Repetitive pop-songs more likely to be hits

Repeated chorus aids popularity:

Repetitive-pop-songs-more-likely-to-be-hits

Less total information to be learned. Easier for our memory to record the song.

https://humanbottleneck.com/chapter-1/novelty-in-music/

And when I get old and have dementia, please plug me in to my oldies!

Oliver Sacks – “Awakening” the nearly dead with familiar music