Wonderland (Taylor Swift song)

"Wonderland"
Promotional single by Taylor Swift from the album 1989
Published	Max Martin Shellback
Released	February 17, 2015
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2014 at Conway Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Dance-pop synthpop electropop[1]
Label	Big Machine
Writer(s)	Taylor Swift Max Martin Shellback

"Wonderland" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released as the third promotional single on October 20, 2014 from Swift's deluxe version of her fifth studio album, 1989.^[2]

Composition

"Wonderland" makes frequent allusions to the novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll,^[3] and is known for a "bass drop" in the first chorus.^[4] In the song, Swift explores her ability to produce a daydream-like track. It descents to her early roots, where she made everyone believe that fairytales do exist. In this case, she convinces people that there is a thing called wonderland where "we pretended it could last forever." identifying this place as "life was never worse but never better." and there is also shows her position "it's all fun and games 'til somebody loses their mind."^[5]

Chart performance

On the Billboard Hot 100, "Wonderland" debuted and peaked at number 51, due to digital sales.^[6]

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from liner notes of 1989.^[7]

Taylor Swift – lead vocals, writer Max Martin – producer, recording, writer, keyboards Shellback – producer, guitars, bass, programming Sam Holland – recording

Cory Bice – assistant recording Serban Ghenea – mixing John Hanes – engineered for mix Tom Coyne – mastering

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[8]	84
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[9]	59
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[10]	171
US Billboard Hot 100[11]	51

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
United States	February 17, 2015[12]	Digital download	Big Machine

References

1. "Wonderland by Taylor Swift". rateyourmusic. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
2. "Wonderland – Single by Taylor Swift on iTunes". Apple iTunes Store. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
3. Wickman, Forrest. "Taylor Swift's 1989: A Track-by-Track Breakdown". Slate. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
4. "I don't know if this has been posted before...". Retrieved February 20, 2015.
5. "Taylor Swift: 'Wonderland' Single Review". PPcorn. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
6. "Wonderland hot 100". Billboard.com.
7. 1989 (Compact disc liner notes). Taylor Swift. Big Machine Records. 2014. BMRBD0500A.
8. "Australian-charts.com – Taylor Swift – Wonderland". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
9. "Taylor Swift – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Taylor Swift. Retrieved February 30, 2015.
10. "1, 2014/ Archive Chart: November 1, 2014" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
11. "Taylor Swift – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Taylor Swift. Retrieved February 29, 2015.
12. Lewis, Corner (February 18, 2015). "Taylor Swift to release 1989 bonus tracks to US iTunes". Digital Spy. Retrieved April 29, 2016.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics