This famous and quite upbeat bubblegum pop song is one of the most definitive one-hit wonders of the 1960s. Released in 1969, this hit managed to make it to no. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and in ...

As 2025 rolls in, it's time to look back and celebrate some of the nostalgic pop songs you may have forgotten about that turn 25 this year. (Yes, we feel old.) These tracks defined the sound of 2000 — ...

The power of a lasting song is that it breaks free of its origins. Hits should be more than celebrity narratives. By Jon Pareles The megahits of 2024 were inseparable from their back stories. And that ...