Earworm

I came across the term 'earworm' on this, always fascinating, blog called
Art of noise. In there it describes how earworm (or ohrwurm in the original German) is the word for one of those songs you just can't get out of your head. (See the Wordspy definition here)

I must have missed it when the BBC web sitediscussed this back in 2003. Apparently there is a real earworm too - some sort of bug which eats ears of corn.

I thought it was such an obviously great name for a band that it must have been used already, but I have searched high and low and not found a band called Earworm. I did find Earworm Records, a German festival called Earworm and some songs and albums called Earworm, but no band.

I am still convinced that there is a band called Earworm out there, but I can't find them. The only downside to such a great name is the need to live up to it, so whatever music Earworm play it had better be catchy!