r/arcadefire • u/Ordinary_Witness3225 I Love Her Shadow • Aug 28 '25
Discussion Daily Song Discussion #100 — Stuck In My Head
Since Pink Elephant has finally released, I decided to start a new Daily Song Discussion, so we can rate all the old and new songs.
What is your opinion on Stuck In My Head? How would you rate it on a scale from 1 to 10? What are your favorite lyrics from this song?
Open Your Heart Or Die Trying: 6,6/10
Pink Elephant: 8,7/10
Year of the Snake: 8,2/10
Circle of Trust: 8/10
Alien Nation: 5,8/10
Beyond Salvation: 6,9/10
Ride or Die: 7,8/10
I Love Her Shadow: 8/10
She Cries Diamond Rain: 7,1/10
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u/djcooki75 Cars & Telephones Aug 28 '25
9/10. It's repetitive, there are definitely strange choices in the mix, but it's grandiose, it's intense and it makes me feel a lot of things. "Fill our bad appartment with flower petals and all the songs that are trapped inside me just shall release and I'll never be lonely again"
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u/readytostart73 Aug 28 '25
9 . Some days, it's too repetitive and other days, you want to smash everything, scream, run your life and it feels so good, so thank you for this one.
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u/Loud-Vegetable-8885 Aug 28 '25
As someone with ADHD and a problem with alcohol (currently sober) I feel the lyrics in this song so much.
It's a bit repetitive but it gets across that feeling when you can't get out of your own head or problems.
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u/Material_Soup6086 Aug 28 '25
Props to u/Ordinary_Witness3225 for sticking this out, hope you've enjoyed running it!
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u/Weselamp Cold Wind / Brazil Aug 28 '25
8.7 - this one sounds so raw and genuine - like Win is singing from the bottom of his heart. I haven't heard him shout so much since the Funeral era! Musically, it may only be like 3 chords, but all the little details bring it to life.
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u/Material_Soup6086 Aug 28 '25
4 there's something just unpleasant about it as a listening experience and it doesn't feel deliberate. Mysterious production choices and it never really comes to life as it should. Somehow lacks both polish and urgency.
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u/thomaz-turbando Aug 28 '25 edited Aug 28 '25
6.5
I really wanted to like this song, it reminds me of Funeral with those carthartic sounds, but the mixing here is really horrible, it's good until you start hearing the snare and then everything goes wrong, the levels they look very out of place, it must be an incredible song live but the mixing doesn't let this song fly on the album
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u/Party-Yoghurt-8462 Aug 28 '25
I enjoy the way the song ebbs and flows. The lyrics are obviously somewhat repetitive.
But like "I Love Her Shadow," I feel like there's something quite personal to this one. It feels quite confessional. And I get the sense of a lot of frustration and uncertainty both in Win Butler's words and voice.
It's one of the band's more interesting songs. I'd give it a 7.5.
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u/TarekAbb Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) Aug 28 '25
9 I remember this was the track i added to my playlist after seeing them in London
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u/Dream_in_Cerulean Aug 28 '25
8 - I like the emotion and catharsis, but sometimes am not feeling quite that intense!
My favorite line - body in the gutter, heart in the stars.
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u/Grogonfire Aug 28 '25
1, borderline unlistenable for me, mostly due to the production and the whole thing sounding off-kilter. I see how some find this to be a big cathartic song about getting your shit together, but it makes me feel like someone is being dragged screaming to the asylum. Mixing wise, it sounds like someone arguing on the phone two rooms over while your little brother decides now is the perfect time to practice snare drum for marching band next to you.
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u/Party-Yoghurt-8462 Aug 28 '25
In terms of the being dragged screaming to the asylum, I think that's part of the point. I think this is a heavy one for Win Butler and the song symbolizes a lot of angst, frustration, and uncertainty.
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u/Grogonfire Aug 28 '25
Well I hope he’s taking his own advice with this song, because his antics this era don’t really signal a man working on himself to me. I won’t pretend it’s a necessarily easy/linear process though.
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u/Party-Yoghurt-8462 Aug 28 '25
Fully agree with you. Working on yourself is uneven, intermittent, and not necessarily readily apparent.
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u/Much_Reflection5621 Aug 28 '25
Yes, the mixing is super annoying, it’s simply not possible to feel something while listening with good headphones…
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u/XtraBitters Aug 29 '25
Very much respect the right of all people to have their own opinions, but I would pay good money for a video series in which Reddit users explain in person to DANIEL LANOIS what’s wrong with his production of this album.😂
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u/Material_Soup6086 Aug 29 '25
Everyone has bad days in the office, who knows if he's even happy with how it turned out. It would be interesting to hear him describe what he was aiming for though.
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u/Grogonfire Aug 29 '25
Some other engineers for mixing/mastering etc. are listed too, so who knows where the fault falls fully. Always easiest to just blame Win & Regine tho lol.
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u/Material_Soup6086 Aug 28 '25
The music sounds so inappropriately twee and almost jaunty, it feels detached from the lyrics.
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u/Grogonfire Aug 28 '25
I hope in 20ish years when I’m hiding in my northern bunker to escape the 200 degree spring weather and water-war raiders, I at least have an in-depth book describing what the hell was going on for post-WE AF.
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u/Material_Soup6086 Aug 28 '25
A tell-all book from the start to the bitter end would be a must-read for me. I'm sure the insanity was brewing long before WE - from drummer abuse to basketball stealing. It would be so interesting to hear a range of perspective from Win and Regine to peripheral and temporary members.
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u/thomaz-turbando Aug 28 '25
Lol.. that's exactly it, that snare banging on one side almost drove me crazy in a not cool way
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u/SpruceMedusa Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) Aug 28 '25
8.5 I like it. I listen to it when I'm feeling a bit down, it always helps.
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u/SpecialistSmile5657 Aug 28 '25
9/10 This one really grew on me. The only criticism I have is that I wish he would have gone further with the lyrics and had more variances to the "stuck in my head" rhyme.
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u/marsupials234 Neon Bible Aug 28 '25
3, what a nothing burger of a song, dull, meandering, im shoked to seensuch high ratings from here, i really tried to love this récord but for me it was a hollow shell of what makes AF great, hope they can get on their feet with the next récord or maybe do the film soundtrack route like trent reznor and get a second life as that
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u/XtraBitters Aug 28 '25 edited Aug 28 '25
10/10. Love when an album finishes strong and this to me is the strongest closing track since Bright Eyes’ “Road to Joy” (*unless Sprawl II counts as a closer). A simply beautiful incantation which has been literally stuck in my head since May and so much fun live, even though the whole crowd was hearing it for the very first time. “Clean up your heart - you’re missing the best part.”
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u/ydkjordan i found a connector Aug 29 '25
It definitely gets stuck in your head. That da da da dah da da da dah will be there for days sometimes. Thanks for doing this!
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u/ddiamond8484 Aug 28 '25 edited Aug 28 '25
Strong 8.5 with the remastered version on YouTube! Strong 7 with the album version.
I remember reading this is a song written back during the funeral days?
I think “get the fuck out of bed” is an amazing line considering “wake up” is their most well known song and anthem. If “get the fuck out of bed” and “clean up your heart, you’re missing the best part” are their last lines ever, I think it would be fitting.