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Most Viral Songs on TikTok in 2022

As the year comes to an end, we take a look back at the songs that dominated TikTok in 2022.

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Despite the fact that some folks in Congress are trying to ban TikTok in the United States, the social media appโ€™s popularity only grew larger in 2022, thanks to these songs that went viral.

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โ€œCuff Itโ€ - Beyoncรฉ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-GMPNe-qRE

Queen Bey had plenty of hits on her 2022 album, Renaissance. But this was arguably the one that most resonated with fans on TikTok. Users everywhere made videos of themselves with friends or family doing the trendy dance.

โ€œDojaโ€ - Central Cee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VuJA-VQRcY

Central Cee is a British artist whose 2022 song was in heavy rotation in the minds of every TikTok user, thanks to the opening line on the track. Instead of writing it out, I think youโ€™ll understand what Iโ€™m saying once you hear the song. Even though it was a popular song in the United States, it became a smash hit in the UK, charting at number 2.

โ€œBillie Eilishโ€ - Armani White

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vYOwhll1fs

The Philadelphia rapperโ€™s most popular song to date is partly due to the name of the track, which takes after the talented singer. Thanks to the popularity of the song on TikTok, it peaked at 58 on the Billboard Hot 100.

โ€œSensual Seductionโ€ - Snoop Dogg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA5bh8YyPQM

Not every popping song on TikTok is new. This 2008 hit from Snoop Dogg had a resurgence on the app thanks to its smooth opening beat, which had a fun trendy โ€œchallengeโ€ to go along with it.

โ€œIn My Headโ€ - Lil Tjay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLq_DOW5HcM

Although this song was released much earlier in the year, it eventually became a hit on the app thanks to its catchy drill beat, which makes it easy to dance to.

โ€œWAIT FOR Uโ€ - Future

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP09GUQFDFk

This song didnโ€™t inspire one trendy dance or โ€œchallenge;โ€ people just enjoyed the hell out of it thanks to its soulful sample of Tems, and the duet of Drake and Future, who never disappoint.

โ€œJust Wanna Rockโ€ - Lil Uzi Vert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cavoSuU013Y

Lil Uzi Vert just has a knack for making songs go viral on TikTok. This one in particular, and the viral dance that went along with it, could be seen all over. Quite frankly, the music video for this song feels like one long TikTok video. This track is just a banger.

โ€œBad Habitโ€ - Steve Lacy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF-FGf_ZZiI

Steve Lacyโ€™s 2022 album, Gemini Rights, became a hit this year thanks to people constantly using this song in particular on the app, remixing both sped-up and slowed-down versions of the tracks. Interestingly enough, though, at his live shows many fans could only sing the songโ€™s chorus and none of the verses.

โ€œI Hate Uโ€ - SZA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFXmOl6JqRE

Although this song was well-known by hardcore fans long before it was officially released on streaming services near the end of 2021, this song became a banger on TikTok mostly due to SZAโ€™s incredible singing. Not every song is about dancing; TikTokers just like good music.

โ€œUnited In Griefโ€ - Kendrick Lamar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvNSXS4x9nc

While this song was excellent, the use of this song on TikTok was less about the chorus and more about the opening line where K. Dot says, โ€œIโ€™ve been goinโ€™ through somethinโ€™/One-thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days/Iโ€™ve been goinโ€™ through somethinโ€™/Be afraid.โ€ People used this time to reflect on how much theyโ€™ve changed since Kendrickโ€™s last album, Damn., was released.

โ€œSuper Freaky Girlโ€ - Nicki Minaj

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5uAR9w7LBg

Everyone loves a good โ€œfreakyโ€ song on TikTok, and Nicki Minaj gave us exactly that with this track that details her various sexual encounters.

โ€œJimmy Cooksโ€ - Drake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nyld2SqleU

This song is just dope as hell. Period. Itโ€™s Drake and 21 Savage: what else do you need to know? The popularity of this track on TikTok and in real life fueled the desire for a collaboration album from the two rappers.

โ€œMilesโ€ - skaiwater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doO9TUkvBHs

The original song is good, but the version where itโ€™s sped up and features Lil Uzi Vert is absolutely addictive. People could not stop dancing to this song, especially when he says, โ€œOh my God!โ€ halfway through the song.

โ€œSpeak Upโ€ - is0kenny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiPJtmtwC3c

This popular YouTuber walked into a social media hit, thanks to the songโ€™s solid beat and catchy lyrics.

โ€œL$Dโ€ - Luclover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehltkCdkOCs

If youโ€™re 25 or younger and havenโ€™t heard the first 19 seconds of this track, Iโ€™ve got questions. The opening line to this song was a constantย all over the app for people to do the popular dance associated with it.

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