Dua Lipa’s ‘Levitating’ Rides ‘Percy Jackson’ Synch to Top TV Songs No. 1

Kevin Rutherford
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Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” rules Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind (a Songtradr company), for January 2024 after it received a synch in Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Rankings for the Top TV Songs chart are based on song and show data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with sales and streaming information tracked by Luminate during the corresponding period of January 2024.

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“Levitating,” a No. 2 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for Dua Lipa in 2021 and the No. 1 song on the year-end version of the chart that year, appeared in the sixth episode of the Disney+ series’ first season. It premiered on Dec. 19, 2023, and the episode featuring “Levitating” aired Jan. 16.

In January 2024, “Levitating” earned 18.9 million official on-demand U.S. streams and 3,000 downloads, according to Luminate.

“Levitating” reigns over Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man,” which appears at No. 2 after being heard in Reacher, Amazon Prime Video’s action series. “Simple Man” appeared in the eighth episode of the show’s second season; it premiered Jan. 19.

“Simple Man” earned 12.4 million streams and racked up 3,000 downloads in January 2024. Its 1,000-download week in the wake of the episode’s release allowed the song to return to Billboard’s Rock Digital Song Sales chart dated Feb. 3 at No. 7.

It’s one of three entries on the latest Top TV Songs list from Reacher. Soul Coughing’s “Super Bon Bon” ranks at No. 4 (638,000 streams, 3,000 downloads) after appearing in episode seven, while Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” is No. 10 (3.4 million streams, 2,000 downloads) after, like “Simple Man,” being heard in episode eight.

A flurry of songs from True Detective also make the chart after the HBO series’ fourth season premiere, paced by Billie Eilish’s “Bury a Friend” at No. 5, thanks to 4.8 million streams and 2,000 downloads.

See the full top 10 below.

Rank, Song, Artist, Show (Network)

  1. “Levitating,” Dua Lipa, Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)

  2. “Simple Man,” Lynyrd Skynyrd, Reacher (Amazon Prime Video)

  3. “Midnight City,” M83, For All Mankind (Apple TV+)

  4. “Super Bon Bon,” Soul Coughing, Reacher (Amazon Prime Video)

  5. “Bury a Friend,” Billie Eilish, True Detective (HBO)

  6. “Twist and Shout,” The Beatles, True Detective (HBO)

  7. “Seven Devils,” Florence + the Machine, True Detective (HBO)

  8. “Sing Sing,” The Bones of JR Jones, True Detective (HBO)

  9. “Inside,” Chris Avantgarde & Red Rosamond, True Detective (HBO)

  10. “White Rabbit,” Jefferson Airplane, Reacher (Amazon Prime Video)

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