--- title: 'Shake It Off' by Taylor Swift and 7 Other Songs About Haters description: Beyonce, Kanye and Britney all have something to say about haters too canonical: https://time.com/3140091/taylor-swifts-shake-it-off-and-7-other-songs-about-haters/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-19T14:48:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:44:08.804Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'Shake It Off' by Taylor Swift and 7 Other Songs About Haters og:description: Haters gonna hate og:url: https://time.com/3140091/taylor-swifts-shake-it-off-and-7-other-songs-about-haters/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Shake It Off' by Taylor Swift and 7 Other Songs About Haters twitter:description: Haters gonna hate twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' and 7 Other Songs About Haters  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Aug 19, 2014 2:48 PM UTC  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Aug 19, 2014 2:48 PM UTC “The haters gonna hate, hate, hate. / Baby I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake / Shake it off,” Taylor Swift croons in her new single, “Shake It Off.” Swift dismisses her haters by embracing everything that makes her unlikeable: her awkward dance moves, her squeaky clean persona and her angst-y lyrics about her breakups. T-Swift joins a long line of artists to directly address their critics in songs. Here are 7 other songs about brushing off the haters. **“In Da Club” — 50 Cent** “And if they hate then let them hate and watch the money pile up” **“Bring Me Down” — Kanye West** “There’d always be somebody that shoot down any dream. / There’ll always be haters, that’s the way it is. / Hater n\*\*\*\*s marry hater b\*\*\*\*\*s and have hater kids. / But they’re gonna have to take my life ‘fore they take my drive / ’cause when I was barely living, that’s what kept me alive” **“We Can’t Stop” — Miley Cyrus** “Remember only God can judge ya / Forget the haters ’cause somebody loves ya” **“Flawless” — Beyoncé** “My Daddy taught me how to love my haters” **“Dirt Off You Shoulder” — Jay Z** “All the rappers be hating, off the track that I’m making. / But all the hustlers they love it just to see one of us make it” **“Piece of Me” — Britney Spears** “I’m Miss bad media karma. / Another day another drama. / Guess I can’t see the harm / In working and being a mama. / And with a kid on my arm. / I’m still an exceptional earner. / And you want a piece of me” **“Haterz Everywhere” — B.o.B.** “Haterz everywhere we go” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3140091/taylor-swifts-shake-it-off-and-7-other-songs-about-haters/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3140091/taylor-swifts-shake-it-off-and-7-other-songs-about-haters/"},"headline":"Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' and 7 Other Songs About Haters","datePublished":"2014-08-19T14:48:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:44:08.804Z","description":"Plenty more of today's pop stars have a thing or two to say about their haters","url":"https://time.com/3140091/taylor-swifts-shake-it-off-and-7-other-songs-about-haters/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3140091/taylor-swifts-shake-it-off-and-7-other-songs-about-haters/","name":"Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' and 7 Other Songs About Haters"}}]}] ```