popular song

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It was voted the fourth most popular song in the world in a 2002 poll conducted by the BBC World Service.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

“Or is there a very popular song called ‘There’s a Trap Door in Your Heart,’ and now I’m just rewriting it?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

In a twist worthy of the movie, Day hated “Que Sera, Sera,” finding it silly and embarrassing, but it became her most popular song, another indication of the mysterious durability of Hitchcock’s music.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The AI group's most popular song has been streamed more than three million times.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

Holiday’s performance and the disturbing images of the poetic text mark the moment in the development of popular song when it could no longer be dismissed as mere frivolity.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall