Classic music never gets old, it is passed on generation to generation. Tiktok has been a platform for musicians to get their songs shared if the sound becomes a trend. Artists end up getting global recognition from seconds of their song being used on the App like C Kay with his Love Nwantiti hit song.
Songs from the 90’s and early 2000s have been making a come back in Tiktok on the daily and making songs go back to billboard charts like Yes to heaven by Lana Del Ray. Here are a couple of classics that have resurfaced and become a sensation;
- Midnight – Abba
- Money, money, money – Abba
- Slipping through my fingers – Abba
- Be my baby – The Ronettess
- Smooth operator – Sade
- Glamorous – Fergie
- Suddenly I see – KT Tunstall
- Man eater – Nelly Furtado
- I wanna be yours – Artic Monkey
- Dark horse – Katy Perry
- Rasputin – Biney M
- Barbie girl – Aqua
- Frozen – Madonna
- Toxic – Britney Spears
- Gimme more – Britney Spears
- We no speak Americano – DCUP
- Love you like a love song – Selena Gomez
- Derniere Danse – Indila
- Talking to the moon – Bruno Mars
- Summertime sadness – Lana Del Ray
- Atoti – Gidigidi MajiMaji
These classics have made waves due to a trend or a hit TV show that brought them to people’s attention who now want more than 15 seconds of the song on TikTok. Some have been made into mash ups and others re done to new music like First Class by Jack Harlow inspired by Glamorous and Talking to the moon done by Junior Chio and Pop Smoke inspired by Talking to the moon by Bruno Mars.