Song

back to friends

Key: Db major
Camelot: 3B
BPM: 92.9

Key confidence medium · relative Bb minor (3A) · BPM confidence high · double-time 185.8 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12

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As of 2026-10-19, "back to friends" by sombr has charted in 101 markets across 5 platforms, peaking at #1 (YE) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads Db major (3B) at 92.9 BPM.

Markets: 101
First seen: 2026-06-17
Latest chart date: 2026-10-19
Peak: #1 ye

Started in 22 markets, now in 101.

Why it's moving

#13 on Shazam in 29 countriesOct 19
#24 in Shazam's fastest risers in 1 countrysince Aug 23
On Shazam in 24 countries, up from 19Oct 9–19
Climbed #50 → #39 in Austria on Apple MusicOct 12–19
Climbed #70 → #48 in Germany on Apple MusicOct 12–19
Climbed #83 → #66 in Georgia on Apple MusicOct 12–16

Signal breakdown

Velocity63.9

Play growth0.0

Breadth56.3

Acceleration52.9

Discovery70.5

New entry0.0

Sources moving4

Score 68.4

The cited reason

"Back to Friends" first broke out as a TikTok-driven viral hit in 2025, and its late-August 2026 chart climb appears tied to continued momentum on TikTok, where the track keeps generating fresh edits, acoustic covers, and lyric/heartbreak videos rather than any single new placement. A TikTok discovery/trend page for the song was active within the past week (around late August 2026), but no specific new show, film, ad, or event could be confirmed as the exact catalyst for this particular week's uptick.

trendDrafted 2026-09-01Confidence 0.32

Citations

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

Written by sombr source

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.

MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
Latvialv · applemusic deezer spotify2026-06-172026-10-18#30106#6
#30
Hungaryhu · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer spotify2026-06-172026-10-17#168115#7
#168
United Statesus · deezer shazam spotify · 38 cities2026-06-172026-10-19#19119#9
#19
Australiaau · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer shazam spotify2026-06-172026-10-19#187104#11
#187
United Arab Emiratesae · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer shazam spotify2026-06-172026-10-19#64121#12
#64
Perupe · deezer shazam spotify2026-06-172026-10-19#17393#13
#173
Polandpl · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer shazam spotify2026-06-172026-10-19#196117#14
#196
Saudi Arabiasa · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer shazam spotify2026-06-172026-10-19#84119#14
#84

Worldwide feeds · not markets

A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.

MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
Global feedglobal · applemusic_kworb deezer spotify2026-06-172026-10-17#14118#6
#14
World feedworld · shazam2026-07-202026-10-19#1078#8
#10

City pickups

City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.

us 38 cities · best #9 san diego
ca 6 cities · best #18 vancouver
mx 4 cities · best #28 monterrey
nl 1 city · best #50 rotterdam
sg 1 city · best #22 singapore

In edits this week

The Summer I Turned Pretty. Of the 42 most-liked The Summer I Turned Pretty edits we saw this week, 1 is on this record (IMPULSIVE leads with 3).

TikTok search, most liked · 13 of the 42 carry no song match, so the count is a floor.

Listen

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Elsewhere

Editions

Identity

ISRC: USWB12405502
Slug: sombr__back-to-friends
Sources: applemusic, applemusic_kworb, deezer, shazam, spotify

Fridays

What moved this week, and why.

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