's world. But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl."Source: It's a Man's Man's Man's World | Speaker: James Brown
"Very superstitious, writing's on the wall. Very superstitious, ladder's 'bout to fall."Source: Superstition | Speaker: Stevie Wonder
"We are the champions, my friends, and we'll keep on fighting 'til the end."Source: We Are the Champions | Speaker: Queen
"We can't go on together with suspicious minds."Source: "Suspicious Minds" | Speaker: Elvis Presley
"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year."Source: "Wish You Were Here" | Speaker: Pink Floyd
"Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?"Source: "What's Love Got to Do With It?" | Speaker: Tina Turner
"You ain't nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time."Source: "Hound Dog" | Speaker: Elvis Presley
"You can feel it all over. You can feel it all over, people."Source: Sir Duke | Speaker: Stevie Wonder
"You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find you get what you need."Source: You Can't Always Get What You Want | Speaker: The Rolling Stones