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The One That Got Away

You might remember it as Katy Perry The One That Got Away, Top 5 horror movie moments trend

This is Katy Perry’s 2011 video for the song, not one of the 2026 TikTok videos that brought it back.

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2026·The last few years

A 2011 Katy Perry single that came back in 2026 as the sound of a TikTok trend in which people list the top five "horror movie moments" from their own past.

At a glanceThe facts

Remembered as
Katy Perry The One That Got Away
Spread in
2026
Began as
A commercial release
Format
Sound
Era
The last few years
Performed by
Katy Perry
Recorded
Released on 30 September 2011 as the sixth and final single from Teenage Dream
Origin
Not an upload originally
Available
Playable from the source

What this wasThe story

The sixth single from Katy Perry's Teenage Dream, released in 2011, came back in spring 2026 as the soundtrack to a TikTok trend in which people list their top five "horror movie moments" from their own past.

Perry released a director’s cut of the music video with new narration by Stevie Nicks.

Why it matteredWhat changed

TikTok named it the Global Song of the Summer 2026, fifteen years after release: more than 42 million videos and over 55 billion views.

TimelineIn order

  1. Made

    Released as a single; it peaks at number 18 in the UK early in 2012.1

  2. Came back

    Carried by the TikTok trend, it returns to the UK top 40 for the first time in fourteen years.1

  3. Later

    TikTok names it the Global and US Song of the Summer 2026.2

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Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast

The version shown here is an official copy on YouTube, published by a rights holder.

Where it came fromWhat we know

There is no original upload to identify: this did not begin as one. What it began as is recorded here, and what is shown is that work itself, not one of the posts that spread it.

View the official copy on YouTube

Nothing here is claimed to be the first publication of this Moment, because the first publication was not an upload. This was released commercially before the internet carried it.

SourcesWhat was read

  1. Official Charts (2 June 2026)
  2. TikTok Newsroom (1 September 2026)

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