Problems playing this file? See media help. That was a really good song to start out on, because a lot of people can relate to wanting something you can't have." When the song's subject discovered it, he thought it was "cool" and kept friendship with Swift despite their breakup. I think one of the most powerful human emotions is what should have been and wasn't. In retrospect, Swift has said that the song "is reminiscent, and it is thinking about a relationship you had and then lost. Swift placed "Tim McGraw" as the first track on Taylor Swift because of its importance to her.
However, she followed what label executives told her and accepted that they were correct. That's how that works then." Prior to that event, Swift did not believe that the song was single material. According to Swift, as soon as Borchetta finished listening to the song, he faced Swift and said, "That's your first single." She responded, "Well. Early into the album production, in a meeting where Borchetta and Swift discussed potential songs for Swift's debut album, she performed "Tim McGraw" for Borchetta on fluke ukulele. Soon after, Scott Borchetta, CEO of Big Machine Records, signed Swift to his newly formed label. The writing process, as with " Our Song", took place in approximately twenty minutes, and was executed with the use of a piano. McGraw's mentioning was a reference to Swift's favorite song, "Can't Tell Me Nothin" from his 2004 album Live Like You Were Dying, rather than McGraw as a person. "To her surprise, the first thing that came to mind was love of Tim McGraw's music." Several personal details were listed for the song. It was written about all the different things that would remind the subject of Swift and their time spent together, once he departed. Rose said Swift showed up at her after school job, writing songs for Sony/ ATV Music, "with the idea and the melody, knowing exactly what she wanted." She desired for the song to capture the sweetness and sadness of loving and losing someone. In order to cope with the complicated emotions she was experiencing, Swift wrote the song. Swift knew that she and her senior boyfriend would break up at the end of the year when he left for college. She conceived the idea in the midst of her mathematics class: "I was just sitting there, and I started humming this melody." She then related the melody to a predicament she was encountering at the moment. Taylor Swift and Liz Rose wrote "Tim McGraw" during Swift's freshman year at Hendersonville High School. Swift performed "Tim McGraw" as opening act to other country musicians in 20, and included it on the set list of her first headlining tour, the Fearless Tour (2009–2010).Ĭountry musician Tim McGraw, the song's namesake. The accompanying music video for "Tim McGraw", directed by Trey Fanjoy, comprises flashbacks by Swift's love interest, among cut scenes that feature Swift lying on a lake bed. The Recording Industry Association of America certified the track double platinum for surpassing two million units based on sales and streaming. On the Hot Country Songs chart, it peaked at number six. The single was Swift's first chart entry on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 40. In the storyline, the narrator pleads with her ex-boyfriend to reminisce about her every time he hears her favorite song by country musician Tim McGraw, the song's namesake. Written by Swift when she was in her freshman year of high school, the lyrics narrate a summer romance that comes to a sudden end. Produced by Nathan Chapman, the track combines elements of country music with the '50s progression music critics noted influences of non-country genres such as alternative rock on the composition. It was released to US country radio on June 19, 2006, by Big Machine Records. " Tim McGraw" is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, who wrote it with Liz Rose for her self-titled debut album.
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