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"Love Story"
Swift in braided hair and a white gown is standing near a window, staring at her back.
Single by Taylor Swift
from the album Fearless
Released September 15, 2008 (2008-09-xv)
Recorded March 2008
Studio Blackbird (Nashville)
Genre Country popular
Length three:57
Label Large Machine
Songwriter(s) Taylor Swift
Producer(s)
  • Nathan Chapman
  • Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift singles chronology
"Should've Said No"
(2008) 		"Love Story"
(2008) 		"White Horse"
(2008)
Music video
"Love Story" on YouTube

"Love Story" is a song written and recorded by American vocaliser-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on September 15, 2008, by Big Machine Records, every bit the lead single from Swift's second studio album, Fearless (2008). Inspired by a beloved involvement unpopular to Swift's family and friends, "Love Story" is based on the plot of William Shakespeare's 16th-century tragedy Romeo and Juliet. In the song's narrative, the two characters, Romeo and Juliet, terminate upward in a marriage proposal, contrary to Shakespeare'due south tragic conclusion. The lyrics additionally reference Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Alphabetic character (1850). Produced by Swift and Nathan Chapman, the country popular song features soprano vocals and a tedious-building melody consisting of banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and guitar.

Subsequently its initial release, "Dear Story" received acclamation from critics, who admired its catchiness, production, and lyrics. Retrospectively, critics have considered it one of Swift's strongest singles, with some highlighting information technology as her signature vocal. The song peaked atop the chart in Australia, where information technology was certified ten times platinum by the Australian Recording Manufacture Association (ARIA). It reached the top five on charts in Canada, Ireland, Nihon, New Zealand, Scotland, and the U.Chiliad. In the U.Southward., "Honey Story" peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified eight times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). A success on pop radio, "Love Story" was the first state song to acme the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 nautical chart. It has sold over six million copies in the U.Southward. and eighteen millon copies worldwide.

Trey Fanjoy directed the accompanying music video, which Swift conceived as a period piece that drew influences from the Medieval, Renaissance, and British Regency eras. It follows Swift and model Justin Gaston as they meet in a university campus and imagine themselves as lovers in a prior era. The video won Video of the Year at both the Country Music Association Awards and CMT Music Awards in 2009. Swift included "Love Story" on the set lists of all of her headlining tours: Fearless (2009–2010), Speak At present (2011–2012), Blood-red (2013–2014), 1989 (2015), and Reputation (2018). The re-recording, "Love Story (Taylor's Version)", was released on February 12, 2021, through Republic Records. It topped Billboard 's Hot Country Songs chart, making Swift the 2d creative person after Dolly Parton to attain number i with both the original and re-recorded versions of a song.

Writing and inspiration [edit]

"Love Story" came forth late into the production of Fearless.[1] Swift wrote "Honey Story" near a man who was never officially her boyfriend. When she introduced him to her family and friends, they did not become fond of him.[two] "His situation was a fiddling complicated, but I didn't care", said Swift.[3] Swift also felt like it was the kickoff fourth dimension she could relate to the plot of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1597), one of her favorite narratives, which she described as, "The simply people who wanted them to exist together were them."[2] She conceived the thought for the song when she reflected most the scenario: "I thought, 'This is difficult but it's existent, it matters—it'southward not simple or easy but it's existent'." She then centered the song on the line, which was ultimately placed in the "Dear Story"'s 2d refrain.[iv] All events, with the exclusion of the end, narrated in the song regarded Swift'due south bodily story. The song'south conclusion differed from that of Romeo and Juliet. "I feel like they had such promise and they were so crazy for each other. And if that had just gone a little flake differently, it could have been the all-time dear story e'er told. And it is one of the all-time love stories ever told, but it'southward a tragedy." Instead, she chose to write a happy ending.[5] She took her favorite characters and conceptualized the ending she believed they deserved.[6] She perceived it to be the platonic ending that girls hoped for, including herself.[4] "You desire a guy who doesn't care what anyone thinks, what anyone says." Although information technology was fictional, Swift said it was an enjoyable experience to write almost.[3] Swift wrote the track on her sleeping accommodation floor in approximately twenty minutes, feeling too inspired to put the song down unfinished.[2]

Swift and her honey involvement never did date. The failure of their relationship inspired some other song on Fearless, "White Horse", which became the 2d single released from the album.[7] To Swift, "Love Story" resembles much optimism regarding love and how encountering the right person could surpass skepticism.[6] She deemed "Love Story" 1 of her almost romantic songs, although she was never in an official human relationship with the field of study of the vocal.[ii] In hindsight, Swift said the song is "almost a dearest that you've got to hide considering for whatever reason it wouldn't go over well", adding "I spun it in the direction of Romeo and Juliet. Our parents are fighting. I chronicle to it more than as a beloved that you cannot actually elaborate on — a love that maybe society wouldn't have [or] maybe your friends wouldn't take."[8]

Recording [edit]

"Dear Story" was recorded in March 2008 at Blackbird Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, alongside record producer Nathan Chapman and diverse personnel.[ix] Swift sang into an Avantone CV-12 multi-design tube microphone, manufactured past Avant Electronics. The microphone had a new old stock tube that was designed and congenital by country vocalizer, record producer, and sound engineer Ray Kennedy for Chapman. Chapman had received the microphone from Kennedy equally a loan, equally a "endeavor this for a while" experiment. Although he previously had tested numerous microphones on Swift, he had non been able to discover one to match her voice perfectly. When Swift came to Chapman'due south habitation to tape a radio edit for ane of the singles from Taylor Swift, she immediately grew fond of the microphone.[9] "When she put on the headphones and said, 'Test,' completely unprompted, she said, 'This is my mic. I love this mic. I only wanna use this one from at present on!' She had no idea what it was, just loved information technology, and I went along with something that felt right for her. Nosotros've been using it ever since, and information technology sounds bully on her voice," Chapman said.[9]

"Dearest Story" was recorded with Pro Tools and tracking vocals, which Swift sang live with the band. The ring consisted of audio-visual guitars, bass guitars, and drums.[9] All other instruments were overdubbed by Chapman. He said, "I think there are 9 acoustic guitars on that rail, and I stacked several background vocals — me singing, 'Ah's'."[9] Audio engineering was executed past Chad Carlson in Blackbird Studios' Studio D, with the usage of the API Legacy Plus equipments: Avantone CV-12, Neve 1073, and Tube-Tech CL-1B. Audio mixing washed by Justin Niebank and was set in Studio F, with the usage of the console Solid State Logic 9080 K series and Genelec 1032 panel. In betwixt, overdubs were executed in Studio E past Chapman.[9] "Dear Story", forth with the rest of the album, was mastered by Hank Williams at MasterMix Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.[ten] The song was mixed for mainstream airplay past Chapman. He pulled Niebank'southward stems into his Mac OS laptop and used Apple Logic to create the pop version. Chapman fabricated mix tweaks and created new elements with his laptop. In order to practice and then, he muted the country instruments and replaced them with new elements characteristic to pop music, replacing banjo and fiddle with electric guitar. The popular version's opening beat out is a Logic loop in the Ultrabeat beat generator. All the new electric guitars were done with the Amplitube Stomp I/O.[9]

Composition [edit]

"Honey Story" is written by Swift and produced past Swift and Chapman. It is a country pop song with a length of iii minutes and 54 seconds.[11] The melody consists of banjo, dabble, mandolin, and guitar.[12] It is set in common fourth dimension and has a moderate tempo of 120 beats per minute.[13] It is written in the key of D major and Swift'southward vocals span one octave, from A3 to B4.[13] Swift sings with a slight twang.[fourteen] Information technology follows the chord progression D (add)9–Asus4–Bm–G6 9.[13] The song is of a swirling and dreamy soprano. The melody is simple, containing a rushy stride which continually grows and concludes with a cardinal modify to Eastward major.[15]

The lyrics of "Love Story" are written in first person, in which Swift refers to herself as the Romeo and Juliet character Juliet and her dear interest as Romeo.[14] [15] In the narrative, Juliet's father is initially disapproval of their relationship.[16] The first verse introduces the characters at a ball, where they meet.[xv] In the 2nd poetry, the story transitions to the couple sneaking about after dark[xv] and references Nathaniel Hawthorne'due south The Cherry-red Letter (1850).[17] The song's refrains take Swift waiting for her love involvement to announced: "Romeo, accept me somewhere nosotros tin be alone/ I'll exist waiting/ All in that location's left to practise is run."[14] The song'southward final refrain has Swift narrating from Romeo's perspective;[xviii] Romeo has talked to Juliet's father and asks her to ally him.[sixteen]

Critical reception [edit]

In Fearless album reviews, Rob Sheffield from Blender and Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic selected "Love Story" as a standout.[xix] [20] Deborah Evans Price of Billboard applauded the single for its "swirling, dreamy" production and emotional date that appealed to a broad audition.[21] Writing for The Boston World, James Reed highlighted "Dear Story" as an example of Swift'south charm in her songwriting: "She knows how to write a hit."[fourteen] In Usa Today, Elysa Gardner highlighted "Beloved Story" equally an example of Swift's songwriting talents at such a young age: "It'south a pleasure to hear a gifted teenager who sounds like a gifted teenager, rather than a mouthpiece for a agglomeration of older pros' collective notion of adolescent yearning."[22]

Music scholar James East. Perone establish the narrative formulaic and less dramatic than that of the original Romeo and Juliet, but contended "the melodic hooks are strong enough to overcome the predictability of the lyrics".[xvi] In BBC Music, Fraser McAlpine gave the single a four-out-of-v-stars rating. McAlpine deemed the Shakespearean reference unsuccessful and the lyrics generic, but praised the production and wrote: "it's neat to meet a big pop vocal being used as a method of straight story telling."[15] In a mixed review, Jonathan Keefe of Slant Mag was impressed past Swift'south melodic songwriting for creating "massive pop hooks", but found the literary references inexplicable and clumsy. Keefe deemed the lyrics overall lacking in creativity, and disapproved of Swift'south "clipped phrasing" in the refrain.[17]

"Love Story" featured on 2008 year-end lists by Blender at number 73[23] and The Village Vocalization 'southward Pazz & Jop critics' poll at number 48.[24] Taste of State listed the vocal at number 17 on its 2016 list of greatest state songs of all time.[25] In retrospective reviews, Hannah Mylrea from NME and Nate Jones from New York considered "Love Story" 1 of Swift's strongest songs in her unabridged discography.[26] [27] Alexis Petridis from The Guardian considered that with "Love Story", Swift's songwriting prowess starting time "fully revealed", and reflected on the literary references: "if the references to Shakespeare and Hawthorn seem clumsy, they are clumsy in a believably teenage way".[28]

Commercial performance [edit]

"Love Story" debuted at number 16 on the United states Billboard Hot 100 chart dated September 27, 2008.[29] The next week, information technology rose to number v.[30] On the week ending January 17, 2009, the song reached its peak at number iv.[31] It remained on the Hot 100 for 49 weeks.[31] "Love Story" peaked at number one on Billboard 'due south Hot Land Songs chart for two weeks.[32] On Billboard 's Mainstream Top 40 (Popular Songs) chart, the single reached number one on the week ending Feb 28, 2009; it was the first country crossover to top the chart.[33] The song also reached number one on Billboard 'due south Developed Contemporary nautical chart and number three on Billboard 's Adult Popular Songs chart.[34] [35] Information technology was the virtually successful vocal on Usa airplay, ranking number one on the year-end Radio Songs chart, of 2009.[36] The unmarried was certified eight times platinum by the Recording Industry Clan of America (RIAA).[37] Past February 2021, "Honey Story" had sold half-dozen.thirteen 1000000 copies in the United States, becoming Swift'south highest-selling single in the nation.[38]

"Love Story" was Swift'southward get-go number-i unmarried in Australia.[39] The single was certified ten times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Clan (ARIA).[40] It peaked inside the summit 5 of singles charts in Japan (three)[41] and the English-speaking countries including the United Kingdom (two),[42] Ireland (three),[43] New Zealand (three),[44] Canada (four),[45] and Scotland (five).[46] In mainland Europe, the track peaked at number 10 on the European Hot 100 Singles chart,[47] number four in the Czech Republic,[48] number half dozen in Hungary,[49] number seven in Norway,[50] and at number ten in Sweden.[51] "Dear Story" was certified double platinum past the British Phonographic Manufacture (BPI) and Music Canada (MC),[52] [53] platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RMNZ),[54] and gold by IFPI Danmark and the Recording Industry Association of Nihon (RIAJ).[55] [56] Information technology was the sixth-best-selling unmarried of 2009 worldwide, selling half dozen.v meg copies throughout the year.[57] Past February 2021, estimated worldwide sales of "Love Story" stood at 18 million.[58]

Music video [edit]

Swift and Justin Gaston in a ballroom

The accompanying music video for "Dear Story" was directed past Trey Fanjoy, who had directed the music videos for the singles from Taylor Swift. Swift collaborated with Fanjoy again because she had been able to balance both of their ideas.[59] For "Dearest Story", Swift conceived the video as a period slice cartoon influences from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Regency eras, aiming for a timeless narrative that "could happen in the 1700s, 1800s, or 2008".[60] [61] For the male lead, with vi months in advance, Swift searched by watching films for actors to translate the role. An acquaintance of hers, who followed the sixth season of Nashville Star, recommended contestant Justin Gaston.[62] Afterwards Gaston was eliminated from Nashville Star, Swift contacted him to movie the video.[59] She believed Gaston was a perfect choice for the male lead, "I was so impressed by the way his [expressions] were in the video. Without even saying annihilation, he would but do a certain glance and it really came across well."[62]

The crew considered traveling to Europe to find a castle for the video's setting, but settled on Castle Gwynn in Arrington, Tennessee; Castle Gwynn was built in 1973 and is part of the annual Tennessee Renaissance Festival.[59] Wardrobe for the video was supplied past Jacquard Fabrics, excluding Swift's dress for the balcony scene, which was designed past Sandi Spika with inspiration and suggestions from Swift.[59] [threescore] The video was filmed in two days in Baronial 2008 in Tennessee. On the first day, the balustrade and field scenes were shot.[59] On the second day, the video was filmed at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee.[59] Swift learned the choreography for the ballroom scene in fifteen minutes prior to filming. Approximately xx dancers were used for the scene.[59]

The video commences with Swift, clothed in a blackness sweater and jeans, walking through a academy campus and spotting Gaston sitting under a tree, reading a textbook. As they make middle contact, the video then transitions to an earlier era, in what seems to be an 18th-century castle, where Swift stands, wearing a corset and gown, and sings on a balcony. Afterwards, Gaston enters a party and sees Swift, wearing an elaborate gown, conversing with other immature women. The two, along with others, engage in ballroom dancing. After dancing, Gaston whispers into Swift's ear and Swift is then seen pondering at night with a lantern. She meets with Gaston and the two walk, hold hands, and feed a horse by a well. The 2 and so go their divide paths. Later on on, Swift stands in the balcony again, looking out from the window. She sees Gaston running towards her and she immediately runs down the castle's staircase to run across him. Swift and Gaston run into in the field right in front of the castle and hold each other. The video then transitions dorsum into the mod-mean solar day college campus as Gaston walks toward Swift and they gaze into each other's optics, where the video concludes. Cut scenes feature ballroom dancing and Swift performing in the balcony setting.

Video reception [edit]

The video premiered on September 12, 2008, on CMT.[63] Mandi Bierly of Entertainment Weekly was concerned about the video marker Swift's artistic evolution because information technology seemed too expensive and made her wonder if anything else about Swift would change. However, she stated: "Worry though I might, I can't resist Taylor Swift's evolution from 'Tim McGraw' (2006) to her latest, 'Dearest Story'." Bierly as well compared Swift'south acting with that of Keira Knightley.[64] Fraser McAlpine of BBC Online believed Swift played a princess in the video and, therefore, said it would brand females envious.[15] The video was nominated for the "Video of the Twelvemonth" category at the 45th Academy of Country Music Awards, just lost to Brad Paisley'due south "Waitin' on a Woman" (2008).[65] [66] At the 2009 CMT Music Awards, the video won the CMT Music Awards for "Video of the Year" and "Female Video of the Year".[67] It also won the award for "Music Video of the Year" at the 43rd Country Music Clan Awards.[68] The video won "Favorite International Video" at the Philippine Myx Music Awards 2010.[69]

Accolades [edit]

At the 35th People's Choice Awards, "Honey Story" was nominated for the People'southward Pick Honor for "Favorite Land", but lost to Carrie Underwood's "Terminal Name" (2008).[70] The song was nominated for "Fave Vocal" at the Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards 2009, only lost to The Blackness Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" (2009)[71] and received the same event at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, when it lost the nomination for "Choice Music: Love Vocal" to David Archuleta's "Beat out" (2008).[72] [73] In 2009, "Beloved Story" was alleged the "Country Song of the Twelvemonth" past Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI).[74]

Yr Organisation Honour Event Ref.
2009 Academy of Land Music Awards Video of the Year Nominated [75]
BMI Country Awards Song of the Year Won [76]
Publisher of the Year Won
Country Music Association Awards Music Video of the Yr Won [77]
CMT Music Awards Female Video of the Twelvemonth Won [78]
Video of the Twelvemonth Won
Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Pick Awards Favourite Song Nominated [79]
People'due south Pick Awards Favorite Country Song Nominated [80]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Love Vocal Nominated [81]
[82]
2010 APRA Awards (Australia) International Piece of work of the Twelvemonth Nominated [83]
Myx Music Awards Favourite International Video Won [84]
BMI Popular Awards Award-Winning Songs Won [85]
Vocal of the Twelvemonth Won

Live performances [edit]

Swift singing on a mic standing on a balcony

When promoting the unmarried in the United States in late 2008 and early on 2009, Swift performed "Dearest Story" on the Skilful Morning America, the Late Show with David Letterman, The Ellen DeGeneres Show,[86] the 2008 Land Music Awards,[87] as a duet with English stone ring Def Leppard on CMT Crossroads, the episode was released as a DVD exclusively through Wal-Mart stores in the United States,[88] Articulate Channel Communications's Stripped,[89] Studio 330 Sessions,[90] and Sat Dark Live.[91] In the United Kingdom, Swift promoted the track during early 2009 with performances on boob tube programs, such every bit Loose Women [92] and Later... with Jools Holland.[93] Since, Swift has performed the rail twice on The Today Show,[94] [95] at the 2009 CMA Music Festival,[96] the 2009 Five Festival,[97] the Australian charity concert Sydney Sound Relief,[98] Dancing with the Stars,[99] and over again on the Late Show with David Letterman.[100]

Swift performed "Love Story" on all venues of her first headlining concert tour, the Fearless Bout, which extended from April 2009 to June 2010. The performances begun with backup dancers, dressed in Victorian era clothing, dancing ballroom to Bizarre composer Johann Pachelbel'southward Canon, as a castle backdrop was projected onto the phase.[101] Swift emerged to upper level of the stage, from below, donning a crimson, 18th century gown with a golden accents.[102] For the vocal's final refrain, Swift hid behind backup dancers every bit she changed her wardrobe to a white wedding dress.[103] Jon Pareles of The New York Times said Swift offered the audition with optimistic thinking with the functioning in the Baronial 27, 2009, concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City.[103] Reviewing the May 22, 2010, concert at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada, Jane Stevenson of The Toronto Sun stated the moment was far also girly for her liking.[104]

Swift singing on a mic

"Love Story" served equally the final performance on the setlist of Swift'southward second concert tour, the Speak Now Earth Tour (2011); the performances featured Swift roaming throughout the stage, wearing a white sundress.[105] On Jan 25, 2013, Swift did an acoustic version of the song, followed by "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" at the Los Premios 40 Principales in Espana.[106] In 2014, Swift performed a new arena-stone rendition of "Love Story" during the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival.[107] She performed the version again, transformed into a synth-pop ballad, at the 1989 World Tour.[108] [109]

The song was performed on Swift's 5th headlining tour, the Reputation Stadium Tour, as office of a medley alongside "Style" and "You Belong with Me".[110] On Apr 23, 2019, she performed a piano rendition of the song at the Lincoln Heart for the Performing Arts during the Time 100 Gala, where she was honored.[111] On September 9, Swift performed the song at the City of Lover 1-off concert in Paris, French republic.[112] On November 24, she performed the song as office of a medley at the 2019 American Music Awards in Los Angeles.[113]

Cover versions and media usage [edit]

Swift teamed up with rapper T-Pain for a parody of the song titled "Thug Story", which premiered at the 2009 CMT Music Awards.[114] American pop punk ring Forever the Sickest Kids covered "Love Story" for the 2009 deluxe edition of their debut studio anthology Underdog Alma Mater (2008).[115] English language singer Joe McElderry, winner of the 6th series of the United Kingdom talent competition The X Cistron, performed a live cover of "Love Story" on The X Factor Tour in 2010. "Love Story" was featured in the romantic one-act Letters to Juliet (2010), as well as its official trailer[116] and in the pilot of the television series Hart of Dixie (2011).[117] The vocal was covered past postal service-hardcore band Sky Tells All featuring Chris Motionless. In August 2020, an unofficial house remix of "Love Story" past American DJ Disco Lines became popular on TikTok and garnered viral challenges on the platform; additionally, it gained radio airplay in Poland.[118] [119] In December 2020, a snippet of Swift's re-recorded version of "Love Story" was featured in a Match.com advert directed by Ryan Reynolds.[120] The vocal appears in video games Band Hero and Karaoke Revolution the former featuring Swift equally a playable character; while information technology's re-recorded version appears in Just Trip the light fantastic 2022. In 2022, it was covered by British rock ring Blackness Midi.[121]

Personnel [edit]

Credits adjusted from Fearless album liner notes[122]

  • Taylor Swift – vocals, songwriter, producer
  • Nathan Chapman – producer
  • Drew Bollman – assistant mixer
  • Republic of chad Carslon – recording engineer
  • Richard Edgeler – banana recording engineer, banana mixer
  • Justin Niebank – mixer
  • Tim Van der Kull – additional guitar
  • Jeremy "Jim Bob" Wheatley – additional recording engineer, additional mixer

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Release history [edit]

Disco Lines remix [edit]

In 2020, DJ Disco Lines uploaded an unofficial remix of "Honey Story" to TikTok. The remix was later re-released onto streaming services, with Swift's vocals replaced past Cassidy, and it charted in Poland.[165]

Charts [edit]

"Dear Story (Taylor's Version)" [edit]

"Honey Story (Taylor's Version)"
A photograph of Swift in a white dress

DTC-exclusive digital embrace
Single past Taylor Swift
from the anthology Fearless (Taylor's Version)
Released Feb 12, 2021 (2021-02-12)
Recorded 2020
Studio
  • Conway Recording (Los Angeles)
  • Blackness Bird (Nashville)
  • Studio xiii (Nashville)
  • Prime Recording (Nashville)
Genre Country popular
Length 3:56
Label Republic
Songwriter(s) Taylor Swift
Producer(due south)
  • Christopher Rowe
  • Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift singles chronology
"Coney Island"
(2021) 		"Love Story (Taylor's Version)"
(2021) 		"Gasoline"
(2021)
Lyric video
"Honey Story" (Taylor's Version) on YouTube

Swift re-recorded "Love Story", subtitled "(Taylor'southward Version)", for her first re-recorded anthology, Fearless (Taylor's Version). It was released as the re-recorded album's lead single on February 12, 2021, through Commonwealth Records. Music critics received "Dear Story (Taylor's Version)" with positive reviews, highlighting Swift's mature vocals, the enhanced instrumentation and mixing, while remaining true-blue to the original's emotion. The vocal peaked in the top 10 on charts of Canada, Republic of ireland, Latvia, Malaysia, and Singapore. It was Swift's eighth number-one song on the US Hot Country Songs chart.

Background and release [edit]

In Baronial 2019, Swift revealed her conclusion to re-record her first six studio albums after her chief recordings were sold to American businessman Scooter Braun upon his purchase of her one-time record label, Big Machine Records. "Love Story (Taylor'southward Version)" was the first re-recorded track that Swift disclosed to the public when it was used as a jingle for a Friction match.com advertizing, written past actor Ryan Reynolds, in December 2020.[166] On February eleven, 2021, on Good Forenoon America as well as via her social media accounts, Swift appear a re-recorded version of her 2d studio album, Fearless, titled Fearless (Taylor's Version), released on April 9, 2021. "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" serves as the lead single from the re-recording.[167] [168]

A lyric video of "Beloved Story (Taylor's Version)" was released aslope the vocal. It features photographs of Swift with her fans, which Times of India dubbed as a move that replaces Romeo with the vocalist's fans.[169] Rolling Stone shared the same viewpoint, stating that the video depicts "the love between artists and fans".[170]

On March 26, 2021, an electronic version of "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" remixed by Swedish producer Elvira was released.[171]

Composition [edit]

The re-recorded version remains faithful to the 2008 version, non parting from the original production. Many of the aforementioned musicians who played on the 2008 version of the instrumental were also involved in the re-recording.[172] However, there is a noticeable change in the timbre of Swift'south vocals in the 2021 version, which has a "rounder and fuller" tone, free of much of her older country twang. Information technology is re-recorded with higher precision, and a starker contrast between the instrumentals; the banjo strums, cymbals, fiddle, and violins in "Love Story (Taylor'south Version)" are more prominent, with clearly defined bass instruments, stronger drums, less harsh electric guitars, and lowered harmonies in the mix.[173] [174] [12]

Critical reception [edit]

Rolling Rock critic Simon Vozick-Levinson described "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" as a "brilliantly bloodshot update on a classic", equipped with more emotion, polished instrumentals, and vocal technique.[175] Pitchfork writer Vrinda Jagota praised Swift for her commitment to revisiting her teenage work without embarrassment, and branded it "an adult woman'south display of ownership and agency".[174] Mikael Forest of Los Angeles Times opined that "Love Story" remains a classic, noticing how the rerecorded version is "virtually indistinguishable" from its 2008 analogue. While describing this similarity as somewhat a "disappointment" since Swift achieved artistic maturity with her 2020 albums Folklore and Evermore, Wood acknowledged that the rights to "Honey Story" could completely belong to the singer, in doing so.[172]

Hannah Mylrea, writing for NME, called information technology a "charming smash of nostalgia" with improved production, where Swift manages to preserve the "sparkle and warmth" that made "Dear Story" a success. Mylrea added that Swift used her newly powerful vocals to channel her younger self in the 2021 version, whereas, the 2008 version had a more "earnest" tone to it.[176] Lauding Swift's vocal performance, The Atlantic 's Shirley Li wrote that the vocalist's voice at age 31 is "much richer", with a controlled tone and precise staccato. Li concluded that the 2008 version contained Swift's "eager, breathless vocals captured that thoroughly teenage sensation of fantasizing over a new crush", while the 2021 version "conjures a mature, amused blahs".[177]

Richard S. He, reviewing for Billboard, was impressed with the vocal'due south mixing. He wrote that the original was "a loud, dynamically flat mix and main designed to burst out of FM radio speakers", while the re-recorded version offers a well-counterbalanced, lush, "impressive" mix that elevates the vocal's dreamy atmosphere. He likewise pointed out that the instruments in the original's chorus "seemed to alloy into one large wall of audio", whereas "Honey Story (Taylor's Version)" boasts an ambience with private instruments.[12] In his BBC review, Mark Savage wrote that the two versions were barely different, praising the "crisper" quality of "Love Story (Taylor's Version)", which allows the listeners to pick up instrumental details that were lost in the 2008 version. He highlighted that Swift's matured vocals and enunciation add depth and warmth to the vocal, while even so capturing the "romantic innocence" of a teenager.[173] Robert Christgau believed "Swift's voice retains a bully deal of freshness", but questioned the value of her reproducing past songs, proverb that he "can't imagine withal that I'd lay out money for the re-recordings".[178] "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" is nominated for International Song of the Year at the 2021 British Country Music Association Awards.[179]

Commercial performance [edit]

In the United states, "Love Story (Taylor'southward Version)" sold x,000 digital downloads and garnered v.viii million on-demand streams in its first mean solar day of release. While not actively promoted to radio, the version drew 144 plays beyond 89 radio stations for a total of 777,000 audience impressions.[180] [181]

With 25,000 sales and 13.7 meg streams, "Love Story (Taylor'south Version)" landed atop the United states of america Hot Land Songs chart, giving Swift her eighth number-one single and offset number-i debut on the chart; it marked her first nautical chart-topper since "We Are Never Ever Getting Dorsum Together" (2012). She became the starting time artist to lead the nautical chart in the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s, and the second artist in history to ship both the original and re-recorded version of a song to the meridian spot, after Dolly Parton with "I Will Ever Beloved Y'all". Elsewhere, "Honey Story (Taylor's Version)" topped Digital Song Sales (Swift's tape-extending 22nd number one), Country Digital Vocal Sales (tape-extending 15th number ane), and Country Streaming Songs charts. The vocal debuted and peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100, marker her 129th entry on the chart—the nigh entries always amongst women.[182]

Credits and personnel [edit]

Album version [183]

  • Taylor Swift – atomic number 82 vocals, songwriting, production
  • Christopher Rowe – production, tape engineering
  • David Payne – record engineering
  • John Hanes – engineering
  • Randy Merrill – master engineering
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Sam Holland – vocal engineering
  • Sean Badum – assistant recording technology
  • Mike Meadows – backing vocals, audio-visual guitar, banjo, mandolin
  • Paul Sidoti – bankroll vocals, electric guitar
  • Caitlin Evanson – bankroll vocals
  • Amos Heller – bass
  • Matt Billingslea – drums
  • Max Bernstein – electrical guitar
  • Jonathan Yudkin – dabble

Elvira Remix [184]

  • Taylor Swift – pb vocals, songwriting, bankroll vocals
  • Elvira Anderfjärd – production, remixing, bankroll vocals, bass, drums, keyboards, programming, recording applied science
  • Christopher Rowe – vocal production
  • John Hanes – engineering
  • Randy Merrill – masters technology
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Sam Holland – vocal engineering

Charts [edit]

Release history [edit]

Encounter also [edit]

  • List of best-selling singles
  • List of best-selling singles in Australia
  • List of acknowledged singles in the United States
  • List of number-one singles of 2009 (Commonwealth of australia)
  • Listing of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 2009
  • List of Hot Country Songs number ones of 2008
  • Listing of Billboard Mainstream Top forty number-1 songs of 2009
  • Listing of tiptop x singles in 2021 (Ireland)
  • List of Billboard number-one country songs of 2021

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Impress sources [edit]

  • Perone, James Due east. (2017). The Words and Music of Taylor Swift. The Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection. ABC-Clio. ISBN978-1440852947.

External links [edit]

  • Lyrics at Taylor Swift official site

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Story_%28Taylor_Swift_song%29

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