Highway Don't Care

"Highway Don't Care"
Single by Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift featuring Keith Urban
from the album Two Lanes of Freedom
ReleasedMarch 25, 2013 (2013-03-25)[1]
GenreCountry[2]
Length4:36
LabelBig Machine
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Tim McGraw singles chronology
"One of Those Nights"
(2013) 		"Highway Don't Care"
(2013) 		"Southern Girl"
(2013)
Taylor Swift singles chronology
"22"
(2013) 		"Highway Don't Care"
(2013) 		"Red"
(2013)
Keith Urban singles chronology
"For You"
(2012) 		"Highway Don't Care"
(2013) 		"Little Bit of Everything"
(2013)
Music video
"Highway Don't Care" on YouTube

"Highway Don't Care" is a song recorded by American country music singers Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift on vocals, featuring Keith Urban on guitar.[3] It was released to US country radio on March 25, 2013, as the third single from McGraw's first album for Big Machine Records, Two Lanes of Freedom (2013).[4] The song was written by Mark Irwin, Josh Kear and Brad and Brett Warren.[5] McGraw and Swift recorded their parts separately.[6] To date, this is Swift's seventh number one hit on Billboard's Country Airplay chart.[7]

  1. ^ "R&R :: Going For Adds :: Country". Radio & Records. Archived from the original on January 4, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
  2. ^ McGraw, Tim; Swift, Taylor; Urban, Keith. "Highway Don't Care". Archived from the original on April 23, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2020 – via Shazam.
  3. ^ Wyland, Sarah (March 12, 2013). "Tim McGraw Collaborates with Taylor Swift & Keith Urban on New Single". Great American Country. Archived from the original on March 15, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
  4. ^ "McGraw with Swift and Urban on Guitar, 'Highway Don't Care'" (PDF). Country Aircheck. March 18, 2013. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 6, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  5. ^ Conaway, Alanna (February 13, 2013). "Story Behind The Song: The Warren Brothers Discuss Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift's "Highway Don't Care"". Roughstock. Archived from the original on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
  6. ^ Stromblad, Cory (February 8, 2013). "Tim McGraw Spills on Recording 'Highway Don't Care' 'With' Taylor Swift, Keith Urban". Taste of Country. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
  7. ^ "Chart History: Taylor Swift – Country Airplay". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2023.