Taylor Swift & Songwriting: Celebrating 300 Weeks of 1989
Throughout her career, Taylor Swift has risen to icon status, becoming one of the biggest pop stars in Western music history. And, with hundreds of hit singles under her belt and an uncanny ability to stay relevant, Swift has proven that she’s not going anywhere.
300 Weeks of “1989”
And, as Taylor Swift’s fifth studio album, “1989”, just completed a whopping 300 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart rankings, we’re diving right into some writing gems from the release. Now, at the time of release, “1989” spent 11 weeks atop the Billboard 200, and received 9x platinum certifications.
Further, the album went on to win ‘Album of the Year’ at the 2016 Grammys, making Taylor the only female artist to win the award twice. And, yet, the thing that shines the brightest is her knack for catchy songwriting. Take a look…
1. “Walkin’ through a crowd, the village is a glow/ Kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats under coats/ Everybody here wanted somethin’ more/ Searchin’ for a sound we hadn’t heard before.” ~ ‘Welcome to New York’
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2. “I get drunk on jealousy/ But you’ll come back each time you leave/ ‘Cause darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.” ~ ‘Blank Space’
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3. “You’ve got that long hair slick back, white t-shirt/ And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt/ And when we go crashing down, we come back every time/ ‘Cause we never go out of style.” ~ ‘Style’
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4. “You took a Polaroid of us/ Then discovered/ The rest of the world was black and white/ But we were in screaming color.” ~ ‘Out of the Woods’
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5. “People like you always want back the love they gave away/ And people like me wanna believe you when you say you’ve changed.” ~ ‘All You Had to do Was Stay’
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6. “He’s so tall and handsome as hell/ He’s so bad but he does it so well/ I can see the end as it begins.” ~ ‘Wildest Dreams’
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7. “Stand there like a ghost/ Shaking come the rain, rain/ She’ll open up the door/ And say, are you insane?” ~ ‘How You Get the Girl’
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8. “Clear blue water, high tide came and brought you in/ And I could go on and on, on and on, and I will.” ~ ‘This Love’
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9. “See the vulture circling dark clouds/ Love’s a fragile little flame, it could burn out.” ~ ‘I Know Places’
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10. “The drought was the very worst/ When the flowers that we’d grown together died of thirst.” ~ ‘Clean’
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By: Ahalya Narayanan
