"Out of the Woods" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The song was written by Swift and Jack Antonoff of fun. It was the second song to be officially released from her fifth studio album 1989, serving as the first promotional single on October 14, 2014. It is the fourth track on the album, after "Style". "Out of the Woods" serves as the sixth official single with an accompanying music video that premiered on December 31, 2015, during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on ABC. It was released to radio on February 5, 2016. The song went number one in Israel and has reached the top 10 in Belgium, Canada, and New Zealand as well as the top 20 in Australia and the United States.

Swift premiered a 15-second clip of "Out of the Woods" on Good Morning America on October 13, 2014. Swift called "Out of the Woods" one of her "favorite songs on this album because it best represents 1989." She explained that the song is about "the fragility and breakable nature of some relationships. This was a relationship where I was kind of living day-to-day wondering where it was going, if it was going to go anywhere, if it was going to end the next day." "Out of the Woods" was initially released as a promotional single on October 14, 2014, with no plans for a music video or an official release. On December 22, 2015, Good Morning America officially announced the release of a music video for the song to premiere during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. "Out of the Woods" also serves as the sixth official single from 1989, and it was released to radio stations on February 5, 2016.

"Out of the Woods" is a pop and synthpop song. The track was written by Swift and Antonoff and is the first song that Swift has written to an existing track. Antonoff sent an early version of the song without the vocals or lyrics to Swift, which she then added in just 30 minutes. Speculation as to whom the song is about is rampant. The bridge section of the song references the snowmobile incident that Swift and her former boyfriend, One Direction's Harry Styles, were reported to be involved in during their relationship.Max Martin produced Swift's vocals for the song. It is written in the key of C Major with Swift's vocals spanning two octaves, between G₃ and E₅ and runs three minutes and fifty-five seconds (3:55), at 92 bpm.

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