catchy
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There are catchy songs, and then there are melodic arrangements that capture a feeling.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Feeds that use artificial intelligence to optimize for engagement and give priority to catchy content over more personal posts from friends and family, are often attributed to teen mental-health issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Take a bite out of history: In Part 2 of its series on McGruff the Crime Dog, Slate’s Decoder Ring podcast asks the question: Did a trench-coat-wearing dog’s catchy anti-drug anthems actually work?
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
“It Follows,” his breakout 2014 hit, was a buzzy million-dollar horror film with a catchy premise and sparks of ingenious production design.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
He presses a key, and I hear a mix of keyboard and drums that’s simple but catchy.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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 isn’t better than the Haydn; it is just catchier.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
It’s by far the catchiest song on a collection unconcerned with easy tunefulness, and is an ideal entry point for the album.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
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
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
A strange phenomenon appeared on the pop music charts this year: Many of the catchiest songs were also the catchiest songs of 2007, or 1998, or 1987.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
The spirit is that of the scherzo, and the main theme is the catchiest imaginable, the rhythm curious and irresistible, and the entire mood saturnalian.
