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. The song was released as a double limited vinyl A-side with "

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Track listing

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Song usage

"Operate" has been used in movies ''

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'' and '' Waiting...''. The song was also used in the American television series ''

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", some commentators suggested that the song sampled the beat from "Operate". Some Twitter users speculated that the alleged sample was a subtle reference to a Katy Perry tweet warning people to "watch out for the

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in sheep's clothing", since George appeared in the ''Mean Girls'' scene which featured the Peaches song. For a time, music annotation website

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listed "Operate" as being sampled in the Swift single. Writing for the ''

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'', Maggie Dickman argued that Swift's song "''clearly'' sounds like" the Peaches song, and also remarked that Swift's music video was similar to Peaches'. In an article for '' W'', Kyle Munzenrieder argued that the beat in Swift's song sounded similar but not the same, since it was "cleaner and more toned down". In her liner notes, Swift credited a sample of the Right Said Fred song "

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", but did not list the Peaches song as a sample. A

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of "Operate" and "Look What You Made Me Do" was posted to YouTube.

Charts

References

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