\u201cBad Blood\u201d (2014)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BadBlood.jpg?w=300\")
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\nMelodically parched, lyrically unfinished, rhythmically clunky \u2013 this was a mighty strange pick for a single from an album as loaded as 1989<\/i>. There are a million things Taylor has in common with Paul McCartney \u2013 one is that celebrity grievances tend to sound like a penny-ante waste of their time, even when they\u2019re totally understandable (unless you\u2019re a fan of Macca\u2019s \u201cDear Boy,\u201d where John Lennon is his Katy Perry). The single remix is improved by Kendrick Lamar \u2013 but he wasn\u2019t saving his A-game for this one.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cBand-Aids don\u2019t fix bullet holes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSanta Baby\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\")
![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/SantaBaby.jpg?w=300\")
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\nYes, she made a Christmas album, which is full of contenders for the basement of this list. But an oldie about a gold digger wooing Little Saint Nick was perhaps a dubious pick for a singer still in her teens.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ve been an awful good girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cA Place in This World\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/APlaceInThisWorld.jpg?w=300\")
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\nApprentice work from the debut, when she was still learning the ropes as a country songwriter. Yet, the seeds of greatness are already there. Historical significance: This was the song where Tay discovered rain imagery, which in her hands was the equivalent of Sir Isaac Newton inventing calculus.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ll be strong\/I\u2019ll be wrong\/Oh, but life goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cChristmas Must Be Something More\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ChristmasMustBe.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Peter Foley\/EPA\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA hymn about how Jesus is the reason for the season, with the hook, \u201cSo here\u2019s to the birthday boy who saved our lives.\u201d Unlike most boys Swift sings about, Jesus didn\u2019t comment publicly.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhat would happen if God never let it snow?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI\u2019m Only Me When I\u2019m With You\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/OnlyMe.jpg?w=300\")
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\nCould there be a less Swiftian sentiment? For better or worse, this girl is always<\/i> herself. That\u2019s kinda the point.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019m only up when you\u2019re not down\/Don\u2019t wanna fly if you\u2019re still on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cTwo Is Better Than One,\u201d With Boys Like Girls (2009)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BoysLikeGirls.jpg?w=300\")
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\nA long, long, very long duet with former Good Charlotte and Fall Out Boy tourmates Boys Like Girls, who are either from London or Nashville (they seem to switch accents at random). For some reason, they decided to delay her entrance until a minute into the song, arguably the worst decision in the history of decisions.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cYou already got me coming\u2026undone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSilent Night\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/SilentNight.jpg?w=300\")
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\nThis bizarre version manages to miss almost every single note in the melody. They sure were in a rush to get this Christmas album out.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cShepherds quake at the sight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cMacavity\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/taylor-swift-cats.jpg?w=300\")
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\nThis one will be tough to explain to future generations, but here goes: So they made this Hollywood movie out of the Broadway musical Cats<\/em>. Full of magic, furry, singing cats. So much fur. So much magic. Taylor plus felines \u2014 it should add up to classic cinema, right? Not quite.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cMacavity\u2019s a mystery cat \/ He\u2019s called the Hidden Paw.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cBoth of Us,\u201d With B.o.B (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BothOfUs.jpg?w=300\")
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\nNice try at remaking \u201cAirplanes,\u201d but that Hayley Williams lightning does not strike twice.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cYour money\u2019s all gone, and you lose your whip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cThe Last Time,\u201d With Gary Lightbody (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/TheLastTime.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Jonathan Hordle\/Thames\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nHer duet with the guy from Snow Patrol. Unfortunately, their voices don\u2019t mesh at all \u2013 what, is he auditioning for a Spandau Ballet tribute band? The funny moment is the tr\u00e8s<\/i> Eighties synth-horn blurp at the three-minute mark.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cThis is the last time I\u2019m asking you this\/Put my name at the top of your list.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cME!\u201d With Brendon Urie (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ME.jpg?w=300\")
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\nOne of those beloved Taylor traditions: the Lead Single That Reveals Absolutely Nothing About the New Album. And for the second time in a row, it\u2019s the weakest track by a mile. Honestly, Taylor would have released \u201cMaxwell\u2019s Silver Hammer\u201d as the first single from Abbey<\/em> damn Road<\/em>. \u201cME!\u201d is her only song title with an exclamation point, an oddity for this most !!! of singers. Even Brendon Urie sounds squeamish, and he\u2019s the guy who once released a song called \u201cFolkin\u2019 Around.\u201d As we now know, she had \u201cCruel Summer\u201d in the can, but opted not to make it the summer jam of 2019 because she decided to release \u201cME!\u201d instead, a decision that will be studied by Swiftian scholars for years to come.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cHey kids, spelling is fun!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cThe Outside\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/TheOutside.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kevin Winter\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nStill a rookie, still learning, still trying to get away with \u201cread between the lines\u201d and \u201cthe road less traveled by\u201d in the same verse.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cNothing seems to work the first few times\/Am I right?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u2018ThanK You AImee\u2019 (2024)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"LONDON,](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-swift-thank-you-alnee.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kevin Mazur\/WireImage\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tThis track is 4 minutes and 24 seconds long, and involves 5 different cello players. The letters \u201cK,\u201d \u201cI,\u201d and \u201cM\u201d are capitalized in the title, a reminder that there\u2019s an excellent new Kim Gordon album. Sisyphus must appreciate the shout-out, but he\u2019d probably rather roll a boulder uphill for all eternity than hear another song about this feud.<\/p>\n
\n\tBest line: \u201cThe blood was gushin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHold On,\u201d With Jack Ingram (2008)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"TWIN](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/taylor-swift-jack-ingram.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Rick Diamond\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nAn early country throwaway, released a decade later on Ingram\u2019s From the Vault: Live 2007-2009<\/em><\/a>. A teenage Swift chirps back-up harmony, doing the part originally sung by Sheryl Crow.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cSign our names in the dust on your family car.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cBeautiful Ghosts\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BeautifulGhosts.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Universal Pictures\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nShe wrote this with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Cats<\/em> soundtrack<\/a> \u2014 as she said, \u201cIf you can\u2019t get T.S. Eliot, get T.S.\u201d<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cI watch from the dark, wait for my life to start \/ With no beauty in my memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cGirl at Home\u201d (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GirlAtHome.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA perfunctory cheating-is-bad homily, with barely any chorus.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI feel a responsibility\/To do what\u2019s upstanding and right.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHalf of My Heart,\u201d With John Mayer (2009)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"John](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HalfofmyHeart.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Amanda Schwab\/Starpix\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThe real prize from his Battle Studies<\/i> album is \u201cHeartbreak Warfare\u201d; this is lesser J.M., with an underexploited T.S. cameo and an increasingly irritating premise of hearts having fingers, which they don\u2019t. No wonder the girl in the dress cried the whole way home.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cHalf of my heart\u2019s got a grip on the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSweeter Than Fiction\u201d (2013)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/SweeterThanFiction.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Mike Strasinger\/Admedia\/Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA warm-up for the synth-pop of 1989<\/i>, from the One Chance<\/i> soundtrack.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhat a sight when the light came on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSuperman\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Superman.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Matt Sayles\/AP\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA Lois Lane fantasy left off Speak Now, but it gets a real upgrade with her Taylor\u2019s Version <\/em>vocal muscle.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cTall, dark and beautiful\/He\u2019s complicated, he\u2019s irrational.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cCold as You\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ColdAsYou.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Ethan Miller\/ACMA\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI start a fight \u2019cause I need to feel something\u201d \u2013 give her credit for honesty, even in this raw phase.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cEvery smile you fake is so condescending.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cIf This Was a Movie\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IfThisWasAMovie.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cGood evening, sir. May I help you? You\u2019re a guy in a Taylor Swift song who wants to stand outside the window in the pouring rain, begging the love of your life to forgive your sorry ass? Take a number and get in line. No, that <\/i>line.\u201d<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cBut I take it all back now!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cA Perfectly Good Heart\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/PerfectlyGoodHeart.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Ethan Miller\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s not unbroken anymore\u201d? Paging the eminent cardiologist Dr. Toni Braxton.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhy would you wanna make the very first scar?\/Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cWhite Christmas\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/WhiteChristmas.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: George Napolitano\/FilmMagic\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nUnlike \u201cSilent Night,\u201d this was a yuletide carol she could handle, with a straight-down-the-middle country rendition.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhere the treetops glisten.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Don\u2019t Wanna Live Forever,\u201d With Zayn Malik (2016)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IDontWannaLiveForever.jpg?w=300\")
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\nNeither she nor Zayn sound deeply interested in this dueling-falsettos battle from the Fifty Shades Darker <\/i>soundtrack. Maybe it works in the movie, but who wants to go find out? Really, they sound like two ghosts standing in the place of\u2026sorry, sore subject, let\u2019s drop it.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ve been looking sad in all the nicest places.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cMary\u2019s Song (Oh My My)\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MarysSong.jpg?w=300\")
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\nA through-the-years romance, with a sweet homespun touch.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ll be 87, you\u2019ll be 89\/I\u2019ll still look at you like the stars that shine in the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHighway Don\u2019t Care,\u201d With Tim McGraw and Keith Urban (2013)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HighwayDontCare.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Christopher Polk\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA duet from McGraw\u2019s album Two Lanes of Freedom<\/i>, with a guitar solo from Keith Urban. The plot: His ex is driving away, listening to a Taylor song on the radio, as Tay tries to coax the woman into turning the car around and going home. Perhaps McGraw\u2019s finest duet since his great lost Nelly jam, \u201cOver and Over<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cI bet you\u2019re bending God\u2019s ear talking \u2019bout me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cChange\u201d (2008)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Change.jpg?w=300\")
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\nOh, the fall of 2008 \u2013 Chuck and Blair were still an item, Suede was killing it on Project Runway<\/i>, and \u201cChange\u201d was a de facto victory song for Obama, complete with a thumbs-up for the \u201crevolution.\u201d Yeah, those were different times.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cThese walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cNashville\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Nashville.jpg?w=300\")
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\nA cover of an obscurity by country singer David Mead, tucked away as a bonus on the Target edition of the Speak Now Tour Live<\/i> DVD.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWas that a blood or wine stain on your wedding dress?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSweet Escape\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/SweetEscape.jpg?w=300\")
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\nFrom the same live DVD, a remake of the Gwen Stefani solo hit. Taylor\u2019s vocal sure fits the Gwen just-a-girl sensibility.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI must apologize for acting stank.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Want You Back\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IWantYouBack.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Alex Berliner\/BEI\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA live acoustic tribute to the then-recently departed Michael Jackson, with a bit of Motown tremble in her voice.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cOh darling, I was blind to let you go.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cOnly the Young\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Miss](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/netflix-miss_americana-trailer-1920x1080-1.jpg?w=300\")
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Melodically parched, lyrically unfinished, rhythmically clunky \u2013 this was a mighty strange pick for a single from an album as loaded as 1989<\/i>. There are a million things Taylor has in common with Paul McCartney \u2013 one is that celebrity grievances tend to sound like a penny-ante waste of their time, even when they\u2019re totally understandable (unless you\u2019re a fan of Macca\u2019s \u201cDear Boy,\u201d where John Lennon is his Katy Perry). The single remix is improved by Kendrick Lamar \u2013 but he wasn\u2019t saving his A-game for this one.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cBand-Aids don\u2019t fix bullet holes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
\u201cSanta Baby\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Scott Gries\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nYes, she made a Christmas album, which is full of contenders for the basement of this list. But an oldie about a gold digger wooing Little Saint Nick was perhaps a dubious pick for a singer still in her teens.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ve been an awful good girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cA Place in This World\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Picture Perfect\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nApprentice work from the debut, when she was still learning the ropes as a country songwriter. Yet, the seeds of greatness are already there. Historical significance: This was the song where Tay discovered rain imagery, which in her hands was the equivalent of Sir Isaac Newton inventing calculus.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ll be strong\/I\u2019ll be wrong\/Oh, but life goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cChristmas Must Be Something More\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Peter Foley\/EPA\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA hymn about how Jesus is the reason for the season, with the hook, \u201cSo here\u2019s to the birthday boy who saved our lives.\u201d Unlike most boys Swift sings about, Jesus didn\u2019t comment publicly.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhat would happen if God never let it snow?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI\u2019m Only Me When I\u2019m With You\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nCould there be a less Swiftian sentiment? For better or worse, this girl is always<\/i> herself. That\u2019s kinda the point.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019m only up when you\u2019re not down\/Don\u2019t wanna fly if you\u2019re still on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cTwo Is Better Than One,\u201d With Boys Like Girls (2009)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Bryan Bedder\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA long, long, very long duet with former Good Charlotte and Fall Out Boy tourmates Boys Like Girls, who are either from London or Nashville (they seem to switch accents at random). For some reason, they decided to delay her entrance until a minute into the song, arguably the worst decision in the history of decisions.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cYou already got me coming\u2026undone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSilent Night\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThis bizarre version manages to miss almost every single note in the melody. They sure were in a rush to get this Christmas album out.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cShepherds quake at the sight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cMacavity\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Universal Pictures\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThis one will be tough to explain to future generations, but here goes: So they made this Hollywood movie out of the Broadway musical Cats<\/em>. Full of magic, furry, singing cats. So much fur. So much magic. Taylor plus felines \u2014 it should add up to classic cinema, right? Not quite.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cMacavity\u2019s a mystery cat \/ He\u2019s called the Hidden Paw.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cBoth of Us,\u201d With B.o.B (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nNice try at remaking \u201cAirplanes,\u201d but that Hayley Williams lightning does not strike twice.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cYour money\u2019s all gone, and you lose your whip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cThe Last Time,\u201d With Gary Lightbody (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Jonathan Hordle\/Thames\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nHer duet with the guy from Snow Patrol. Unfortunately, their voices don\u2019t mesh at all \u2013 what, is he auditioning for a Spandau Ballet tribute band? The funny moment is the tr\u00e8s<\/i> Eighties synth-horn blurp at the three-minute mark.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cThis is the last time I\u2019m asking you this\/Put my name at the top of your list.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cME!\u201d With Brendon Urie (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nOne of those beloved Taylor traditions: the Lead Single That Reveals Absolutely Nothing About the New Album. And for the second time in a row, it\u2019s the weakest track by a mile. Honestly, Taylor would have released \u201cMaxwell\u2019s Silver Hammer\u201d as the first single from Abbey<\/em> damn Road<\/em>. \u201cME!\u201d is her only song title with an exclamation point, an oddity for this most !!! of singers. Even Brendon Urie sounds squeamish, and he\u2019s the guy who once released a song called \u201cFolkin\u2019 Around.\u201d As we now know, she had \u201cCruel Summer\u201d in the can, but opted not to make it the summer jam of 2019 because she decided to release \u201cME!\u201d instead, a decision that will be studied by Swiftian scholars for years to come.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cHey kids, spelling is fun!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cThe Outside\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kevin Winter\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nStill a rookie, still learning, still trying to get away with \u201cread between the lines\u201d and \u201cthe road less traveled by\u201d in the same verse.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cNothing seems to work the first few times\/Am I right?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u2018ThanK You AImee\u2019 (2024)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kevin Mazur\/WireImage\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tThis track is 4 minutes and 24 seconds long, and involves 5 different cello players. The letters \u201cK,\u201d \u201cI,\u201d and \u201cM\u201d are capitalized in the title, a reminder that there\u2019s an excellent new Kim Gordon album. Sisyphus must appreciate the shout-out, but he\u2019d probably rather roll a boulder uphill for all eternity than hear another song about this feud.<\/p>\n
\n\tBest line: \u201cThe blood was gushin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHold On,\u201d With Jack Ingram (2008)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Rick Diamond\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nAn early country throwaway, released a decade later on Ingram\u2019s From the Vault: Live 2007-2009<\/em><\/a>. A teenage Swift chirps back-up harmony, doing the part originally sung by Sheryl Crow.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cSign our names in the dust on your family car.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cBeautiful Ghosts\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Universal Pictures\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nShe wrote this with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Cats<\/em> soundtrack<\/a> \u2014 as she said, \u201cIf you can\u2019t get T.S. Eliot, get T.S.\u201d<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cI watch from the dark, wait for my life to start \/ With no beauty in my memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cGirl at Home\u201d (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA perfunctory cheating-is-bad homily, with barely any chorus.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI feel a responsibility\/To do what\u2019s upstanding and right.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHalf of My Heart,\u201d With John Mayer (2009)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Amanda Schwab\/Starpix\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThe real prize from his Battle Studies<\/i> album is \u201cHeartbreak Warfare\u201d; this is lesser J.M., with an underexploited T.S. cameo and an increasingly irritating premise of hearts having fingers, which they don\u2019t. No wonder the girl in the dress cried the whole way home.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cHalf of my heart\u2019s got a grip on the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSweeter Than Fiction\u201d (2013)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Mike Strasinger\/Admedia\/Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA warm-up for the synth-pop of 1989<\/i>, from the One Chance<\/i> soundtrack.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhat a sight when the light came on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSuperman\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Matt Sayles\/AP\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA Lois Lane fantasy left off Speak Now, but it gets a real upgrade with her Taylor\u2019s Version <\/em>vocal muscle.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cTall, dark and beautiful\/He\u2019s complicated, he\u2019s irrational.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cCold as You\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Ethan Miller\/ACMA\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI start a fight \u2019cause I need to feel something\u201d \u2013 give her credit for honesty, even in this raw phase.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cEvery smile you fake is so condescending.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cIf This Was a Movie\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cGood evening, sir. May I help you? You\u2019re a guy in a Taylor Swift song who wants to stand outside the window in the pouring rain, begging the love of your life to forgive your sorry ass? Take a number and get in line. No, that <\/i>line.\u201d<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cBut I take it all back now!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cA Perfectly Good Heart\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Ethan Miller\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s not unbroken anymore\u201d? Paging the eminent cardiologist Dr. Toni Braxton.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhy would you wanna make the very first scar?\/Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cWhite Christmas\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: George Napolitano\/FilmMagic\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nUnlike \u201cSilent Night,\u201d this was a yuletide carol she could handle, with a straight-down-the-middle country rendition.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhere the treetops glisten.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Don\u2019t Wanna Live Forever,\u201d With Zayn Malik (2016)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nNeither she nor Zayn sound deeply interested in this dueling-falsettos battle from the Fifty Shades Darker <\/i>soundtrack. Maybe it works in the movie, but who wants to go find out? Really, they sound like two ghosts standing in the place of\u2026sorry, sore subject, let\u2019s drop it.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ve been looking sad in all the nicest places.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cMary\u2019s Song (Oh My My)\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA through-the-years romance, with a sweet homespun touch.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ll be 87, you\u2019ll be 89\/I\u2019ll still look at you like the stars that shine in the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHighway Don\u2019t Care,\u201d With Tim McGraw and Keith Urban (2013)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Christopher Polk\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA duet from McGraw\u2019s album Two Lanes of Freedom<\/i>, with a guitar solo from Keith Urban. The plot: His ex is driving away, listening to a Taylor song on the radio, as Tay tries to coax the woman into turning the car around and going home. Perhaps McGraw\u2019s finest duet since his great lost Nelly jam, \u201cOver and Over<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cI bet you\u2019re bending God\u2019s ear talking \u2019bout me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cChange\u201d (2008)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nOh, the fall of 2008 \u2013 Chuck and Blair were still an item, Suede was killing it on Project Runway<\/i>, and \u201cChange\u201d was a de facto victory song for Obama, complete with a thumbs-up for the \u201crevolution.\u201d Yeah, those were different times.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cThese walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cNashville\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA cover of an obscurity by country singer David Mead, tucked away as a bonus on the Target edition of the Speak Now Tour Live<\/i> DVD.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWas that a blood or wine stain on your wedding dress?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSweet Escape\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nFrom the same live DVD, a remake of the Gwen Stefani solo hit. Taylor\u2019s vocal sure fits the Gwen just-a-girl sensibility.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI must apologize for acting stank.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Want You Back\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Alex Berliner\/BEI\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA live acoustic tribute to the then-recently departed Michael Jackson, with a bit of Motown tremble in her voice.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cOh darling, I was blind to let you go.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cOnly the Young\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
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Yes, she made a Christmas album, which is full of contenders for the basement of this list. But an oldie about a gold digger wooing Little Saint Nick was perhaps a dubious pick for a singer still in her teens.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ve been an awful good girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
\u201cA Place in This World\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Picture Perfect\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nApprentice work from the debut, when she was still learning the ropes as a country songwriter. Yet, the seeds of greatness are already there. Historical significance: This was the song where Tay discovered rain imagery, which in her hands was the equivalent of Sir Isaac Newton inventing calculus.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ll be strong\/I\u2019ll be wrong\/Oh, but life goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cChristmas Must Be Something More\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Peter Foley\/EPA\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA hymn about how Jesus is the reason for the season, with the hook, \u201cSo here\u2019s to the birthday boy who saved our lives.\u201d Unlike most boys Swift sings about, Jesus didn\u2019t comment publicly.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhat would happen if God never let it snow?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI\u2019m Only Me When I\u2019m With You\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nCould there be a less Swiftian sentiment? For better or worse, this girl is always<\/i> herself. That\u2019s kinda the point.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019m only up when you\u2019re not down\/Don\u2019t wanna fly if you\u2019re still on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cTwo Is Better Than One,\u201d With Boys Like Girls (2009)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Bryan Bedder\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA long, long, very long duet with former Good Charlotte and Fall Out Boy tourmates Boys Like Girls, who are either from London or Nashville (they seem to switch accents at random). For some reason, they decided to delay her entrance until a minute into the song, arguably the worst decision in the history of decisions.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cYou already got me coming\u2026undone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSilent Night\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThis bizarre version manages to miss almost every single note in the melody. They sure were in a rush to get this Christmas album out.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cShepherds quake at the sight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cMacavity\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Universal Pictures\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThis one will be tough to explain to future generations, but here goes: So they made this Hollywood movie out of the Broadway musical Cats<\/em>. Full of magic, furry, singing cats. So much fur. So much magic. Taylor plus felines \u2014 it should add up to classic cinema, right? Not quite.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cMacavity\u2019s a mystery cat \/ He\u2019s called the Hidden Paw.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cBoth of Us,\u201d With B.o.B (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nNice try at remaking \u201cAirplanes,\u201d but that Hayley Williams lightning does not strike twice.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cYour money\u2019s all gone, and you lose your whip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cThe Last Time,\u201d With Gary Lightbody (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Jonathan Hordle\/Thames\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nHer duet with the guy from Snow Patrol. Unfortunately, their voices don\u2019t mesh at all \u2013 what, is he auditioning for a Spandau Ballet tribute band? The funny moment is the tr\u00e8s<\/i> Eighties synth-horn blurp at the three-minute mark.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cThis is the last time I\u2019m asking you this\/Put my name at the top of your list.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cME!\u201d With Brendon Urie (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nOne of those beloved Taylor traditions: the Lead Single That Reveals Absolutely Nothing About the New Album. And for the second time in a row, it\u2019s the weakest track by a mile. Honestly, Taylor would have released \u201cMaxwell\u2019s Silver Hammer\u201d as the first single from Abbey<\/em> damn Road<\/em>. \u201cME!\u201d is her only song title with an exclamation point, an oddity for this most !!! of singers. Even Brendon Urie sounds squeamish, and he\u2019s the guy who once released a song called \u201cFolkin\u2019 Around.\u201d As we now know, she had \u201cCruel Summer\u201d in the can, but opted not to make it the summer jam of 2019 because she decided to release \u201cME!\u201d instead, a decision that will be studied by Swiftian scholars for years to come.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cHey kids, spelling is fun!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cThe Outside\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kevin Winter\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nStill a rookie, still learning, still trying to get away with \u201cread between the lines\u201d and \u201cthe road less traveled by\u201d in the same verse.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cNothing seems to work the first few times\/Am I right?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u2018ThanK You AImee\u2019 (2024)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kevin Mazur\/WireImage\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tThis track is 4 minutes and 24 seconds long, and involves 5 different cello players. The letters \u201cK,\u201d \u201cI,\u201d and \u201cM\u201d are capitalized in the title, a reminder that there\u2019s an excellent new Kim Gordon album. Sisyphus must appreciate the shout-out, but he\u2019d probably rather roll a boulder uphill for all eternity than hear another song about this feud.<\/p>\n
\n\tBest line: \u201cThe blood was gushin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHold On,\u201d With Jack Ingram (2008)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Rick Diamond\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nAn early country throwaway, released a decade later on Ingram\u2019s From the Vault: Live 2007-2009<\/em><\/a>. A teenage Swift chirps back-up harmony, doing the part originally sung by Sheryl Crow.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cSign our names in the dust on your family car.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cBeautiful Ghosts\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Universal Pictures\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nShe wrote this with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Cats<\/em> soundtrack<\/a> \u2014 as she said, \u201cIf you can\u2019t get T.S. Eliot, get T.S.\u201d<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cI watch from the dark, wait for my life to start \/ With no beauty in my memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cGirl at Home\u201d (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA perfunctory cheating-is-bad homily, with barely any chorus.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI feel a responsibility\/To do what\u2019s upstanding and right.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHalf of My Heart,\u201d With John Mayer (2009)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Amanda Schwab\/Starpix\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThe real prize from his Battle Studies<\/i> album is \u201cHeartbreak Warfare\u201d; this is lesser J.M., with an underexploited T.S. cameo and an increasingly irritating premise of hearts having fingers, which they don\u2019t. No wonder the girl in the dress cried the whole way home.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cHalf of my heart\u2019s got a grip on the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSweeter Than Fiction\u201d (2013)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Mike Strasinger\/Admedia\/Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA warm-up for the synth-pop of 1989<\/i>, from the One Chance<\/i> soundtrack.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhat a sight when the light came on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSuperman\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Matt Sayles\/AP\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA Lois Lane fantasy left off Speak Now, but it gets a real upgrade with her Taylor\u2019s Version <\/em>vocal muscle.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cTall, dark and beautiful\/He\u2019s complicated, he\u2019s irrational.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cCold as You\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Ethan Miller\/ACMA\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI start a fight \u2019cause I need to feel something\u201d \u2013 give her credit for honesty, even in this raw phase.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cEvery smile you fake is so condescending.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cIf This Was a Movie\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cGood evening, sir. May I help you? You\u2019re a guy in a Taylor Swift song who wants to stand outside the window in the pouring rain, begging the love of your life to forgive your sorry ass? Take a number and get in line. No, that <\/i>line.\u201d<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cBut I take it all back now!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cA Perfectly Good Heart\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Ethan Miller\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s not unbroken anymore\u201d? Paging the eminent cardiologist Dr. Toni Braxton.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhy would you wanna make the very first scar?\/Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cWhite Christmas\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: George Napolitano\/FilmMagic\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nUnlike \u201cSilent Night,\u201d this was a yuletide carol she could handle, with a straight-down-the-middle country rendition.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhere the treetops glisten.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Don\u2019t Wanna Live Forever,\u201d With Zayn Malik (2016)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nNeither she nor Zayn sound deeply interested in this dueling-falsettos battle from the Fifty Shades Darker <\/i>soundtrack. Maybe it works in the movie, but who wants to go find out? Really, they sound like two ghosts standing in the place of\u2026sorry, sore subject, let\u2019s drop it.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ve been looking sad in all the nicest places.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cMary\u2019s Song (Oh My My)\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA through-the-years romance, with a sweet homespun touch.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ll be 87, you\u2019ll be 89\/I\u2019ll still look at you like the stars that shine in the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHighway Don\u2019t Care,\u201d With Tim McGraw and Keith Urban (2013)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Christopher Polk\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA duet from McGraw\u2019s album Two Lanes of Freedom<\/i>, with a guitar solo from Keith Urban. The plot: His ex is driving away, listening to a Taylor song on the radio, as Tay tries to coax the woman into turning the car around and going home. Perhaps McGraw\u2019s finest duet since his great lost Nelly jam, \u201cOver and Over<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cI bet you\u2019re bending God\u2019s ear talking \u2019bout me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cChange\u201d (2008)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nOh, the fall of 2008 \u2013 Chuck and Blair were still an item, Suede was killing it on Project Runway<\/i>, and \u201cChange\u201d was a de facto victory song for Obama, complete with a thumbs-up for the \u201crevolution.\u201d Yeah, those were different times.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cThese walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cNashville\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA cover of an obscurity by country singer David Mead, tucked away as a bonus on the Target edition of the Speak Now Tour Live<\/i> DVD.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWas that a blood or wine stain on your wedding dress?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSweet Escape\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nFrom the same live DVD, a remake of the Gwen Stefani solo hit. Taylor\u2019s vocal sure fits the Gwen just-a-girl sensibility.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI must apologize for acting stank.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Want You Back\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Alex Berliner\/BEI\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA live acoustic tribute to the then-recently departed Michael Jackson, with a bit of Motown tremble in her voice.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cOh darling, I was blind to let you go.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cOnly the Young\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
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Apprentice work from the debut, when she was still learning the ropes as a country songwriter. Yet, the seeds of greatness are already there. Historical significance: This was the song where Tay discovered rain imagery, which in her hands was the equivalent of Sir Isaac Newton inventing calculus.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ll be strong\/I\u2019ll be wrong\/Oh, but life goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
\u201cChristmas Must Be Something More\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Peter Foley\/EPA\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA hymn about how Jesus is the reason for the season, with the hook, \u201cSo here\u2019s to the birthday boy who saved our lives.\u201d Unlike most boys Swift sings about, Jesus didn\u2019t comment publicly.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhat would happen if God never let it snow?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI\u2019m Only Me When I\u2019m With You\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nCould there be a less Swiftian sentiment? For better or worse, this girl is always<\/i> herself. That\u2019s kinda the point.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019m only up when you\u2019re not down\/Don\u2019t wanna fly if you\u2019re still on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cTwo Is Better Than One,\u201d With Boys Like Girls (2009)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Bryan Bedder\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA long, long, very long duet with former Good Charlotte and Fall Out Boy tourmates Boys Like Girls, who are either from London or Nashville (they seem to switch accents at random). For some reason, they decided to delay her entrance until a minute into the song, arguably the worst decision in the history of decisions.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cYou already got me coming\u2026undone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSilent Night\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThis bizarre version manages to miss almost every single note in the melody. They sure were in a rush to get this Christmas album out.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cShepherds quake at the sight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cMacavity\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Universal Pictures\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThis one will be tough to explain to future generations, but here goes: So they made this Hollywood movie out of the Broadway musical Cats<\/em>. Full of magic, furry, singing cats. So much fur. So much magic. Taylor plus felines \u2014 it should add up to classic cinema, right? Not quite.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cMacavity\u2019s a mystery cat \/ He\u2019s called the Hidden Paw.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cBoth of Us,\u201d With B.o.B (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nNice try at remaking \u201cAirplanes,\u201d but that Hayley Williams lightning does not strike twice.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cYour money\u2019s all gone, and you lose your whip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cThe Last Time,\u201d With Gary Lightbody (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Jonathan Hordle\/Thames\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nHer duet with the guy from Snow Patrol. Unfortunately, their voices don\u2019t mesh at all \u2013 what, is he auditioning for a Spandau Ballet tribute band? The funny moment is the tr\u00e8s<\/i> Eighties synth-horn blurp at the three-minute mark.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cThis is the last time I\u2019m asking you this\/Put my name at the top of your list.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cME!\u201d With Brendon Urie (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nOne of those beloved Taylor traditions: the Lead Single That Reveals Absolutely Nothing About the New Album. And for the second time in a row, it\u2019s the weakest track by a mile. Honestly, Taylor would have released \u201cMaxwell\u2019s Silver Hammer\u201d as the first single from Abbey<\/em> damn Road<\/em>. \u201cME!\u201d is her only song title with an exclamation point, an oddity for this most !!! of singers. Even Brendon Urie sounds squeamish, and he\u2019s the guy who once released a song called \u201cFolkin\u2019 Around.\u201d As we now know, she had \u201cCruel Summer\u201d in the can, but opted not to make it the summer jam of 2019 because she decided to release \u201cME!\u201d instead, a decision that will be studied by Swiftian scholars for years to come.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cHey kids, spelling is fun!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cThe Outside\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kevin Winter\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nStill a rookie, still learning, still trying to get away with \u201cread between the lines\u201d and \u201cthe road less traveled by\u201d in the same verse.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cNothing seems to work the first few times\/Am I right?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u2018ThanK You AImee\u2019 (2024)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kevin Mazur\/WireImage\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tThis track is 4 minutes and 24 seconds long, and involves 5 different cello players. The letters \u201cK,\u201d \u201cI,\u201d and \u201cM\u201d are capitalized in the title, a reminder that there\u2019s an excellent new Kim Gordon album. Sisyphus must appreciate the shout-out, but he\u2019d probably rather roll a boulder uphill for all eternity than hear another song about this feud.<\/p>\n
\n\tBest line: \u201cThe blood was gushin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHold On,\u201d With Jack Ingram (2008)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Rick Diamond\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nAn early country throwaway, released a decade later on Ingram\u2019s From the Vault: Live 2007-2009<\/em><\/a>. A teenage Swift chirps back-up harmony, doing the part originally sung by Sheryl Crow.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cSign our names in the dust on your family car.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cBeautiful Ghosts\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Universal Pictures\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nShe wrote this with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Cats<\/em> soundtrack<\/a> \u2014 as she said, \u201cIf you can\u2019t get T.S. Eliot, get T.S.\u201d<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cI watch from the dark, wait for my life to start \/ With no beauty in my memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cGirl at Home\u201d (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA perfunctory cheating-is-bad homily, with barely any chorus.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI feel a responsibility\/To do what\u2019s upstanding and right.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHalf of My Heart,\u201d With John Mayer (2009)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Amanda Schwab\/Starpix\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThe real prize from his Battle Studies<\/i> album is \u201cHeartbreak Warfare\u201d; this is lesser J.M., with an underexploited T.S. cameo and an increasingly irritating premise of hearts having fingers, which they don\u2019t. No wonder the girl in the dress cried the whole way home.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cHalf of my heart\u2019s got a grip on the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSweeter Than Fiction\u201d (2013)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Mike Strasinger\/Admedia\/Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA warm-up for the synth-pop of 1989<\/i>, from the One Chance<\/i> soundtrack.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhat a sight when the light came on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSuperman\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Matt Sayles\/AP\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA Lois Lane fantasy left off Speak Now, but it gets a real upgrade with her Taylor\u2019s Version <\/em>vocal muscle.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cTall, dark and beautiful\/He\u2019s complicated, he\u2019s irrational.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cCold as You\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Ethan Miller\/ACMA\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI start a fight \u2019cause I need to feel something\u201d \u2013 give her credit for honesty, even in this raw phase.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cEvery smile you fake is so condescending.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cIf This Was a Movie\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cGood evening, sir. May I help you? You\u2019re a guy in a Taylor Swift song who wants to stand outside the window in the pouring rain, begging the love of your life to forgive your sorry ass? Take a number and get in line. No, that <\/i>line.\u201d<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cBut I take it all back now!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cA Perfectly Good Heart\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Ethan Miller\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s not unbroken anymore\u201d? Paging the eminent cardiologist Dr. Toni Braxton.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhy would you wanna make the very first scar?\/Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cWhite Christmas\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: George Napolitano\/FilmMagic\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nUnlike \u201cSilent Night,\u201d this was a yuletide carol she could handle, with a straight-down-the-middle country rendition.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhere the treetops glisten.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Don\u2019t Wanna Live Forever,\u201d With Zayn Malik (2016)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nNeither she nor Zayn sound deeply interested in this dueling-falsettos battle from the Fifty Shades Darker <\/i>soundtrack. Maybe it works in the movie, but who wants to go find out? Really, they sound like two ghosts standing in the place of\u2026sorry, sore subject, let\u2019s drop it.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ve been looking sad in all the nicest places.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cMary\u2019s Song (Oh My My)\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA through-the-years romance, with a sweet homespun touch.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ll be 87, you\u2019ll be 89\/I\u2019ll still look at you like the stars that shine in the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHighway Don\u2019t Care,\u201d With Tim McGraw and Keith Urban (2013)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Christopher Polk\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA duet from McGraw\u2019s album Two Lanes of Freedom<\/i>, with a guitar solo from Keith Urban. The plot: His ex is driving away, listening to a Taylor song on the radio, as Tay tries to coax the woman into turning the car around and going home. Perhaps McGraw\u2019s finest duet since his great lost Nelly jam, \u201cOver and Over<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cI bet you\u2019re bending God\u2019s ear talking \u2019bout me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cChange\u201d (2008)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nOh, the fall of 2008 \u2013 Chuck and Blair were still an item, Suede was killing it on Project Runway<\/i>, and \u201cChange\u201d was a de facto victory song for Obama, complete with a thumbs-up for the \u201crevolution.\u201d Yeah, those were different times.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cThese walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cNashville\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA cover of an obscurity by country singer David Mead, tucked away as a bonus on the Target edition of the Speak Now Tour Live<\/i> DVD.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWas that a blood or wine stain on your wedding dress?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSweet Escape\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nFrom the same live DVD, a remake of the Gwen Stefani solo hit. Taylor\u2019s vocal sure fits the Gwen just-a-girl sensibility.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI must apologize for acting stank.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Want You Back\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Alex Berliner\/BEI\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA live acoustic tribute to the then-recently departed Michael Jackson, with a bit of Motown tremble in her voice.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cOh darling, I was blind to let you go.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cOnly the Young\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
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A hymn about how Jesus is the reason for the season, with the hook, \u201cSo here\u2019s to the birthday boy who saved our lives.\u201d Unlike most boys Swift sings about, Jesus didn\u2019t comment publicly.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhat would happen if God never let it snow?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
\u201cI\u2019m Only Me When I\u2019m With You\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nCould there be a less Swiftian sentiment? For better or worse, this girl is always<\/i> herself. That\u2019s kinda the point.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019m only up when you\u2019re not down\/Don\u2019t wanna fly if you\u2019re still on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cTwo Is Better Than One,\u201d With Boys Like Girls (2009)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Bryan Bedder\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA long, long, very long duet with former Good Charlotte and Fall Out Boy tourmates Boys Like Girls, who are either from London or Nashville (they seem to switch accents at random). For some reason, they decided to delay her entrance until a minute into the song, arguably the worst decision in the history of decisions.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cYou already got me coming\u2026undone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSilent Night\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThis bizarre version manages to miss almost every single note in the melody. They sure were in a rush to get this Christmas album out.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cShepherds quake at the sight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cMacavity\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Universal Pictures\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThis one will be tough to explain to future generations, but here goes: So they made this Hollywood movie out of the Broadway musical Cats<\/em>. Full of magic, furry, singing cats. So much fur. So much magic. Taylor plus felines \u2014 it should add up to classic cinema, right? Not quite.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cMacavity\u2019s a mystery cat \/ He\u2019s called the Hidden Paw.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cBoth of Us,\u201d With B.o.B (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nNice try at remaking \u201cAirplanes,\u201d but that Hayley Williams lightning does not strike twice.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cYour money\u2019s all gone, and you lose your whip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cThe Last Time,\u201d With Gary Lightbody (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Jonathan Hordle\/Thames\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nHer duet with the guy from Snow Patrol. Unfortunately, their voices don\u2019t mesh at all \u2013 what, is he auditioning for a Spandau Ballet tribute band? The funny moment is the tr\u00e8s<\/i> Eighties synth-horn blurp at the three-minute mark.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cThis is the last time I\u2019m asking you this\/Put my name at the top of your list.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cME!\u201d With Brendon Urie (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nOne of those beloved Taylor traditions: the Lead Single That Reveals Absolutely Nothing About the New Album. And for the second time in a row, it\u2019s the weakest track by a mile. Honestly, Taylor would have released \u201cMaxwell\u2019s Silver Hammer\u201d as the first single from Abbey<\/em> damn Road<\/em>. \u201cME!\u201d is her only song title with an exclamation point, an oddity for this most !!! of singers. Even Brendon Urie sounds squeamish, and he\u2019s the guy who once released a song called \u201cFolkin\u2019 Around.\u201d As we now know, she had \u201cCruel Summer\u201d in the can, but opted not to make it the summer jam of 2019 because she decided to release \u201cME!\u201d instead, a decision that will be studied by Swiftian scholars for years to come.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cHey kids, spelling is fun!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cThe Outside\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kevin Winter\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nStill a rookie, still learning, still trying to get away with \u201cread between the lines\u201d and \u201cthe road less traveled by\u201d in the same verse.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cNothing seems to work the first few times\/Am I right?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u2018ThanK You AImee\u2019 (2024)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kevin Mazur\/WireImage\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tThis track is 4 minutes and 24 seconds long, and involves 5 different cello players. The letters \u201cK,\u201d \u201cI,\u201d and \u201cM\u201d are capitalized in the title, a reminder that there\u2019s an excellent new Kim Gordon album. Sisyphus must appreciate the shout-out, but he\u2019d probably rather roll a boulder uphill for all eternity than hear another song about this feud.<\/p>\n
\n\tBest line: \u201cThe blood was gushin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHold On,\u201d With Jack Ingram (2008)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Rick Diamond\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nAn early country throwaway, released a decade later on Ingram\u2019s From the Vault: Live 2007-2009<\/em><\/a>. A teenage Swift chirps back-up harmony, doing the part originally sung by Sheryl Crow.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cSign our names in the dust on your family car.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cBeautiful Ghosts\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Universal Pictures\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nShe wrote this with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Cats<\/em> soundtrack<\/a> \u2014 as she said, \u201cIf you can\u2019t get T.S. Eliot, get T.S.\u201d<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cI watch from the dark, wait for my life to start \/ With no beauty in my memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cGirl at Home\u201d (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA perfunctory cheating-is-bad homily, with barely any chorus.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI feel a responsibility\/To do what\u2019s upstanding and right.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHalf of My Heart,\u201d With John Mayer (2009)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Amanda Schwab\/Starpix\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThe real prize from his Battle Studies<\/i> album is \u201cHeartbreak Warfare\u201d; this is lesser J.M., with an underexploited T.S. cameo and an increasingly irritating premise of hearts having fingers, which they don\u2019t. No wonder the girl in the dress cried the whole way home.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cHalf of my heart\u2019s got a grip on the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSweeter Than Fiction\u201d (2013)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Mike Strasinger\/Admedia\/Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA warm-up for the synth-pop of 1989<\/i>, from the One Chance<\/i> soundtrack.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhat a sight when the light came on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSuperman\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Matt Sayles\/AP\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA Lois Lane fantasy left off Speak Now, but it gets a real upgrade with her Taylor\u2019s Version <\/em>vocal muscle.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cTall, dark and beautiful\/He\u2019s complicated, he\u2019s irrational.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cCold as You\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Ethan Miller\/ACMA\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI start a fight \u2019cause I need to feel something\u201d \u2013 give her credit for honesty, even in this raw phase.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cEvery smile you fake is so condescending.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cIf This Was a Movie\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cGood evening, sir. May I help you? You\u2019re a guy in a Taylor Swift song who wants to stand outside the window in the pouring rain, begging the love of your life to forgive your sorry ass? Take a number and get in line. No, that <\/i>line.\u201d<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cBut I take it all back now!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cA Perfectly Good Heart\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Ethan Miller\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s not unbroken anymore\u201d? Paging the eminent cardiologist Dr. Toni Braxton.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhy would you wanna make the very first scar?\/Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cWhite Christmas\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: George Napolitano\/FilmMagic\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nUnlike \u201cSilent Night,\u201d this was a yuletide carol she could handle, with a straight-down-the-middle country rendition.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhere the treetops glisten.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Don\u2019t Wanna Live Forever,\u201d With Zayn Malik (2016)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nNeither she nor Zayn sound deeply interested in this dueling-falsettos battle from the Fifty Shades Darker <\/i>soundtrack. Maybe it works in the movie, but who wants to go find out? Really, they sound like two ghosts standing in the place of\u2026sorry, sore subject, let\u2019s drop it.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ve been looking sad in all the nicest places.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cMary\u2019s Song (Oh My My)\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA through-the-years romance, with a sweet homespun touch.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ll be 87, you\u2019ll be 89\/I\u2019ll still look at you like the stars that shine in the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHighway Don\u2019t Care,\u201d With Tim McGraw and Keith Urban (2013)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Christopher Polk\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA duet from McGraw\u2019s album Two Lanes of Freedom<\/i>, with a guitar solo from Keith Urban. The plot: His ex is driving away, listening to a Taylor song on the radio, as Tay tries to coax the woman into turning the car around and going home. Perhaps McGraw\u2019s finest duet since his great lost Nelly jam, \u201cOver and Over<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cI bet you\u2019re bending God\u2019s ear talking \u2019bout me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cChange\u201d (2008)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nOh, the fall of 2008 \u2013 Chuck and Blair were still an item, Suede was killing it on Project Runway<\/i>, and \u201cChange\u201d was a de facto victory song for Obama, complete with a thumbs-up for the \u201crevolution.\u201d Yeah, those were different times.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cThese walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cNashville\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA cover of an obscurity by country singer David Mead, tucked away as a bonus on the Target edition of the Speak Now Tour Live<\/i> DVD.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWas that a blood or wine stain on your wedding dress?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSweet Escape\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nFrom the same live DVD, a remake of the Gwen Stefani solo hit. Taylor\u2019s vocal sure fits the Gwen just-a-girl sensibility.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI must apologize for acting stank.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Want You Back\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Alex Berliner\/BEI\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA live acoustic tribute to the then-recently departed Michael Jackson, with a bit of Motown tremble in her voice.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cOh darling, I was blind to let you go.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cOnly the Young\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
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Could there be a less Swiftian sentiment? For better or worse, this girl is always<\/i> herself. That\u2019s kinda the point.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019m only up when you\u2019re not down\/Don\u2019t wanna fly if you\u2019re still on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
\u201cTwo Is Better Than One,\u201d With Boys Like Girls (2009)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Bryan Bedder\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA long, long, very long duet with former Good Charlotte and Fall Out Boy tourmates Boys Like Girls, who are either from London or Nashville (they seem to switch accents at random). For some reason, they decided to delay her entrance until a minute into the song, arguably the worst decision in the history of decisions.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cYou already got me coming\u2026undone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSilent Night\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThis bizarre version manages to miss almost every single note in the melody. They sure were in a rush to get this Christmas album out.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cShepherds quake at the sight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cMacavity\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Universal Pictures\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThis one will be tough to explain to future generations, but here goes: So they made this Hollywood movie out of the Broadway musical Cats<\/em>. Full of magic, furry, singing cats. So much fur. So much magic. Taylor plus felines \u2014 it should add up to classic cinema, right? Not quite.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cMacavity\u2019s a mystery cat \/ He\u2019s called the Hidden Paw.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cBoth of Us,\u201d With B.o.B (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nNice try at remaking \u201cAirplanes,\u201d but that Hayley Williams lightning does not strike twice.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cYour money\u2019s all gone, and you lose your whip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cThe Last Time,\u201d With Gary Lightbody (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Jonathan Hordle\/Thames\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nHer duet with the guy from Snow Patrol. Unfortunately, their voices don\u2019t mesh at all \u2013 what, is he auditioning for a Spandau Ballet tribute band? The funny moment is the tr\u00e8s<\/i> Eighties synth-horn blurp at the three-minute mark.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cThis is the last time I\u2019m asking you this\/Put my name at the top of your list.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cME!\u201d With Brendon Urie (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nOne of those beloved Taylor traditions: the Lead Single That Reveals Absolutely Nothing About the New Album. And for the second time in a row, it\u2019s the weakest track by a mile. Honestly, Taylor would have released \u201cMaxwell\u2019s Silver Hammer\u201d as the first single from Abbey<\/em> damn Road<\/em>. \u201cME!\u201d is her only song title with an exclamation point, an oddity for this most !!! of singers. Even Brendon Urie sounds squeamish, and he\u2019s the guy who once released a song called \u201cFolkin\u2019 Around.\u201d As we now know, she had \u201cCruel Summer\u201d in the can, but opted not to make it the summer jam of 2019 because she decided to release \u201cME!\u201d instead, a decision that will be studied by Swiftian scholars for years to come.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cHey kids, spelling is fun!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cThe Outside\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kevin Winter\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nStill a rookie, still learning, still trying to get away with \u201cread between the lines\u201d and \u201cthe road less traveled by\u201d in the same verse.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cNothing seems to work the first few times\/Am I right?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u2018ThanK You AImee\u2019 (2024)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kevin Mazur\/WireImage\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tThis track is 4 minutes and 24 seconds long, and involves 5 different cello players. The letters \u201cK,\u201d \u201cI,\u201d and \u201cM\u201d are capitalized in the title, a reminder that there\u2019s an excellent new Kim Gordon album. Sisyphus must appreciate the shout-out, but he\u2019d probably rather roll a boulder uphill for all eternity than hear another song about this feud.<\/p>\n
\n\tBest line: \u201cThe blood was gushin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHold On,\u201d With Jack Ingram (2008)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Rick Diamond\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nAn early country throwaway, released a decade later on Ingram\u2019s From the Vault: Live 2007-2009<\/em><\/a>. A teenage Swift chirps back-up harmony, doing the part originally sung by Sheryl Crow.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cSign our names in the dust on your family car.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cBeautiful Ghosts\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Universal Pictures\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nShe wrote this with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Cats<\/em> soundtrack<\/a> \u2014 as she said, \u201cIf you can\u2019t get T.S. Eliot, get T.S.\u201d<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cI watch from the dark, wait for my life to start \/ With no beauty in my memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cGirl at Home\u201d (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA perfunctory cheating-is-bad homily, with barely any chorus.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI feel a responsibility\/To do what\u2019s upstanding and right.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHalf of My Heart,\u201d With John Mayer (2009)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Amanda Schwab\/Starpix\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThe real prize from his Battle Studies<\/i> album is \u201cHeartbreak Warfare\u201d; this is lesser J.M., with an underexploited T.S. cameo and an increasingly irritating premise of hearts having fingers, which they don\u2019t. No wonder the girl in the dress cried the whole way home.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cHalf of my heart\u2019s got a grip on the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSweeter Than Fiction\u201d (2013)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Mike Strasinger\/Admedia\/Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA warm-up for the synth-pop of 1989<\/i>, from the One Chance<\/i> soundtrack.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhat a sight when the light came on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSuperman\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Matt Sayles\/AP\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA Lois Lane fantasy left off Speak Now, but it gets a real upgrade with her Taylor\u2019s Version <\/em>vocal muscle.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cTall, dark and beautiful\/He\u2019s complicated, he\u2019s irrational.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cCold as You\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Ethan Miller\/ACMA\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI start a fight \u2019cause I need to feel something\u201d \u2013 give her credit for honesty, even in this raw phase.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cEvery smile you fake is so condescending.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cIf This Was a Movie\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cGood evening, sir. May I help you? You\u2019re a guy in a Taylor Swift song who wants to stand outside the window in the pouring rain, begging the love of your life to forgive your sorry ass? Take a number and get in line. No, that <\/i>line.\u201d<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cBut I take it all back now!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cA Perfectly Good Heart\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Ethan Miller\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s not unbroken anymore\u201d? Paging the eminent cardiologist Dr. Toni Braxton.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhy would you wanna make the very first scar?\/Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cWhite Christmas\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: George Napolitano\/FilmMagic\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nUnlike \u201cSilent Night,\u201d this was a yuletide carol she could handle, with a straight-down-the-middle country rendition.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhere the treetops glisten.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Don\u2019t Wanna Live Forever,\u201d With Zayn Malik (2016)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nNeither she nor Zayn sound deeply interested in this dueling-falsettos battle from the Fifty Shades Darker <\/i>soundtrack. Maybe it works in the movie, but who wants to go find out? Really, they sound like two ghosts standing in the place of\u2026sorry, sore subject, let\u2019s drop it.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ve been looking sad in all the nicest places.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cMary\u2019s Song (Oh My My)\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA through-the-years romance, with a sweet homespun touch.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ll be 87, you\u2019ll be 89\/I\u2019ll still look at you like the stars that shine in the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHighway Don\u2019t Care,\u201d With Tim McGraw and Keith Urban (2013)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Christopher Polk\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA duet from McGraw\u2019s album Two Lanes of Freedom<\/i>, with a guitar solo from Keith Urban. The plot: His ex is driving away, listening to a Taylor song on the radio, as Tay tries to coax the woman into turning the car around and going home. Perhaps McGraw\u2019s finest duet since his great lost Nelly jam, \u201cOver and Over<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cI bet you\u2019re bending God\u2019s ear talking \u2019bout me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cChange\u201d (2008)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nOh, the fall of 2008 \u2013 Chuck and Blair were still an item, Suede was killing it on Project Runway<\/i>, and \u201cChange\u201d was a de facto victory song for Obama, complete with a thumbs-up for the \u201crevolution.\u201d Yeah, those were different times.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cThese walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cNashville\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA cover of an obscurity by country singer David Mead, tucked away as a bonus on the Target edition of the Speak Now Tour Live<\/i> DVD.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWas that a blood or wine stain on your wedding dress?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSweet Escape\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nFrom the same live DVD, a remake of the Gwen Stefani solo hit. Taylor\u2019s vocal sure fits the Gwen just-a-girl sensibility.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI must apologize for acting stank.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Want You Back\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Alex Berliner\/BEI\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA live acoustic tribute to the then-recently departed Michael Jackson, with a bit of Motown tremble in her voice.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cOh darling, I was blind to let you go.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cOnly the Young\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
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A long, long, very long duet with former Good Charlotte and Fall Out Boy tourmates Boys Like Girls, who are either from London or Nashville (they seem to switch accents at random). For some reason, they decided to delay her entrance until a minute into the song, arguably the worst decision in the history of decisions.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cYou already got me coming\u2026undone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
\u201cSilent Night\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThis bizarre version manages to miss almost every single note in the melody. They sure were in a rush to get this Christmas album out.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cShepherds quake at the sight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cMacavity\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Universal Pictures\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThis one will be tough to explain to future generations, but here goes: So they made this Hollywood movie out of the Broadway musical Cats<\/em>. Full of magic, furry, singing cats. So much fur. So much magic. Taylor plus felines \u2014 it should add up to classic cinema, right? Not quite.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cMacavity\u2019s a mystery cat \/ He\u2019s called the Hidden Paw.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cBoth of Us,\u201d With B.o.B (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nNice try at remaking \u201cAirplanes,\u201d but that Hayley Williams lightning does not strike twice.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cYour money\u2019s all gone, and you lose your whip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cThe Last Time,\u201d With Gary Lightbody (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Jonathan Hordle\/Thames\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nHer duet with the guy from Snow Patrol. Unfortunately, their voices don\u2019t mesh at all \u2013 what, is he auditioning for a Spandau Ballet tribute band? The funny moment is the tr\u00e8s<\/i> Eighties synth-horn blurp at the three-minute mark.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cThis is the last time I\u2019m asking you this\/Put my name at the top of your list.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cME!\u201d With Brendon Urie (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nOne of those beloved Taylor traditions: the Lead Single That Reveals Absolutely Nothing About the New Album. And for the second time in a row, it\u2019s the weakest track by a mile. Honestly, Taylor would have released \u201cMaxwell\u2019s Silver Hammer\u201d as the first single from Abbey<\/em> damn Road<\/em>. \u201cME!\u201d is her only song title with an exclamation point, an oddity for this most !!! of singers. Even Brendon Urie sounds squeamish, and he\u2019s the guy who once released a song called \u201cFolkin\u2019 Around.\u201d As we now know, she had \u201cCruel Summer\u201d in the can, but opted not to make it the summer jam of 2019 because she decided to release \u201cME!\u201d instead, a decision that will be studied by Swiftian scholars for years to come.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cHey kids, spelling is fun!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cThe Outside\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kevin Winter\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nStill a rookie, still learning, still trying to get away with \u201cread between the lines\u201d and \u201cthe road less traveled by\u201d in the same verse.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cNothing seems to work the first few times\/Am I right?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u2018ThanK You AImee\u2019 (2024)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kevin Mazur\/WireImage\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tThis track is 4 minutes and 24 seconds long, and involves 5 different cello players. The letters \u201cK,\u201d \u201cI,\u201d and \u201cM\u201d are capitalized in the title, a reminder that there\u2019s an excellent new Kim Gordon album. Sisyphus must appreciate the shout-out, but he\u2019d probably rather roll a boulder uphill for all eternity than hear another song about this feud.<\/p>\n
\n\tBest line: \u201cThe blood was gushin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHold On,\u201d With Jack Ingram (2008)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Rick Diamond\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nAn early country throwaway, released a decade later on Ingram\u2019s From the Vault: Live 2007-2009<\/em><\/a>. A teenage Swift chirps back-up harmony, doing the part originally sung by Sheryl Crow.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cSign our names in the dust on your family car.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cBeautiful Ghosts\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Universal Pictures\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nShe wrote this with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Cats<\/em> soundtrack<\/a> \u2014 as she said, \u201cIf you can\u2019t get T.S. Eliot, get T.S.\u201d<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cI watch from the dark, wait for my life to start \/ With no beauty in my memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cGirl at Home\u201d (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA perfunctory cheating-is-bad homily, with barely any chorus.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI feel a responsibility\/To do what\u2019s upstanding and right.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHalf of My Heart,\u201d With John Mayer (2009)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Amanda Schwab\/Starpix\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThe real prize from his Battle Studies<\/i> album is \u201cHeartbreak Warfare\u201d; this is lesser J.M., with an underexploited T.S. cameo and an increasingly irritating premise of hearts having fingers, which they don\u2019t. No wonder the girl in the dress cried the whole way home.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cHalf of my heart\u2019s got a grip on the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSweeter Than Fiction\u201d (2013)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Mike Strasinger\/Admedia\/Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA warm-up for the synth-pop of 1989<\/i>, from the One Chance<\/i> soundtrack.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhat a sight when the light came on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSuperman\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Matt Sayles\/AP\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA Lois Lane fantasy left off Speak Now, but it gets a real upgrade with her Taylor\u2019s Version <\/em>vocal muscle.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cTall, dark and beautiful\/He\u2019s complicated, he\u2019s irrational.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cCold as You\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Ethan Miller\/ACMA\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI start a fight \u2019cause I need to feel something\u201d \u2013 give her credit for honesty, even in this raw phase.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cEvery smile you fake is so condescending.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cIf This Was a Movie\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cGood evening, sir. May I help you? You\u2019re a guy in a Taylor Swift song who wants to stand outside the window in the pouring rain, begging the love of your life to forgive your sorry ass? Take a number and get in line. No, that <\/i>line.\u201d<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cBut I take it all back now!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cA Perfectly Good Heart\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Ethan Miller\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s not unbroken anymore\u201d? Paging the eminent cardiologist Dr. Toni Braxton.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhy would you wanna make the very first scar?\/Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cWhite Christmas\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: George Napolitano\/FilmMagic\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nUnlike \u201cSilent Night,\u201d this was a yuletide carol she could handle, with a straight-down-the-middle country rendition.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhere the treetops glisten.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Don\u2019t Wanna Live Forever,\u201d With Zayn Malik (2016)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nNeither she nor Zayn sound deeply interested in this dueling-falsettos battle from the Fifty Shades Darker <\/i>soundtrack. Maybe it works in the movie, but who wants to go find out? Really, they sound like two ghosts standing in the place of\u2026sorry, sore subject, let\u2019s drop it.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ve been looking sad in all the nicest places.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cMary\u2019s Song (Oh My My)\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA through-the-years romance, with a sweet homespun touch.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ll be 87, you\u2019ll be 89\/I\u2019ll still look at you like the stars that shine in the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHighway Don\u2019t Care,\u201d With Tim McGraw and Keith Urban (2013)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Christopher Polk\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA duet from McGraw\u2019s album Two Lanes of Freedom<\/i>, with a guitar solo from Keith Urban. The plot: His ex is driving away, listening to a Taylor song on the radio, as Tay tries to coax the woman into turning the car around and going home. Perhaps McGraw\u2019s finest duet since his great lost Nelly jam, \u201cOver and Over<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cI bet you\u2019re bending God\u2019s ear talking \u2019bout me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cChange\u201d (2008)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nOh, the fall of 2008 \u2013 Chuck and Blair were still an item, Suede was killing it on Project Runway<\/i>, and \u201cChange\u201d was a de facto victory song for Obama, complete with a thumbs-up for the \u201crevolution.\u201d Yeah, those were different times.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cThese walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cNashville\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA cover of an obscurity by country singer David Mead, tucked away as a bonus on the Target edition of the Speak Now Tour Live<\/i> DVD.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWas that a blood or wine stain on your wedding dress?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSweet Escape\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nFrom the same live DVD, a remake of the Gwen Stefani solo hit. Taylor\u2019s vocal sure fits the Gwen just-a-girl sensibility.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI must apologize for acting stank.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Want You Back\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Alex Berliner\/BEI\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA live acoustic tribute to the then-recently departed Michael Jackson, with a bit of Motown tremble in her voice.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cOh darling, I was blind to let you go.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cOnly the Young\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
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This bizarre version manages to miss almost every single note in the melody. They sure were in a rush to get this Christmas album out.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cShepherds quake at the sight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
\u201cMacavity\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Universal Pictures\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThis one will be tough to explain to future generations, but here goes: So they made this Hollywood movie out of the Broadway musical Cats<\/em>. Full of magic, furry, singing cats. So much fur. So much magic. Taylor plus felines \u2014 it should add up to classic cinema, right? Not quite.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cMacavity\u2019s a mystery cat \/ He\u2019s called the Hidden Paw.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cBoth of Us,\u201d With B.o.B (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nNice try at remaking \u201cAirplanes,\u201d but that Hayley Williams lightning does not strike twice.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cYour money\u2019s all gone, and you lose your whip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cThe Last Time,\u201d With Gary Lightbody (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Jonathan Hordle\/Thames\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nHer duet with the guy from Snow Patrol. Unfortunately, their voices don\u2019t mesh at all \u2013 what, is he auditioning for a Spandau Ballet tribute band? The funny moment is the tr\u00e8s<\/i> Eighties synth-horn blurp at the three-minute mark.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cThis is the last time I\u2019m asking you this\/Put my name at the top of your list.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cME!\u201d With Brendon Urie (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nOne of those beloved Taylor traditions: the Lead Single That Reveals Absolutely Nothing About the New Album. And for the second time in a row, it\u2019s the weakest track by a mile. Honestly, Taylor would have released \u201cMaxwell\u2019s Silver Hammer\u201d as the first single from Abbey<\/em> damn Road<\/em>. \u201cME!\u201d is her only song title with an exclamation point, an oddity for this most !!! of singers. Even Brendon Urie sounds squeamish, and he\u2019s the guy who once released a song called \u201cFolkin\u2019 Around.\u201d As we now know, she had \u201cCruel Summer\u201d in the can, but opted not to make it the summer jam of 2019 because she decided to release \u201cME!\u201d instead, a decision that will be studied by Swiftian scholars for years to come.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cHey kids, spelling is fun!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cThe Outside\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kevin Winter\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nStill a rookie, still learning, still trying to get away with \u201cread between the lines\u201d and \u201cthe road less traveled by\u201d in the same verse.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cNothing seems to work the first few times\/Am I right?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u2018ThanK You AImee\u2019 (2024)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Kevin Mazur\/WireImage\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tThis track is 4 minutes and 24 seconds long, and involves 5 different cello players. The letters \u201cK,\u201d \u201cI,\u201d and \u201cM\u201d are capitalized in the title, a reminder that there\u2019s an excellent new Kim Gordon album. Sisyphus must appreciate the shout-out, but he\u2019d probably rather roll a boulder uphill for all eternity than hear another song about this feud.<\/p>\n
\n\tBest line: \u201cThe blood was gushin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHold On,\u201d With Jack Ingram (2008)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Rick Diamond\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nAn early country throwaway, released a decade later on Ingram\u2019s From the Vault: Live 2007-2009<\/em><\/a>. A teenage Swift chirps back-up harmony, doing the part originally sung by Sheryl Crow.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cSign our names in the dust on your family car.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cBeautiful Ghosts\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Universal Pictures\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nShe wrote this with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Cats<\/em> soundtrack<\/a> \u2014 as she said, \u201cIf you can\u2019t get T.S. Eliot, get T.S.\u201d<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cI watch from the dark, wait for my life to start \/ With no beauty in my memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cGirl at Home\u201d (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA perfunctory cheating-is-bad homily, with barely any chorus.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI feel a responsibility\/To do what\u2019s upstanding and right.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHalf of My Heart,\u201d With John Mayer (2009)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Amanda Schwab\/Starpix\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nThe real prize from his Battle Studies<\/i> album is \u201cHeartbreak Warfare\u201d; this is lesser J.M., with an underexploited T.S. cameo and an increasingly irritating premise of hearts having fingers, which they don\u2019t. No wonder the girl in the dress cried the whole way home.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cHalf of my heart\u2019s got a grip on the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSweeter Than Fiction\u201d (2013)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Mike Strasinger\/Admedia\/Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA warm-up for the synth-pop of 1989<\/i>, from the One Chance<\/i> soundtrack.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhat a sight when the light came on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSuperman\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Matt Sayles\/AP\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA Lois Lane fantasy left off Speak Now, but it gets a real upgrade with her Taylor\u2019s Version <\/em>vocal muscle.<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cTall, dark and beautiful\/He\u2019s complicated, he\u2019s irrational.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cCold as You\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Ethan Miller\/ACMA\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI start a fight \u2019cause I need to feel something\u201d \u2013 give her credit for honesty, even in this raw phase.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cEvery smile you fake is so condescending.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cIf This Was a Movie\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Sipa\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cGood evening, sir. May I help you? You\u2019re a guy in a Taylor Swift song who wants to stand outside the window in the pouring rain, begging the love of your life to forgive your sorry ass? Take a number and get in line. No, that <\/i>line.\u201d<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cBut I take it all back now!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cA Perfectly Good Heart\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Ethan Miller\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s not unbroken anymore\u201d? Paging the eminent cardiologist Dr. Toni Braxton.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhy would you wanna make the very first scar?\/Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cWhite Christmas\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: George Napolitano\/FilmMagic\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nUnlike \u201cSilent Night,\u201d this was a yuletide carol she could handle, with a straight-down-the-middle country rendition.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWhere the treetops glisten.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Don\u2019t Wanna Live Forever,\u201d With Zayn Malik (2016)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nNeither she nor Zayn sound deeply interested in this dueling-falsettos battle from the Fifty Shades Darker <\/i>soundtrack. Maybe it works in the movie, but who wants to go find out? Really, they sound like two ghosts standing in the place of\u2026sorry, sore subject, let\u2019s drop it.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ve been looking sad in all the nicest places.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cMary\u2019s Song (Oh My My)\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA through-the-years romance, with a sweet homespun touch.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI\u2019ll be 87, you\u2019ll be 89\/I\u2019ll still look at you like the stars that shine in the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cHighway Don\u2019t Care,\u201d With Tim McGraw and Keith Urban (2013)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Christopher Polk\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA duet from McGraw\u2019s album Two Lanes of Freedom<\/i>, with a guitar solo from Keith Urban. The plot: His ex is driving away, listening to a Taylor song on the radio, as Tay tries to coax the woman into turning the car around and going home. Perhaps McGraw\u2019s finest duet since his great lost Nelly jam, \u201cOver and Over<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\nBest line: \u201cI bet you\u2019re bending God\u2019s ear talking \u2019bout me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cChange\u201d (2008)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nOh, the fall of 2008 \u2013 Chuck and Blair were still an item, Suede was killing it on Project Runway<\/i>, and \u201cChange\u201d was a de facto victory song for Obama, complete with a thumbs-up for the \u201crevolution.\u201d Yeah, those were different times.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cThese walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cNashville\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA cover of an obscurity by country singer David Mead, tucked away as a bonus on the Target edition of the Speak Now Tour Live<\/i> DVD.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cWas that a blood or wine stain on your wedding dress?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cSweet Escape\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nFrom the same live DVD, a remake of the Gwen Stefani solo hit. Taylor\u2019s vocal sure fits the Gwen just-a-girl sensibility.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cI must apologize for acting stank.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Want You Back\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Alex Berliner\/BEI\/Shutterstock\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\nA live acoustic tribute to the then-recently departed Michael Jackson, with a bit of Motown tremble in her voice.<\/p>\n
Best line: \u201cOh darling, I was blind to let you go.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cOnly the Young\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
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This one will be tough to explain to future generations, but here goes: So they made this Hollywood movie out of the Broadway musical Cats<\/em>. Full of magic, furry, singing cats. So much fur. So much magic. Taylor plus felines \u2014 it should add up to classic cinema, right? Not quite.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cMacavity\u2019s a mystery cat \/ He\u2019s called the Hidden Paw.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n Nice try at remaking \u201cAirplanes,\u201d but that Hayley Williams lightning does not strike twice.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cYour money\u2019s all gone, and you lose your whip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n Her duet with the guy from Snow Patrol. Unfortunately, their voices don\u2019t mesh at all \u2013 what, is he auditioning for a Spandau Ballet tribute band? The funny moment is the tr\u00e8s<\/i> Eighties synth-horn blurp at the three-minute mark.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cThis is the last time I\u2019m asking you this\/Put my name at the top of your list.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n One of those beloved Taylor traditions: the Lead Single That Reveals Absolutely Nothing About the New Album. And for the second time in a row, it\u2019s the weakest track by a mile. Honestly, Taylor would have released \u201cMaxwell\u2019s Silver Hammer\u201d as the first single from Abbey<\/em> damn Road<\/em>. \u201cME!\u201d is her only song title with an exclamation point, an oddity for this most !!! of singers. Even Brendon Urie sounds squeamish, and he\u2019s the guy who once released a song called \u201cFolkin\u2019 Around.\u201d As we now know, she had \u201cCruel Summer\u201d in the can, but opted not to make it the summer jam of 2019 because she decided to release \u201cME!\u201d instead, a decision that will be studied by Swiftian scholars for years to come.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cHey kids, spelling is fun!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n Still a rookie, still learning, still trying to get away with \u201cread between the lines\u201d and \u201cthe road less traveled by\u201d in the same verse.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cNothing seems to work the first few times\/Am I right?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tThis track is 4 minutes and 24 seconds long, and involves 5 different cello players. The letters \u201cK,\u201d \u201cI,\u201d and \u201cM\u201d are capitalized in the title, a reminder that there\u2019s an excellent new Kim Gordon album. Sisyphus must appreciate the shout-out, but he\u2019d probably rather roll a boulder uphill for all eternity than hear another song about this feud.<\/p>\n \n\tBest line: \u201cThe blood was gushin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n An early country throwaway, released a decade later on Ingram\u2019s From the Vault: Live 2007-2009<\/em><\/a>. A teenage Swift chirps back-up harmony, doing the part originally sung by Sheryl Crow.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cSign our names in the dust on your family car.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n She wrote this with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Cats<\/em> soundtrack<\/a> \u2014 as she said, \u201cIf you can\u2019t get T.S. Eliot, get T.S.\u201d<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cI watch from the dark, wait for my life to start \/ With no beauty in my memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n A perfunctory cheating-is-bad homily, with barely any chorus.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cI feel a responsibility\/To do what\u2019s upstanding and right.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n The real prize from his Battle Studies<\/i> album is \u201cHeartbreak Warfare\u201d; this is lesser J.M., with an underexploited T.S. cameo and an increasingly irritating premise of hearts having fingers, which they don\u2019t. No wonder the girl in the dress cried the whole way home.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cHalf of my heart\u2019s got a grip on the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n A warm-up for the synth-pop of 1989<\/i>, from the One Chance<\/i> soundtrack.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cWhat a sight when the light came on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n A Lois Lane fantasy left off Speak Now, but it gets a real upgrade with her Taylor\u2019s Version <\/em>vocal muscle.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cTall, dark and beautiful\/He\u2019s complicated, he\u2019s irrational.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \u201cI start a fight \u2019cause I need to feel something\u201d \u2013 give her credit for honesty, even in this raw phase.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cEvery smile you fake is so condescending.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \u201cGood evening, sir. May I help you? You\u2019re a guy in a Taylor Swift song who wants to stand outside the window in the pouring rain, begging the love of your life to forgive your sorry ass? Take a number and get in line. No, that <\/i>line.\u201d<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cBut I take it all back now!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not unbroken anymore\u201d? Paging the eminent cardiologist Dr. Toni Braxton.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cWhy would you wanna make the very first scar?\/Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n Unlike \u201cSilent Night,\u201d this was a yuletide carol she could handle, with a straight-down-the-middle country rendition.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cWhere the treetops glisten.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n Neither she nor Zayn sound deeply interested in this dueling-falsettos battle from the Fifty Shades Darker <\/i>soundtrack. Maybe it works in the movie, but who wants to go find out? Really, they sound like two ghosts standing in the place of\u2026sorry, sore subject, let\u2019s drop it.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cI\u2019ve been looking sad in all the nicest places.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n A through-the-years romance, with a sweet homespun touch.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cI\u2019ll be 87, you\u2019ll be 89\/I\u2019ll still look at you like the stars that shine in the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n A duet from McGraw\u2019s album Two Lanes of Freedom<\/i>, with a guitar solo from Keith Urban. The plot: His ex is driving away, listening to a Taylor song on the radio, as Tay tries to coax the woman into turning the car around and going home. Perhaps McGraw\u2019s finest duet since his great lost Nelly jam, \u201cOver and Over<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cI bet you\u2019re bending God\u2019s ear talking \u2019bout me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n Oh, the fall of 2008 \u2013 Chuck and Blair were still an item, Suede was killing it on Project Runway<\/i>, and \u201cChange\u201d was a de facto victory song for Obama, complete with a thumbs-up for the \u201crevolution.\u201d Yeah, those were different times.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cThese walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n A cover of an obscurity by country singer David Mead, tucked away as a bonus on the Target edition of the Speak Now Tour Live<\/i> DVD.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cWas that a blood or wine stain on your wedding dress?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n From the same live DVD, a remake of the Gwen Stefani solo hit. Taylor\u2019s vocal sure fits the Gwen just-a-girl sensibility.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cI must apologize for acting stank.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n A live acoustic tribute to the then-recently departed Michael Jackson, with a bit of Motown tremble in her voice.<\/p>\n Best line: \u201cOh darling, I was blind to let you go.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n\u201cBoth of Us,\u201d With B.o.B (2012)<\/h2>\n
\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\u201cThe Last Time,\u201d With Gary Lightbody (2012)<\/h2>\n
\u201cME!\u201d With Brendon Urie (2019)<\/h2>\n
\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\u201cThe Outside\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n
\u2018ThanK You AImee\u2019 (2024)<\/h2>\n
\u201cHold On,\u201d With Jack Ingram (2008)<\/h2>\n
\u201cBeautiful Ghosts\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n
\u201cGirl at Home\u201d (2012)<\/h2>\n
\u201cHalf of My Heart,\u201d With John Mayer (2009)<\/h2>\n
\u201cSweeter Than Fiction\u201d (2013)<\/h2>\n
\u201cSuperman\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n
\u201cCold as You\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n
\u201cIf This Was a Movie\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n
\u201cA Perfectly Good Heart\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n
\u201cWhite Christmas\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n
\u201cI Don\u2019t Wanna Live Forever,\u201d With Zayn Malik (2016)<\/h2>\n
\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\u201cMary\u2019s Song (Oh My My)\u201d (2006)<\/h2>\n
\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\u201cHighway Don\u2019t Care,\u201d With Tim McGraw and Keith Urban (2013)<\/h2>\n
\u201cChange\u201d (2008)<\/h2>\n
\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\u201cNashville\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n
\u201cSweet Escape\u201d (2011)<\/h2>\n
\u201cI Want You Back\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n
\u201cOnly the Young\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n
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