not my top 3 in the top 10! Style/Mine/Red top 3 pls and OOTW to do well too!

'New Romantics' is wonderful and one of her best songs.

 

Some of those top 10 choices, really BuzzJack :huh:

 

I think it's a decent enough top 10? I mean, I don't like 'Love Story' but alas. It could be worse.

10th Back To December 8.01

 

 

UK peak: N/A

US peak: #6 (2x Platinum)

Highest score: 11 (Harry, Iz, Riser)

Lowest score: 4 (blacksquare, HausOfSZA)

 

Kicking off the top 10 is the highest song in this rate that didn't chart in the UK! This stunning musical letter of apology to ex-boyfriend Taylor Lautner was the second single from Speak Now, and the second highest from the album behind preceding single Mine. I didn't expect ths to be top 10 but I'm thrilled, it's an absolutely stunning song because of the mixture of strikingly honest lyrics, orchestral instumental and delicious melody tat somehow manages to make a melancholy song like this as catchy and memorable as a huge pop song like Shake It Off or 22. This is a perfect example of what a brilliant songwriter Taylor is, she single handedly wrote this when she was barely an adult and it strikes such a chord of universal truth, nailing how it feels when you know you've wrecked something and wish with all your heart that you hadn't. In a discography full of songs that haters constantly tear down for being petty and using people for more fame, this is one of her most undeniably honest and raw.

9th Red 8.17 (less 11s)

 

 

UK peak: #26

US peak: #6 (Platinum)

Highest score: 10 (UltraReputation, Liam, Iz, Cameron, Swiftie, Riser)

Lowest score: 5 (Mack, billy)

 

The title trck from Red is the highest song not to receive any 11s, and it also boasts the highest number for lowest score alongisde one other track to come :o This is another I didn't think would quite be top 10 but I'm glad, I feel it's one of the most perfect meldings of pop and country in Taylor's discography. It's got glossier pop production than say Love Story or Mine, but it still has that undeniable country feel and the simple et perfect lyrics full of metaphors and perfect descrption of intricate feelings that wuld fit really easily on Speak Now or Fearless. Lyrically, this details the rainbow of emotions that love and heartbreak can make you feel, a perfect metaphor for it really. Overall, this is an all out huge pop song that refuses to leave my head whenever I hear it.

Red :wub:

Underrated in some places but not here! :D lovely song

Predicted a Wildest Dreams win so I hope it can!

 

Shake It Off out far too early

8th Mine 8.17 (more 11s)

 

 

UK peak: #30

US peak: #3 (3x Platinum)

Highest score: 11 (Wonderland Swiftie, Billy)

Lowest score: 2 (Bre)

 

Winning a tie against Red is another country single, this time the lead from Speak Now, Mine. Whilst I gave this a 9, I'd have this lower because I gave SO many 9s and 10s lmao. I really like it ofc but it just didn't quite hold up to some of her other country stuff. Critics were a bit underwhelmed that for this lead her sound hadn't really gone anywhere from the first two albums, but of course her lyrics were praised as always. This focuses on love in a more realistic way than the fairytale wonder of Love Story, but it's still happiness. The little things like having a drawer of things at his place and paying bills without a plan to do so are on show here, but with the same pin point accuracy as the fairytale feelingof butterflies and feeling like a princess, such is Taylor's songwriting talent.

Shame Back To December didnt reach higher but top 10 is so good for it so I am thrilled :wub:

 

Both Mine and Red are great too :cheer:

I've just realized how much I adore 'Back To December'. It's so beautiful.

 

This rate has also made me realize how strong her discography is. Such a well made progression in maturity and adopting new styles of pop to her country roots. Bravo. Omg. Am I a fan? Wtf.

I've just realized how much I adore 'Back To December'. It's so beautiful.

Same! It has hit me so badly over the past few weeks and I'm really glad it made the top 10 :wub:

 

This top 10 is incredible so far *.* Red is fabulous and Mine is one of my absolute Taylor faves, both fantastic :wub:

Mine :wub:

7th Style 8.20

 

 

UK chart: #21 (Silver)

US chart: #6 (3x Platinum)

Highest score: 11 (Cameron, HausOfSZA)

Lowest score: -1 (JohnJames)

 

Another 1989 single bows out, but we still have 3 left :o I have to say, again I'm kinda surprised at this top 10. I really like it but like Mine, I wouldn't have it quite this high. I gave it a 9 but it's the weakest 1989 single for me. It is a fab pop song regardless though, it's got the 80s feeling of a lot of the album nailed, it's a bit pop-rocky and a bit funky. This is thought to be about Harry Styles, not helped by the title basically being his surname! Taylor describes it as being about those relationships that are complicated even when they end, the grown up feeling of realising that with emotions there is never really a right or wrong - matters of the heart get blurry very quickly.

Lovely single :wub: I think it's probably 7th or at least top 10 for me as well :lol:

Style is fab but I personally wouldn't have it top 10!

'Style' is utterly sublime and should be #1 for sure :wub: Probably her most underrated single by the GP, it could've been a top 10 hit with Spotify :(

Style is fantastic. It managed to hold its own identity after 'Blank Space' and that speaks volumes. Would probably have it a couple spots lower though.

6th You Belong With Me 8.35

 

 

 

UK peak: #30 (Silver)

US peak: #2 (7x Platinum)

Highest score: 11 (Shaphne)

Lowest score: 5 (blacksquare, bre)

 

Finishing just shy of the top 5 is the song that indirectly "made that bitch (Taylor) famous", if you believe Kanye West. Which we don't ofc. This song winning Taylor a VMA for best female video led to one of the most infamous VMA moments ever in which Kanye stormed the stage saying Beyonce deserved the award for Single Ladies. Up to the 1989 era when Bad blood and Blank Space smashed it, this was deffo her best video for me, I love the way she plays both characters and it's just such a fun video. The song is a bop too, classic country pop Taylor about a friend who just can't see he's with the wrong girl and is friendzoning the right girl. We can all relate in some way from our teen years of that being our biggest problem :lol: Despite only peaking at #30, this is certified Silver in the UK, and it also happens to be her most viewed country single on Youtube with 750 million views.

'I Knew You Were Trouble.' managing a top 5 placing?! hooray *.*

 

'You Belong With Me' is her best song pre-'Red' by farrrr. I've always found both the song and video really endearing. <3

Fix!

 

I can't at these results but hey, Out Of The Woods is still in (and the top 5 in general is pretty strong iirc)