Could an earworm save your life?

How a Boney M. earworm visited and possibly helped save mountaineer Joe Simpson.

Includes archive from Touching The Void (2003), directed by Kevin Macdonald and produced by John Smithson

Featuring music psychologist Dr Lauren Stewart from Goldsmiths, University of London.

14 September 2017

2 minutes

This clip is from

Curious Cases—Series 7, The Sticky Song

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Duration: 02:24
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Duration: 02:13
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