View topic - I'm stuck! (with this song in my head...)

by **keatonatron** » Wed 01.13.2010 5:33 pm

I've long wondered, what's the proper way to say a song is stuck in one's head?

I think I've tried things like "頭の中で流れてる" but I don't know if that expresses the true meaning (i.e. I can't get it out of my head vs. I'm playing it back in my head [on purpose])

by **keatonatron** » Wed 01.13.2010 5:38 pm

Found this random blog? Is it as simple as that? I don't know?

http://yakumokitty.blog123.fc2.com/blog-entry-56.html

by **IceCream** » Wed 01.13.2010 5:57 pm

mm, ALC has it as グルグル回っている
http://eow.alc.co.jp/stuck+in+my+head/UTF-8/?ref=sa　

by **becki_kanou** » Thu 01.14.2010 3:32 am

I usually hear 『頭から離れない』.

by **pm215** » Thu 01.14.2010 6:11 am

becki_kanou wrote:I usually hear 『頭から離れない』.

So, I mentally translate that to English, and I end up with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfr9bhSmfXc :-)

by **shin1ro** » Sat 01.16.2010 12:43 pm

As for me, if it's music, I may use:
(あの曲が)頭の中で(ずっと)鳴り続けている。 :whistle:

Of course, 頭の中でぐるぐる回ってる。 and 頭から離れない。 are popular.
They are not limited to music but worry, idea or anything is fine.

耳について離れない is also fine but it's used only for sound memory.
If the memory is visual memory, 目に焼きついて離れない is used.

-shin1ro