Imogen Heap's 'Headlock' Reaches Billboard Hot 100 Chart Thanks to Viral TikTok Trend

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Imogen Heap's 'Headlock' Reaches Billboard Hot 100 Chart Thanks to Viral TikTok Trend
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Imogen Heap's song 'Headlock' from her 2005 album 'Speak for Yourself' has reached the Billboard Hot 100 chart after gaining renewed interest from a viral TikTok trend. The song is being used to soundtrack gameplay footage from the psychological horror thriller video game, leading to a surge in streams and chart performance.

has been releasing music for nearly three decades, winning two Grammy Awards and influencing a generation of music stars. As of this week, she’s officially a almost entirely from its streaming sum: 5.9 million official U.S. streams in the Jan. 10-16 tracking week, according to Luminate. It also holds at its No. 10 high on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart.

The song has been generating renewed interest in recent weeks thanks to a viral social media trend involving the psychological horror thriller video game. Fans use the song to soundtrack various edited compilations of gameplay footage. The track has been particularly active on TikTok, where it has soundtrackedbecame Heap’s breakthrough album.

Though “Headlock” is now Heap’s first charting Hot 100 hit as a recording artist, the U.K. native has earned one additional entry on the survey as both a co-writer and co-producer: Taylor Swift’s “Clean ,” from herdebuted at No. 182 on the Billboard 200 in November 2005. It climbed to No. 145 the following February, fueled in part by the popularity of “Hide and Seek.” The album’s influence expanded to its track “Just for Now.

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