Phrases that, when you see them, you inexplicably start singing them to the melody of something else (and then will forever be associated with that)

heh it is the true heir to the "Refrigerate After Opening" to Jello Biafra's delivery of the phrase "Holiday in Cambodia"

I will often say the word "Oolong" in manner similar to the ULLAA sound from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds.

This barely fits the thread—but in “Absolutely Sweet Marie,” when Dylan sings, “Well, I got the FEEEVER,” I always think he’s gonna finish with: “...for the flavor of a Pringle!”

Car Dealership Names on License Plate Holders that Can Be Sung to the Melody of Werewolves of London

I have a similar issue with Burien Chevrolet, which always starts Thunder Road playing in my head.

The painting "Little Red Note: Dordrecht" popped up on my screensaver the other day, and my brain started singing "Little Red Dordrecht, you're movin' much too fast." But I'm not sure if that counts because I had to drop a word to make it work.

hahahahah

Every time I see a DeWalt power tool I sing their brand name to the tune of 'Down on the Street'.

Thanks to Nigella Lawson, I have spent a good chunk of the day singing "microwave" to the tune or "Rico Suave"

I, I want you
Hauntology

"Beef Bourgignon" to 'Carol of the bells'

QAnon to the tune of Rhiannon, how do I make it stop?

“will Q ever win?”

All your life you've never seen / a president treated more unfairly

Timothee Chalamet, to the tune of "sur le pont d'Avignon"

loll

someone i work with is named 3mm4 c0nn33ly and every time i say her name i have to stop myself from making it sound like a darts announcer going 'ONE hundred and EIGH-TEEE!!'

haha, Lily's one is great too

'Q Anon' always sets off the 'and on and on and onnn...' bit of Don't Stop Believin' for me - which is distressing as I see it about 10 times a day at the moment.

I am dying at "Micro! Wave!"

Cranch!
Won’t pick it up
Take them lights away

when I see the TRUE DETECTIVE thread my brain sings Undertones “true confessions”: “TRUETRUETRUETRUETRUE TRUE DETECTIVE!!!”

hahahahahah

This weekend, I was charged with distracting my partner's dog with a freeze-dried "Wild Weenie" treat product. Unfortunately, just at that moment, I had "Angry Johnny" by Poe stuck in my head. It begins.

The Police Message In A Bottle gets triggered in my brain whenever I see KFC's local billboards Chicken in a bucket

I live fairly near Holloway Road in London, whenever I see reference to it or go past it I have to sing Lindsey Buckingham's "Holiday Road"

xpost i'll send an extra crisp to the world

when I see the TRUE DETECTIVE thread my brain sings Undertones “true confessions”: “TRUETRUETRUETRUETRUE TRUE DETECTIVE!!!”

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For me it's Devo's "Whip It": "Try True Detective / It's not too late"

The Police Message In A Bottle gets triggered in my brain whenever I see KFC's local billboards Chicken in a bucket

lmao

Wow, I somehow never connected the syllabic pattern of "Message in a Bottle" with my near-constant "Girlfriend in a Coma" trochee fixation.

Up to now I would almost certainly immediately sing "chicken in a bucket I know, I know, it's serious."

Now I am going to have to completely reassess "Message in a Bottle." In both directions! So like I can sing "Message in a bottle I know, I know, it's serious." But also everything like "kitten with a backpack" can be Policified, not just Smithsed.

This is mindblowing.

I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Girlfriend in a coma, yeah

lmao

ditto re immediately going to Girlfriend in a Coma!

probably due to the long-standing "chicken in a korma, I know, I know..."

when I was a kid everybody talked about Ozzy's "Crazy Train", but I didn't think I'd heard it before (turns out...I actually hadn't).

so I heard "Have a Cigar" by Pink Floyd and when they said "riding the gravy train" I thought they said "riding the Crazy train" and I wasl ike "why do people think this is a classic heavy metal song, wtf, there's an organ in it"

"i'll send an extra crisp to the world" is A+

Sammy Hagar
Let me slip away on you
Sammy Hagar
You’ve seen better days

"monkey of cheekiness" to the tune of slayer's "altar of sacrifice"

Not mine, but I stumbled on this account the other day and had a good laugh.

Cecil County Circuit Courthousehttps://t.co/p9n0YrVrul pic.twitter.com/CBfyGRxmr0

— Wiki Titles Singable to TMNT Themesong (@wiki_tmnt) February 24, 2021

Mingus (Joni Mitchell album)https://t.co/yDkIHUuF96 pic.twitter.com/Q7IYxgTzqb

— Wiki Titles Singable to TMNT Themesong (@wiki_tmnt) February 23, 2021

British Journal of Nutritionhttps://t.co/rB7jBgdrXa pic.twitter.com/XdV6n5qdQa

— Wiki Titles Singable to TMNT Themesong (@wiki_tmnt) February 21, 2021

that's amazing

reminds me of the "Devon County Council"/"Everybody Dance Now" thing I still think about a lot

Twitter with a blue check
Twitter with a blue check
Twitter with a blue check on

https://unbornwhiskeyy.tumblr.com/post/644104077733691392

When I hear the chorus of Lady Gaga's Poker Face, my brain always sings "come on Barbie let's go party" instead of "she's got me like nobody"

Me too - I think it's fairly common, weirdly

Ah, I should have googled that. I feel less alone now!

TMNT is total trochee fixation

Apologies for lame "obligatory relevant xkcd" but here

well that's a new word for me

^ found the non-English major

Sigourney Weaver, I believe you can get me through the night

Whenever the phrase “pooper scooper” is uttered (which happens from time to time), it is sung to the tune of the obvious ABBA song.