I've listened to the same song..

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I do that a lot, either with one song or one CD/playlist. It really annoys my brother, which makes it that much better. lol

Yes, I do this often when online.

Whenever I get a new album I load it onto my windows media player and press repeat until about 2 weeks later. I wear headphones now as my mother tells me that if I am going to do that, to wear headphones. [also because of the fact that she doesn't like my music]

This is something I found a lot of aspies do! I am doing it now (playcount 280)

Addendum: listening to a song you like frequently is "normal".

Listening to a song you like over and over again all throughout the day, excluding things you "should" be doing, is an "abnormal" thing. Listening to the same several seconds of a song over and over again instead of the complete song is an "abnormal" thing. These two are autistic things; my psychiatrist told me such, and I've seen other autistic people do these.

I also repeatedly watch the same tv shows and DVDs, and there are some books I've probably read in excess of 100 times...

Yeah, definitely an "aspie thing"

Ive done that before on occasion, though usually with albums and not individual songs, though I do tend to listen to the same song a few times in a row if Ive had it on my mind lately, and generally go back to that point of the album when I first get into a car and listen to it again. Last time I remember listening to a single song playlist on repeat, was with The Eagles - Journey of the Sorcerer for multiple hours while playing games.

Although not music related but still dealing with repetition. Ive never had a problem with Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games and what is commonly referred to as Farming in them, killing the same enemies over and over for loot or experience. The repetition never bothered me, but all my friends absolutely hated doing it. I'd just put on some music and go spend a few hours killing the same things in one area and not be bored.

As long as a piece is complete it works for me. I can't count the number of times I've heard Beethoven 5, Beethoven 9 - IV. (accompanied by me shouting the bass part), or the Hallelujah Chorus (also with my accompaniment). We know when s**t's good and we want moar. MOAR I SAY!! !

Yep, but only with certain songs. I also do it with certain tv show episodes (I get my favourites on dvd so I can do this) and certain books. The songs, episodes and books I do it with change from time to time but I've always got at least one thing that I have going in the background (over and over and over). I don't see that it matters. I watch dvds in my room where nobody else has to see and my mp3 player means that no-one's bothered by my music so it has no effect on anyone else. It helps me block out distractions which means I can concentrate better to work or have an easier time relaxing. I see no downside and no reason to stop (other then as an attempt to conform to some completely arbitrary model of normality, and that never works anyway)

I also used to zone out on spinning a toy cars wheel and I build kit-set models, take them apart and build them again over and over until I get them exactly perfect.

I listen a lot to Billy Joel songs recently on the PC, at least it's only me getting to hear it with the headphones on. About a month before that, I was constantly playing Creedence Clearwater Revival songs.