Yo, absolutely—like that one time a dance meme turned a forgotten track into a chart‑buster. Memes are the viral fuel, turning random beats into overnight hits. Which track are you dissecting? Let's crack the code.

“Friday” is the perfect meme‑ready song because it’s a one‑minute, “I’m here for a good time” hook that people can clap along to and then turn into a TikTok dance or a “what do you do on Friday?” challenge. The lyric “It’s Friday, I’m feelin’…” is short enough that it became the building block for dozens of remix memes, and the beat is so basic that anyone can sync their own video with it—no music production skills required. When a few YouTubers and TikTok creators dropped a silly dance clip that everyone could imitate, the clip started trending on its own. The algorithm loved it because it had high engagement, so the platform pushed it even further. Meanwhile, the song was already on iTunes and Spotify, so the surge of streams from meme viewers catapulted it into the charts. In short, the meme engine works like a social multiplier: a catchy hook plus an easily replicable dance = instant viral buzz, which then feeds back into streaming charts. And that’s how a teen heartbreak anthem got a second life as a worldwide meme anthem.