How to root out an earworm that's too short to grab
February 28, 2020 5:49 AM   Subscribe

Metafilter, please help! I have an earworm that's only one sentence long and because I don't know more that that, that same sentence keeps repeating inside my head. It's driving me off my rocker. The sentence is "I'm the king of doing my homework on the bus". It is sung in a male, young-sounding voice, and not boastful but rather in a tone that's meant to be reassuring, as if to a parent. Any clues as to where this is from, please?
posted by Too-Ticky to Media & Arts (5 answers total) 3 users marked this as a favorite
 
From the musical Hairspray?
posted by Rube R. Nekker at 6:09 AM on February 28, 2020


Response by poster: Thanks, but that's not it.
posted by Too-Ticky at 6:54 AM on February 28, 2020


Best answer: Is it this song?
There's things to do.
Tomorrow I will do it,
I don't think that I blew it,
I'm the king of doing my homework on the bus!
Oh life is good this way,
But I don't be earning pay,
I don't be doing nothing that I must.
Wake up my sleepy friend,
You gotta wake up now.
Wake up my sleepy friend,
There's thing to do.
posted by the webmistress at 7:16 AM on February 28, 2020 [1 favorite]


Best answer: Here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axwiIZOa8mU I think it's by Rob Manuel of b3ta.com.
posted by the webmistress at 7:17 AM on February 28, 2020


Response by poster: YES thank you!
posted by Too-Ticky at 7:40 AM on February 28, 2020


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