Taylor Swift track reappears on Spotify labelled as Lostprophets

Spotify has confirmed a Taylor Swift track reappeared on its streaming service but it was listed under a different artist.

Her 2012 single I Knew You Were Trouble was labelled as being performed by Welsh rock band Lostprophets.

Spotify says the track's now been removed after being available for three days and they are investigating.

Taylor Swift refuses to make her music available on the service because of concerns over royalty payments.

Spotify have pointed the finger at one of their so called "providers".

"We take the integrity of our catalogue very seriously, and will immediately remove any content that is found to be incorrectly licensed or attributed to the incorrect artist or composer," Spotify told Newsbeat.

Twitter user Elena Cresci posted a screen grab of the track on Spotify.

"The track was taken down as soon as it was discovered and we will be taking the matter further with the provider who delivered this track."

The artwork for the single was mysteriously an image of a Canadian cartoon with Lostprophets logo superimposed on top.

Lostprophet's lead singer Ian Watkins was jailed for a string of child sex abuse charges in 2013.

Stats available on Spotify suggested I Knew You Were Trouble had been listened to 39 million times.

The track's artwork was of a Canadian cartoon.

It's believed that figure is a total which includes the plays before Taylor Swift pulled her back catalogue from Spotify.

Since 2014 there's been a blank space where her music had been.

The bad blood exists between Swifty and Spotify because the singer doesn't believe the streaming service "fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators".

Spotify have said they hope she'll return safe and sound to their platform some day.

And although Taylor has not said she will never ever get back together for business with Spotify, she's made it clear she'll only do it once she's happy everything has changed - or at least she's content creators will be paid properly for their work.

Spotify says it's the responsibility of their providers to make sure the songs they deliver are "fully licensed and in compliance with our Infringement Policy."

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