She recorded this song 30 years ago. Now, TikTok fame has it cracking Billboard charts

New Brunswick indie rocker Julie Doiron has reached the Billboard charts for the archetypal clip successful her vocation — and to her surprise, it’s with a opus that was released astir 30 years ago.

The track, August 10, was from her solo debut successful 1996. Users from astir the satellite are posting covers of her opus connected TikTok.

“I’m conscionable blown distant that radical are identifying with the opus and they’re connecting with it and that they consciousness moved to larn it and grounds it,” she said. “I deliberation it’s a beauteous chill honour.”

While she’s inactive an progressive musician, Doiron enjoys surviving a quiescent beingness successful agrarian New Brunswick. She archetypal roseate to prominence successful the ’90s arsenic portion of the set Eric’s Trip earlier going solo.

Only 1,000 CDs were produced erstwhile the medium was archetypal issued, and nary of the songs achieved immoderate commercialized occurrence until recently.

Her breakup song, which she penned successful her 20s, struck a chord with this caller generation. It’s amassed much than 36 cardinal streams connected Spotify and it’s charted connected Billboard’s blistery alternative, blistery stone and TikTok charts.

“You’re successful this illustration with truly immense names, similar really, truly celebrated radical that my kids perceive to, you know?” she said.

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