TikTok often popularizes songs from music’s biggest and buzziest artists.
But one of the most viral songs right now was recorded in 1961.
More than six decades ago, singer Connie Francis recorded enough music to fill three albums. Buried on the back of one of those records was the song “Pretty Little Baby.”
It wasn’t nearly as popular as her other hits of the time, including “Stupid Cupid” and “Who’s Sorry Now?”
But in recent weeks, the forgotten song has found new life on TikTok. Millions of videos have been created with the song on the audio-forward app. It has been featured in videos from everyday users to popular influencers and celebrities. Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner are featured in videos set to the ’60s-era tune.
Streams of the song are growing. It’s now on some of Spotify’s playlists of popular, viral songs.
Francis posted about her viral hit on Facebook, writing, “My thanks to TikTok and its members for the wonderful, and oh so unexpected, reception.”
She wrote that she was “clearly out of touch,” because when she found out the song was trending on TikTok, her initial response was to ask, “What’s that?”
But she’s not out of touch anymore.
Francis is now on TikTok. She hasn’t posted on the popular platform yet, but her page features the song’s album artwork.
