I MUST CURE THE MINDWORM!

[seawasp]

And the only cure is to inflict it on others.

Apparently I missed this thing the first time around, but now it's reached me.

Saint Seiya Gold Saint Version

Lupin 3rd Version

Fullmetal Alchemist Version

Oh, what IS it? This insidiously perky Swedish poptune called "Caramelldansen" (the Caramel Dance). I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD! I"M DOING THE DANCE! WATCH AND BE DESTROYED!

Comments

[xyzzysqrl]

I listened to that for about four hours on loop today.

It didn't help. Now I just have the wrong lyrics in my brains.

(LOOK AT ME YELL AT ME CARAMEL DANCIN'!)

[shana.livejournal.com]

Oh, how cute! Is V. dancing too?

Earworm attack!

[ross-teneyck.livejournal.com]

[seawasp]

I have not shown it to her. And you're not helping.

[seawasp]

Yes, the Doctor Who version with the misheard lyrics is particularly entertaining.

And it's STILL in my head.

[shana.livejournal.com]

Do you want another earworm?

http://prettypictures.com/cgi-bin/maim/maim.pl

[wizwom.livejournal.com]

Hrm, it seems that they are actually singing English, although the pronunciation is so far from normal that it's hard to make out most of the words.

I once got an earworm, and tried to combat it by thinking of another song in a completely different style. It did not work, I was then running two songs. Did I give up?! NO, oc course not! I started another tune, in another style. My brain overloaded at 6 tunes. It became hard to walk straight.

[seawasp]

No, it's just that -- similar to many Japanese songs -- they have some inserted English. At least, the ones I linked to are not English. I know Norse languages when I hear them, even if I can't speak them. There's a marvelous video for this one which is based on Doctor Who and features misheard lyrics for the song.

MWAAHAHAHAHAA!!!

[condorfan.livejournal.com]

They're singing in Swedish. Here's one link where they show the Swedish words onscreen as the song plays:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FABiutN-lHU

You must send us the Doctor Who one. :)

Re: MWAAHAHAHAHAA!!!

[condorfan.livejournal.com]

...I think I found it. :) Doc Ten?

Re: MWAAHAHAHAHAA!!!

[ross-teneyck.livejournal.com]

The original song is Swedish, although the way it's sped up it's hard to tell. This claims to be the "original" video, although according to the Wikipedia page the term "original" in this case is a bit fuzzy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcH0ElH_pAk

But there is also a version of this video with a loose translation of the lyrics into English:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_DPDDd_qDo

This page has the original Swedish lyrics and a fairly literal English translation.