That was awesome.

The origin of a riff being "accidental" doesn't seem unusual -- people come up with riffs that get turned into earworm songs while just jamming / screwing around all the time.

But having the combination of sudden inspiration and accidental creation of the riff immediately followed by impromptu creation of the lyrics is really really cool.

Awesome sift, thanks!

Earworm 'hear' we come

GrrrrrrrrHeeHee! What have we hear? ... *quality clever *audio I say

Oh and uh, thanks[?] for the earworm I'm sure to be experiencing off and on the next week

Aaaargh! That song 'She works hard for the money' has suddenly become an earworm =o/ http://videosift.com/video/Cruise-runs-hard-for-the-money

My buddy Mike Garfield, over at globalish says about this video:

"t’s that time of the year again: since 2008 (a million years ago!), DJ Earworm’s mashup mania crescendos once a year to form an epic audio collage that features Billboard’s favorite 25, all woven into one symphonic DJ mix. It’s like a Google Earth view of the musical identity of young Americans – by zooming out until a year of singles happens in four minutes, culture seems like nature, and the spirit of the times shines through the often-mediocre music Earworm brings together. Seeing Earth from space, we found a new identity beyond the nation states; a similar escape into low orbit around Pop reveals the flavor of the age with more appeal and sentiment than year-end news reviews.
It isn’t merely that “United States of Pop” resamples factory-assembled dross to offer tunes more interesting than their gathered parts. “Do What You Wanna Do” sings volumes about how and who we are right now, the character of mainstream culture we can’t see until it’s past, the air that we’ve been breathing without paying much attention. The cynical might say it demonstrates how all this music sounds the same, how easily it’s recombined – and while that’s definitely true, it’s also and more deeply true that we’re in this together, and will be remembered sharing space on stage as actors in a common play of history. Here is a window into how this moment will be seen, in digest form, the way we now look back on 1969. But go back and look at the mixes from 2008 – 2013, and a trend is obvious: even lousy music’s getting better. It’s an optimistic sign that we are getting deeper as a culture. Let’s hope.
Earworm’s genius lies not only in up-cycling tracks I’d rather never hear again as standalone recordings, but also in transforming the familiar and mundane into a damn-near magical homage to each year’s zeitgeist. This must be what an end-of-life review feels like: everything remembered and forgotten rushes back for one last joyous and nostalgic celebration.
Here’s to the change we all seek in 2015."

Well, I'm not getting that out of my head any time soon...

There really ought to be an *earworm invocation.

WHY IS THIS SONG SO CATCHY?

1. Brisk tempo
2. Simple singable melody
3. Repetition, repetition, repetition

Definitely an earworm.

Of that genre this is one of my all time favorites ... right up there with The Bridge on the River Kwai . Both movies had highly addictive theme songs as well. [uhoh, I feel an earworm or two coming on!]

Credits and links here (from YT):
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Music remixed by DJ Earworm: http://youtube.com/djearworm
The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) by Ylvis: http://goo.gl/Z2Q6sq
Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke: http://goo.gl/8tcnhU
Can't Hold Us by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: http://goo.gl/o1wclM
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Blogilates - http://youtube.com/blogilates
Kaycee Rice - http://youtube.com/brads411
DeStorm - http://youtube.com/DeStorm‎
Taryn Southern - http://youtube.com/TarynSouthern
Bethany Mota - http://youtube.com/Macbarbie07
Brandon Laatsch - http://youtube.com/freddiew‎
Jenna Marbles - http://youtube.com/JennaMarbles‎
Hannah Hart - http://youtube.com/MyHarto
Rhett & Link - http://youtube.com/RhettandLink‎
Tobuscus - http://youtube.com/Tobuscus‎
Convos With My 2-Year-Old - http://youtube.com/ConvosWith2YrOld‎
Alison Gold - http://youtube.com/patomuzic
Mike Tompkins - http://youtube.com/pbpproductions
Epic Meal Time - http://youtube.com/EpicMealTime
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Tyler Oakley - http://youtube.com/tyleroakley‎
Prancercise - http://youtube.com/Prancercise
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Hikakin - http://youtube.com/HIKAKIN
D-Trix - http://youtube.com/theDOMINICshow
Sam Horowitz - http://goo.gl/1U60fn
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Jack Hoffman - https://www.youtube.com/user/HuskerAthletics
Barely Political - http://youtube.com/barelypolitical
Alex Day - http://youtube.com/nerimon
Annoying Orange - http://youtube.com/daneboe
Dave Days - http://youtube.com/davedays
Kaleb Nation - http://www.youtube.com/kalebnation
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Epic Rap Battles of History - http://youtube.com/ERB‎
Porta Dos Fundos - http://youtube.com/portadosfundos‎
Magic of Rahat - http://youtube.com/MagicofRahat‎
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Cookie Monster - http://youtube.com/SesameStreet
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The Slow Mo Guys - http://youtube.com/theslowmoguys
Smosh - http://youtube.com/smosh
Jimmy Kimmel - http://youtube.com/JimmyKimmelLive‎
Nick Selby - http://youtube.com/rupumped
Grace Helbig - http://youtube.com/dailygrace
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1:06 hilarious.. I had that as an earworm for all of 2004.

*hiphop
*dance
*electronica

robin skouteris does some fantastic mashups.right up there with dj earworm.

>> ^noims:

Earworm's incredible, but recently he's been cramming as many tracks into the one song as he could. It's an amazing demonstration of skill...


not really. most pop music is in the same key and approximate tempo and ableton syncs everything for you.

@noims
i disagree.
in my opinion this is earworms best and he uses 22 artists:

Earworm's incredible, but recently he's been cramming as many tracks into the one song as he could. It's an amazing demonstration of skill, and his end of year "United State Of Pop 20xx" mashups (mashing up the Billboard Magazine top 25 tracks that year) are a great idea, but his simpler tracks beat them hands down.

The king of all mashups has to be his no one takes your freedom (video link seems broken).

Thank you! Only took 1 year and 364 days to make it to the canyon!

In reply to this comment by jonny:
Five minutes - that might be a record for the shortest time a video ever spent in Beggar's Canyon. The sift never has enough funk.

In reply to this comment by youdiejoe:
*beg for this great mashup on it's 2 year posting anniversary!