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2019 TikTok Songs (Updated Nov 11, 2026)

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The most popular TikTok songs of 2019 are led by Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," which TikTok data showed had been used in over 2.6 million videos.

It is still trending because the Yee-Yee Juice cowboy transformation meme carried it from the app to a record Billboard run.

Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" and Mariah Carey's "Obsessed" come next.

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TikTok songs 2019 ranked

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  1. 1
    Old Town Road by Lil Nas X

    Old Town Road

    Lil Nas X

    Trend Yee-Yee Juice cowboy transformation

    Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" defined TikTok in 2019 because the Yee-Yee Juice cowboy transformation meme pushed it to the top of the charts.

    TikTokBillboardReleased 2018
  2. 2
    Truth Hurts by Lizzo

    Truth Hurts

    Lizzo

    Trend DNA test meme

    Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" became a 2019 TikTok meme where users swabbed their mouths and revealed what they were 100 percent.

    TikTokBillboardReleased 2017
  3. 3
    Obsessed by Mariah Carey

    Obsessed

    Mariah Carey

    Trend fake paparazzi

    Mariah Carey's Obsessed backs a funny TikTok bit where someone pretends a stranger is obsessed with them, then poses perfectly for the photo.

    TikTokReleased 2009
  4. 4
    Boys by Lizzo

    Boys

    Lizzo

    Trend listing types of boys

    Lizzo's "Boys" turned into a 2019 meme template where creators listed their favorite types of everything.

    TikTokReleased 2018
  5. 5
    Runway by Stunna Girl

    Runway

    Stunna Girl

    Trend glow-up runway strut

    Stunna Girl's "Runway" soundtracked 2019 glow-up videos where creators swapped plain clothes for full glam and strutted at the camera.

    TikTokReleased 2019
  6. 6
    The Git Up by Blanco Brown

    The Git Up

    Blanco Brown

    Trend line dance challenge

    Blanco Brown's "The Git Up" sparked a 2019 line dance challenge that the artist kicked off himself on TikTok.

    TikTokReleased 2019
  7. 7
    Lalala by Y2K & bbno$

    Lalala

    Y2K & bbno$

    Trend forgot that melody intro

    Y2K and bbno$'s "Lalala" became a 2019 TikTok staple because creators acted out the "did I really just forget that melody" intro.

    TikTokBillboardReleased 2019
  8. 8
    Hey Julie! by KYLE

    Hey Julie!

    KYLE

    Trend shirt-plucking dance

    KYLE's "Hey Julie!" with Lil Yachty came with a shirt-plucking dance that landed in TikTok's 2019 top dance trends.

    TikTokReleased 2019
  9. 9
    Pull Up by Luh Kel

    Pull Up

    Luh Kel

    Trend Pull Up dance

    Luh Kel's "Pull Up" spread in 2019 through a simple dance that stayed nearly identical across dozens of creators.

    TikTokReleased 2019
  10. 10
    bad guy by Billie Eilish

    bad guy

    Billie Eilish

    Trend lip-sync stare-down

    Billie Eilish's "bad guy" became a 2019 TikTok excuse to mouth the words and stare into the camera.

    TikTokBillboardReleased 2019
  11. 11
    Spooky Scary Skeletons by The Living Tombstone

    Spooky Scary Skeletons

    The Living Tombstone

    Trend Spooky Scary Skeletons Challenge

    The Living Tombstone's dubstep take on "Spooky Scary Skeletons" powered one of TikTok's standout Halloween dance challenges in 2019.

    TikTokReleased 2019
  12. 12
    A-Punk by Vampire Weekend

    A-Punk

    Vampire Weekend

    Trend hand and foot jig

    Vampire Weekend's 2008 track "A-Punk" resurfaced in 2019 as a simple hand-and-foot jig dance on TikTok.

    TikTokReleased 2008
  13. 13
    223's by YNW Melly

    223's

    YNW Melly

    Trend 223 line dance

    YNW Melly's "223's" with 9lokknine inspired one of TikTok's more complicated 2019 group line dances.

    TikTokReleased 2019
  14. 14
    Cradles by Sub Urban

    Cradles

    Sub Urban

    Trend Drop Dance

    Sub Urban's "Cradles" powered the Drop Dance, one of TikTok's biggest 2019 breakout sounds.

    TikTokReleased 2019
  15. 15
    HBS by Lil Keed

    HBS

    Lil Keed

    Trend HBS group dance

    Lil Keed's "HBS" became a 2019 group dance that worked best with at least three people on stairs or bleachers.

    TikTokReleased 2019
  16. 16
    Woah by KRYPTO9095

    Woah

    KRYPTO9095

    Trend hitting the woah

    KRYPTO9095's "Woah" with D3MSTREET topped TikTok's 2019 dance trends as the soundtrack to hitting the woah.

    TikTokReleased 2018
  17. 17
    Work by Iggy Azalea

    Work

    Iggy Azalea

    Trend walk a mile in anything but Louboutins

    Iggy Azalea's "Work" fueled the 2019 #walkamile challenge where users walked in anything but Louboutins.

    TikTokReleased 2013
  18. 18
    Stupid by Ashnikko

    Stupid

    Ashnikko

    Trend double viral verse

    Ashnikko's "Stupid" with Yung Baby Tate went viral on TikTok twice in 2019, first with the opening and then the first verse.

    TikTokReleased 2019
  19. 19
    Beef FloMix by Flo Milli

    Beef FloMix

    Flo Milli

    Trend Ian Avery dance

    Flo Milli's "Beef FloMix" spread in 2019 thanks to a dance from user Ian Avery and became her breakout TikTok hit.

    TikTokReleased 2018
  20. 20
    Buff Baby by tobi lou

    Buff Baby

    tobi lou

    Trend animated Adventure Time video

    tobi lou's "Buff Baby" took off in 2019 after illustrator TootyMcNooty made an animated Adventure Time video for it.

    TikTokReleased 2018

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The trends of 2019

2019 is when TikTok became the place a song could break before radio ever touched it.

The biggest hits were musical memes, and most of them were built around a single 15-second moment.

Lil Nas X uploaded "Old Town Road" to the app for free and the Yeehaw trend did the rest.

Dance memes ran the year too, from the Woah to the Git Up to the Spooky Scary Skeletons challenge.

Plenty of the songs here were years old before TikTok found them, including Mariah Carey's 2009 track "Obsessed."

This ranking leans on the Daily Dot's 20 most popular TikTok songs of 2019 and BuzzFeed News' viral roundups.

2019 TikTok songs: questions

What was the first viral song on TikTok in 2019?

Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" is the one most people point to.

It came out in December 2018, then exploded in early 2019 as users sipped Yee-Juice and turned into cowboys, and TikTok later said it had been used in over 2.6 million videos.

Who was the biggest artist on TikTok in 2019?

Lil Nas X topped TikTok's own 2019 artist list, followed by Mariah Carey, Lizzo, Stunna Girl and Blanco Brown.

The rest of the top ten included Y2K and bbno$, KYLE, Luh Kel, Billie Eilish and Ashnikko.

Lil Nas X got there largely on the strength of "Old Town Road," which TikTok data said was used in over 2.6 million videos.

What were the top TikTok dances of 2019?

TikTok's 2019 dance list started with the Woah, then the Git Up, the Obsessed dance, Hey Julie, the Spooky Scary Skeletons challenge, the 223, the Chucky Cheese, the Drop Dance, A-Punk and HBS.

Most were simple enough for anyone to copy in a few tries.

Which old songs went viral on TikTok in 2019?

Mariah Carey's 2009 single "Obsessed" was the standout, revived by a weepy dance from user @reesehardy_ that Carey herself joined.

Vampire Weekend's 2008 track "A-Punk" and Iggy Azalea's 2013 song "Work" also got second lives on the app that year.

How did "Old Town Road" blow up on TikTok?

Lil Nas X promoted the song as a meme for months and uploaded it to TikTok's audio library for free.

The Yeehaw trend took over in early 2019, the song hit number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 by April, and Billy Ray Cyrus jumped on a remix.

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The ranking combines these charts and roundups, read on Nov 11, 2026.

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