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  • The whole business of hummability, of course, has to do with familiarity.

    'On Sondheim:' The Musical-Theater Legend At 80 2010

  • The man was never as much of a sucker for a hook as Elton John was, but throughout 'The Soul Cages', Sting defiantly resists hummability as if a mere catchy pop chorus were too frivolous for such weighty content.

    The Soul Cages 1991

  • At best, it's a guilty pleasure, redeemed only by it's sheer hummability.

    NY Daily News 2011

  • As for my friend who questioned the hummability of Zeus, she might not know about

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • Much better are the charming "Teenage Love Affair" and "Wreckless Love," which strike the perfect balance between hummability and soulful heft.

    Riverfront Times | Complete Issue 2009

  • As for hummability vs. BO potential, I would equate hummability with enjoying certain kind of entertainment - be is "masala" (in the Ghajini era) or spoof.

    NAACHGAANA 2009

  • Much better are the charming "Teenage Love Affair" and "Wreckless Love," which strike the perfect balance between hummability and soulful heft.

    Riverfront Times | Complete Issue 2009

  • Much better are the charming "Teenage Love Affair" and "Wreckless Love," which strike the perfect balance between hummability and soulful heft.

    Riverfront Times | Complete Issue 2009

  • It's hard to explain why it all works as well as it does, but the continual use of the show's opening number "I Hope I Get It" has a good deal to do with it, not just because of its hummability but also the striving desire it represents.

    Filmcritic.com Movie Reviews 2009

  • It's hard to explain why it all works as well as it does, but the continual use of the show's opening number "I Hope I Get It" has a good deal to do with it, not just because of its hummability but also the striving desire it represents.

    Filmcritic.com Movie Reviews 2009

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