The term “earworm” refers to a song which gets stuck in one’s head. It may be a song that has been overplayed to the point of being an annoying nuisance. It may be a song that is just so catchy that one can’t stop humming it. Sometimes a song manages to be both at once.
More than 80 lists were aggregated to create this list. The majority were focused on songs which were considered annoying (51) while the others were lists specifically where songs were identified as earworms or catchy.
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1. The Baha Men “Who Let the Dogs Out?” (2000)
2. Aqua “Barbie Girl” (1997)
3. Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (1995)
4. Hanson “Mmmbop” (1997)
5. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” (2011)
6. Spice Girls “Wannabe” (1996)
7. Black Eyed Peas “My Humps” (2005)
8. Lou Bega “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)” (1999)
9. Psy “Gangnam Style” (2012)
10. Justin Bieber with Ludacris “Baby” (2010)
11. Billy Ray Cyrus “Achy Breaky Heart” (1992)
12. Eiffel 65 “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” (1999)
13. Rebecca Black “Friday” (2011)
14. Rednex “Cotton Eye Joe” (1994)
15. Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013)
16. Chumbawamba “Tubthumping” (1997)
17. Crazy Frog “Axel F” (2005)
18. James Blunt “You’re Beautiful” (2005)
19. Starship “We Built This City” (1985)
20. Europe “The Final Countdown” (1986)
21. Idina Menzel “Let It Go” (2013)
22. Village People “Y.M.C.A.” (1978)
23. Toni Basil “Mickey” (1981)
24. Journey “Don’t Stop Believin’” (1981)
25. Nickelback “Photograph” (2005)
26. Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up” (1987)
27. Marc Ronson & Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)
28. Ylvis “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)” (2013)
29. Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” (2014)
30. Lady Gaga “Poker Face” (2008)
31. Bobby McFerrin “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” (1988)
32. Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (1997)
33. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
34. The Proclaimers “I’m Gonna Be 500 Miles” (1988)
35. Beyoncé “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” (2008)
36. Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” (2014)
37. The Disneyland Boys Choir “It’s a Small World After All” (1964)
38. Culture Club “Karma Chameleon” (1983)
39. Pinkfong! “Baby Shark” (2016)
40. Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” (1984)
41. Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby” (1990)
42. Sisqó “Thong Song” (2000)
43. Right Said Fred “I’m Too Sexy” (1991)
44. Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” (1986)
45. Gwen Stefani “Hollaback Girl” (2004)
46. Cher “Believe” (1998)
47. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
48. Miley Cyrus “Party in the U.S.A.” (2009)
49. Willow Smith “Whip My Hair” (2010)
50. Britney Spears “Baby One More Time” (1998)
51. Ricky Martin “Livin’ La Vida Loca” (1999)
52. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee “Despacito” (2017)
53. Queen “We Are the Champions” (1977)
54. Michael Jackson “Beat It” (1982)
55. Barney “I Love You” (1992)
56. Las Ketchup “The Ketchup Song (Asereié)” (2002)
57. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982)
58. Queen “We Will Rock You” (1977)
59. OMI “Cheerleader (Felx Jaehn remix)” (2014)
60. Paul Anka with Odia Coates “You’re Having My Baby” (1974)
61. Silentó “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” (2015)
62. Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots “Disco Duck” (1976)
63. Starland Vocal Band “Afternoon Delight” (1976)
64. Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” (1982)
65. Oasis “Wonderwall” (1995)
66. Shari Lewis “The Song That Never Ends” (1968)
67. Smash Mouth “All Star” (1999)
68. Kylie Minogue “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” (2001)
69. The Beatles “Yellow Submarine” (1966)
70. Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams “Get Lucky” (2013)
71. O-Zone “Dragostea Din Tei” (2004)
72. The B-52’s “Love Shack” (1989)
73. Soulja Boy Tell’em “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” (2007)
74. USA for Africa “We Are the World” (1985)
75. LMFAO with Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem” (2011)
76. The Ting Tings “That’s Not My Name” (2008)
77. Rocky Horror Picture Show “The Time Warp” (1973)
78. Tag Team “Whoomp! (There It Is)” (1993)
79. Haddaway “What Is Love?” (1993)
80. Mariah Carey “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (1994)
81. Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018)
82. The Venga Boys “We Like to Party!” (1999)
83. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992)
84. Piko-Taro “PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)” (2016)
85. Crash Test Dummies “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” (1993)
86. Hampton the Hampster “Hamster Dance” (2000)
87. Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (1978)
88. The Muppets “Mahna Mahna” (1993)
89. Gummibär “I’m a Gummy Bear (The Gummy Bear Song)” (2007)
90. The Tokens “The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)” (1961)
91. Lipps Inc. “Funkytown” (1979)
92. Lady Gaga “Bad Romance” (2009)
93. Rihanna with Jay-Z “Umbrella” (2007)
94. Lorde “Royals” (2013)
95. One Direction “What Makes You Beautiful” (2011)
96. Tones and I “Dance Monkey” (2019)
97. 4 Non Blondes “What’s Up?” (1993)
98. Neil Diamond “Sweet Caroline” (1969)
99. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987)
100. Morris Albert “Feelings” (1975)
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