Overview
“Levitating” is a single from Dua Lipa’s second studio album Future Nostalgia (March 2020). The song became one of the longest-charting songs in Billboard Hot 100 history, spending 77 weeks on the chart and becoming the longest-running top-10 hit by a female artist ever (41 weeks).
Chart Longevity
The DaBaby remix version reached #2 on the Hot 100 (blocked from #1 by Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license”). The song’s disco-pop production and irresistible groove made it a pandemic-era escape anthem. “Levitating” was the #1 song of 2021 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100.
Cultural Impact
The song spawned thousands of TikTok dance videos and became a wedding/party staple. Future Nostalgia won Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2021 Grammys. The album’s retro-futuristic disco-funk sound influenced pop music’s shift away from moody trap-pop toward euphoric dance music.