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Sometimes, a social media campaign delivers the goods.

No, we’re not talking about #kony2012 – this is #greygrey4taytay, a Twitter campaign launched by Belvoir St Theatre director Anne-Louise Sarks to secure permission from Taylor Swift herself for the use of ‘Shake It Off’ in a production opening this week, Seventeen.

Seventeen features a bunch of famous elder Australian actors, including Maggie Dence and Barry Otto, playing a group of spritely teenagers – and getting in step with the music of the times.

Only, there was a problem:

.@taylorswift13 But we’ve just at the last minute been told we can’t have the rights to the song! 6/7 #greygrey4taytay — Anne-Louise Sarks (@annelouisesarks) August 3, 2015

Enter Tay-Tay to the rescue once again.

Permission granted, @BelvoirSt. Good luck with your opening night 🙂 — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 4, 2015