popular song
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of popular song
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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It feels like what a musical AI would create when asked to write the most popular song imaginable.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 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
Benson Boone scored the world's most popular song of last year with Beautiful Things - but that success has come with a backlash.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025
Holiday’s performance and the disturbing images of the poetic text mark the moment in the development of popular song when it could no longer be dismissed as mere frivolity.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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