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Earworms. New words happen.

I defeat earworms by having a favorite GOODSONG in my mind most of the time. Right now it's Elvis' Gospel rendition, "Milky White Way", where he does all of his inimitable (though often imitated) intonations and vocal gymnastics. Makes me feel real good.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004WJEC/qid=1066675970/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/102-6872418-0535332#product-details

You can click on any of 3 different music players; but the Amazon one will automatically sample several other songs for you. It's a great listen.

Failing that, I take earworm songs and replace the words with nonsense that makes the earworm's own nonsense sound downright sane:

I Think We're Alone Now

Children behave,
That's what they say when we're together.
What's that you say?
It's really good and gettin' better...
Runnin' just as fast as we can
Tryin' to get in one another's pants,
Trying to get away into the night
That's when I put my arms around you and we
Tumble to the ground and then you say:
"I think you're a homo.
There doesn't seem to be anyone around.
I think you're a homo.
So let's take a good thing and run it into the ground."

That's how I get rid of earworms. Ridicule. Laughing my fanny off. Maybe that's why I appreciate Doug From Upland so much. He does that, too; only better (or worse).