Love Story (Taylor Swift song)

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"love story" is a music written and recorded by american singer-songwriter taylor speedy. It become launched on september 15, 2008, by big system records, because the lead single from rapid's 2nd studio album, fearless (2008). Stimulated through a love hobby unpopular to quick's circle of relatives and pals, "love tale" is based totally on the plot of william shakespeare's sixteenth-century play, romeo and juliet.

Within the tune's narrative, the two characters, romeo and juliet, come to be in a wedding suggestion, contrary to shakespeare's tragic conclusion. The lyrics additionally reference nathaniel hawthorne's 1850 novel, the scarlet letter.

Produced by way of swift and nathan chapman, the united states of america pop track functions soprano vocals and a slow-building melody together with banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and guitar.

In contemporaneous reviews, critics praised "love story" for its catchy production however deemed its literary references useless. In retrospect, critics have taken into consideration it considered one of rapid's great singles.

"love story" peaked atop the chart in australia, where it changed into certified ten times platinum via the australian recording industry affiliation (aria). It reached the top five on charts in canada, eire, japan, new zealand, scotland, and the u. Ok. Inside the u. S., "love tale" peaked at range four at the billboard warm 100, becoming rapid's first top-ten hit, and become licensed eight instances platinum with the aid of the recording enterprise affiliation of america (riaa). A success on pop radio, "love story" become the primary u . S .

Music to pinnacle the billboard mainstream pinnacle 40 chart. It has sold over six million copies within the u. S. And 18 million copies worldwide. Trey fanjoy directed the accompanying tune video, which speedy conceived as a length piece that drew impacts from the medieval, renaissance, and british regency eras.

It follows rapid and version justin gaston as they meet in a university campus and imagine themselves as enthusiasts in a prior technology. The video received video of the year at both the country tune association awards and cmt track awards in 2009.

Swift protected "love story" on the set lists of all of her headlining excursions: fearless (2009–2010), talk now (2011–2012), pink (2013–2014), 1989 (2015), and recognition (2018). The re-recording, "love tale (taylor's version)", changed into launched on february 12, 2021, thru republic statistics. It crowned billboard's warm u . S . Songs chart,

making speedy the second one artist after dolly parton to attain primary with both the authentic and re-recorded variations of a tune.

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