Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Spice Girls' song Wannabe made just about every catchy song list out there. They wanna really, really, really wanna zigazig ah ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Can't get the Spice Girl's "Wannabe" out of your head 18 years later? You're not alone, a new study says. The research, out of the University of Amsterdam, is founded on the basis that all catchy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to what makes a song the kind of timeless classic that people will sing along to for decades to come, it can be hard ...

Ever had a song just...lodge itself in your brain? You're not alone! That's an earworm, and science has figured out why they happen. Researchers at the University of St Andrews developed a formula ...

Like a good cup of espresso, music is a sensory experience that can stick with you long after it’s gone. Music doesn’t even need to be played out loud. Perhaps even reading the word “espresso” put ...

“Shake It” by Metro Station was quite the earworm back in 2008. Released during the particularly mainstream revival era of emo and neon pop music, “Shake It” was the band’s very first charting single.

How come some songs make us want to sing along and dance, while others just don't grab our attention? Catchy songs have been around as long as there's been music, but what makes a song stick in our ...