Claim: Taylor Swift writes and sings.

`` Shake It Off '' is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her fifth album , 1989 -LRB- 2014 -RRB- . Written by Swift , Max Martin and Shellback , it is an uptempo dance-pop track considered to be a departure from Swift 's earlier country pop music style . `` Shake It Off '' is the sixth track on the album and serves as the lead single . The song premiered during a Yahoo! live stream session on August 18 , 2014 -LRB- also streaming internationally online -RRB- ; its music video was also released the same day . Several hours later , the song was made available for digital download .   `` Shake It Off '' debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 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 2015 People 's Choice Awards , and also received nominations for Record of the Year , Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 2015 Grammy Awards .   According to Billboard , it is Swift 's biggest Hot 100 hit , staying on the chart for 50 consecutive weeks .