In 1980, The Human League, a band admired, respected and very much on the cutting edge of electronic music, were pretty much washed up. Unable to score a hit for their Virgin Records taskmasters, the ...

The Spice Girls' song Wannabe made just about every catchy song list out there. They wanna really, really, really wanna zigazig ah! How come some songs make us want to sing along and dance, while ...

The Killers debuted in 2004 with a flawless album called Hot Fuss. It sounded like a group of kids who’d discovered their older siblings’ post-punk record collection. Like New Order’s “Blue Monday,” ...

AI can already write songs that sound as good as hits by talented artists.

How come some songs make us want to sing along and dance, while others just don't grab our attention? Catchy songs have been around as long as there's been music, but what makes a song stick in our ...