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Max Martin. Shellbacksingles chronology'(2013)' Shake It Off'(2014)'(2014)Music videoon' Shake It Off' is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter for her fifth album, (2014). Co-written by Swift and its producers and, 'Shake It Off' is an track considered to be a departure from Swift's earlier music style. It is the sixth track on the album and serves as the. The song premiered during a live stream session on August 18, 2014 (also streaming internationally online); its was also released the same day. Several hours later, the song was made available for.'

Shake It Off' debuted at number one on the chart for the week ending September 6, 2014, becoming Swift's second number-one single in the United States and the 22nd song to debut at number one in the chart's history. The song won Favorite Song at the, and also received nominations for, and at the.According to Billboard, it is Swift's biggest Hot 100 hit to date, staying on the chart for 50 consecutive weeks.

In March 2020, the song was certified by the, denoting shipment of 10 million units. Contents.Release Swift began teasing about an announcement in August 2014. On August 4, she posted a video on in which she pushes the number 18 in an elevator.

On August 6, she tweeted an image of the time 5:00 and the next day a screenshot from a homepage. Gorogoa. She later confirmed on August 13, 2014 on that a Yahoo!

Live stream session would take place on August 18, 2014 at 5 pm. During the live stream, Swift announced her upcoming fifth album and premiered its lead single. Composition 'Shake It Off' was written by Swift, Martin and Shellback.

Produced by Martin and Shellback, the song's duration is three minutes and thirty-nine seconds. Musically, 'Shake It Off' is an song written in the key of at tempo of 160 beats per minute, and exists outside of the traditional musical style of Swift's previous releases.

Swift's vocal range spans two from G 3 to G 5. Swift in the song. The song's arrangement features a.Jason Lipshutz from compared the song's melody to that of ' song ' (2013). A writer from Music Times likened the song to ' ' (2013).

Writing for, Shirley Halperin labelled 'Shake It Off' 'an uptempo version' of 's ' (2013).Lyrically, the song is dedicated to Swift's detractors. She has discussed this, saying, 'I’ve learned a pretty tough lesson that people can say whatever they want about us at any time, and we cannot control that.

The only thing we can control is our reaction to that.' In an interview for, Swift elaborated:I've had every part of my life dissected—my choices, my actions, my words, my body, my style, my music. When you live your life under that kind of scrutiny, you can either let it break you, or you can get really good at dodging punches. And when one lands, you know how to deal with it. And I guess the way that I deal with it is to shake it off.In an October 2014 NPR interview, Swift spoke about the lyrical message of the song in relation to her previous work and a desire to reclaim the 'narrative':With the song 'Shake It Off,' I really wanted to kind of take back the narrative, and have more of a sense of humor about people who kind of get under my skin – and not let them get under my skin.

There's a song that I wrote a couple years ago called ',' where I addressed the same issue but I addressed it very differently. I said, 'Why you gotta be so mean?,' from kind of a victimized perspective, which is how we all approach bullying or gossip when it happens to us for the first time.

But in the last few years I've gotten better at just kind of laughing off things that absolutely have no bearing on my real life. I think it's important to be self-aware about what people are saying about you, but even more so, be very aware of who you actually are, and to have that be the main priority. Critical reception Lipshutz wrote that Swift 'proves why she belongs among pop's queen bees: As you may have guessed, the song sounds like a surefire hit'. Tarynn Law from The 405 praised the track and characterized the song's hook as 'poppy' and 'catchy'. Halperin gave the song a positive review, describing it as 'pop-tastic.' Alice Vincent from also positively reviewed the song, noting it as 'a catchy, upbeat track.'

's Molly Fitzpatrick also found that the song is catchy but does not show off Swift's writing talent.The 's critic Randall Roberts called the song 'a perfect pop confection' however noting it 'presents an artist gunning for sly transgression but instead landing on tone-deaf, self-absorbed teen regression, with music to match the vibe.' Writing for, Kevin Fallon found 'this new direction of her career is woefully depressing.' While he admitted 'Shake It Off' is 'a great pop song', he said it is 'the least musically interesting song that Swift has done' and 'it's not personal, at least not in the ways we expect from a Taylor Swift song.' Fallon deplored Swift's transition to pop in which he felt she 'abandoned her sound' in the process. Music critic described it as 'an ebullient throwback'.It received nominations for, and at the. In January 2015, The Village Voice named 'Shake It Off' the fourth-best song of 2014 in their annual critics' poll, with Swift's following single ' at number three on the same poll.

In 2019, the song was ranked by and as the 19th and 38th best song of the 2010s decade, respectively. Ranked it as number one on their '100 Best 2010s Pop Songs' playlist, with ' (14th), ' (35th), ' (53rd), ' (69th) and ' (100th) also making the list. Listed 'Shake It Off' as one of the ten songs that defined the 2010s. Commercial performance A day following its impact on US radio stations, 'Shake It Off' gained an audience of nine million. The song debuted at 45 on the Billboard chart with 29 million in all-format audience.

It debuted on the chart at number 12, tying it with 's ' (1993) as the highest chart debut. 'Shake It Off' became her third number-one song there, following her 2008 country crossover hit single ' and her 2013 hit ', which remained No. 1 for seven consecutive weeks. The single debuted at number nine on the Billboard chart, becoming the highest debut single on the chart. On its sixth week, the song became her second No.

1 on the Adult Top 40 chart since her 2013 hit ', tying it with 's ' (1996) as the fastest song to reach number 1 in just six weeks. The song debuted at number 58 on the chart, though only two country stations played the song more than four times. It spent only one week on the chart. Billboard noted that its presence on the chart was unusual due to its sound and Swift's acknowledged transition from country to pop music. On the chart, the song became Swift's third number-one song there, following her 2013 hit '.

'Shake It Off' has spent four non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the chart.' Shake It Off' debuted at number one on the US chart, becoming the.

It produced first-week digital sales of 544,000 units for the chart issue dated September 6, 2014, the largest debut sales week for a single of 2014, and the fourth overall, following 's ', Swift's ' and 's '. During that week, 'Shake It Off' additionally garnered 18.4 million and 71 million airplay audiences. The song remained at number one for the second week selling 355,000 copies. 'Shake It Off' then dropped down to number two, beneath 's ', where it stayed for eight consecutive weeks, before returning to number one on November 15, 2014, when 1989 was released and debuted at number one the same week.

The song's eight weeks gap in reclaiming number one was the third longest in the chart's history, after 's ' (roughly two years in between) and ' ' (nine weeks). In total, 'Shake It Off' spent four non-consecutive weeks at number one, and 24 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, thus becoming Swift's longest-running single in the top 10; overall, 'Shake It Off' spent 50 weeks on the chart, leaving on the issue dated August 15, 2015. The song was replaced at number one by ', the second single from 1989, thus making Swift the first female artist to replace herself at the top spot in the 56-year history of the Hot 100.

The song became the eighth best-selling song of 2014 in the United States with 3.43 million copies sold in that year, and reached over 4 million in sales by August 2015. It has sold 5.4 million pure copies in the United States as of July 2019. On March 13, 2020, the song was certified by the, becoming Swift's first single to achieve the milestone, and making Swift the first female artist in history to possess both a diamond-certified song and a diamond-certified album in the country.Elsewhere in North America, 'Shake It Off' became Swift's third number one in selling 48,000 copies in its first week, following 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together', after debuting at number one; it is her third song to do so, tying her with and for the most songs to debut at number one on the chart. By the year's end, it had sold 341,000 copies in Canada. The song entered the 2010s decade-end at number 34, making it the first song to debut at number one in 16 years that would later make the decade end.The song had also seen success in Europe. In the United Kingdom, 'Shake It Off' became Swift's sixth top 10 when the song debuted at number four on August 30, 2014. After nine weeks on the chart, 'Shake It Off' reached number two, tying with ' and 'I Knew You Were Trouble' as her highest-charting single in the country at the time; it is also the highest-charting single from 1989.

It sold 570,000 copies in the UK by November 20, 2014, and it became the eleventh best-selling song of 2014 in the UK. As of September 2017, it has sold 962,000 copies in the country.

In, the song jumped at number three on its second week after debuting at number 14, became Swift's fifth top ten. In France, 'Shake It Off' peaked at number six, her highest-charting single in the country to date (as well as her first top-10).In Australia, it debuted at number five on the, the highest debut of the week, and on its second week it rose to the number-one spot, making it Swift's second single to top the chart after her 2009 hit 'Love Story'. 'Shake It Off' spent a third week at No.

1 on the Australian Singles Chart making Swift's longest run on Australia since 'Love Story'. The single has been certified 5× Platinum by the (ARIA) for shipments of over 350,000 copies. In, it debuted at number two, the highest debut of the week, and on its second week it rose to the number-one spot, making it Swift's second single to top the chart after her 2012 hit 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together'.

On its fifth week 'Shake It Off' spent two non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the making Swift's longest run on New Zealand since 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together'. Music video. The music video for 'Shake It Off' references the styles of multiple pop musicians, including.The, directed by, was released on August 18, 2014 (the same day as the song's release). It was shot over three days in June 2014 in. The dances were choreographed.

Swift talked about the making of the video:It was so much fun. I woke up every day of that shoot and couldn't wait to get to set. We had, which was so funny. Those girls were trying to teach me how, and it's just never gonna happen. I tried really hard. They were teaching me what they do, and there's like a science to it – they're like digging their heels into the floor without you seeing their legs move, but their butts' moving. It's mind-blowing to me.

They were explaining it all to me, and it's so above my comprehension of how to understand your body.According to Music Times, the video features Swift 'embracing her inner dorky dancer by submerging herself with some of the world's best dancers in the styles of, lyrical, and even.' 's Sean Michaels also noted the accompaniment of ' in the clip. 'Shake It Off' music video also features Swift's fans, who had written fan letters or posted on. Critics also noted references to and in the clip. Hugh McIntyre from noted the references to Gaga, Skrillex, and in the 'Shake It Off' video, further writing that it is 'quirky and hard to dislike.'

Analyzing the video, noticed resemblances to 's ' video.The video received mixed reviews from music critics. Of the called the video 'chirpy'.

Provided a positive review saying the video is 'certainly a fun one and it catches rather well the rebellious and care-free spirit of the new Taylor single.' Fitzpatrick of The Guardian wrote: 'The incongruent blend of modern dance, ballet, and breakdancing is fun, but the conceit falls flat.' Deemed the video 'ill-timed' due to therace relations debate around the. Romanek defended his work stating: 'We simply choose styles of dance that we thought would be popular and amusing, and cast the best dancers that were presented to us without much regard to race or ethnicity'.

He also stated: 'If you look at it carefully, it's a massively inclusive piece, it's very, very innocently and positively intentioned. And—let's remember—it's a satirical piece.

It's playing with a whole range of music video tropes and cliches and stereotypes'.As of April 2020, the video has received over 2.9 billion views on YouTube, is the and is also the second most-viewed by a female artist. At one point, it was the most viewed video by a female artist until it was surpassed by 's '. Swift also became the first female to have a video on YouTube reach 2 billion views. As of April 2020, it remains the fastest video by a female artist to reach 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 billion views on YouTube. Covered the song on.In September 2014, performed a cover of the song at 's. In that same month, played it with a ukulele on 2DayFM's The Dan & Maz Show.

In October, sang the song at a concert in Buffalo, New York. In February 2015, delivered a punk version at BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge and her version nominated at category 'Cover Woodie (Best Cover Song)' on mtvU Woodie Awards. Covered 'Shake It Off' for his album, a cover of Swift's album 1989. Writer Oscar Gracey called Adams' cover of 'Shake It Off' 'brooding' and said that it 'may be the sole weak spot on Ryan's cover album.' The song was used in the series during a dance routine. It was featured in the TV spots for the 2014 film and the trailer for the 2015 computer-animated film. The song is also featured in other television shows such as, and.The song and its video are parodied by The Hillywood Show (created by sisters Hannah and Hilly Hindi) in their seven-minute YouTube hit, ' Supernatural Parody by The Hillywood Show.'

The lyrics are changed for this send-up of the TV show and stars many of its cast members, including,. A lip sync video made by a high school's class also received press coverage after Swift posted about it on her official.Actor lip synced to this song in along with ' by to beat.The song was covered by and for the 2016 animated film and is listed in its soundtrack.The song is also featured in the film.The song is referenced in the title of the episode 'Chris Has Got a Date, Date, Date, Date, Date'. The episode also features a fictionalized version of Swift.The song is also referenced in an episode of titled 'Terry Kitties'.The song is also featured in the 2019 film, performed. Track listings Digital download/limited edition CD single. 'Shake It Off' – 3:39German CD single. 'Shake It Off' – 3:39.

'Shake It Off' (video) – 4:02Credits and personnel Credits are adapted from the of 1989. –,. Cory Bice – assistant recording. –. Serban Ghenea –. John Hanes – engineering for mix. Sam Holland – recording.

Michael Ilbert – recording. Jonas Lindeborg –. –, writer, claps, shouts. – producer, writer, keyboard, programming, claps, shouts,. Jonas Thander –. Magnus Wiklund –Charts.