I’ve been a fan of Taylor Swift since 2009-ish. Speak Now was the first Swift album I downloaded in full on my purple iPod Nano first gen. Red was the first Taylor Swift album I had for my car after I finally passed my driving test a few weeks before my 18th birthday. Then the other albums followed while I was at university, was in my second job, bought my first house, and two while I lived through a global pandemic.
I’ve never seen Taylor live or been to a Taylor Swift themed club. Never bought merch or attended live streams. Not because I don’t want to, I know I would adore all of it, but because just listening to her music is enough.
I have never been embarrassed to like her, she is after-all one of the greatest songwriters and performers today (no source needed, there’s enough of them). I will shout it from the top of a building if needed to. Her songs make me happy, and sad, and lonely, and grateful, and feel loved, and excited, and are a huge part of me. However the last year or so, living through a global pandemic, I realise just how good it is to be a fan of something. If my Tik Tok FYP is anything to go by, I’m a huge Swiftie. I may not have been to a concert, or bought merch, but I love her.
Anyway, I thought my blog was a great place to do some rankings of my favourite songs. When Fearless (Taylor’s Version) was released in spring 2021, I was surprised to find that some of my favourite songs pre-TV had changed. Some of the songs From The Vault, an era of Swift that I wasn’t present for, became forever favourites and other classics I finally appreciated, having never liked them before.
My rankings are my personal favourites in order, plus pre-Taylor’s Version and post-Taylor’s Version to see how they change with each re-release. My favourite songs from Fearless was really affected by Taylor’s Version and the songs From the Vault, so it will be interesting to see if the other re-releases are similar.
This song sorter from a Tumblr users jesseepinkman is, in my opinion, one of the greatest tools to ever exist on the internet. Without it, organising my favourite Taylor Swift songs would have taken me months.
My favourite Taylor Swift songs in order
Taylor Swift
- Our Song
- Invisible
- Stay Beautiful
- Picture To Burn
- Teardrops On My Guitar
- I’m Only Me When I’m With You
- Tim McGraw
- A Place in this World
- Cold As You
- The Outside
- Tied Together with a Smile
- Should’ve Said No
- Mary’s Song (Oh My My My)
- A Perfectly Good Heart
Fearless
Original
- The Way I Loved You
- Jump Then Fall
- Superstar
- Hey Stephen
- You Belong With Me
- Love Story
- Fifteen
- Fearless
- Breathe
- The Other Side of the Door
- Come in With the Rain
- Forever & Always
- Tell Me Why
- You’re Not Sorry
- Forever & Always (Piano Version)
- The Best Day
- Change
- White Horse
- Untouchable
Taylor’s Version
- Bye Bye Baby
- The Way I Loved You
- That’s When (ft. Keith Urban)
- Jump Then Fall
- Superstar
- Don’t You
- Fearless
- Breathe
- Hey Stephen
- Mr. Perfectly Fine
- Today Was a Fairytale
- You All Over Me
- You Belong With Me
- We Were Happy
- The Other Side of the Door
- Love Story
- Forever & Always
- Tell Me Why
- Change
- You’re Not Sorry
- Come in with the Rain
- Fifteen
- White Horse
- Untouchable
- The Best Day
- Forever & Always (Piano Version)
Speak Now
- Enchanted
- Sparks Fly
- Better Than Revenge
- Long Live
- Mine
- Ours
- The Story of Us
- Speak Now
- Haunted
- If This Was a Movie
- Superman
- Mean
- Innocent
- Back To December
- Dear John
- Last Kiss
- Never Grow Up
Red
Original
- Begin Again
- The Moment I Knew
- All Too Well
- Come Back…Be Here
- I Almost Do
- Girl At Home
- We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
- Stay Stay Stay
- Everything Has Changed
- Red
- Starlight
- The Last Time
- 22
- Holy Ground
- I Knew You Were Trouble
- Sate of Grace
- Treacherous
- Sad Beautiful Tragic
- The Lucky One
1989
- I Wish You Would
- How You Get The Girl
- All You Had To Do Was Stay
- Out Of The Woods
- Clean
- Style
- You Are In Love
- Blank Space
- Bad Blood
- New Romantics
- Welcome To New York
- Wildest Dreams
- This Love
- Wonderland
- I Know Places
- Shake It Off
Reputation
- King Of My Heart
- Call It What You Want
- Delicate
- Gorgeous
- Dress
- End Game
- Getaway Car
- New Year’s Day
- …Ready For It?
- Look What You Made Me Do
- I Did Something Bad
- This Is Why we Can’t Have Nice Things
- Don’t Blame Me
- Dancing With Our Hands Tied
- So It Goes…
Lover
- Daylight
- Death By A Thousand Cuts
- Cruel Summer
- Cornelia Street
- Paper Rings
- I Think He Knows
- Lover
- The Man
- London Boy
- You Need To Calm Down
- I Forgot That You Existed
- Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince
- Afterglow
- Me!
- The Archer
- False God
- It’s Nice To Have A Friend
- Soon You’ll Get Better (feat. The Dixie Chicks)
Folklore
- august
- exile
- betty
- illicit affairs
- invisible string
- cardigan
- this is me trying
- mirrorball
- the last great american dynasty
- peace
- the lakes
- the 1
- hoax
- my tears ricochet
- epiphany
- seven
- mad woman
Evermore
- ’tis the damn season
- gold rush
- ivy
- tolerate it
- marjorie
- dorothea
- champagne problems
- no body, no crime (feat. Haim)
- long story short
- willow
- closure
- happiness
- right where you left me
- evermore (feat. Bon Iver)
- it’s time to go
- coney island (feat. The National)
- cowboy like me