What Makes a Song Emotionally Memorable

Some songs come and go quickly. You might hear them once on the radio, nod along for a few minutes, and then completely forget they ever existed. Other songs stay with you for years, sometimes even for life. They become attached to memories, relationships, road trips, celebrations, heartbreaks, or particular moments in time. The interesting thing is that emotionally memorable songs are not always the most technically complex songs. In fact,...