Message In A Bottle (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)

Album

Red (Taylor’s Version)

Label

Republic Records

Genre

Electropop

Composer(s)

Taylor Swift;Max MartinShellback

Entered Chart

Nov 27, 2021

Peak Date

Nov 27, 2021

Released

November 2021

Recorded

Kitty Committee (Belfast) House Mouse (Stockholm)

Catalog #

Republic

B-Side

n/a

"Message in a Bottle"[b] is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Released by Republic Records, it is the twenty-fifth track on Swift's second re-recorded album, Red (Taylor's Version) (2021). The song was written by Swift, Max Martin, and Shellback, the latter of whom also produced the song with Elvira Anderfjärd. It impacted US pop and adult pop radio stations as a single in November 2021. "Message in a Bottle" is a 1980s-influenced dance-pop and electropop song with synthesizers and a pulsating bass. In reviews of Red (Taylor's Version), some critics praised the song's production and likened it to the sound of Swift's 2014 album, 1989, but a few others found the song underwhelming in comparison to other pop tracks on the album. The song reached the top 40 of charts in Australia and Canada. It peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100, and has entered the top twenty of the Adult Top 40 and Mainstream Top 40 airplay charts.

I know that you like me
And it's kinda frightenin'
Standing here waitin', waitin'
And I became hypnotized
By freckles and bright eyes
Tongue tied

But now
You're so far away and I'm down
Feelin' like a face in the crowd
I'm reachin' for you, terrified

'Cause you could be the one that I love
I could be the one that you dream of
Message in a bottle is all I can do
Standin' here, hopin' it gets to you
You could be the one that I keep, and I
Could be the reason you can't sleep at night
Message in a bottle is all I can do
Standin' here, hopin' it gets to you

These days I'm restless
Work days are endless
Look how you've made me, made me
But time moves faster
Replaying your laughter
Disaster

'Cause now
You're so far away and I'm down
Feelin' like a face in the crowd
I'm reachin' for you, terrified

'Cause you could be the one that I love
I could be the one that you dream of
Message in a bottle is all I can do
Standin' here, hopin' it gets to you (it gets to you)
You could be the one that I keep, and I (I)
Could be the reason you can't sleep at night
Message in a bottle is all I can do
Standin' here, hopin' it gets to you

How is it in London? (London)
Where are you while I'm wonderin' (wonderin')
If I'll ever see you again?

You could be the one that I love, mm-mm
And now I'm standin' here, hopin' it gets to you

'Cause you could be the one that I love
I could be the one that you dream of
Message in a bottle is all I can do
Standin' here, hopin' it gets to you (it gets to you)
You could be the one that I keep, and I
Could be the reason you can't sleep at night (you can't sleep at night)
Message in a bottle is all I can do (yeah, yeah)
Standin' here, hopin' it gets to you (yeah, yeah)

(Love)
You could be the one that I love
(Love)
You could be the one that I love
(Love) my love
And now I'm standin' here, hopin' this gets to you