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Is TikTok the New Viral Hitmaker?Songs: “Makeba” by Jain, “Home” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, “Finance” by BoniAug 31, 2024Aug 31, 2024
The Raunchy Hip-Hop Hit That Humiliated Ben ShapiroSong: “WAP” by Cardi B ft. Megan Thee StallionAug 10, 20241Aug 10, 20241
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Published inWaxing LyricalThree Sorrowful Appalachian Folk Songbirds Cautioning Young LoversSongs: “Leatherwing Bat” by Peter, Paul and Mary; “Cuckoo Bird” by Clarence Ashley; and “Little Sparrow” by Dolly PartonJul 24, 2024Jul 24, 2024
This Hardcore Punk Anthem About Heroin and Murder Ended Up Selling ShampooSong: “Diamonds and Guns” by TransplantsJul 23, 2024Jul 23, 2024
“Sumer is Icumen in”: The Oldest Song in the English Language May Also Be One of Its WorstSong: “Sumer is Icumen in” by the Hilliard EnsembleJul 18, 20241Jul 18, 20241
How a Grim 1700s Ukrainian War Farewell Wound Up as a Merry Children’s Holiday Recital NumberSongs: “A Cossack Rode Beyond the Danube/Yikhav Kozak za Dunai” by Semyon Klymovsky, “Schöne Minka” by Ludwig van Beethoven, “Minka” by…May 17, 2024May 17, 2024
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