This is very interesting, because it ties in directly to something that amused me a good few years ago.

We had a guy in the UK called Bob Harris who presented a show called "The Old Grey Whistle Test", and the reason for this very odd name was as follows.

Seems there was this recording company where the caretakers (janitors) wore grey dust jackets, and were known as "Old Greys". Now the management played all the new songs over the building's internal sound system, and waited till the following day.

If the caretakers were whistling a particular tune, the bosses would be sure it was going to be a hit, and would sign up the artist or group, because their music had passed "The Old Grey Whistle Test".

It's kind of frightening to think that, for years, they were subjecting people to deliberate "Stuck Tune Syndrome" effect, without even knowing it existed.

Still, it explains why so many terminally bad songs have topped the charts, and that's even more scary.

Don T.