humdrum

causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest

Heard in 22 songs (69M+ combined views) — most famously in "The Spark" by Afrojack.

Updated September 27, 2026

Songs Featuring “humdrum”

Afrojack - The Spark

Time: 1:27

Hey, feeling trapped

Thinking that you can't get out of this humdrum scene

Time to turn this thing upside down

Afrojack - The Spark

Zachary Preciado - Happy Place

Time: 0:39

Dum-dum, this sucks, life is feelin' like a bunch'a-

Humdrum, bum-bum, bangin' in my head

I'm trapped inside of the back of my mind

Zachary Preciado - Happy Place

The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing

Time: 0:01

The rain falls hard on a humdrum town

This town has dragged you down

The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing

Hippo Campus - Boys

Time: 1:54

I'm doing every line

I'm phasing out the humdrum

I do this every time

Hippo Campus - Boys

Brian Eno - King's Lead Hat

Time: 1:20

And draw bananas on the bathroom walls

The killer cycles, humdrum, the killer hertz

The passage of my life is measured out in shirts

Brian Eno - King's Lead Hat

Pet Shop Boys - The End of the World

Time: 1:33

Among the books and pens and reading glasses

It seems there's no escape from the humdrum

It's over and done

Pet Shop Boys - The End of the World

Porcupine Tree - Never Have

Time: 1:45

When the flashbulb dies

And the humdrum thrives

Do you lose your pride?

Porcupine Tree - Never Have

Insane Clown Posse - Hum Drum Boogie

Time: 0:52

Come on put it on me bitch

Hit me with the humdrum boogie

That thing, oh goodie

Insane Clown Posse - Hum Drum Boogie

Tears for Fears - Humdrum and Humble

Time: 1:02

Lost the war

All for the love of the humdrum and humble

Colour for the colourblind

Tears for Fears - Humdrum and Humble

Peter Gabriel - Humdrum

Time: 0:04

He took your ticket yesterday

In the humdrum

In the humdrum

Peter Gabriel - Humdrum

Otep - Equal Rights, Equal Lefts

Time: 0:43

So I'm playing rough

So humdrum, so dumb

You picked a fight

Otep - Equal Rights, Equal Lefts

Klaatu - A Routine Day

Time: 2:35

I stand here in the queue behind a foul cigar

My face discreetly buried in a book on Mars, humdrum

And I'm waiting on the pier 'til Charon comes

Klaatu - A Routine Day

Parliament - Theme from the Black Hole

Time: 3:34

Oh, mule-mo, oh ducky-puss, Starchild!

Humdrum, tweedle-dee-dee dum, Starchild!

And I have made a jackass out of the funk

Parliament - Theme from the Black Hole

Buzzcocks - Boredom

Time: 0:20

You know me, I'm acting dumb

You know the scene, very humdrum

Boredom, boredom

Buzzcocks - Boredom

The Boomtown Rats - When the Night Comes

Time: 0:48

From the air-conditioned heat.

The humdrum and mundane

Is nearly driving them insane.

The Boomtown Rats - When the Night Comes

Midnight Oil - Undercover

Time: 0:11

The gibs on fire like a red plum

The burning colours beat the humdrum

As time goes by

Midnight Oil - Undercover

Prince - Things Have Gotta Change (Tony M. Rap)

Time: 1:50

The army of the brothers shall overcome

And never succumb to the humdrum

Saving to keep the person's brain numb

Prince - Things Have Gotta Change (Tony M. Rap)

Squeeze - Hits of the Year

Time: 0:31

Laying on beaches and writing out cards

Back to the humdrum and bashing out cars

Into the aircraft I look for my seat

Squeeze - Hits of the Year

Elvis Costello - Radio Silence

Time: 1:36

Tape starts running, he's gonna tell you something

Strings start strumming, another humdrum conundrum

Signing off now

Elvis Costello - Radio Silence

Catatonia - Imaginary Friend

Time: 0:53

But we spin by, and by the by

A great pain finds numb haven, humdrum

And we spin by and by the by

Catatonia - Imaginary Friend

The Pretty Things - Office Love

Time: 0:07

It didn't seem a vision to me

The office staff begin the humdrum

Making the hours and the money flow

The Pretty Things - Office Love

DIIV - Lorelei

Time: 2:00

♪

Circe's humdrum song

Is pleading for help at my

DIIV - Lorelei