List of songs recorded by Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She signed a record deal with Big Machine Records in 2005 and released her eponymous debut album in 2006.[1] Swift wrote three of the album's tracks: "Our Song", "Should've Said No", and "The Outside". The remaining eight were co-written with writers Liz Rose, Robert Ellis Orrall, Brian Maher and Angelo Petraglia.[2] In 2007, she released her first extended play (EP) Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection, which contains two original tracks written by her: "Christmases When You Were Mine" and "Christmas Must Be Something More".
Beautiful Eyes, Swift's second EP, was released in 2008 and features songs from her debut album as well as two new tracks; the title track and "I Heart Question Mark".[3] Swift wrote most of her songs from her second album, Fearless (2008) while she promoted her debut album as opening act for country artists. As collaborators were not available on the road, Swift self-penned eight of the tracks while the rest were co-written with Rose, Hillary Lindsey, Colbie Caillat and John Rich.[4][5] She contributed two songs, "Today Was a Fairytale" and "Jump Then Fall", to the Valentine's Day soundtrack, and recorded a cover of Better Than Ezra's "Breathless" for the Hope for Haiti Now album. Swift penned every track of her Speak Now (2010) album without any co-writers. The album expands on the country pop style of her previous work, and touches on themes of love, romance and heartbreak.[6]
In late 2011, Swift contributed two original songs, "Safe & Sound", featuring duo The Civil Wars, and "Eyes Open", to The Hunger Games soundtrack album. Swift's fourth album Red (2012) marked a change in her musical style with the experimentation of heartland rock, dubstep and dance-pop.[7] In addition to collaborating with producer Nathan Chapman—who also recorded her first three albums—she worked with new producers, such as Dann Huff, Max Martin and Shellback; the latter two also co-wrote the album with her.[8] In 2013, she provided guest vocals for Tim McGraw's "Highway Don't Care", which features guitar work by Keith Urban, and performed "Sweeter Than Fiction" for the One Chance soundtrack album.
Swift released her fifth album 1989 in 2014. Credited as her "first documented, official pop album", it marks a departure from her previous country albums.[9] It incorporates musical genres, such as dance-pop and synthpop, and is described as an album "driven by synths and drums in lieu of guitar".[10] For the album, Swift worked with new writers, including Jack Antonoff and Ryan Tedder. As an executive producer alongside Martin, she enlisted her long-time collaborators Chapman and Shellback, and for the first time Noel Zancanella, Mattman & Robin and Greg Kurstin.[11] Three of its singles—"Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood"—reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[12]
Songs
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Indicates songs written solely by Taylor Swift |
Song | Artist(s) | Writer(s) | Album | Year | Ref. |
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"22" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Max Martin Shellback |
Red | 2012 | [8] |
"All Too Well" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Liz Rose |
Red | 2012 | [8] |
"All You Had to Do Was Stay" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Max Martin |
1989 | 2014 | [11] |
"American Girl" (Cover) | Taylor Swift | Tom Petty | None[lower-alpha 1] | 2009 | [14] |
"Back to December" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Speak Now | 2010 | [6] |
"Bad Blood" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Max Martin Shellback |
1989 | 2014 | [11] |
"Bad Blood" (Remix) | Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar |
Taylor Swift Max Martin Shellback Kendrick Lamar |
None[lower-alpha 2] | 2015 | [16] |
"Beautiful Eyes" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Beautiful Eyes | 2008 | [3] |
"Begin Again" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Red | 2012 | [8] |
"The Best Day" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Fearless | 2008 | [17] |
"Bette Davis Eyes" (Live cover) | Taylor Swift | Donna Weiss Jackie DeShannon |
Speak Now World Tour – Live | 2011 | [18] |
"Better than Revenge" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Speak Now | 2010 | [6] |
"Blank Space" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Max Martin Shellback |
1989 | 2014 | [11] |
"Both of Us" | B.o.B featuring Taylor Swift |
Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr. Ammar Malik Lukasz Gottwald Henry Walter Taylor Swift |
Strange Clouds | 2012 | [19] |
"Breathe" | Taylor Swift featuring Colbie Caillat |
Taylor Swift Colbie Caillat |
Fearless | 2008 | [17] |
"Breathless" | Taylor Swift | Kevin Griffin | Hope for Haiti Now | 2010 | [20] |
"Change" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | AT&T Team USA Soundtrack and Fearless | 2008 | [17] |
"Christmas Must Be Something More" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Sounds of the Season | 2007 | [21] |
"Christmases When You Were Mine" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Liz Rose Nathan Chapman |
Sounds of the Season | 2007 | [21] |
"Clean" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Imogen Heap |
1989 | 2014 | [11] |
"Cold as You" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Liz Rose |
Taylor Swift | 2006 | [2] |
"Come Back... Be Here" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Dan Wilson |
Red | 2012 | [8] |
"Come in with the Rain" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Liz Rose |
Fearless (Platinum edition) |
2009 | [17] |
"Crazier" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Robert Ellis Orrall |
Hannah Montana: The Movie | 2009 | [22] |
"Dear John" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Speak Now | 2010 | [6] |
"Drops of Jupiter" (Live cover) | Taylor Swift | Charlie Colin Rob Hotchkiss Jimmy Stafford Pat Monahan Scott Underwood |
Speak Now World Tour – Live | 2011 | [18] |
"Enchanted" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Speak Now | 2010 | [6] |
"Everything Has Changed" | Taylor Swift featuring Ed Sheeran |
Taylor Swift Ed Sheeran |
Red | 2012 | [8] |
"Eyes Open" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | The Hunger Games | 2012 | [23] |
"Fearless" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Liz Rose Hillary Lindsey |
Fearless | 2008 | [17] |
"Fifteen" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Fearless | 2008 | [17] |
"Forever & Always" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Fearless | 2008 | [17] |
"Forever & Always" (Piano version) | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Fearless (Platinum edition) |
2009 | [17] |
"Girl at Home" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Red | 2012 | [8] |
"Half of My Heart" | John Mayer featuring Taylor Swift |
John Mayer | Battle Studies | 2009 | [24] |
"Haunted" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Speak Now | 2010 | [6] |
"Hey Stephen" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Fearless | 2008 | [17] |
"Highway Don't Care" | Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift |
Mark Irwin Josh Kear Brad Warren Brett Warren |
Two Lanes of Freedom | 2013 | [25] |
"Holy Ground" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Red | 2012 | [8] |
"How You Get the Girl" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Max Martin Shellback |
1989 | 2014 | [11] |
"I Almost Do" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Red | 2012 | [8] |
"I Heart ?" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Beautiful Eyes | 2008 | [3] |
"I Knew You Were Trouble" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Max Martin Shellback |
Red | 2012 | [8] |
"I Know Places" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Ryan Tedder |
1989 | 2014 | [11] |
"I Want You Back" (Live) | Taylor Swift | Freddie Perren Deke Richards Berry Gordy, Jr. Alphonso Mizell |
Speak Now World Tour – Live | 2011 | [18] |
"I Wish You Would" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Jack Antonoff |
1989 | 2014 | [11] |
"I'm Only Me When I'm with You" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Robert Ellis Orrall Angelo Petraglia |
Taylor Swift (Deluxe edition) |
2007 | [2] |
"If This Was a Movie" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Martin Johnson |
Speak Now (Deluxe edition) |
2010 | [6] |
"Innocent" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Speak Now | 2010 | [6] |
"Invisible" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Robert Ellis Orrall |
Taylor Swift (Deluxe edition) |
2007 | [2] |
"Jump Then Fall" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Fearless (Platinum edition) and Valentine's Day |
2009 | [17] [26] |
"Last Christmas" | Taylor Swift | George Michael | Sounds of the Season | 2007 | [21] |
"Last Kiss" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Speak Now | 2010 | [6] |
"The Last Time" | Taylor Swift featuring Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol |
Taylor Swift Gary Lightbody Jacknife Lee |
Red | 2012 | [8] |
"Long Live" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Speak Now | 2010 | [6] |
"Long Live" (Single version) |
Taylor Swift featuring Paula Fernandes |
Taylor Swift Paula Fernandes |
Speak Now World Tour – Live | 2012 | [18] |
"Love Story" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Fearless | 2008 | [17] |
"The Lucky One" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Red | 2012 | [8] |
"Mary's Song (Oh My My My)" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Liz Rose Brian Maher |
Taylor Swift | 2006 | [2] |
"Mean" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Speak Now | 2010 | [6] |
"Mine" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Speak Now | 2010 | [6] |
"The Moment I Knew" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Red | 2012 | [8] |
"Never Grow Up" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Speak Now | 2010 | [6] |
"New Romantics" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Max Martin Shellback |
1989 (Deluxe edition) |
2014 | [11] |
"The Other Side of the Door" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Fearless (Platinum edition) |
2009 | [17] |
"Our Song" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | 2006 | [2] |
"Ours" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Deluxe edition) |
2010 | [6] |
"Out of the Woods" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Jack Antonoff |
1989 | 2014 | [11] |
"The Outside" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | 2006 | [2] |
"A Perfectly Good Heart" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift James Verges |
Taylor Swift (Deluxe edition) |
2007 | [2] |
"Picture to Burn" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Liz Rose |
Taylor Swift | 2006 | [2] |
"A Place in This World" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Robert Ellis Orrall Angelo Petraglia |
Taylor Swift | 2006 | [2] |
"Red" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Red | 2012 | [8] |
"Ronan" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Maya Thompson |
None | 2012 | [27] |
"Sad Beautiful Tragic" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Red | 2012 | [8] |
"Safe & Sound" | Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars |
Taylor Swift Joy Williams John Paul White T-Bone Burnett |
The Hunger Games | 2011 | [23] |
"Santa Baby" | Taylor Swift | Joan Javits Philip Springer Tony Springer |
Sounds of the Season | 2007 | [21] |
"Shake It Off" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Max Martin Shellback |
1989 | 2014 | [11] |
"Should've Said No" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | 2006 | [2] |
"Silent Night" | Taylor Swift | Josef Mohr Franz Xaver Gruber |
Sounds of the Season | 2007 | [21] |
"Sparks Fly" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Speak Now | 2010 | [6] |
"Speak Now" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Speak Now | 2010 | [6] |
"Starlight" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Red | 2012 | [8] |
"State of Grace" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Red | 2012 | [8] |
"Stay Beautiful" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Liz Rose |
Taylor Swift | 2006 | [2] |
"Stay Stay Stay" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Red | 2012 | [8] |
"The Story of Us" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Speak Now | 2010 | [6] |
"Style" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Max Martin Shellback Ali Payami |
1989 | 2014 | [11] |
"Superman" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Speak Now | 2010 | [6] |
"Superstar" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Fearless (Platinum edition) |
2009 | [17] |
"Sweeter Than Fiction" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Jack Antonoff |
One Chance Soundtrack | 2013 | [28] |
"Teardrops on My Guitar" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Liz Rose |
Taylor Swift | 2006 | [2] |
"Tell Me Why" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Liz Rose |
Fearless | 2008 | [17] |
"This Love" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | 1989 | 2014 | [11] |
"Tied Together with a Smile" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Liz Rose |
Taylor Swift | 2006 | [2] |
"Tim McGraw" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Liz Rose |
Taylor Swift | 2006 | [2] |
"Today Was a Fairytale" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Valentine's Day[lower-alpha 3] | 2010 | [26] |
"Treacherous" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Dan Wilson |
Red | 2012 | [8] |
"Two Is Better Than One" | Boys Like Girls featuring Taylor Swift |
Martin Johnson | Love Drunk | 2009 | [32] |
"Umbrella" (Live cover) | Taylor Swift | Christopher "Tricky" Stewart Terius "Dream" Nash Thaddis Harrell Shawn Carter |
iTunes Live from SoHo | 2008 | [33] |
"Untouchable" | Taylor Swift | Cary Barlowe Nathan Barlowe Tommy Lee James Taylor Swift[lower-alpha 4] |
Fearless (Platinum edition) |
2009 | [17] |
"The Way I Loved You" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift John Rich |
Fearless | 2008 | [17] |
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Max Martin Shellback |
Red | 2012 | [8] |
"Welcome to New York" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Ryan Tedder |
1989 | 2014 | [11] |
"White Christmas" | Taylor Swift | Irving Berlin | Sounds of the Season | 2007 | [21] |
"White Horse" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Liz Rose |
Fearless | 2008 | [17] |
"Wildest Dreams" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Max Martin Shellback |
1989 | 2014 | [11] |
"Wonderland" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Max Martin Shellback |
1989 (Deluxe edition) |
2014 | [11] |
"You Are in Love" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Jack Antonoff |
1989 (Deluxe edition) |
2014 | [11] |
"You Belong with Me" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift Liz Rose |
Fearless | 2008 | [17] |
"You're Not Sorry" | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | Fearless | 2008 | [17] |
Notes
- ↑ Swift's cover of Tom Petty's "American Girl" was released as a promotional single through Rhapsody in 2009, but was not included on any of her albums.[14]
- ↑ "Bad Blood", released as a single in 2015, is a remix featuring Kendrick Lamar, and is not featured on the 1989 album.[15] Lamar wrote his own verses, and is only credited as a writer and as a vocalist on the single version.[16]
- ↑ "Today was a Fairytale" was first released as a single from the soundtrack to the film Valentine's Day (2010), in which Swift starred.[29][30] The song was then re-released as an independent digital single in 2011.[31]
- ↑ "Untouchable" is a cover of a song by American rock band Luna Halo—Swift's only cover on a studio album. The band members, who wrote the original, felt Swift's adjustments to the arrangement and melody of the song were significant enough to warrant a co-writing credit for her version.[34]
References
- ↑ Morris, Edward (December 1, 2006). "When She Thinks "Tim McGraw," Taylor Swift Savors Payoff". CMT. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Taylor Swift (booklet). Taylor Swift. Big Machine Records. 2006.
- 1 2 3 Beautiful Eyes (EP). Taylor Swift. Big Machine Records. 2008.
- ↑ Kawashima, Dale (February 16, 2007). "Taylor Swift Interview 2007 – Her Songwriting & First Album". Songwriteruniverse.com. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- ↑ Tucker, Ken (March 26, 2008). "The Billboard Q&A: Taylor Swift". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Speak Now (booklet). Taylor Swift. Big Machine Records. 2010.
- ↑ Macpherson, Alex (October 18, 2012). "Taylor Swift: 'I want to believe in pretty lies'". The Guardian. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Red (booklet). Taylor Swift. Big Machine Records. 2012.
- ↑ Mansfield, Brian (August 18, 2014). "Taylor Swift debuts 'Shake It Off,' reveals '1989' album". USA Today. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ↑ Lansky, Sam (October 23, 2014). "Review: 1989 Marks a Paradigm Swift". Time. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1989 (booklet). Taylor Swift. Big Machine Records / Universal Music Group. 2014.
- ↑ "Taylor Swift – Chart History". Billboard Hot 100. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ↑ Caulfield, Keith (May 27, 2015). "Max Martin Scores 20th No. 1 on Hot 100 With Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood'". Billboard. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- 1 2 Swift, Taylor. "American Girl (Single)". Rhapsody. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
- ↑ Hunt, Elle (May 18, 2015). "Taylor Swift debuts star-studded video for Bad Blood remix single". The Guardian. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- 1 2 "Bad Blood (feat. Kendrick Lamar) – Single Taylor Swift". AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Fearless (booklet). Taylor Swift. Big Machine Records. 2008.
- 1 2 3 4 Speak Now World Tour – Live (booklet). Taylor Swift. Big Machine Records. 2011.
- ↑ Strange Clouds (booklet). B.o.B. Grand Hustle / Rebel Rock / Atlantic. 2007.
- ↑ Rodriguez, Jayson (January 21, 2010). "MTV's 'Hope For Haiti' Performances Will Be Available On iTunes". MTV. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sounds of the Season (booklet). Taylor Swift. Big Machine Records / Universal Music Group. 2007.
- ↑ Hannah Montana: The Movie (booklet). Walt Disney. 2009.
- 1 2 The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond (booklet). Universal Republic / Mercury. 2012.
- ↑ Vena, Jocelyn (June 11, 2009). "John Mayer Talks Taylor Swift Collaboration 'Half Of My Heart'". MTV. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
- ↑ Two Lanes of Freedom (booklet). Tim McGraw. Big Machine Records. 2013.
- 1 2 "Valentine's Day: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
- ↑ "Ronan – Taylor Swift". AllMusic. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
- ↑ Payne, Chris (October 21, 2013). "Taylor Swift Releases New Song 'Sweeter Than Fiction': Listen". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ↑ Robey, Tim (February 20, 2010). "Valentine's Day, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
- ↑ Vena, Jocelyn (January 20, 2010). "Taylor Swift Releases 'Valentine's Day' Track 'Today Was A Fairytale'". MTV. Archived from the original on January 25, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
- ↑ Swift, Taylor. "Today Was a Fairytale – Single". iTunes. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
- ↑ "Love Drunk by Boys Like Girls". AllMusic. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
- ↑ "iTunes Live from SoHo by Taylor Swift". AllMusic. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
- ↑ Paulson, Dave (November 24, 2009). "Nathan Barlowe of Luna Halo talks about Taylor Swift and 'Untouchable'". The Tennessean. Archived from the original on April 28, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2013.