{"id":8182,"date":"2017-11-10T18:35:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T18:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=8182"},"modified":"2020-02-12T14:03:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T14:03:11","slug":"magpie-recommends-essential-taylor-swift-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/11\/10\/magpie-recommends-essential-taylor-swift-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Magpie Recommends: Essential Taylor Swift Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unless you\u2019ve been living under a rock for the last 10 years, you\u2019ll have heard of country-turned-pop singer Taylor Swift. TayTay\u2019s celebrity status has excelled beyond belief in recent years, and while her personal life is constantly in the media, she\u2019s made some immense songs to express her feelings about that.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s come a long way since bursting on the scene with her country twang, guitar and blonde ringlets. To celebrate her latest album, <em>Reputation<\/em>, which is out today, we\u2019ve looked at the essential Taylor Swift tracks you need to hear.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e-ORhEE9VVg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Blank Space<\/h3>\n<p>Swift\u2019s 2014 album <a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/store\/products\/1989\"><em>1989<\/em> <\/a>is pretty close to a perfect pop album. Her singles were spot on too, and Blank Space was one of the strongest. In terms of creativity, Taylor absolutely nailed it with <em>Blank Space<\/em>. She took the media perceptions of her on the basis of her dating life (as she\u2019s had previous with Joe Jonas, Harry Styles, Calvin Harris\u201d\u00a6 and so on), and turned it into a pop hit. Sometimes you just need to laugh \u201d\u201c and Taylor had the last laugh on this one.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VuNIsY6JdUw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">You Belong with Me<\/h3>\n<p>This might seem familiar to you, and it\u2019s probably because this is the song that began the MTV VMA, Kanye West incident. Taken from 2008\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/store\/products\/fearless-taylor-swift\"><i>Fearless<\/i><\/a>, this song got Swift noticed for the right and wrong reasons. It\u2019s a bit all-American, girl-next-door, but it\u2019s catchy. Kanye\u2019s outburst over the video may have overshadowed it, but <em>You Belong with Me<\/em> is a young Swift triumph of epic proportions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vNoKguSdy4Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">I Knew You Were Trouble<\/h3>\n<p>Taken from fourth album, <a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/store\/products\/red-taylor-swift-taylor-swift-cd\"><em>Red<\/em><\/a>, <em>I Knew You Were Trouble<\/em> flipped the script on what we knew to be Taylor\u2019s sound. It was grittier, the video was raw and it was honest. \u00a0The media were out on this one \u201d\u201c is it about John Mayer, her ex-boyfriend? Who knows. And who cares! She created a huge track that went beyond her comfort zone and we LOVED it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QcIy9NiNbmo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Bad Blood<\/h3>\n<p>T Swift loves a good feud, and her track <em>Bad Blood<\/em> was as scathing as they come. Allegedly about her now former friendship with Katy Perry, she recruited her famous girl gang (which includes Selena Gomez and Karlie Kloss) for her video, and got rapper Kendrick Lamar involved too. In terms of language used, classic Swift uses her killer terminologies such as \u201cBand-aids don\u2019t fix bullet holes\u201d\u009d \u201d\u201c clever as ever, Swift.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IdneKLhsWOQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Wildest Dreams<\/h3>\n<p>Less gritty banger, a bit more floaty \u201d\u201c but as perfect a song as anything else gracing this list. Yes, it\u2019s relationship focused, and there\u2019s a bit of a theme here with Taylor; but don\u2019t all of the best songs look to love? You might not be able to hit the high note in the chorus when she sings \u201cSay you&#8217;ll see me again even if it&#8217;s just in your wildest dreams\u201d\u009d but you\u2019re definitely going to try.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AgFeZr5ptV8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">22<\/h3>\n<p>In a battle between Taylor Swift\u2019s <em>22<\/em> and Lily Allen\u2019s, Swift wins hands down. Everyone raves about turning 21, but the real joy comes at 22 \u201d\u201c or so Taylor has us believe. It\u2019s her favourite year, because of what she learned when she turned 22, and that turning point into adulthood. If you didn\u2019t caption your pictures with \u201cI don\u2019t know about you, but I\u2019m feeling 22\u201d\u009d on your 22<sup>nd<\/sup> birthday, did you even turn 22?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w1oM3kQpXRo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Everything Has Changed<\/h3>\n<p>The duet of our dreams really did happen back in 2013, when Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran collaborated on <em>Everything Has Changed<\/em>, from Swift\u2019s album <em>Red<\/em>. It\u2019s got a folk feel to it, and shows us what an impact on person can have on you. Recognise those backing vocals? That will be because they\u2019re providing by Snow Patrol\u2019s Gary Lightbody. Can it get any better?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WA4iX5D9Z64\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together<\/h3>\n<p>This is the power anthem you need following a tough break up. It\u2019s empowering, it\u2019s catchy and it\u2019s one of Taylor\u2019s best videos yet. It showed much more of her personality and of course, parodies followed. When first released in 2012, it was massive. Although there\u2019s plenty of speculation it\u2019s about a famous actor ( Jake Gyllenhaal\u201d\u00a6 cough cough), let\u2019s focus on the music: it\u2019s pop perfection.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8xg3vE8Ie_E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Love Story<\/h3>\n<p><em>Love Story<\/em> is probably the song that really kick-started Taylor Swift\u2019s career \u201d\u201c back when she was a cute little country singer. Swift reworked the ever-popular Shakespearean love story of Romeo and Juliet, but in this one, we get a happy ending. Her track is romantic, and very much of the era but has aged incredibly well. It\u2019s hard to believe this song is almost a decade old!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nfWlot6h_JM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Shake It Off<\/h3>\n<p>Without a shadow of a doubt, <em>Shake It Off<\/em> is Swift\u2019s finest hour. Nothing comes close to the impact this has had on her career. It allowed her to evolve and mould a bit more of a pop sound, which we adore. She tells us to ignore those who annoy us and just shake it off. It\u2019s no surprise this is her biggest hit so far, spending an incredible 50 weeks in the Billboard Top 100.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Dive into the world of Taylor Swift with <a href=\"http:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/category\/?keyword=taylor%20swift\">musicMagpie<\/a>! Her back catalogue is available to buy now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/store\/music\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5210 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SHOP-NOW.png\" alt=\"SHOP NOW\" width=\"299\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unless you\u2019ve been living under a rock for the last 10 years, you\u2019ll have heard of country-turned-pop singer Taylor Swift. TayTay\u2019s celebrity status has excelled beyond belief in recent years, and while her personal life is constantly in the media, she\u2019s made some immense songs to express her feelings about &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":8062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8182"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11376,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182\/revisions\/11376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}