I don’t know about you but I constantly have songs racing around my head. Some of them might be there for a reason, for example I might have heard a song on the radio, but others just seem to pop out of nowhere.

As pathetic and uninteresting as this might sound, I started to jot down what songs I was singing in my head. So here is a diary of a day in the life of Becky… in song.

Good Morning – Singing In The Rain

This was in my head as I jumped out of bed this morning. Well okay, maybe I didn’t jump. It was possibly more of a roll out of bed and stagger to the bathroom. But I was soon smiling, internally anyway, even though my face still looked like I hadn’t slept for weeks.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB2yiIoEtXw

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Push The Button – Sugababes

This genuinely came into my head as I pushed the button at the pedestrian crossing on the main road. Sad but true. I started to sing this a few weeks ago as I pushed the button at the same crossing, so I think my brain will continue to drag this song up at that moment for quite some time to come.

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Memories – Cats

As I got off the bus into the chilly weather outside, I walked past a man smoking a cigarette. It’s not particularly linked but phrases from Preludes came into my head, which then led onto lyrics of Memories from Cats.

 ‘The burnt-out ends of smoky days.

And now a gusty shower wraps

The grimy scraps

Of withered leaves about your feet

And newspapers from vacant lots’

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‘Burnt out ends of smoky days

The stale, cold smell of morning

The streetlamp dies

Another night is over

Another day is dawning.’

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-L6rEm0rnY

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Mahna Mahna – The Muppets

Yes, you read that right. My colleague has this as her ringtone, so when her phone started to ring in the office, it implanted this tune into my head for quite some time. It’s so catchy in fact that just by writing about it now, I have it going around my head again. I used to have it as a ringtone on my phone too, but I swiftly changed it after an embarrassing moment at a parents’ evening, during which my phone rang and played this tune very loudly whilst I was trying to talk seriously about the behaviour of a child in my class.

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

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Chiquitita – Abba

Please don’t groan and clutch your head, but I went to Subway for lunch and I order a chicken tikka salad, so therefore started singing ‘Chicken tikka tell me what’s wrong’!!! I shall say no more on this subject matter.

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Beautiful – Christina Aguilera

Thankfully I didn’t have Abba in my head for very long as I was thankfully saved by whatever radio station was on in my local Subway. The beautiful sound of Christina’s voice replaced the previous song so I walked back to work singing to myself about how beautiful I was.

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That’s Life – Frank Sinatra

All it took for this to get this song into my head was for my colleague (the same one that had the Muppets ringtone), to say to someone on the phone ‘That’s life’. On this occasion I did actually start singing this song out loud without meaning to. It can’t have been a pleasant experience for anyone within ear-shot. I wouldn’t even wish my singing on my worst enemy.

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

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Umbrella – Rihanna

As I was leaving work, the same colleague (we chat a lot!) reminded me not to forget my umbrella in the morning as storms were predicted, and so for at least half an hour I had the phrase ‘Under my umbrella-ella-ella-eh-eh-eh’ going around my head.  No other lyrics; just that bit, over and over and over again!

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As I was checking my emails late that night, another song swam around my mind, but I can’t disclose which one it is as it is linked to my email password! Admittedly all I seem to get these days are junk emails (long gone are the days when it was exciting to get an email), but even so I think I’ll keep that nugget of information to myself.

So, there you have it. A day in the life of Becky…in song! Do you have any particular songs which pop into your head at certain moments?