Posted March 24Mar 24 CHART BATTLE REWINDTime for a series revisiting some of the most iconic and infamous chart battles of this century so far. First up, we travel back 16 years to the battle of the US pop gals Kelly Clarkson and Taylor Swift. Kelly of course won the battle with My Life Would Suck Without You, bagging her first UK #1 in the process, while Taylor settled for second. Love Story has arguably gone on to become the better-remembered hit of the two though, thanks in part to Taylor's superstar power. Which one do you prefer? Vote above!
March 24Mar 24 Ooh this is a tough one! I'm going to sleep on it and see how I feel tomorrow. I think I might go for Kelly but I don't know!
March 24Mar 24 Fun idea!I'm actually not particularly crazy about either but plumped for 'Love Story'. It'd be rude not to now I've heard that one live
March 25Mar 25 Love both and agree Love Story has kept the most popularity especially thanks to the Era's tour and the videos of proposals etc.But will always have a soft spot of "My Life..." it's just such a feel good, sing a long, belt it out in your car song and Kelly deserved a number 1 after the absolute tour-de-force that was the "Breakaway" era.
March 25Mar 25 mixed feelings bout this, back in the day I would have said 1000% Kellys songas I didn't like Country-Taylor, for her first 3 albums I thought her music was far too countryfunnily with time, I kinda like Love Story now, especially thanks to some remix that was used in tiktok,which made the song more pop and less country,and I like Kelly's song much less than before.but still Kelly wins by a little little margin
March 25Mar 25 'Love Story' is f***ing hideous and always has been, I'm so glad Kelly prevented it from getting to the top.
March 25Mar 25 I always preferred Love Story at the time, and still do now, but happy that Kelly got her No.1! I just wish it had been with something from Breakaway.
March 25Mar 25 Love both.'My Life Would Suck Without You' is one of those songs that I kind of struggle to get out of the loop of listening to it once I hear it. I just find the replay factor one of the strongest for me. It's as perfect a pop song as a song can be, imo. It was SO good for her to finally get a UK number 1 single after having such a massive era with 'Breakaway' and this was fully deserving of being that song to do it for her. It was absolutely monstrous live when I saw her.'Love Story' is incredible too. Such a moment live too! I do think Taylor's Version is better though as the strings are more prominent to me.
March 25Mar 25 Kelly.Love a bit of Swifty, but Love Story wouldn't be the first track I thought of (or even the tenth track) if I was asked to name a song by her.
March 25Mar 25 Author I’ve gone for Love Story. I remember really getting into this at the time, partly because of studying Romeo + Juliet for GCSE then. 🥲 And the song has never grown tired for me whereas My Life… is not one I’ve replayed much oops (but I can appreciate it’s a cracking pop song )
March 30Mar 30 Interesting one. I voted Love Story simply because it went #1 in my own personal chart (in October 2008) while My Life Would Suck Without You peaked at #2 (in February 2009). Some other interesting facts:1) Love Story was Taylor Swift's first #1 in my chart. She would go on to have more than 40! By comparison, while My Life Would Suck Without You missed out, Kelly Clarkson already had multiple #1s by that time, her first #1 being A Moment Like This way back in 2002. So Kelly was way more established back then.2) While Love Story and My Love Would Suck Without You didn't have a chart battle in my chart, because they peaked at different times (in fact in different years), My Life Would Suck Without You actually battled White Horse, Taylor Swift's second #1, for the top spot, and lost. So My Life Would Suck Without You actually lost out to a Taylor Swift song in my chart, and this is the reason why it was never #1.
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