2012Released
3:37

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Swift previewed this upbeat track on the October 8, 2012 episode of ABC's Good Morning America. The country-pop superstar penned the tune with the Swedish hitmaking duo of Shellback and Max Martin, the same pair that she collaborated with on her hit single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."

Taylor explained the back story to the tune before playing it to Good Morning America viewers. "It's a song that is one of my favorites on the album, because it sounds just as chaotic as the feeling was when I wrote it," she said. "It's a song about being frustrated with yourself because here you are heartbroken and you knew when you first saw this person, you saw all these red flags and you went for it anyway. So, shame on me."

Max Martin is one of several songsmiths that Swift reached out to write with her on Red. "I have always been so fascinated by how Max Martin can just land a chorus, "she told Billboard magazine. "He comes at you and hits you and it's a chorus - all caps, with exclamation points."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of I Knew You Were Trouble..
D♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
77BPM

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The album I Knew You Were Trouble. is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released I Knew You Were Trouble..
Big Machine Records, LLC
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