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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.

Edgar Allan Poe
Song, Writing, Thinking
Edgar Allan Poe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated)”, p.1877, Delphi Classics
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.