The mysterious earworm! How do songs get stuck in our heads? Well, we don't know for sure but today we will look at some theories for how a series of notes could get stuck in our subconscious! SOURCES: Big Think, the science of music: https://youtu.be/gwmijEZ5sbM Vulgarlang, Tonal Languages: https://youtu.be/-zFmMbDxBk0 Suisman, D. (2012) Selling Sounds: The Commercial Revolution in American Music And, an extra special thanks goes to Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇 SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/davidbennettpiano 🎹 0:00 Introduction 0:58 Ease of singing 3:09 Repetition 8:03 Why do tunes get stuck in our head at all? 9:43 writing a catchy tune