popular song
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of popular song
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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The Fleischer brothers asked Natwick to draft up a woman character for the popular song by Helen Kane, “Boop-Boop-A-Doop.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
In a twist worthy of the movie, Day hated “Que Sera, Sera,” finding it silly and embarrassing, but it became her most popular song, another indication of the mysterious durability of Hitchcock’s music.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The AI group's most popular song has been streamed more than three million times.
From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025
Megan Stielstra touches on this in her essay about “Nothing Compares 2 U,” the most popular song pitched to the co-editors.
From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025
A popular song across the country in the late 1950’s was Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons,” where he sang about a miner owing his soul to the company store.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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