Which instantly-identifiable musical riff do you believe is the most frustratingly addictive in all of music? Not necessarily the one you like most, but rather the one which, when heard, infects your brain and begins repeating on a loop ad infinitum?

My answer: Doo doo-doo doo-doo. Doo doo-doo doo-doo DOO DOO. (The fact that you recognize this typed out is testament to this riff’s malevolent ability to hijack the human brain for hours.)

How about you? Moonlight Sonata? 1812 Overture? Enter Sandman? Seven Nation Army? Something else?

Topics: psychology, music, guitar, songs, brain, addiction, riff, earworm