I Knew You Were Trouble

Taylor Swift * Track #4 On Red (Deluxe Version)

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I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift

Release Date

Tue Oct 09 2012

Performed by

Taylor Swift

Produced by

Shellback & Max Martin

Writed by

Shellback & Max Martin & Taylor Swift

About

Taylor Swift expresses her guilt in “I Knew You Were Trouble” due to a relationship destined to fail. With its sound playing between electropop and dubstep, this song marks the significant period in which Swift began to move further away from her country roots and into more pop influences. TIME cong...

I Knew You Were Trouble Lyrics

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
Once upon a time, a few mistakes ago
I was in your sights, you got me alone
You found me, you found me
You found me-e-e-e-e
I guess you didn't care and I guess I liked that
And when I fell hard, you took a step back
Without me, without me
Without me-e-e-e-e

[Pre-Chorus]
And he's long gone when he's next to me
And I realize the blame is on me

[Chorus]
'Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
'Til you put me down, oh
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
Now, I'm lying on the cold, hard ground

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, oh-oh
Trouble, trouble, trouble
Oh, oh-oh
Trouble, trouble, trouble

[Verse 2]
No apologies, he'll never see you cry
Pretends he doesn't know that he's the reason why
You're drowning, you're drowning
You're drowning-ing-ing-ing-ing
And I heard you moved on from whispers on the street
A new notch in your belt is all I'll ever be
And now, I see, now, I see
Now, I see-e-e-e-e

[Pre-Chorus]
He was long gone when he met me
And I realize the joke is on me, yeah

[Chorus]
I knew you were trouble when you walked in (Oh)
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
'Til you put me down, oh
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been (Yeah)
Now, I'm lying on the cold, hard ground

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, oh-oh
Trouble, trouble, trouble (Yeah, trouble)
Oh, oh-oh
Trouble, trouble, trouble

[Bridge]
And the saddest fear
Comes creeping in
That you never loved me
Or her, or anyone, or anything, yeah

[Chorus]
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been (Never been)
'Til you put me down, oh
I knew you were trouble when you walked in (Knew it right there)
So shame on me now (Knew it right there)
Flew me to places I'd never been (Ooh)
Now, I'm lying on the cold, hard ground

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, oh-oh
Trouble, trouble, trouble (Oh)
Oh, oh-oh
Trouble, trouble, trouble
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
Trouble, trouble, trouble
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
Trouble, trouble, trouble

[Outro]

I Knew You Were Trouble Q&A

Who wrote I Knew You Were Trouble's ?

I Knew You Were Trouble was written by Shellback & Max Martin & Taylor Swift.

Who produced I Knew You Were Trouble's ?

I Knew You Were Trouble was produced by Shellback & Max Martin.

When did Taylor Swift release I Knew You Were Trouble?

Taylor Swift released I Knew You Were Trouble on Tue Oct 09 2012.

Why did Taylor Swift go from country to dubstep?

She went from country to pop, and dubstep had a moment, thanks to Skrillex, of making its way into pop. She told TIME:

I didn’t even know that that’s really what we were doing with the track—I just knew I wanted it to sound a certain way. And that’s what people have been calling it.

What did Taylor Swift say about "I Knew You Were Trouble"?

Taylor said that she brought the melody from piano to Max Martin and Shellback, who worked with her to “infuse a little bit of dubstep” and “make it sound as chaotic as that emotion felt.” She regarded it as one of the most adventurous songs from Red.

She also told MTV how she had just gone through...

Who is this song about?

After the song was released, Taylor was involved with Harry Styles from One Direction, and he became the initial guess as to whom the lyrics are about. She performed the track at the 2013 BRIT Awards, and later said that “the person the song is directed at is standing by the side of the stage watchi...

What did this song mean for Taylor Swift's career?

“I Knew You Were Trouble” was a big signal flare. When I did something like that, that I thought people were going to be freaked out over, and it ended up spending seven weeks at No. 1 on the pop charts, it felt like I had tried on something new that fit really well.