TikTok has revealed its Songs of the Summer 2025, and the top contenders are a blast from the past. British pop singer Jess Glynne claims the crown with her 2015 hit “Hold My Hand,” which became an unlikely anthem on the platform thanks to a viral Jet2 Holidays commercial meme. The bouncy track – originally released a decade ago – surged in popularity as users paired it with videos of vacation mishaps and travel triumphs, making “Hold My Hand” the feel-good soundtrack of summer. “I’m honestly buzzing that ‘Hold My Hand’ has been named TikTok’s song of the summer,” Glynne said in a statement, calling the song’s surprise second life “surreal” and “the most special feeling ever.”
Coming in hot on the TikTok charts as well is a 2000s club classic: Black Eyed Peas’ electro-pop banger “Rock That Body.” The 2009 party track found new legs on TikTok, landing among the app’s most-played summer jams. Meanwhile, veteran rapper Jeezy saw his 2005 hit “Soul Survivor” (featuring Akon) rocket back into the spotlight. Thanks to the humorous “Holy Airball” trend – which sets basketball blooper videos to the song’s dramatic chorus – “Soul Survivor” shot to No. 2 on TikTok’s U.S. summer songs list (and broke the global top five), proving nostalgia is in full swing.
The list highlights how TikTok can catapult old favorites to new heights. Even tracks from other eras and genres, from a Y2K pop anthem to a 1960s ballad, found viral life this season. In an age without one dominant “song of summer” on radio, TikTok’s community made their own hits – and it turns out everything old is new again on the trending charts.
