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Timeless Western hits that stick in your ear: songs flowing through everyone’s hearts [2026]

A song that just won’t get out of your head.

That’s surely a masterpiece!

In this article, “Popular Songs Flowing Through Everyone’s Hearts,” we’ve carefully compiled a wide-ranging list: the first half features relatively new tracks, while the second half showcases timeless classics worthy of the hall of fame.

You’ve almost certainly heard these somewhere.

You might even rediscover songs you’d forgotten or finally recall the name of one that slipped your mind!

Give it a try!

It also carries the nuance of being catchy, so feel free to use it in various contexts.

Iconic Western songs that stick in your ears. Hit tracks playing in everyone’s hearts [2026] (111–120)

Bohemian RhapsodyQueen

It’s a single released by Queen in 1975, included on the album A Night at the Opera released the same year.

As the album title suggests, it has a dramatic, almost operatic style and is remembered as a work that goes beyond simple rock.

Catchy Western Music Classics: Hit Songs Flowing Through Everyone’s Hearts [2026] (121–130)

SkatanicReel Big Fish

It’s included on the 1996 album “TURN THE RADIO OFF.” A six-member band formed in 1992 from California.

The melody has a horror-inducing feel, and for good reason—if you listen to the lyrics, it’s an out-and-out stalker song.

The breaths and screams sprinkled throughout make for a track with a huge impact.

Scatmans WorldScatman John

Scatmans World (Official Video) HD -Scatman John
Scatmans WorldScatman John

It’s included on the 1987 album “Bad.” Born in 1958, he’s a singer from Indiana.

The bassline, which plays in minor chords, is truly striking and tightens the overall atmosphere of the song.

It’s so unique that you can recognize it immediately after one listen.

Overall, it’s a track brimming with Michael’s signature pop sensibility.

Sound of Silence (The Sound of Silence)Simon & Garfunkel

This song, which begins with a beautiful guitar arpeggio, is a single released by Simon & Garfunkel in 1965.

It became instantly famous when it was used as an insert song in the film The Graduate, starring a young Dustin Hoffman.

It reached No.

1 on the U.S.

charts in early 1966, and many cover versions have been released.

Beautiful Life (Viva La Vida)Coldplay

Coldplay – Viva La Vida ~Beautiful Life~ (Lyrics & Japanese Translation)
Beautiful Life (Viva La Vida)Coldplay

A single released in 2008 by the British band Coldplay.

It was included on the album of the same name.

The song gives the impression of a quietly burning flame of passion, and it has an evergreen brilliance that transcends categories such as pop, rock, and classical.

Sex MachineJames Brown

James Brown SEX MACHINE Sex Machine
Sex MachineJames Brown

A song that “JB,” James Brown, made a hit in 1970.

It’s famous in Japan because the chorus is said to sound like “geronpa!” James Brown, known as the “Godfather of Funk,” had been active since the 1950s.

This work is renowned as one of his signature songs—an irresistibly groovy, danceable classic.

Hey JudeThe Beatles

The Beatles – The Beatles – Hey Jude (Official Music Video) [Remastered 2015]
Hey JudeThe Beatles

Released in 1968.

At the time, it was only issued as a single, and was later included on the U.S.

compilation album “Hey Jude.” Even among the many hit songs by the Beatles, it ranks alongside “Yesterday” and “Let It Be” as one of the most famous.

It is said that Paul McCartney wrote the song about John Lennon’s son, Julian.