Have you ever been ambushed by an irresistibly catchy tune? One minute you're driving calmly, the next a tune like Wannabe by the Spice Girls comes on the radio, and suddenly you're a full-on pop star ...

Researchers find these songs get stuck in your head. — -- From Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off," to Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time," to “Mambo No 5,” to Rihanna's "Umbrella," they are the pop ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite the challenges, Phineas and Ferb accomplished an extraordinary feat — incorporating at least one original song into every episode for over 200 segments. This impressive achievement resulted in ...

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey and "Christmastime Is Here" by Vince Guaraldi Trio are among the best ...

Queen is largely considered one of the greatest rock bands of all time. They made lots of popular music, as well as plenty of overlooked material, that still measures up today. Many of the famous ones ...

At their peak, nobody could deliver an earworm pop song with the consistency of ABBA. You could make an argument that their peak came in the neighborhood of 1977, the year they uncorked the ...

From the Spice Girls to The Macarena, AI chatbots and DJs say these are the songs we can't get out of our heads. Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, ...