, and there it is again - that fragment of a song, looping endlessly with no off switch in sight. Most people know exactly ...

Pop,” “dance,” “rock ‘n’ roll” — the genres burst out as the video cuts to Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, will.i.am of the Black ...

It's the time of year when seemingly innocent jingles tunnel into my brain. Right now I'm haunted by Ariana Grande's "Santa Tell Me," which I heard for the first time while researching this article.

There's nothing more frustrating than being stuck with the same song rattling around your head for hours at a time. But for those of us who often find ourselves at the mercy of a particularly ...

Forget the Grammys, the VMAs, or any day Beyoncé decides to release new music or re-release old music: today is the best day of the year to be a pop music fan. The annual DJ Earworm United State of ...

In the winter of 1900, six-year-old Nicolas Slonimsky was introduced to the world of popular Russian ditties. “Little bird, what did you do? I drank vodka, so did you,” he would warble to enchanted ...

WERTHEIMER: How do you cure an earworm? HYMAN: If we really get the song out of your head, you've got to really get yourself cognitively engaged in something that takes up all of consciousness and ...

If you have a toddler, the words "Baby Shark" may be enough to make you cover your ears and run to the next room. The YouTube video of the song has nearly 2 billion views, and it's easy to understand ...

Explore the music tied to iconic moments in history on the CNN Original Series “Soundtracks: Songs that Defined History,” now streaming on demand and CNNGo. In 2009, Lady Gaga sang about being caught ...

Lovable has launched its first brand campaign, ‘Earworm,’ built around the idea that some thoughts won’t go away until you bring them to life. Created with ad agencies Strange Family and Even/Odd and ...

Many home gardeners understand a sad truth about the corn earworm: the little critter loves sweet corn just as much as humans do. It creates a yearly battle to fight back the pesky insect. The adult ...