| "Fearless" | ||||
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| Single by Taylor Swift | ||||
| from the album Fearless | ||||
| Released | January 4, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Studio | Blackbird (Nashville) | |||
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| Length | 4:01 | |||
| Label | Big Machine | |||
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| "Fearless" on YouTube | ||||
"Fearless" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. She wrote it with Liz Rose and Hillary Lindsey while touring to promote her first album Taylor Swift (2006), and she produced the track with Nathan Chapman. Lyrically, "Fearless" sees Swift's character embracing the romantic drive of a thrilling first date, allowing herself to live true to her heart. She picked it as the title track for her 2008 studio album Fearless because she thought it encapsulates the album's overarching theme of being fearlessly oneself.
A country pop and pop rock song, "Fearless" is instrumented by booming drums and chiming guitars. The track was released to US country radio as the album's fifth and final single on January 4, 2010, by Big Machine Records. Music critics generally praised the production as appealing to the mass and lyrics for portraying earnest adolescent sentiments. In the United States, "Fearless" peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on Hot Country Songs, and it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The song also charted in Canada and Spain.
Swift included "Fearless" in the set list to her first headlining tour, the Fearless Tour (2009–2010); footage from the tour were used in the song's music video, released on February 17, 2010. She later included it in the set lists of the Speak Now World Tour (2011–2012) and the Eras Tour (2023–2024). After a 2019 dispute regarding the ownership of Swift's back catalog, she re-recorded the song and released it as "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" for her 2021 re-recorded album Fearless (Taylor's Version).