Born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, Swift relocated to Nashville, Tennessee in 2004 to pursue a career in country music. She broke into the country music scene with her eponymous self-titled debut studio album, Taylor Swift in 2006, which included the singles "Teardrops on My Guitar" and "Our Song". Swift also released the holiday album, Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection, later titled as The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection in October 2007.
Swift rose to mainstream prominence with her sophomore studio album, Fearless (2008), a country pop record with crossover appeal. Aided by the top-five singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Swift's third studio album, Speak Now (2010), blended country pop with elements of rock and featured the top-ten singles "Mine" and "Back to December".
Drawing inspiration from various pop, rock, and electronic genres, Swift's fourth studio album Red (2012) saw her transcending her country roots. She completely moved to pop with her synth-pop fifth studio album, 1989 (2014), and expanded the electropop sound on her next two studio albums, reputation (2017) and Lover (2019), which respectively embraced urban and retro styles. The four albums spawned a string of international top-five singles, including "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", "Bad Blood", "Look What You Made Me Do", "ME! (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco)", "You Need to Calm Down", and "Lover".
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Swift experimented with folk and alternative rock on her eighth and ninth studio albums, folklore and evermore (both 2020), whose lead singles "cardigan" and "willow" topped charts around the world. She also released the critically acclaimed documentaries Miss Americana and Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions that year. Swift's tenth studio album, Midnights (2022), marked her triumphant return to pop after two folk albums. The album set the record for biggest first day and first week ever on Spotify, spawned the hits Anti-Hero and Lavender Haze, and sold over 1.5 million copies in its first week becoming not only the biggest debut of the decade but also Swift's biggest debut ever. She would make history by becoming the first artist to occupy the entire top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 with tracks from Midnights. Following Midnights, Taylor Swift announced her upcoming eleventh studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department” (2024) which is set to be released on April 19, 2024. She announced this record at 66th Annual Grammy Award Show accepting the award for Best Pop Vocal Album for her previous album, Midnights (2022) in honour of receiving her 13th Grammy.
Additionally, Swift began re-recording her back catalog in November 2020 as a result of a publicized dispute with talent manager Scooter Braun and her former label Big Machine, regarding the acquisition of the masters of her back catalog. In April 2021, Swift released a re-recorded issue of her 2008 album Fearless, titled Fearless (Taylor's Version). It debuted at number one in the US. Swift continued releasing re-recorded versions of her back catalog in November, 2021 with the release of Red (Taylor's Version), a 30 track re-issue of her 2012 critical smash. The album debuted at #1 in the US, spawned the #1 hit All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault), and broke the record at the time for biggest first day for a female album on Spotify. Red (Taylor's Version) was a critical and commercial hit, and proved that Swift's ambitious plan to re-record her first 6 albums was well worth it.
Along with the release of Red (Taylor's Version) came All Too Well: The Short Film (2021), Swift's filmmaking debut. The 15 minute romantic drama was based on the lyrical content from Swift's 2012 fan favorite "All Too Well" starring Sadie Sink and Dylan O'Brien. It had a limited theatrical release in major cities, and Swift held special screenings of the film throughout 2022 at various film festivals. In December, 2022 Taylor announced that she would be making her feature directorial debut with Oscar-winning studio Searchlight Pictures.
Following the release of Midnights, Swift would embark on her first tour in five years, The Eras Tour.
Swift has released several songs for film soundtracks. She co-wrote two songs for the Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack— "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" and "Crazier", and contributed two songs to the Valentine's Day soundtrack, including the single "Today Was a Fairytale", which was her first number one on the Canadian Hot 100, and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. She also contributed two original songs to The Hunger Games soundtrack album: "Safe & Sound - from The Hunger Games Soundtrack", co-written and recorded with The Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett, and "Eyes Open". "Safe & Sound" won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. In 2013, Swift recorded "Sweeter than Fiction", a song she wrote and produced with Jack Antonoff for the One Chance film soundtrack, which received a Best Original Song nomination at the 71st Golden Globe Awards. Swift and English singer Zayn Malik, mononymously known as Zayn, released a single together, "I Don't Wanna Live Forever", for the soundtrack of the film Fifty Shades Darker (2017). She also recorded an original song called "Beautiful Ghosts", which she wrote with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Cats's soundtrack (2019). In 2020, Swift's documentary Miss Americana featured the song "Only the Young" which was written after the 2018 United States elections. In 2022, she released an original song titled "Carolina" for Where The Crawdads Sing (2022) inspired by the novel written by Delia Owens.
With sales of over 200 million records worldwide, Swift is a best-selling music artist. Her accolades include 14 Grammy Awards, including four Album of the Year wins, which makes
Swift the artist with the most awards for that category in history, two Brit Awards (including a Global Icon award), an Emmy Award, 28 [https://guinnessworldrecords.com/]Guinness World Records, 32 American Music Awards (the most wins by an artist), and 23 Billboard Music Awards (the most wins by a woman). She ranked eighth on Billboard's Greatest of All Time Artists Chart (2019) and was listed on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time (2015). Swift has been included in various power rankings, such as Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world (2010, 2015 and 2019) and Forbes Celebrity 100 (placing first in 2016 and 2019). She was named Woman of the Decade (2010s) by Billboard, Artist of the Decade (2010s) by the American Music Awards, and Person of the Year (2023) by Time Magazine.
Our Song
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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In the front seat of his car
He's got a one-hand feel on the steerin' wheel
The other on my heart
I look around, turn the radio down
He says, "Baby, is somethin' wrong?"
I say, "Nothin', I was just thinkin'
How we don't have a song"
Our song is the slammin' screen door
Sneakin' out late, tappin' on your window
When we're on the phone and you talk real slow
'Cause it's late and your mama don't know
Our song is the way you laugh
The first date, "Man, I didn't kiss her, and I should have"
And when I got home, 'fore I said amen
Askin' God if he could play it again
I was walkin' up the front porch steps
After everything that day
Had gone all wrong, had been trampled on
And lost and thrown away
Got to the hallway, well on my way
To my lovin' bed
I almost didn't notice all the roses
And the note that said
Our song is the slammin' screen door
Sneakin' out late, tappin' on your window
When we're on the phone and you talk real slow
'Cause it's late and your mama don't know
Our song is the way you laugh
The first date, "Man, I didn't kiss her, and I should have"
And when I got home, 'fore I said amen
Askin' God if he could play it again
Da-da-da, da
I've heard every album, listened to the radio
Waited for somethin' to come along
That was as good as our song
'Cause our song is the slammin' screen door
Sneakin' out late, tappin' on his window
When we're on the phone and he talks real slow
'Cause it's late and his mama don't know
Our song is the way he laughs
The first date, "Man, I didn't kiss him, and I should have"
And when I got home, 'fore I said amen
Askin' God if he could play it again
Play it again
Oh, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah
I was ridin' shotgun with my hair undone
In the front seat of his car
I grabbed a pen and an old napkin
And I wrote down our song
The lyrics of Taylor Swift's "Our Song" tell the story of the memories shared between two young lovers. The song opens with the singer riding shotgun with her hair undone in the front seat of her boyfriend's car, reflecting on their relationship. The boyfriend has one hand on the steering wheel and the other on her heart, which reflects the connection they share. As she looks around, she turns the radio down, and the boyfriend asks if something is wrong. She tells him she was just thinking about how they don't have a song. He then replies by saying that their song is everything that they do together, from the slammin' screen door to sneakin' out late, tappin' on the window to talking slow on the phone. The chorus reveals that their song is the way she laughs, the first date, and when she gets home, praying to God that he plays it again.
Line by Line Meaning
I was ridin' shotgun with my hair undone
I was sitting in the passenger seat of his car with my hair down and feeling good.
In the front seat of his car
I was in the front seat, close to him, and feeling alive.
He's got a one-hand feel on the steerin' wheel
He was driving the car with one hand and holding my heart with the other.
The other on my heart
He was holding my heart with one of his hands, making me feel loved and protected.
I look around, turn the radio down
I took a moment to appreciate the moment and turned down the blaring radio to focus on us.
He says, "Baby, is somethin' wrong?"
He asked me if everything was okay and showed concern for me.
I say, "Nothin', I was just thinkin'
I replied that nothing was wrong, but I was reflecting on the fact that we didn't have a song that was just for us.
How we don't have a song"
I was thinking about our relationship and wishing we had a special song that was just ours.
Our song is the slammin' screen door
Our song is the sound of the screen door slamming when we snuck out late at night.
Sneakin' out late, tappin' on your window
Our song is the memory of sneaking out late at night and tapping on your window to see you.
When we're on the phone and you talk real slow
Our song is the feeling of talking on the phone late at night, when we would speak slowly and quietly so as not to wake our parents.
'Cause it's late and your mama don't know
Our song is the feeling of knowing that we had to be quiet on the phone because your mother didn't know we were talking late at night.
Our song is the way you laugh
Our song is the sound of your laughter and the happiness that it brings me.
The first date, "Man, I didn't kiss her, and I should have"
Our song is the memory of our first date when I regretted not kissing you at the end of it.
And when I got home, 'fore I said amen
Our song is the thought that I had immediately when I got back to my room, before I even uttered a quick prayer.
Askin' God if he could play it again
Our song is the feeling of wanting to go back and relive that moment, and wishing that God could play it all back for us.
I was walkin' up the front porch steps
I was returning home, possibly after a bad day, and feeling dejected.
After everything that day
I had experienced a tough day, where everything had gone wrong.
Got to the hallway, well on my way
As I walked down the hallway, I was already on my way to bed.
To my lovin' bed
I was heading to bed, where I knew that I was loved.
I almost didn't notice all the roses
I was so preoccupied by my own thoughts, I didn't initially notice that my beau had left me roses.
And the note that said
Attached to the roses was a note that said something special.
I've heard every album, listened to the radio
I've been looking for a song that represents our relationship by listening to every album and radio station I could think of.
Waited for somethin' to come along
I was waiting for the perfect song that would encapsulate our love and relationship.
That was as good as our song
But nothing came close to the way our song makes me feel, and I knew that it was truly unique to us.
'Cause our song is the slammin' screen door
Our song is the sound of the screen door slamming when we snuck out late at night.
Sneakin' out late, tappin' on his window
Our song is the memory of sneaking out late at night and tapping on his window to see him.
When we're on the phone and he talks real slow
Our song is the feeling of talking on the phone late at night, when we would speak slowly and quietly so as not to wake our parents.
'Cause it's late and his mama don't know
Our song is the feeling of knowing that we had to be quiet on the phone because his mother didn't know we were talking late at night.
Our song is the way he laughs
Our song is the sound of his laughter and the happiness that it brings me.
The first date, "Man, I didn't kiss him, and I should have"
Our song is the memory of our first date, where I regretted not kissing him at the end of it.
And when I got home, 'fore I said amen
Our song is the thought that I had immediately when I got back to my room, before I even uttered a quick prayer.
Askin' God if he could play it again
Our song is the feeling of wanting to go back and relive that moment, and wishing that God could play it all back for us.
Play it again
Our song is so special to us that I beg for it to be played again and again.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Taylor Alison Swift
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@hlgrmdr9556
love debut! her best songs
@SMD24
This needs to be on an album love the instrumentation and really like how its not identical to Taylor's& Company Owners
@shodowhater
It was on the int'l version of Fearless.
@SMD24
@shodowhater Oh Okay interesting
@marthaayala30
THIS IS THE BEST SONG EVER
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Play it again!
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