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“Shake it Off” by Taylor Swift
From the album 1989 (2014)
“Shake it Off” by Taylor Swift appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2024 and 2025. It was first released in 2014 on the album 1989. Its best result is #133 on the WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,571 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Taylor Swift fired the starting gun for 1989 with "Shake It Off" in August 2014, the lead single from the album that moved her from country into pop. She wrote the words alone and the melody with Max Martin and Shellback, who produced; Shellback played drums, bass and acoustic guitar, both men played keys, and Jonas Thander, Jonas Lindeborg and Magnus Wiklund are credited on sax, trumpet and trombone.
It's a shrug at everyone who'd been picking her apart in public, set to a looping drum beat, a Mellotron-based sax line and a handclap-studded bridge. Critics at the time liked the hooks more than the words; hindsight hears the opening shot that made her a pop star. It spent four weeks atop the Hot 100, went diamond, and in 2023 she re-cut it for 1989 (Taylor's Version).
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 133 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 223 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 763 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
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