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"This Is What You Came For" is a single written and produced by Calvin Harris and Taylor Swift, and sung by Rihanna. It was released on April 29, 2016 by Westbury Road and Columbia. The original demo version of the song also sung by Swift.

Writing and release[]

Harris and Nils Sjöberg were credited as the songwriters and producers. On July 13, 2016, TMZ reported that the track was written and produced by Taylor Swift, who was at the time dating Calvin, who used the pseudonym Nils Sjöberg because they did not want their relationship to overshadow the song.

The studio demo version featuring Swift's solo vocals was leaked on March 1, 2023. The demo lyrics vary from the released version.

Live performances[]

Taylor performed "This is What You Came For" for the first time live at the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, on October 22, 2016. Swift then performed an acoustic guitar version at the DirecTV Super Saturday Night in Houston, Texas, on February 4, 2017.[1] "This Is What You Came For" was performed as a surprise song on the Eras Tour on June 14, 2024, mashed-up with "gold rush".

Lyrics[]

[Chorus]
Baby, this is what you came for
Lightning strikes every time she moves
And everybody's watchin' her
But she's lookin' at
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh, ooh
Baby, this is what you came for
Lightning strikes every time she moves
And everybody's watchin' her
But she's lookin' at
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh, ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh, ooh

[Verse]
We go fast with the game we play (game we play, game we play)
Who knows why it's gotta be this way (be this way, be this way)
We say nothin' more than we need (than we need, than we need)
I say, "Your place" when we leave

[Chorus]
Baby, this is what you came for
Lightning strikes every time she moves
And everybody's watchin' her
But she's lookin' at
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh, ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh, ooh

[Bridge]
Baby, this is what you came for
Lightning strikes every time she moves
Yeah

[Chorus]
Baby, this is what you came for
Lightning strikes every time she moves
And everybody's watchin' her
But she's lookin' at
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh, ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh, ooh

[Chorus]
Baby, this is what you came for
Lightning strikes every time she moves
And everybody's watching her
But she's looking at
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

[Chorus]
Baby, this is what you came for
Lightning strikes every time she moves
And everybody's watching her
But she's looking at
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

[Verse]
We go fast with the game we play
(Game we play, game we play, game we play, play, play)
I know why it's gonna be this way
(Be this way, be this way, be this way, way, way)
We say nothing more than we need
(Than we need, than we need, than we need, need, need)
I see street lights when we leave
(When we leave, when we leave, when we leave, leave, leave)

[Chorus]
Baby, this is what you came for
Lightning strikes every time she moves
And everybody's watching her
But she's looking at
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

[Bridge]
Baby, this is what you came for
Lightning strikes every time she moves
(Moves, moves, moves, moves, moves)
Ooh

[Chorus]
Baby, this is what you came for
Lightning strikes every time she moves (moves)
And everybody's watching her
But she's looking at
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
You, ooh-ooh, you, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Trivia[]

  • The alternative title for the song is "The Reason Why".[2]

References[]

Collaborations
Taylor Swift songs featuring other artists
"Anti-Hero" (Bleachers) • "Bad Blood" (Kendrick Lamar) • "Breathe" (Colbie Caillat) • "Castles Crumbling" (Hayley Williams) • "coney island" (The National) • "Electric Touch" (Fall Out Boy) "End Game" (Ed Sheeran, Future) • "evermore" (Bon Iver) • "Everything Has Changed" (Ed Sheeran) • "exile" (Bon Iver) • "Florida!!!" (Florence + The Machine) • "Fortnight" (Post Malone) • "I Bet You Think About Me" (Chris Stapleton) • "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" (ZAYN) • "Karma" (Ice Spice) • "Long Live" (Paula Fernandes) • "Lover" (Shawn Mendes) • "ME!" (Brendon Urie) • "no body, no crime" (HAIM) • "Nothing New" (Phoebe Bridgers) • "Run" (Ed Sheeran) • "Safe & Sound (The Civil Wars) • "Snow On The Beach" (Lana Del Rey) • "Soon You'll Get Better" (The Chicks) • "That's When" (Keith Urban) • "The Last Time" (Gary Lightbody) • "You All Over Me" (Maren Morris)
Songs featuring Taylor Swift
"Babe" (Sugarland) • "Best Days of Your Life" (Kellie Pickler) • "Birch" (Big Red Machine) • "Both of Us" (B.o.B) • "Gasoline" (HAIM) • "Half of My Heart" (John Mayer)
"Highway Don't Care" (Tim McGraw ft. Keith Urban) • "Renegade" (Big Red Machine) • "The Alcott" (The National) • "The Joker and the Queen" (Ed Sheeran) • "This Is What You Came For" (Calvin Harris) • "Thug Story" (T-Pain) • "Three Sad Virgins" (Pete Davidson, from SNL) • "Two Is Better Than One" (Boys Like Girls) • "us." (Gracie Abrams)