Everyone gets songs stuck in their heads that just won’t go away. They sneak into your subconscious. They are epic earworms that you find yourself humming uncontrollably, singing in the shower, or tapping the beat to with your foot or ballpoint pen when you should be working. Sometimes they even keep you awake at night. Whether they are current hits, one-hit wonders, movie soundtrack gems, holiday favorites, or songs from your youth, their catchy vocals, riffs, hooks, and choruses seem to linger for days.
Here, those songs find a home, no matter the genre. Here, those epic earworms are revisited, explained, and celebrated. Here, you may find the song that haunts you tomorrow. Here is today’s unescapable song of the day…and the story behind it.
Today’s Epic Earworm: White Zombie — “More Human Than Human”
When the noise rock band White Zombie changed their sound in 1989 to a more groove metal/industrial vibe, everything clicked for them. The band’s popularity skyrocketed, and it was not long before the band was cranking out platinum records and touring with the likes of Metallica, Pantera, Anthrax, Soundgarden, Danzig and Megadeth.
In 1995, White Zombie released their fourth and final studio album, Astro-Creep: 2000. The band would go their separate ways soon after, with frontman Rob Zombie continuing as a successful solo act. The album’s lead single, “More Human Than Human,” was the band’s biggest hit. It reached the Top Ten of the Billboard Alternative and Mainstream Rock charts and earned the band a Grammy nomination.
More Movie Than Novel
“More Human Than Human” took its name and theme from the novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip K. Dick. The novel was the basis for the cult classic flick “Blade Runner.” “More Human Than Human” is the slogan of the Tyrell Corporation, the company that manufactures the androids/replicants in the movie. The line “I want more life” is a quote from one of the replicant soldiers (played by Rutger Hauer in the film), after it has tracked down its creator. Whether or not you are a fan of the book or the movie, it is hard not to be a fan of the slide guitar in this epic earworm.
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