, and there it is again - that fragment of a song, looping endlessly with no off switch in sight. Most people know exactly what this feels like. An earworm, also described as sticky music or stuck ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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, “Defying ...

That one-hit wonder that keeps repeating in your head might be an indication of your ability to sing accurately, according to a UB researcher who co-authored a paper that examined earworms. An earworm ...

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 ...

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 ...

In his brilliant satire, “The Supremacy of Uruguay,” E.B. White tells the story of Martin Casablanca, a Uruguayan patriot in New York for a convention who finds himself infected by a snippet of a song ...

As I’m sitting down to write this, the Journey song, "Don't Stop Believing" is going through my head. It’s been doing so for two hours. That’s called an earworm. And many people try to banish them, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – That one-hit wonder that keeps repeating in your head might be an indication of your ability to sing accurately, according to a University at Buffalo researcher who co-authored a paper ...