Have you ever been ambushed by music? One minute you’re driving, the next a tune like Wannabe by the Spice Girls comes on the radio, and suddenly you’re a full-on pop star, belting out the chorus. Or maybe you’re at a wedding, and the opening notes of Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ trigger a mass singalong. What is it about these songs that makes them so irresistible?
I found myself pondering this at my daughter’s all-night graduation party. After an evening at an arcade, we took the grads to a private…








