Do you think animals can get a song stuck in their head?

No.

I haven’t heard Milo humming ever, if you consider that empirical evidence.

@marinelife: Got any reason to think so? (I know, I didn’t ask)
@gailcalled : Great image…but – I don’t, sorry.

^^^You don’t what?

Consider Milo’s lack of humming empirical evidence.

I don’t think animals recognize music as music the way we do. I think they may enjoy or dislike certain sounds in the music, but I don’t think they actually recognize and hear it as music.

I also don’t think they think about stuff the way we do. They don’t ruminate or bring up old memories. They live eternally in the present. So I don’t think they would think about songs unless they were hearing it right at that moment.

They’re too occupied with “I’ll sit here;” “Now I’ll sit here; “Now I’ll stretch;” “Now I’ll lick my ___.” to be holding a song in memory. As @keobooks notes, they’re very much in the present.

Whenever my dog catches her reflection in a window, i’d like to think she’s tap stepping to the tune of “how much is that doggie in the window…”
Alas, she’s probably only got some gum stuck to her paw.

Well, I did see a humming bird on my fuschias the other morning…

@longgone Because I don’t think they can remember music.

No. Animals always inhabit the present moment. They may feel emotion but they do not dwell on the past, obsess on thought or futurize as humans do. They lack ego, which makes them far superior to us. lol

My dod that died was with us for 13 years and the only song he knew & loved was this one and he’d yowl with us at the end. Good memories. But my actual answer is no, I don’t believe they recognize music like us.

“Flee Fly’s a good old boy, he loves to hear his daddy sing!
Flee Fly’s a good old boy, he loves to hear his mama sing!
Booowwwww, wooowwwww, woooooowwwwww!”

I’ve seen birds dance to music and head bob, I have also heard limited attempts to “sing” them.

My cat listens and is effected by my brain entrainment audios. I especially love it when she’s yowling it me and in my face and I turn the deep sleep on and she goes and lies down at my feet.

@rosehips That’s true, some birds do! I sing to mine all the time, but either they don’t like my voice or prefer their cat-calls and bath begging…ha!!

If I sang a song about dinner then possibly.

^^^Listen to Snoopy sing Supper Time to make you a true believer. Start at 1:10 if you’re in a hurry.

Interesting answers! I have no idea, myself. I do agree with all of you that said animals don’t experience music like we do. But I wonder whether they’d have to. Getting a song stuck in your head seems like something so very basic…
@KNOWITALL, are you saying your dog recognized that one specific song?
@gailcalled That link was cute! :)

@KNOWITALL Threaten to get new ones see if they change their tunes : )

@longgone Oh yeah, he did. We had him his whole life though and we sang that to him his whole life. He’d even dance around with us! :) Lord I miss that good boy.

I’m not sure if animals get songs stuck in their heads as humans do. I know they can recognise certain songs though. Depending on the conditioning from the event and song, it can be positive or negative feelings of recognition.
Our previous dog could recognise certain genres of music (before he became hard of hearing in his old age). How he acquired this talent was through years of hearing different genres being played with my different moods/activities. When certain songs were played, he would know exactly what to expect from me. He even knew some Michael Jackson songs and John Williams pieces (from Schindler’s List). After years of hearing the songs and associating the music, often, with my dancing or drawing…he’d come to expect that certain behaviour at home. I’m not saying he could understand the song or the music..but he made his own associations with those specific sets of sounds and my behaviour.
He had also had negative reactions to songs with lots of screaming and/or swearing. He would tuck away and hide (because of past experiences with those).

Many people think animals are constantly living in the present… not exactly true. Dogs, for instance, are actually living in the past every day. They are constantly expecting certain outcomes for associations they have made through past experiences. Classical/Operant/Pavlovian Conditioning are all very much in practice with hon-humans, just as often as in humans. It is very basic. However, the associations can be quite complex.

@KNOWITALL – So he’d be an example of an animal recognizing tunes…awesome!
@Plucky I agree, I don’t think dogs live in the present at all times. Apart from my own, admittedly subjective take on this, it also seems like they’d have a very hard time surviving in the wild.

My old goose Marwyn, in my avatar did love it when I sang to him the Shaggy rendition of “Angel.” haha I don;t thin he played the song in his head but, he knew the song and honked when I sang it to him and got excited when I broke out my Dembe drum for a little jam along. haha
”
Your’re my darlin’ Marwyn, closer than my peeps you are to me, baaaaby…” lol