What’s the science behind getting songs stuck in your head?

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I’ve had Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love A Bad Name” stuck in my head for almost a whole week and I really can’t get it out. Help me understand why!

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Music is about tension and resolve. Your brain craves the resolve (the end part). Songs get stuck in your head when your brain wants more resolve. (We don’t tend to get the ends of songs stuck in our heads).

So, if you want the song out of your head, give your brain a resolve. It doesn’t even have to be the resolve of that song. You can play the end of any song in your head and it works pretty well.

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