"Gasoline" is a song by American bandHaim from their third studio albumWomen in Music, Pt. III (2020). The song was written by the band members along withRostam Batmanglij, and produced by Batmanglij, Danielle Haim, andAriel Rechtshaid. A remix of "Gasoline" with American singer-songwriterTaylor Swift was included as one of two bonus tracks of the album's expanded edition. The remix was released as asingle on February 19, 2021, byColumbia Records. It marks Haim's second collaboration with Swift, following "No Body, No Crime" on Swift'sEvermore (2020).
Haim first shared the song in a live performance onInstagram on June 18, 2020, less than a week before the album's release.[7]
In December 2020, Haim contributed featured vocals to the song "No Body, No Crime", the second single fromTaylor Swift's 2020 studio album,Evermore. When Haim began to work on the expanded edition ofWomen 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".[8] In February 2021, Haim posted a photo across social media, in which the three sisters stand in agas station, in black,Amélie-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 onTikTok.[9][8]
The remix of "Gasoline" featuring Swift was included on the expanded edition ofWomen in Music Pt. III.[9][10][11][12] The song is three minutes and 13 seconds in length.
"Gasoline" is a "dreamy, guitar-sliding" "truly sensualslow jam that was made formaking out all night in the car".[13][14] Lyrically, the song contains lyrics about Danielle Haim's depression, with her "pleading to get out from under".[15][16] Musically, "Gasoline" is apop rock song.[17] The song is three minutes and 18 seconds in length.
^"SpecialRelease | RECORD STORE DAY".Record Store Day. April 8, 2021.Archived from the original on April 8, 2021. RetrievedApril 8, 2021.From their Album Of The Year Grammy-nominated albumWomen in Music Pt. III, HAIM present "Gasoline" b/w "Gasoline feat. Taylor Swift" as a single as part of RSD Drops. Pressed on baby blue vinyl with cover art featuring an outtake from the album cover shoot with frequent collaborator and friend Paul Thomas Anderson. "Gasoline" b/w "Gasoline featuring Taylor Swift"