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I thought of this post entirely because I have the Pokémon Center theme from Pokémon HeartGold SoulSilver stuck in my head, and it has wriggled in over and over for months despite me hearing and actively playing other music.

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[–] Voroxpete 41 points 1 week ago (6 children)
[–] Aurenkin 15 points 1 week ago

I'm making a note here, huge success....

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

There are better pieces of music in this thread, but this one is the strongest earworm.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

This is one of the songs I hum to myself to get rid of more annoying earworms

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago

Does the Wii shop music count as a video game song?

[–] hydrashok 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

OG Super Mario NES, World 1-1

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Those first 6 notes of 1-2 tho...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

What kind of overalls does Mario wear?

Denim denim denim🎵

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

DuckTales (NES) - Moon Theme. The covers are also awesome.

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[–] wolframhydroxide 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My time has come. As someone who almost exclusively listens to instrumental soundtrack from movies and games, including from games I have never played, these are the ones that most often get stuck in my head (in no particular order). A plus "+" indicates a song that got stuck in my head regularly before I ever played the game, while an asterisk "*" indicates a song that still gets stuck in my head, despite being from a game I have never played at all.

  1. Baba Yetu - Civ IV (+)

  2. Hyrule Castle - Breath Of The Wild (+)

  3. Lorule Castle - Link Between Worlds (*)

  4. One Final Effort - Halo 3 (*)

  5. Golem King - Moonlighter

  6. Song of the Ancients - Nier Series (*)

  7. Dragonborn - Skyrim

  8. Far Horizons - Skyrim (+)

  9. Dragon Roost Island - Wind Waker (*)

  10. Nate's Theme - Uncharted (*)

  11. Gusty Garden Galaxy - Super Mario Galaxy (*)

  12. Korobeiniki - Tetris (+)

  13. Gerudo Valley - Ocarina of Time (+)

  14. Colgera Battle - Tears of the Kingdom

  15. This Song - The Witcher 3 (It's the song Aen Seidhe, but without vocals)

  16. Bloody Tears - Castlevania (*)

But finally, the song that I credit with making me obsessed with instrumental soundtrack, because I fell asleep with it playing on repeat for a whole night at the age of 5, and then lost the game cartridge, so I forgot what it was from, and which I would get stuck in my head roughly once a month throughout my entire childhood until I finally found the song THIRTEEN YEARS LATER:

Ω) Town Theme - Final Fantasy II

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

MOON - Hydrogen From Hotline Miami. I'm noticably better at the game when this one is on.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

megalovania is one of the badasses in my book

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Minecraft by C418 lives rent free in my head. Sometimes i'll start humming it to myself and not even realize

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Lost woods.

Honestly anything from OoT, but Lost Woods, Kakariko Villiage, and Gerudo Valley in particular are ingrained into my gray matter.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's an old one, but the Outrun soundtrack was proper catchy.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How has no one mentioned the tetris theme? Dum dada dum dada dum dada dum dada dum di da da da

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Easy answer for me, chemical plant zone from Sonic the hedgehog 2

https://youtu.be/RmGCFYIrLps

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

I can't pick just one, honestly. Aside from the Tetris theme and World 1-1 from the original Super Mario Bros., I consider these to be not only catchy but also iconic:

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

The entire soundtrack from FTL is fantastic and catchy and full of ear worms.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A lot from Undertale. Personal favourite is Spider Dance.

Other than this, The Trumpet 4 is catchy as heck.

Mine Windbag Mine is also incredibly catchy as heck, Darren Korb is super talented.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Literally anything from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Naaaaa na-na-na-na-na-naaaa na na, na na na-na naaaaaaaa!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

...there's one clear victor and it's not even close...

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

As far as Pokemon goes, I've always been partial to the Team Galactic battle theme from DPPT. And though "catchy" doesn't quite do it justice, the night theme for Jubilife City, also in DPPT, is tremendous. Walking into that city for the first time at night was one of the defining moments of my video game life.

And the Shiver City theme from Paper Mario is unforgettable.

I don't think anything will ever beat Still Alive from Portal though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

One? Ill narrow it down to three,

  1. Aquatic ambience (DKC)
  2. Stickerbrush Symphony (DKC)
  3. Lost Woods (TLoZ Ocarina of Time)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

These are all outstanding songs, but Lost Woods is the only one I'd describe as "catchy"

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[–] tomatoely 6 points 1 week ago

The Driftveil City Theme from Pokemon B&W pops up in my mind quite frequently, I'd say its up there in the list for catchiest Pokemon tunes. Honorable mention for Cave Story's Main Theme (the wii version is clearly superior from all others and I will not accept any other opinions on the matter)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Mega Man 2, Wily Stage 1: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aTbfpkByIM8&pp=ygUdbWVnYSBtYW4gMiB3aWx5IHN0YWdlIDEgbXVzaWM%3D

Heck. Half the Mega Man 2 sound track is probably in the top ten.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The entire sountrack from the original Toejam & Earl on Genesis, shit rewired my child brain in funky new ways

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We All Lift Together from Warframe goes fucking hard.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I can never pick one, so here's a few:

  • E1M1(Doom)

  • Hell March(Red Alert)

  • Character creation music in BG3

  • Megalovania(Undertale)

  • Coral Crown(Hades II)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Iunno how this wasn't mentioned, but Payday 2 has a lot of catchy / going-hard songs.

Gonna leave 3:

  1. Hot Pursuit
  2. Evil Eye
  3. The Mark
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've got 3 that I randomly hum in my head every now and then.

  1. Mega Man 2 - Airman stage
  2. Jet Set Radio - Humming the Baseline
  3. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - Daytime Town Theme
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Borderlands 1 and 2 title songs

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

It's gotta be from Final Fantasy, hard to choose just one when you got: Suteki da Ne, real Emotions, Eyes on Me, Sen no Kotoba, Otherworld, One Winged Angel, etc... there's a reason why I love Theatrhythm. But if I had to it will probably be Melodies of Life.

Actually, I change my mind, this is the catchiest video game song.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Everything from Grim Fandango.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Iwatodai Dorm from Persona 3 Reload was the most recent one that really got stuck in my head, but it happens a lot for me. It’s not always video game music, but probably is a majority of the time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Not what you asked for, but my music taste was shaped massively by Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Sonic two when sonic drowns.

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