<p>That's a difficult to say I assume many kind of past memories* linked with emotions subconsciously play certainly a critical role nevertheless I found an interesting link (<a href="http://www.gizmag.com/predicting-hit-songs/20939/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gizmag.com/predicting-hit-songs/20939/</a>) which is about a formula on how to find out the next hit song.</p>

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<p>*by memories I mean more kind of episodic memories rather than semantic although it could be semantic if someone would be expressed of a song by its lyrics.</p>

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<p>Often it happens that we like to frequently listen to a particular tune or song or view some pictures or images repeatedly time after time. What are the reasons and psychology behind this?</p>

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Related (newer, but duplicate?): [Why do we come to like some songs after re-listening to them a few times?](https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/q/17967/21) Has a better answer.
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Psychology behind repeated viewing of certain pictures and songs
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# Psychology behind repeated viewing of certain pictures and songs

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-05)

Often it happens that we like to frequently listen to a particular tune or song or view some pictures or images repeatedly time after time. What are the reasons and psychology behind this?

**Tags:** cognitive-psychology, perception, music, aesthetics

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> **username_1**: Related (newer, but duplicate?): [Why do we come to like some songs after re-listening to them a few times?](https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/q/17967/21) Has a better answer.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2013-12-05. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

That's a difficult to say I assume many kind of past memories\* linked with emotions subconsciously play certainly a critical role nevertheless I found an interesting link (<http://www.gizmag.com/predicting-hit-songs/20939/>) which is about a formula on how to find out the next hit song.

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\*by memories I mean more kind of episodic memories rather than semantic although it could be semantic if someone would be expressed of a song by its lyrics.


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