A Scots traditional band have ask Taylor Swift out for a curry after unexpectedly overtaking her in the iTunes official UK download charts.

Skipinnish's new single, 'The Island', went to number 51 this week ahead of Swift, Ed Sheeran, George Ezra and Kanye West.

The band has now made a video of them covering Swift's number one hit 'Shake It Off', which ends with singer Robert Robertson asking the US singer our for a romantic dinner if she's ever "passing through Glasgow".

The video has now gone viral, with the band's followers including Outlander star Sam Heughan, tweeting Swift in a bid to get her to go to dinner with Robertson.

Swift is currently dating Scots DJ Calvin Harris but that doesn't seem to have put Robertson off.

He said: "I'm sure Calvin is a really nice guy, but I don't fancy his chances against a band full of west highlanders determined to take his bird out for a curry!"

The video reached over 100,000 people on facebook; just 10,000 short of the music video for their actual single.