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1. knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu › podcast › knowledge-atWhat Makes Songs Popular? It’s All About ‘You’

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   Songs that have more “you’s” in them are more successful. But how do you know that’s the reason they’re more successful? There are hundreds of reasons why songs are successful.

2. www.psychologytoday.com › us › blogWhy Do Some Songs Become Popular? | Psychology Today

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   Jun 7, 2018 · There are likely multiple reasons why these songs were so successful (e.g., marketing strategies, viral music videos). We know that human beings desire stimulation, so they are...

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4. medium.com › the-red-fish › the-surprising-andThe Surprising and Scientific Reason Why Songs Become Popular

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   Sep 25, 2018 · In a recent research paper, he tries to identify the important factors that make a song popular. The experiment is brilliant yet simple. The Method (simplified): They chose 1,879 unique songs.

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6. neurosciencenews.com › music-earworms-hooks-22322Hooks and Earworms: What Makes Pop Songs So Catchy?

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   Jan 22, 2023 · Researchers explore why some songs constantly get stuck in our heads and why these "hooks" are the guiding principle for modern popular music.

7. thepsychfiles.com › 2014 › 10What Makes Some Songs Popular? | The Psych Files

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   Oct 28, 2014 · We'll listen to excerpts from Leonard Cohen's song Hallelujah, as well as Noisestorm's Ignite, Adele's Someone Like You, the Enterprise Theme from Star Trek, and even two pieces of music from the motion picture Koyaanisqatsi to figure out why these are popular songs.

8. www.bbc.com › news › entertainment-arts-53167325Pop music is getting faster (and happier) - BBC

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   The charts are suddenly crammed with pop songs that celebrate joy and sensuality and precipitous thrill: Dua Lipa's Physical, Doja Cat's Say So, Harry Styles' Watermelon Sugar and Gaga's own...

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   Why are songs so successful?

   • There are hundreds of reasons why songs are successful. As I mentioned, we tried to control for various things, like a certain artist might be liked more, certain genres might be more or less popular, and more radio airplay is going to help songs be successful. We did that in the field, but then we also did some experiments.

   What Makes Songs Popular? It’s All About ‘You’

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   Why are some songs more popular than others?

   • Wharton’s Jonah Berger talks about his new research on why some songs are more popular than others. Songs stick in our heads for all sorts of reasons, but new research finds that listeners love tunes more when one particular word is included in the lyrics.

   What Makes Songs Popular? It’s All About ‘You’

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   Why do people listen to pop music?

   • Music journalist Charlie Harding, who hosts the Switched On Pop podcast, agrees there's been "an important psychological change" in people's listening habits. "During moments of great distress, music provides hope. A pop song gives us permission to access joy, even when the world is burning. "But music is more than just escapism.

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   Why do people love music so much?

   • "During moments of great distress, music provides hope. A pop song gives us permission to access joy, even when the world is burning. "But music is more than just escapism. It can help us imagine a different way of life. Protest anthems motivate us to keep marching in the streets even when our feet are tired.

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   Are songs about different things in their genres more successful?

   • But looking at thousands of songs across multiple years, we found that songs about different things in their genres are more successful. In that project, we controlled for a variety of other factors: genre, artist, time period, and individual words. We controlled for pronouns.

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   What makes a country song a successful song?

   • Country music tends to talk a lot about things like girlfriends and cars. But looking at thousands of songs across multiple years, we found that songs about different things in their genres are more successful. In that project, we controlled for a variety of other factors: genre, artist, time period, and individual words.

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10. medicalxpress.com › news › 2023-01-songs-catchyWhat makes pop songs so catchy? - Medical Xpress

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    Jan 17, 2023 · It's the first book-length study of hooks in popular music that attempts to explain why some songs get stuck in our heads and why these "hooks" are the guiding principle of modern popular...