Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Netflix’s teen rom-com
The Kissing Booth 3 pushes two little-known tracks up the
Shazam USA Top 100, where
Lizzo &
Cardi B’s collab is this week’s Biggest Mover.
The Kissing Booth 3 breathes new life into
Radical Face’s 2010 release “Welcome Home” (
Bear Machine) and
Landon Pigg’s 2007 cut “Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop” (
RCA).
“Welcome Home” has had a solid life in the placement space, appearing in ads for
Nikon,
Corona, the
Chevy Volt and the
University of Oregon, plus documentaries like
Forks Over Knives and
Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man and a few TV shows.
“Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop” was previously used in
De Beers and
AT&T commercials. Intriguingly, Pigg’s initial breaks came via synchs on
Grey’s Anatomy and
One Tree Hill.
“Let’s Groove” (
Columbia), the first single from
Earth, Wind & Fire’s 1981 album,
Raise!, went to #3 back in the day and is now part of a dance challenge on
TikTok, which pushed it up the Shazam USA Top 100. TikTok is also responsible for building an audience for
A-Wall’s 2019 release “Loverboy” (
Revolution).
A new dance track,
Joel Corry &
Jax Jones'
“OUT OUT" f/
Charli XCX &
Saweetie,
is the Biggest Mover
in the U.K., and a
Samsung Galaxy phone advert has put
Imagine Dragons’ “Believer” right behind it.