Older Music Has Been Getting a Second Life On TikTok, Data Shows

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Despite having an endless amount of music to pair with their short, scrollable videos, TikTok users have been raiding the back catalogues of artists from yesteryear including Bronski Beat and Sade to soundtrack their posts. This year set a new high for use of old tracks on British TikTok posts, with tunes more than five years old accounting for 19 out of its 50 top tracks this year. It is the highest proportion since TikTok started monitoring the trend in 2021, when just 8 out of the 50 tracks were from back catalogues. The trend is also global, with 20 out of the top 50 tracks worldwide coming from back catalogues, led by 80s hit Forever Young by German synth-pop band Alphaville. Here are the top back catalogue tracks (must be more than five years old) on TikTok this year:

1. Blood Orange - Champagne Coast [2011]: 1.1m posts
2. Alphaville - Forever Young [1984]: 458,000 posts
3. Redbone - Come and Get Your Love [1974]: 386,000 posts
4. Tom Odell - Another Love [2012]: 238,000 posts
5. Pavement - Harness Your Hopes [1999]: 219,000 posts
6. Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten [2004]: 207,000 posts
7. Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle [1999]: 207,000 posts
8. Sade - Kiss of Life [1993]: 194,000 posts
9. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Murder on the Dancefloor [2001]: 191,000 posts
10. The Fray - Look After You [2005]: 188,000 posts

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