The Playlist: Taylor Swift's 'Sweeter Than Fiction'

Written with Jack Antonoff of fun., Sweeter Than Fiction is Swift's contribution to One Chance, the upcoming biopic about Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts. With its irresistible synth-pop pulse and gated drum fills, it's the kind of record that makes you want to ask somebody to the prom in Pretty in Pink. — Brian Mansfield

USA TODAY music critic Elysa Gardner highlights 10 intriguing tracks found in the week's listening.

Games , Claire. The Munich-based quintet mixes wistful atmosphere with blissful grooves on this bubbly track from its debut EP, Broken Promise Land.

Forever Found , Kan Wakan. Another new group (from Los Angeles) offers lush, cinematic pop on the swirling title cut of its first EP.

Dresser Drawer , Amos Lee. Lee's Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song includes this aching, shimmering meditation on betrayal.

I Blame You , Ledisi. Ledisi gets happily distracted on her latest single, a breezy-smooth rush of pop-soul nostalgia.

Tell Me , Diego Garcia. The singer/songwriter layers lilting Latin ambience onto a stark, spacious foundation on this tune from Paradise.

Go, Love , Mark Knopfler. Knopfler's most recent collection of understated gems, Privateering, includes this typically dignified, melancholy ballad.

Fast , Joy Styles. The Pennsylvania-bred, Nashville-based troubadour delivers driving country-pop with a bittersweet edge on this single, out today.

This Time of Year , Karrin Allyson. A new platter of warm, honeyed jazz from Allyson is reason to celebrate the holidays early: Yuletide Hideaway arrives Nov. 1.

It's a Sin to Tell a Lie , Tony Bennett. In a 1964 performance captured on Live at the Sahara, Bennett's gleaming young bari-tenor dances nimbly through the standard.,

The Boxer , Simon and Garfunkel. Those harmonies still glow after all these years, and are now accessible on the Simon retrospective Over the Bridge of Time.