TikTok Video Boosts Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Dream’ To Top 100

A viral TikTok video featuring a laid-back skater lip-syncing to Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” has propelled the 1977 hit back to the Billboard Hot 100 after an absence of more than three decades.

TikTok user doggface208’s antics, as he walked down the street, sipping a family-size bottle of cranberry juice, quickly struck a chord, racking up 8.6 million likes. And beyond propelling its creator – real name Nathan Apodaca – to viral fame, the video has rekindled interest in ’70s country rock legends. Stevie Nicks’ brooding meditation on a failed relationship came back into play. the Billboard chart for the week of October 17 at 9 p.m., just two weeks after the Apodaca clip went viral for the first time. “TikTok has taken catalog hits to various Billboard charts before … but never a song this old and a Hot 100 bounce so high. It shows that the tried and true power of TikTok to catapult songs to mainstream recognition. it’s only getting stronger, “wrote Billboard reporter Tatiana Cirisano in a post on the magazine’s website. Phil Collins is another classic artist who has benefited from a TikTok bounce. In August, a video in which two 22-year-olds shared their first reaction to their famous “In the Air Tonight” drum fill sent the song to number two on Apple’s iTunes chart. The return of “Dreams” to the charts has also sparked a broader surge of interest in the Fleetwood Mac catalog, with Billboard reporting an increase in broadcasts for the rockers’ other work.