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
Born as an opera aria, it became a popular song, a jazz standard, and finally a cultural touchstone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
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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