popular song

American  

noun

1. a song that is written to have an immediate and wide appeal and is usually popular for only a short time, but that sometimes is of a sufficiently high quality to become part of the permanent repertoire of popular music and jazz.

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Etymology

Origin of popular song

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

I grew up on the New York Jewish sound of Brooks as the 2000 Year Old Man and the soundtrack album to “The Producers,” which included large sections of dialogue; I know its inflections like one might internalize every element of a popular song.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, Williams is doing what he does most Sundays between September and January: recapping the game with a parody of a popular song.

From The Wall Street Journal

Born as an opera aria, it became a popular song, a jazz standard, and finally a cultural touchstone.

From The Wall Street Journal

The AI group's most popular song has been streamed more than three million times.

From Barron's

The Times quoted Mackintosh as saying in reference to the correspondence in the archive: "Herbie has a very strong moral compass as a person. He has the very quality to reflect in popular song and lyric the ethos of Victor Hugo."

From BBC

Related Words

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