Peak
51
Weeks
1
Score
125
Chart Year
2019
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This song finds Taylor Swift singing about the beginning of a potential relationship. Though she hasn't stated her love for him directly, she thinks "he knows." I think he knows When we get all alone I'll make myself at home And he'll want me to stay During the chorus, Swift talks about skipping down Nashville's 16th Avenue, referring to how her new love gives her a giddy feeling reminiscent of her younger years. (16th Avenue is a street in Nashville's Music Row where the teenage Swift started her career). He got my heartbeat Skipping down 16th Avenue Swift teased the lyric in the music video for "You Need To Calm Down" during a scene when the camera shows the entrance of the neighborhood with a street sign for "16th Avenue." Swift co-wrote and co-produced the song with regular collaborator Jack Antonoff. The upbeat track is a new sound for Swift, verging on Prince-esque pop-funk. Taylor Swift gave a live debut to '"I Think He Knows" during her May 21, 2023, mammoth 45-song set at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
I think he knows his footprints On the sidewalk Lead to where I can't stop Go there every night I think he knows his hands around A cold glass Make me wanna know that body Like it's mine He got that boyish look that I like in a man I am an architect, I'm drawing up the plans It's like I'm seventeen, nobody understands No one understands He got my heartbeat Skipping down 16th Avenue Got that, oh! I mean Wanna see what's under that attitude Like, I want you, bless my soul And I ain't gotta tell him I think he knows I think he knows I think he knows When we get all alone I'll make myself at home And he'll want me to stay I think he knows He better lock it down Or I won't stick around 'Cause good ones never wait He got that boyish look that I like in a man I am an architect, I'm drawing up the plans He's so obsessed with me, and boy I understand Boy I understand He got my heartbeat Skipping down 16th Avenue Got that, oh! I mean Wanna see what's under that attitude Like, I want you, bless my soul And I ain't gotta tell him I think he knows I think he knows I want you, bless my I want you, bless my I want you, bless my I want you, bless my soul Lyrical smile, indigo eyes, hand on my thigh We can follow the sparks, I'll drive Lyrical smile, indigo eyes, hand on my thigh We can follow the sparks, I'll drive So where we gonna go? I whisper in the dark Where we gonna go? I think he knows He got my heartbeat Skipping down 16th Avenue Got that, oh! I mean Wanna see what's under that attitude Like, I want you, bless my soul And I ain't gotta tell him I think he knows I think he knows I want you, bless my I want you, bless my I want you, bless my I want you, bless my I want you, bless my I want you, bless my I want you, bless my soul I ain't gotta tell him I think he knows
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 7, 2019 | 51 | 75 |