TikTok Trending: INSIDE THE MOST VIRAL TRACKS OF THE MONTH.

Date: Oct. 2023
From: Music Week
Publisher: Future B2B LLC
Document Type: Article
Length: 606 words
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UNITED KINGDOM

Charli XCX

Speed Drive

Video Creations: 142,500

Barbie has taken over TikTok this summer with over 81 billion views on #Barbie and a soundtrack that keeps on giving. Barbie: The Album is an eclectic mix of genre-spanning tracks, each offering something different from the song before it, and Charli XCX's Speed Drive is a pulse-raiser that undoubtedly brings the energy.

Clocking in at less than two minutes, this aptly named track has been getting the TikTok community hyped and ready to party. Speed Drive also weaves in some nostalgia, interpolating Toni Basil's Mickey, and introducing a new generation to the classic hit.

Lucy Benbow, label partnerships manager at TikTok, pays tribute to how TikTok users have embraced the Barbie trend and with it Charli XCX's modern yet nostalgic hit.

"In a summer dominated by the Barbie sensation. Speed Drive has caught the TikTok community's attention with its infectious energy...

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"TikTok Trending: INSIDE THE MOST VIRAL TRACKS OF THE MONTH." Music Week, Oct. 2023, p. 86. link.gale.com/apps/doc/A766790729/AONE?u=gale&sid=bookmark-AONE. Accessed 14 May 2026.
  

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