TikTok is no stranger to trending audios, however, Connie Francis’s Pretty Little Baby seems to be one of the most deserving.
Pretty Little Baby was originally released in 1962 as a B-side to her single “I’m Gonna Be Warm This Winter” and featured on her album Connie Francis Sings Second-Hand Love & Other Hits that same year. While the song has become a classic for many in the modern day, following its release, Pretty Little Baby didn’t have much success with listeners.
Currently, the track has 10 billion views on TikTok, over 20 million streams on Spotify, according to People Magazine, and is ranked No. 67 on the platform’s Global Top 100 chart. The song found its place with a wide range of people online, whether it be mothers, pet owners, or people currently focused on trends around 1960s Americana.
The success of Francis’s single is thanks to the song’s timelessness and as a representation of her diverse skill set. Francis had recorded multiple versions of Pretty Little Baby with hopes of gaining international interest. These versions helped boost the reach of Pretty Little Baby across TikTok.
The internet has a strange ability to revive interest in material, no matter how old it is, through memes or song trends. It is a surprising but welcome trend that helps introduce younger generations to music they might have never heard before or for old fans to revisit. Pretty Little Baby won’t be the last, but hopefully, the song will be one of the few that continues to pop up on user feeds in the future.
