Why do songs replay in your mind with no off switch? A music psychologist explains earworm triggers, repetition, and ...

If you ever find yourself singing along to a pop song for hours on end, you know how difficult it can be to get a catchy tune out of your head. Now, psychologists believe they have figured out exactly ...

Weekend Edition Sunday guest host Linda Wertheimer talks with Ira Hyman, a professor of psychology at Western Washington University, about his new study. He investigated "earworms," songs that get ...

We've all had a tune linger in our heads for much longer than we'd like. Here's what, exactly, earworms are—and what you can do to get rid of them. As I write this, I have a Bob Seger song stuck in my ...

Has an earworm crawled into your head and started gnawing on your brain, looping a specific song until you go crazy? Although not literally worms, the process of having a song stuck in your head ...

In the winter of 1900, six-year-old Nicolas Slonimsky was introduced to the world of popular Russian ditties. “Little bird, what did you do? I drank vodka, so did you,” he would warble to enchanted ...

The holidays are upon us. 'Tis the season for chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose — and getting songs like Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" hopelessly ...

You can’t walk into the office without Rihanna’s voice singing “work work work work work work” in your head. And that one line from Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” still makes you want to scream. These are ...

There's nothing more frustrating than being stuck with the same song rattling around your head for hours at a time. But for those of us who often find ourselves at the mercy of a particularly ...

Everybody's recapping the year's best music and movies, but reading the roundups can sometimes feel like dancing about architecture. Thanks to DJ Earworm, we can enjoy most of the year's best pop ...