--- description: To Westeros! title: Humming the 'Game of Thrones' Theme Tune Can Have Serious Consequences image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Humming the _Game of Thrones_ Theme Tune Can Have Serious Consequences by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 15, 2015 3:50 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 15, 2015 3:50 PM CUT Every office seems to have at least one person who hums and it’s always distracting to hear bars of Beethoven, the Beatles or Berlin floating through the air while you are trying to work. But when someone starts humming the theme song to _Game of Thrones_ it’s not just distracting, it’s a noble and glorious disruption — at least according to a new video from[ College Humor](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPDXXXJj9nax0fr0Wfc048g "undefined"). There’s something about the show’s long opening theme song that stirs the blood and makes you yearn for Westeros. The tune could also lead you to believe that “Winter is Coming” to your cubicle and the only option is to march into war and/or the conference room. While work day disruptions are usually frowned upon by HR, reenacting the _Game of Thrones_ opening sequence is the best way to kill time until the new season starts next year. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3921082/game-of-thrones-theme-tune-humming/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3921082/game-of-thrones-theme-tune-humming/"},"headline":"Humming the Game of Thrones Theme Tune Can Have Serious Consequences","datePublished":"2015-06-15T15:50:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:21:07.500Z","description":"To Westeros!","url":"https://time.com/3921082/game-of-thrones-theme-tune-humming/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","HBO","game of thrones","Comedy","Videos","Viral video"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3921082/game-of-thrones-theme-tune-humming/","name":"Humming the Game of Thrones Theme Tune Can Have Serious Consequences"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Is 'Games of Thrones' Treatment Of Women Too Much?","description":"This season of 'Game of Thrones' has been brutal towards women. But is it too much?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vn6UV5cw/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-12T03:04:09.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vn6UV5cw.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3921082/game-of-thrones-theme-tune-humming/","duration":"PT2M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3921082/game-of-thrones-theme-tune-humming/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```