Clean (Taylor Swift song)
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| "Clean" | |
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| Song by Taylor Swift | |
| from the album 1989 | |
| Released | October 27, 2014 |
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| Length | 4:31 |
| Label | Big Machine |
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"Clean" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the thirteenth track of her fifth studio album, 1989. Written and produced by Swift and British singer-songwriter Imogen Heap, it was released alongside the album on October 27, 2014 through her then record label Big Machine Records.
Composition and lyricism[edit]
"Clean" follows a tempo of 104 beats per minute, and lies within the key of E Major. It mainly draws elements from the synth-folk genre with subdued influences of soft rock. It is the longest track on 1989, running for a duration of four minutes and thirty-one seconds.
The song's lyricism prominently focuses on a terminated toxic though addictive relationship, and describing the protagonist as being "finally clean," and as Swift herself states in the album's liner notes, "she lost him but she found herself and somehow that was everything".[1]
Critical reception[edit]
"Clean" received mainly favourable reviews. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone described "Clean" as being one of the best tracks from 1989 alongside "How You Get the Girl" and "This Love" in his review of the album, stating, "On the killer finale, 'Clean,' English singer Imogen Heap adds ethereal backup sighs to Swift’s electro melancholy ('You’re still all over me like a wine-stained dress I can’t wear anymore')."[2]
Kristen S. Hé of Billboard described it as "the Taylor ballad to end all Taylor ballads, in which she finally lets loose the tears she’s been holding back the entire album, and forges a new beginning."[3]Alexis Petridis of the Guardian stated while reviewing the track, "'the drought was the very worst', she sings at the outset of Clean. It’s not just that this is a pretty striking line with which to open a pop song, it’s that you can’t imagine any of Taylor Swift’s competitors coming up with anything remotely like it. Whether that’s because they couldn’t be bothered... or because they just couldn’t is debatable."[4]
Commercial performance[edit]
"Clean" performed to mediocre commercial success;
References[edit]
- ↑ Strecker, Erin; Strecker, Erin (2014-10-27). "Taylor Swift's '1989' Liner Note Messages & Reference Guide". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
- ↑ Sheffield, Rob; Sheffield, Rob (2014-10-24). "Taylor Swift '1989' Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ↑ Hé, Kristen S.; Hé, Kristen S. (2017-11-09). "Why Taylor Swift's '1989' Is Her Best Album". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ↑ "Taylor Swift: 1989 review – leagues ahead of the teen-pop competition". the Guardian. 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
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