Well here’s an interesting “earworm” story:
One of my favorite bands has always been Steely Dan. The other day, as I was listening to one of their albums (on CD) in the car, a song came on that triggered a memory for me but I couldn’t quite figure out what it was: King of the World:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJz0c981F7U
Then, the next morning I woke up with the song still in my head, so I decided to listen to it again. And what I realized was that part of this song reminds me strongly of a video game my son used to play when he was little:
The two songs really aren’t that much alike, but there’s just something there that seems similar in my brain. I haven’t yet asked my son if he thinks so. But you know what? This Monkey Ball game has a pretty cool soundtrack!