Catchy songs can be transformative bits of happiness. You love a song, you want to sing it, right? Or hum it, or maybe bang some pretend drums to the tune. But the opposite could happen too. You might ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trying to narrow down the best songs of any year is an impossible task. It’s a challenge we take on with great pride, but it’s rarely with ease. And depending on who you ask, the answer changes. But ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever been ambushed by an irresistibly catchy tune? One minute you're driving calmly, the next a tune like Wannabe by the ...

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 ...

The Spice Girls' song Wannabe made just about every catchy song list out there. They wanna really, really, really wanna zigazig ah! How come some songs make us want to sing along and dance, while ...