popular song
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A closer look at a Beatles deep cut: Did you know that the Beatles’ all-time most popular song never made the charts—and wasn’t even written by John or Paul?
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
The release lands about 40 years after the New Jersey-raised musician appeared in the music video for the popular song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Each country awards 12 points to its most popular song while the second choice gets 10, and the rest are scored from eight to one.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
Its most popular song, “Lowdown,” was a dance-club hit and peaked at No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and No. 5 on the R&B chart before winning a Grammy for best R&B song.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
In this respect the 2 + 1 triplet has become as habitual to post-jazz popular song as the unwritten notes inegales were to the dance music of Lully and Rameau.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
