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)

(I Dream of Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair)

Don't let the days go by

Listerine

From the internet group "Wild Green Memes For Ecological Fiends"

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dog latin, thanks for tipping me off to that facebook group. It's a treasure trove.

"Just Be Good To Me" = "bear say hi to me"

Bacta tank, alright!

“Don’t save, I know what you’re sayin’…”

My cat’s treats are called Feline Greenies, which I always say to the tune of “Feelin’ Groovy".

Funky Winkerbean to the tune of "from the tambourine" from Abba's Dancing Queen.

omg

Bryan Adams's "Please Forgive Me" entered my head yesterday and wouldn't leave for hours.

but then inexplicably my brain made it a more mush-mouthed version that sounded like "Please Zbigniew, I know not what I do", so now that's all I can hear.

Denny Laine is in my ears and in my eyes

There's a chair store called Lovesac that I can't help singing (internally of course) like the B-52s' "Love Shack" whenever I see it.

It's called what now

Chairstore called Lovesac could definately be a Primus lyric

i had a look in the red cross shop in my lunch break and got super excited that they had loads of jeans in my size so giddy with excitement i tried a bunch on and bought them.
i only realized later that one pair are women's jeans (flies the other way round=exactly how i circumnavigate, yo)´- now when i wear them i sing "in my women's jeans" to the tune of susanne vega's "in my book of dreams" bustin up da gender stereotypes in alla dey faces
word

I'm Steve McQueen
I'm Martin Sheen
I'm Jimmy Dean
I'm women's jeans

I can't see the name Hayden Panettiere without thinking of the Beastie Boys:

Intergalactic, Panettiere, Panettiere, Intergalactic

I have to ask how often you see the name Hayden Panettiere!

Is that how you lot are pronouncing Pannettiere?

dog latin: for the purposes of this thread, yes. In a representative democracy, we reach a consensus on how to mangle the pronunciation of furrin words, and abide by that decision. My country, right or wrong.

morrisp: according to my attorneys, I don't have to answer that.

Lately when I feed my cats I find myself singing "foooood for caaaaats" to the tune of the Squeeze song "Cool for Cats."

This is in addition to the longstanding mental association with the old Far Side CAT FUD cartoon.

But the two don't really work together. I don't sing "fuuuuud for caaats." It's definitely "foooood for caaaaats."

“James Webb, James Webb”

When I see the Belvita line of breakfast crackers/cookies I have to sing it (internally) as is done for "Candida" in the Tony Orlando song.

Good one!

My place o' employment includes a Microbiology lab which tests for pathogens including candida albicans, so I'm well versed in Tony Orlando & Dawn running through my head.

Probably more for the misheard lyrics but
Kids - MGMT
"Control yourself, take only what you need from it"

I'm never sure what the lyrics are but I hear 'cheese, Gromit' in there every time

Chairstore called Lovesac could definately be a Primus lyric

I might have already said this one but whenever I see bacon in the supermarket it's PSB "How can you expect to be... bacon, seriously?"

“Great Wealth Transfer” —> Billy Bragg’s waiting for the Great Leap Forward… #classtraitor

If you were in middle school around the same time I was, maybe you will also hear this in a voice from a certain Miami bass song (track 3… IYKYK):

https://i.imgur.com/Y57kPQt_d.webp?maxwidth=1520&fidelity=grand