Taylor Swift’s ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ hits No. 1 but fans are frustrated

Taylor Swift's latest country song is sitting at No. 1 after a Saturday surge on country radio.

The singer's "I Knew It, I Knew You," which she wrote for the movie "Toy Story 5," jumped from No. 4 last week to No. 1 on the Mediabase country building chart. The song had logged 9,641 plays as of Sept. 6, more than 550 ahead of Luke Combs' "Be By You" at No. 2, according to music industry trade publication HITS Daily Double.

The climb capped a week when Swift was hard to miss on country radio. She appeared across three programs Sept. 5, talking about how she and producer Jack Antonoff wrote the song and tried to honor "Toy Story" composer Randy Newman.

The extra attention may have helped push the song to the top, but the way two programs presented Swift's appearances left some fans feeling bamboozled.

Three country radio programs promoted Swift appearances in the days leading up to Sept. 5. Swifties downloaded the iHeartRadio app, shared links to stations and tuned in from around the world. One program even solicited questions for the singer on social media ahead of the broadcast.

On Bob 94.9 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, an…

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