catchy
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What we saw onscreen, along with the catchy music she made, was, in her telling, the fruit of a creative yield achieved by pressing beyond her breaking point.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
For rock fans, “Boston” had it all—dramatic guitar solos, powerful lead vocals, a jabbing bass line, thrashing drums and catchy songs with a smart blend of pop and metal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Infantino's private-investment plan did not have a catchy title, and lasted two days longer than the ESL.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Bulgaria won Eurovision 2026 in Vienna in May with Dara's catchy floor-filler "Bangaranga" sweeping the 70th edition of the glitzy TV extravaganza, meaning they will get to host next year's edition.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
But Gogol, already short and catchy, resists mutation.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
As a pop star it is: Pop has always breached stylistic boundaries, constantly exploiting subcultures to annex whatever might make a song catchier.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
A general manager encouraged him to adopt the last name Laboe because it sounded catchier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
“It’d be nice to think of a catchier name,” Potter admits.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 26, 2022
The middle initial “T” was added when he got his recording contract to make the name catchier.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
It was one of Agatha Swanburne’s catchier sayings, and the children knew it by heart, since Penelope said it often enough.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
A dirty little truth about “feel-good” hits, down to the catchiest ditty, is that they’re rarely a band or an artist’s best work.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
In time, the Shermans would conjure many of the catchiest and most beloved movie songs of the 20th century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Yes, “ Dancing on My Own,” a 2016 dance remix performed by a British reality show contestant improbably became the catchiest song of last season’s run to the World Series.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
Many of the catchiest songs of 2022 were also the catchiest songs of 2007, or 1998, or 1987.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
Possibly the catchiest of these, a really cute little thing, was achieved by jazzing up the Funeral March.
From And All the Earth a Grave by C. C. MacApp
