Eli5 – how does a song you haven’t hear in years get stuck in your head?

Question

In case you were wondering the song currently stuck in my head is “The Whole World” by Outkast.

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Answer 1

For me someone usually says a word or phrase from a line in the song.

For example, if I say to someone “hey, have you seen my car keys” and they say “yeah, over there,

To the left…..”