One year before Johnny Cash’s death, he recorded an unexpected song that served as an especially poignant farewell. In 2002, ...

You're humming along to a song you just heard on the radio, or maybe a jingle from an old commercial. Then, silence falls, but the music plays on... in your head. Welcome to the universal experience ...

Like a good cup of espresso, music is a sensory experience that can stick with you long after it’s gone. Music doesn’t even need to be played out loud. Perhaps even reading the word “espresso” put ...

Researched and drafted by Faith Hochgesang, under the guidance of Dr. Elizabeth Kensinger, with additional editing by Drs. Daley and Ford When was the last time you went a whole day without hearing ...

If you search the internet for information about earworms — tunes that get stuck in your head — you’ll undoubtedly find lots of complaints about annoying songs like “Baby Shark” and anecdotes about ...

Think about a song that’s gotten stuck in your head. Maybe it’s Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby,” the State Farm theme song, or, ...

Ever had a song get stuck in your head for a long period of time? An ‘earworm’ wiggles its way into your consciousness as a song—or more likely, a verse or two of one—with no plan of exit, leaving you ...