"Gasoline" is a song by American band

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from their third studio album '' Women in Music, Pt. III'' (2020). The song was written by the band members along with

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, and produced by Batmanglij, Danielle Haim, and

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. A remix of "Gasoline" with American singer-songwriter

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was included as one of two bonus tracks of the album's expanded edition. The remix was released as a

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on February 19, 2021, by

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. It marks Haim's second collaboration with Swift, following "

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" on Swift's '' Evermore'' (2020).

Background

Haim first shared the song in a live performance on

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on June 18, 2020, less than a week before the album's release. In December 2020, Haim contributed featured vocals to the song "

", the second single from

's 2020 studio album, '' Evermore''. When Haim began to work on the expanded edition of ''Women in Music Pt. III'', they reached out to Swift to contribute vocals to "Gasoline" as she had previously told them that "Gasoline" was her favourite song on the album. In an Instagram post about the collaboration they said that Swift "brought such amazing ideas and new imagery to the song and truly gave it a new life". In February 2021, Haim posted a photo across social media, in which the three sisters stand in a

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, in black, ''

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''-inspired wigs with asymmetrical bangs. Fans noticed a petrol pump labelled "13" in the background and associated it with Swift's favorite number, 13. The band teased fans a potential collaboration with Swift again, via videos on

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. The remix of "Gasoline" featuring Swift was included on the expanded edition of ''

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''. The song is three minutes and 13 seconds in length.

Composition

"Gasoline" is a "dreamy, guitar-sliding" "truly sensual

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that was made for

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all night in the car". Lyrically, the song contains lyrics about Danielle Haim's depression, with her "pleading to get out from under". Musically, "Gasoline" is a

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song. The song is three minutes and 18 seconds in length.

Live performances

On August 20, 2020, "Gasoline" was performed on the

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' "Press Play" show. On September 29, 2020, Haim performed the song remotely on ''

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'' in the empty parking lot of The Forum in

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. They performed the song on ''

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'' on November 28, 2020. Swift, in a surprise appearance, joined the band at

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in London on their One More Haim Tour to perform the "Gasoline" remix mashed-up with Swift's " Love Story".

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * Alana Haim – lead vocals, songwriting, electric guitar * Danielle Haim – lead vocals, songwriting, production, drums, electric guitar * Este Haim – lead vocals, songwriting, bass *

– lead vocals (remix only) *

– songwriting, production, accordion, acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, engineering *

– production, engineering, guitar, programming * Emily Lazar – mastering * Tom Elmhirst – mixing *

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– engineering (remix only) * Dave Schiffman – engineering * Jasmine Chen – engineering * Joey Messina-Doerning – engineering * John DeBold – engineering * Matt DiMona – engineering * Chris Allgood – assistant engineering

Charts

Original version

Taylor Swift remix

Release history

References

External links

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