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Posted by: Liаm Apr 26 2019, 10:23 PM

After my Drag Race Snatch Game thread, I'm in a countdown mood so I thought I'd do this to celebrate some of Taylor's best now we're entering the TS7 era with the release of the lead! I won't include Me! in this as it's too soon being just a day old, but from her sweet country debut to the divisive Reputation era, I've chosen the 40 songs I think stand that bit higher than the others in Taylor's discography. I probably forgot something obvious bc there's so many good ones, but here we go.

Posted by: Jade Apr 26 2019, 10:26 PM

Ooh looking forward to this *.*

Posted by: UltraME! Apr 26 2019, 11:26 PM

Hype 💗

Come through never grow up & Delicate top 2 *.*

Posted by: Liаm Apr 26 2019, 11:31 PM

QUOTE(UltraME! @ Apr 27 2019, 12:26 AM) *
Hype 💗

Come through never grow up & Delicate top 2 *.*

Sam I gave you those spoilers in confidence ffs x

Posted by: UltraME! Apr 26 2019, 11:33 PM

Omg sweeter than fiction could be a spoiler tho x

Posted by: Liаm Apr 26 2019, 11:42 PM

40 Eyes Open


2012
The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 and Beyond
UK peak: #70
US peak: #12

"Every lesson forms a new scar
They never thought you'd make it this far"


Kicking off this countdown is one of Taylor's soundtrack singles, the rock tinged Eyes Open. At the time, this really stood out as something different, she hadn't really done rock before other than pop-rock on the likes of Story Of Us and Better Than Revenge, but for a country girl it wasn't too much of a stretch and she bettered it on State Of Grace since. The lyrics paint a picture as Taylor usually does, and they fit the Hunger Games film for which it was written, you can almost visualise bits of the story listening to it.

39 Begin Again



2012
Red
UK peak: #30
US peak: #7

"I've been spending the last eight months
Thinking all love ever does is break and burn and end
But on a Wednesday in a cafe I watched it begin again"


Red saw Taylor start to transition away from country, but this little beauty showed she wasn't gone entirely, as it could have easily been a single from any of her first three eras, although it still felt like a step forward. Rather than her usual country-pop fare, this could almost be a cute Miranda Lambert love ballad, but it has those magical fairytale of love lyrics that only Taylor can bring to life. This has grown and grown on me over the years, and it feels timeless.

38 Gorgeous



2017
Reputation
UK peak: #15
US peak: #13

You make me so happy, it turns back to sad, yeah
There's nothing I hate more than what I can't have


This might be an unpopular one, I know how muted the reception to this was, is and always has been, but I've always loved it wub.gif It stands out on Reputation as being a bit left-field, but still having that perfectly crafted Max Martin and Shellback sound. I can see how the way those two things clash and blur might be jarring to some, but I love that this is different and has that fizzy and bubbly sound that I can't get enough of. The confusing single situation didn't help it get its moment to shine but it did well nonetheless *.*

37 Call It What You Want



2017
Reputation
UK peak: #29
US peak: #27

And I know I make the same mistakes every time
Bridges burn, I never learn, at least I did one thing right


Next up is a Reputation promo single, one of the more chilled moments on the album. This cool and darkly woozy love song really sucks you in, it feels like you're on a walk at night feeling content with life. Amongst the "edgy" revenge tracks, this really stood as a cute little love song and a great pop song in its own right.

36 Speak Now



2010
Speak Now
UK peak: N/A
US peak: #8

Don't wait or say a single vow
You need to hear me out"
And they said, "speak now


The first song from Taylor's best album to appear is the title track, one of the promo singles. I adore these lyrics, as with every song on Speak Now they really paint a picture of a specific person, a specific relationship with specific feelings, and it makes you feel like you're there living it. It's a classic story song of Taylor's, and you feel yourself happy at the end that she gets the guy laugh.gif

Posted by: Jade Apr 26 2019, 11:50 PM

My favourite of that lot is 'Gorgeous' wub.gif I can understand why it's not exactly raved about on here because she's being so obviously saccharine but I've always had a soft spot for it. I wish we got a video for it, but then again, the quality of the music videos quickly went from sublime to style over substance post-LWYMMD so maybe not laugh.gif 'Call It What You Want' is lovelyyy, I remember hearing that on the chart show (#29 smash x) and being surprised by the stripped back sound because the era had felt so bold so far.

'Safe & Sound' is definitely my fave of the Hunger Games tracks but 'Eyes Open' was something a little different as well, that project was such a good stepping stone between eras! I wasn't so into 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' on the other hand in terms of soundtrack songs, I blame ZAYN's falsetto kink.gif

Posted by: 777666jason Apr 27 2019, 07:50 AM

Eyes open last again i must be the only one who really likes it was my most played song in my itunes library for months

Posted by: Liаm Apr 27 2019, 11:28 AM

QUOTE(777666jason @ Apr 27 2019, 08:50 AM) *
Eyes open last again i must be the only one who really likes it was my most played song in my itunes library for months

It's not last it's 40th of all her songs so I really like it.... laugh.gif

Posted by: BiLLYx Apr 27 2019, 11:33 AM

i’m Buzzing at the ‘gorgeous’ love - it’s one of my fav Taylor songs!

Posted by: 777666jason Apr 28 2019, 09:57 AM

QUOTE(Liаm @ Apr 27 2019, 11:28 AM) *
It's not last it's 40th of all her songs so I really like it.... laugh.gif


My bad i thought was singles only tongue.gif

Posted by: Liаm Apr 28 2019, 09:25 PM

35 White Horse



2008
Fearless
UK peak: #60
US peak: #13

"I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now it's too late for you and your white horse to come around"


The first track from Fearless to appear here is the 2nd single White Horse. This is a classic Taylor heartbreak song, as she feels stupid for getting carried away and thinking that a relationship was a perfect fairytale, facing realism when it all goes wrong and comes crashing down.

34 Fearless



2008
Fearless
UK peak: #111
US peak: #9

So baby drive slow
Til we run out of road in this one horse town
I wanna stay right here in this passenger's seat


This cute little bop about new relationships and the feeling of being untouchable they can give you, the happiness that makes you not care that things could go wrong, is next up, the title track from Taylor's second album and the final single released from it. The lyrics to this one are lovely, they really capture that little period where love starts to bloom and everything feels great.

33 Teardrops On My Guitar



2006
Taylor Swift
UK peak: #51
US peak: #13

Drew walks by me,
Can he tell that I can't breathe?
And there he goes so perfectly,
The kind of flawless I wish I could be


The first track from Taylor's self titled debut to appear is the second single, the classic weepie Teardrops On My Guitar. It's very much of its time, that dramatic teen heartbreak ballad, but I'm sure we all know that feeling from being that age, it feels like your world is going to crash down around you when that cute boy doesn't like you back.

32 Don't Blame Me



2017
Reputation
UK peak: DNC
US peak: DNC

Don't blame me, love made me crazy
If it doesn't, you ain't doin' it right
Lord, save me, my drug is my baby
I'll be usin' for the rest of my life


Another Reputation track is next, this time the album track Don't Blame Me. This is a bit of a banger, with the production being the shining star alongside some lyrics that compares love to a drug addiction, using it as an excuse for going a little mad. This is definitely one of the highlights of Reputation wub.gif

31 New Romantics



2014
1989
UK peak: #132
US peak: #46

Baby, we're the new romantics
Come on, come along with me
Heartbreak is the national anthem
We sing it proudly


This millennial anthem was the final single from 1989, but originally it was just a bonus track! I'm glad this got a chance to shine, I love the satirical take on millennials and they think and feel, as well as the new-wave synths in the production, this is a perfect example of that glittering pop that 1989 does so so well on so many tracks.

Posted by: Jade Apr 29 2019, 06:03 PM

I'm so glad that 'New Romantics' got the single treatment despite being merely a bonus track! '1989' was filled with so much killer that it extended to bonus songs as well *.* her eponymous era isn't my cup of tea on the whole but I'd say that 'Teardrops On My Guitar' is my favourite from that album so yay for that popping up!

Posted by: UltraME! Apr 29 2019, 06:05 PM

Don't Blame Me and New Romantics wub.gif wub.gif wub.gif Both album highlights and tbh career highlights, adore both <3

Call It What You Want is also gorgeous heart.gif

I feel all the others so far would be in like my 41-55 section laugh.gif (with the exception of Eyes Open, by far the inferior THG song and I never go back to it oops x)

Posted by: Liаm Apr 29 2019, 06:56 PM

QUOTE(Jade @ Apr 29 2019, 07:03 PM) *
I'm so glad that 'New Romantics' got the single treatment despite being merely a bonus track! '1989' was filled with so much killer that it extended to bonus songs as well *.* her eponymous era isn't my cup of tea on the whole but I'd say that 'Teardrops On My Guitar' is my favourite from that album so yay for that popping up!

Yasss, always killing the bonus tracks *.*

QUOTE(UltraME! @ Apr 29 2019, 07:05 PM) *
Don't Blame Me and New Romantics wub.gif wub.gif wub.gif Both album highlights and tbh career highlights, adore both <3

Call It What You Want is also gorgeous heart.gif

I feel all the others so far would be in like my 41-55 section laugh.gif (with the exception of Eyes Open, by far the inferior THG song and I never go back to it oops x)

What isn't inferior to Safe And Sound tbh *.*

Posted by: Liаm Apr 29 2019, 07:49 PM

30 Out Of The Woods


2014
1989
UK peak: #136
US peak: #18

"The rest of the world was black and white
But we were in screaming color"


I used this kind of overrated, in a way it still is a bit but nontheless this is a great 80s tinged synthpop banger, which received critical acclaim. The lyrics focus on anxious feelings around a relationship everyone is watching, that everyone wants to know everything about, which of course is something Taylor knows very well! A specific reference has everyone thinking this is about Harry Styles, we may never know.

29 All You Had To Do Was Stay



2014
1989
UK peak: N/A
US peak: #114

"People like you always want back the love they pushed aside
But people like me are gone forever when you say goodbye"


Another 1989 song, this time an album track that should have been a single (but you could say that about most of that album of pop perfection tbh. The lyrics detail the struggle of keeping a relationship together no matter what you do, because it's hard when little things keep rocking the boat and things just can't stay on the straight and narrow. Thematically it might be quite similar to other Taylor songs (Stay Stay Stay comes to mind) but musically it's 1989 through and through.

28 Our Song



2006
Taylor Swift
UK peak: N/A
US peak: #16

"Our song is a slamming screen door,
Sneaking out late tapping on your window,
When we're on the phone and you talk real slow,
'Cause it's late and your mama don't know"


Back to the debut again for a country bop, a characteristically lovely song about being in love as a teenager, and all those metaphors and weirdly specific feelings that Taylor nails about that time i nyour life. It's nothing groundbreaking but I've always loved this wub.gif

27 Dear John



2010
Speak Now
UK peak: N/A
US peak: #54

A heartbreak epic next, and the longest song on this list. This is about John Mayer (who'd have guessed, v ambiguous title xx), and the way that Taylor felt silly for not listening to warnings and seeing how John was before she got hurt. This is one of those long songs that just doesn't feel it, v emotional and dramatic but I adore this for what it is and can't help but belt the song out with it wub.gif Her vocals are at some of their best here and as always the lyrics are on point detailing intricate thoughts and feelings and making you feel like you've experienced it all.

26 Picture To Burn


2006
Taylor Swift
UK peak: N/A
US peak: #28

Rounding off this section is an angry woman scorned track from the debut. It might not have the seething bitterness of a Miranda Lambert track about burning things down, but the petty angst is very Taylor and I've always loved this sing-a-long track.

Posted by: Riser Apr 30 2019, 01:39 AM

Somehow missed this thread until now - Eyes Open, Begin Again, New Romantics and All You Had To Do Was Stay are my faves so far wub.gif Three very underrated singles and one rightfully well-liked album track (but should've been a single of course) *.*

Posted by: Jade Apr 30 2019, 08:53 PM

'Out Of The Woods' is utter pop perfection - that chorus is truly glorious wub.gif it's still painful that it didn't even re-chart in the top 200 here when released as a single sad.gif I'm so glad that it was released nevertheless because the video was worth it. 'All You Had To Do Was Stay' is my favourite album track on '1989' for sure wub.gif I agree with you that it's definitely a 'should have been a single' moment, even though we got so many singles anyway laugh.gif

Posted by: UltraME! Apr 30 2019, 10:50 PM

Out of the woods & AYHTDWS 😍😍😍😍 OOTW is such a stomper of a song and the latter has aged incredibly and I really think it would've made a great single looking back on the era *.*

Our song issa bop and Dear John is one of her best written songs ❤️ Idk why I thought u stanned the latter more for some reason 😂

Picture to burn used to be a major fave but low-key got bored of it the past couple of years 😭😭

Posted by: Liаm May 1 2019, 06:36 PM

QUOTE(UltraME! @ Apr 30 2019, 11:50 PM) *
Out of the woods & AYHTDWS 😍😍😍😍 OOTW is such a stomper of a song and the latter has aged incredibly and I really think it would've made a great single looking back on the era *.*

Our song issa bop and Dear John is one of her best written songs ❤️ Idk why I thought u stanned the latter more for some reason 😂

Picture to burn used to be a major fave but low-key got bored of it the past couple of years 😭😭

Omg I kinda did stan it more like if I did this a couple of years ago it'd probs be top 20 so you're not entirely wrong :')

Posted by: Liаm May 1 2019, 06:36 PM

QUOTE(Jade @ Apr 30 2019, 09:53 PM) *
'Out Of The Woods' is utter pop perfection - that chorus is truly glorious wub.gif it's still painful that it didn't even re-chart in the top 200 here when released as a single sad.gif I'm so glad that it was released nevertheless because the video was worth it. 'All You Had To Do Was Stay' is my favourite album track on '1989' for sure wub.gif I agree with you that it's definitely a 'should have been a single' moment, even though we got so many singles anyway laugh.gif

Should've basically been singles tbh, Thriller is shaking

Posted by: Liаm May 2 2019, 12:12 AM

25 The Story Of Us



2010
Speak Now
UK peak: N/A
US peak: #41

"Why are we pretending this is nothing?
I'd tell you I miss you but I don't know how
I've never heard silence quite this loud"


This was one of the earliest indications that Taylor may ditch country completely, of course she had country pop on the first two albums but this barely had a hint of country and was more verging into pop-rock, even pop-punk. This really fits Taylor and it stands out even among all the huge highlights on Speak Now, with its lyrics that depict bad feelings and awkwardness following a break-up. This is just so catchy and a bit different to much of Speak Now which is great.


24 I Did Something Bad



2017
Reputation
UK peak: N/A
US peal: #114

"They're burning all the witches, even if you aren't one
They got their pitchforks and proof
Their receipts and reasons"


Despite the criticism it got due to the lyrics that symbolise the victim and revenge narrative on Reputation that many weren't a fan of, this is easily one of my absolute highlights of the album. Max Martin's production is FIRE, the harsh and heavy booming production really fits the unapologetic and careless nature of the lyrics as Taylor sings about owning all the things she does that people pick holes in and tear her down for.

23 Better Than Revenge



2010
Speak Now
UK peak: N/A
US peak: #56

Another Speak Now track, and another very influenced by pop-rock. This petty anthem is a MOOD, allegedly/definitely about Camilla Belle who dated Joe Jonas after Taylor and apparently wooed him and "stole" him where they were dating. One of the earlier songs that showed that side of Taylor that saw her become a bit of a divisive figure, noentheless this is impressively written in its capturing of that feeling of bitterness you get when you see an ex happy with someone else, even if you're over them you can get that little feeling and feel like this song, you all know what I mean x

22 Sparks Fly



2010
Speak Now
UK peak: N/A
US peak: #17

This was Taylor's first country #1 in a couple of years, and is easily one of the more classic Taylor songs on Speak Now, with its sweet and insanely happy country sound about falling in love, a pure shot of joy wub.gif This was a fan fave for years before being put on Speak Now, and it's among my faves on a really strong album mostly because it's so happy and singalong.

21 Look What You Made Me Do



2017
Reputation
UK peak: #1
US peak: #1

Just missing the top 20 is another controversial Reputation song, and the lead single.The electroclash production and Right Said Fred sample were divisive, and the antagonistic lyrics towards an enemy were hated by many. I think it was sonically quite daring for a lead, it was one of those where with each listen in the first few days, I was picking out new bits and pieces to fall in love with, and that made it grow despite being very instant, and it had longevity. The lyrics read as satirical to me, referencing the way the media look at her, and it's genius to use that in the way she did. The AMAZING video which is easily her best helped too, this was just a great pop song and it was especially great to see her finally get her UK #1 with it.

Posted by: Riser May 2 2019, 04:15 AM

Better Than Revenge and Sparks Fly wub.gif Hoping you've saved plenty of Speak Now songs for the top 20!!

Posted by: Jade May 8 2019, 10:08 PM

'The Story Of Us' was the first Taylor song I ever charted <3 I totally get the pop-punk vibes, the instrumental is not that dissimilar to something Paramore would've released about 10 years ago! I also agree that the 'Look What You Made Me Do' video is her best! Quite a few people on here said they went off the song quickly but that has held up well for me too, would rank it second behind '...Ready For It?' in terms of 'reputation.' singles.

Posted by: Liаm May 9 2019, 02:05 PM

20 Red



Red
2012
UK peak: #26
US peak: #6

"Losing him was blue like I'd never known
Missing him was dark grey all alone
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met"


Kicking off the top 20 is a song that is Taylor's last country hit for 5 years until New Year's Day was sent to radio, and the title track to her pop metamorphosis 4th album. This is a perfect melding of her sweet in love teenage country and her new pop sensibility, with genius colour imagery that feels just right, I feel like this can easily appeal to both. It did respectably well in the UK for a country song, and of course smashed in the US, and it's become a firm fave of mine.

19 You're Not Sorry



Fearless
2008
UK peak: #N/A
US peak: #11

"Looking so innocent
I might believe you if I didn't know
Could've loved you all my life
If you hadn't left me waiting in the cold"


This powerful country-rock ballad has always been a fave of mine, but I never see enough love for it wub.gif The emotion really stabs you when listening to this one, it's got power ballad tendencies, and details a guy who isn't who you thought he was so he ends up hurting you, it's one of those songs where Taylor's writing makes you feel like you're right there experiencing that situation and those feelings.

18 You Belong With Me



Fearless
2008
UK peak: #30
US peak: #2

"But she wears short skirts
I wear T-shirts
She's cheer captain
And I'm on the bleachers"


This was I believe Taylor's biggest crossover hit from her country years and the biggest country crossover hit of the 00s behind Faith Hill's Breathe *.* Few country songs reach the top 5 or even 10 and she got a second #2 hit with this after Love Story! This is quintessential classic Taylor, an underdog love story where she's pining for the hot guy with a hot girlfriend, trying to win her over with her girl next door charm, and in the end he realises she's who he needs to be with. The video is iconic too, with Taylor playing the underdog and the mean girl, and of course won a VMA which led to THAT Kanye West moment.

17 Mine



Speak Now
2010
UK peak: #30
US peak: #3

"Do you remember, we were sittin', there by the water?
You put your arm around me for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing, that's ever been mine"


This was a strong start to the Speak Now era, debuting at #3. This power-pop influenced track recalled much of her previous work such as Love Story, with a slightly more grown-up look at love, but it still had that cute teenage feel to its blind love. I always find this in my head after I've listened to it, especially the chorus which is punchy and cute in equal measure.

16 Should've Said No



Taylor Swift
2006
UK peak: N/A
US peak: #33

"You can see that I've been crying
And baby you know all the right things: to say
But do you honestly expect me to believe
We could ever be the same"

I'm probably the only one who'd put this so high, but it used to be one of my absolute faves of Taylor and was one of the songs that made me fall in love with her alongside Love Story. I remember getting Fearless at the time and this really standing out, I always love a country anger track and this is a way only Taylor could do it. It's not Carrie Underwood vandalising her ex's car and it's not Miranda Lambert and her gun, but it's that "I'm better than you anyway it's your loss" pettiness that teenage Taylor pulls off with aplomb.

Posted by: Riser May 10 2019, 03:52 AM

Should've Said No was my original fave of hers too! And You're Not Sorry is in my top 3 from Fearless, one of her best sad songs wub.gif

Just heard Mine on the radio today actually and I'd forgotten how great the lyrics are! A shame it wasn't a bigger hit but it was the perfect lead for Speak Now nonetheless.

Posted by: Liаm May 16 2019, 02:52 PM

QUOTE(Riser @ May 10 2019, 04:52 AM) *
Should've Said No was my original fave of hers too! And You're Not Sorry is in my top 3 from Fearless, one of her best sad songs wub.gif

Just heard Mine on the radio today actually and I'd forgotten how great the lyrics are! A shame it wasn't a bigger hit but it was the perfect lead for Speak Now nonetheless.

Omg this taste *.*

Posted by: Liаm May 21 2019, 12:05 AM

15 ...Ready For It?



2017
Reputation
UK peak: #7
US peak: #4

"And he can be my jailer, Burton to this Taylor
Every lover known in comparison is a failure"


Reputation started off quite divisive with Look, and so ....Ready For It was a second chance to hit people with a great pop song - and this was even better! The verses similarly have a dark kind of sound like Look, but it's got towering pop production from Max Martin & Shellback, and an anthemic chorus that isn't a million miles from anything on 1989. Whilst I loved Look, this is the best track on Reputation and should have been bigger, it probably would have been as the lead but then we had the Look video which helped launch the era so hmm.

14 Wildest Dreams



2014
1989
UK peak: #40
US peak: #5

"I said no one has to know what we do
His hands are in my hair, his clothes are in my room
And his voice is a familiar sound, nothing lasts forever
But this is getting good now"


From a loud and thumping banger to a wistful dream-pop ballad, this is one of the highlights of 1989 for sure wub.gif The lyrics portray the guy as the victim, which is different from her heartbreak songs, as he'll have to be forever haunted by remembering what he lost, by picturing her in her best light again and again. The Lana-isms in this fit her so well, it gives the song a mysterious and sultry vibe that isn't typical of Taylor at all, yet it has that same relatable-even-if-you-haven't-experienced-it magic to it as her more typical love songs.

13 Haunted



2010
Speak Now
UK peak: N/A
US peak: #63

"You and I walk a fragile line
I have known it all this time
But I never thought I'd live to see it break"


This dramatic orchestral is one of the many highlights on Speak Now, this rock influenced track details a break-up that was teetering for a while, but the end was still surprising and hurtful. The drama of the production perfectly matches the song, this is one of the more epic tracks on Speak Now and has always stood out for me. The lyric I picked is one of my absolute fave Taylor lyrics I think wub.gif

12 I Knew You Were Trouble



2012
Red
UK peak: #2
US peak: #2

"And he's long gone
When he's next to me
And I realize the blame is on me"


One of Taylor's biggest hits isn't far off top 10 here! It's certainly one of her most unique and memorable tracks, I remember at the time being shook at the fact Taylor Swift of all people had dropped a song with dubstep in, but it worked SO well and it's become one of her signature songs that so many people love <3 It's so singalong, and was also helped into notoriety by *that* screaming goat meme *_*

11 Welcome To New York



2014
1989
UK peak: #39
US peak: #48

"Everybody here was someone else before
And you can want who you want
Boys and boys and girls and girls"



Just missing the top 10 is what I find to be possibly Taylor's most underrated song, I just adore it wub.gif It's pure soaring joy, as the opening to the synth-pop masterpiece that is 1989 it sets the scene perfectly. I can't help but sing along and feel happy when I hear this, it's so sunny and feels like it would be playing in a joyful feel-good film when the protaginist moves to New York. I remember it getting random criticism for not "honouring" New York in the same way as say Empire State Of Mind or New York New York, who cares when it sounds like this *.* Queen of LGBT rep too x

Posted by: Jade May 21 2019, 10:34 PM

Ooh this is your best section yet wub.gif 'I Knew You Were Trouble' is my absolute favourite Taylor song, who knew the girl who was still making an all-out country album just one era prior would come out with a dubstep banger?! But it totally worked. Still not sure that I've recovered from the goat memes tbh laugh.gif I love '...Ready For It?' to pieces as well and it deserved so much more than the video it got sad.gif also... 'Wildest Dreams', so lush and Lana-like <3 I love how that video ties up right at the end, now that was a good'un!

Posted by: Liаm Jun 3 2019, 06:54 PM

QUOTE(Jade @ May 21 2019, 11:34 PM) *
Ooh this is your best section yet wub.gif 'I Knew You Were Trouble' is my absolute favourite Taylor song, who knew the girl who was still making an all-out country album just one era prior would come out with a dubstep banger?! But it totally worked. Still not sure that I've recovered from the goat memes tbh laugh.gif I love '...Ready For It?' to pieces as well and it deserved so much more than the video it got sad.gif also... 'Wildest Dreams', so lush and Lana-like <3 I love how that video ties up right at the end, now that was a good'un!

Omg me staying up for the RFI video and it being that, tragic

Posted by: Liаm Jun 3 2019, 07:57 PM

10 Mean



2010
Speak Now
UK peak: N/A
US peak: #11

You with your switching sides and your wildfire lies and your humiliation,
You have pointed out my flaws again, as if I don't already see them"


Kicking off the top 10 is one of Taylor's purest country moments, verging on classic bluegrass with its banjo instrumentation. The lyrics of this take aim at Taylor's many critics and they were somewhat of a prophecy if you look at how high she's flying now despite the naysayers! I just love the wholly country vibe of this song, as much as she rocks toeing the line between pop and country, it was nice to see her really dig into her roots here.

09 We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

2012
Red
UK peak: #4
US peak: #1

So he calls me up and he's like, I still love you
And I'm like I just I mean this is exhausting, you know, like
We are never getting back together like, ever


Taylor's first pure pop moneyshot also signalled her taking her worldwide fame to the next level, as this became a huge hit for her both sides of the Atlantic. The bubblegum-pop juvenile sound might not be for everyone, but to this day I find this so fun and it felt like the perfect progression for her as she was always inevitably going to go full pop before long.

08 Safe & Sound



2011
The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 And Beyond
UK peak: #67
US peak: #30

Don't you dare look out your window, darling everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on


The highest song here that doesn't appear on a studio album of Taylor's is the hauntingly beautiful Safe and Sound, written for the first Hunger Games film. This is one of the most underrated Taylor songs for me, because it's not a "proper" single or anything it doesn't get the love it fully deserves. Taylor's vocal is chillignly haunting, it perfect fits the theme of the song and the film, you really get a sense that this represents how the citizens of Panem would feel as the events of the Hunger Games take place and they're in precarious positions.

07 Back To December



2010
Speak Now
UK peak: N/A
US peak: #6

And then the cold came, the dark days when fear crept into my mind
You gave me all your love and all I gave you was goodbye


This orchestral pop masterpiece earns its place as among her best <3 This was one of a few big US hits from Speak Now, with its apologetic tone that shows Taylor taking responsibility for a heart she broke - apparently Taylor Lautner's! This is one of those songs where you can feel every word, you believe every word and feel as if it's you experiencing it first hand because of the masterful lyricism and unaffected vocal.

06 State Of Grace



2012
Red
UK peak: #36
US peak: #13

So you were never a saint
And I’ve loved in shades of wrong
We learn to live with the pain
Mosaic broken hearts


Just missing the top 5 is a stadium sized rock tinged anthem, the opening track of Taylor's pop money shot Red. This hit me instantly and I still think a rock album would be incredible from Taylor because of this. The production, lyrics, vocals, everything is just huge and this perfectly sets the scene for Red.

Posted by: Riser Jun 4 2019, 02:58 AM

Back To December is probably still my fave as crazy as that seems wub.gif Ugh the feels.

State Of Grace is absolutely epic, great to see this high!

Posted by: Jade Jun 7 2019, 09:29 PM

'Safe & Sound' is an absolute stunner wub.gif I'm pleased that you regard it so highly as well.

Posted by: Liаm Jun 21 2019, 01:47 PM

05 Shake It Off



2014
1989
UK peak: #2
US peak: #1

And to the fella over there with the hella good hair
Won't you come on over, baby, we can shake, shake, shake


This isn't everyone's favourite ik, but it's such a fun, brilliant pop song that I loved instantly and still adore! I go back to this loads and it always puts a smile on my face and makes me want to sing along. It's not necessarily everything we want from Taylor, and it doesn't show her best sides lyrically or musically but who cares when it's such a great pop song.

04 Blank Space



2014
1989
UK peak: #4
US peak: #1

Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
'Cause you know I love the players
And you love the game


The best song on 1989, and coming close to being her best song full stop! I used to prefer Shake It Off but this has crept up and just overtaken. It's so sleek and stylish, while being effortless, so biting and sarcastic while being accessible, so as not to offput her haters. This is one of those songs I feel like everyone loves and there's a reason for that, perhaps the best example of what a bloody good pop writer Taylor is wub.gif

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