List of songs by Taylor Swift

Swift in a black leather two-piece outfit
Swift performing live in 2022

The American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift (born 1989) has written or co-written every song in her eleven-album discography, with the exception of several cover versions and guest features. She has also written standalone singles, songs for film soundtracks, and songs recorded by other artists.

Swift signed a publishing contract with Sony/ATV Tree Music Publishing to become a professional songwriter in 2005.[1] She signed with Big Machine Records in 2005, and the label released her first six studio albums until the contract expired in 2018.[2][3] Her early-career songwriting outputs featured collaborations with Liz Rose, who co-wrote with Swift for the albums Taylor Swift (2006), Fearless (2008), and Red (2012).[4] She was the sole writer of the majority of Fearless and Red,[5][6] and she wrote her third studio album, Speak Now, solely herself.[7] Promoted to country radio, these four albums incorporate mainstream pop and rock elements, with Red further featuring influences of electronic and hip hop.[8] She recalibrated her artistry from country to pop with her fifth studio album, 1989 (2014), which included writing collaborations with Jack Antonoff, Max Martin, and Shellback.[9] The three writers-producers worked with Swift again on her sixth studio album, Reputation (2017).[10]

Swift signed a new contract with Republic Records in 2018[11] and has worked with Antonoff on every album she released thereafter.[12] Her first album under Republic, Lover (2019), is a pop album that featured collaborations with Joel Little, Louis Bell, and Frank Dukes.[13] In 2020, Swift signed a new publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group[11] and released two albums, Folklore and Evermore, which incorporated indie folk.[14] Folklore and Evermore contained collaborations with Aaron Dessner, who became a frequent collaborator with Swift in the subsequent albums, Midnights (2022) and The Tortured Poets Department (2024),[15] which both had a synth-pop sound.[16] Swift's former boyfriend, the actor Joe Alwyn, co-wrote several songs with her for Folklore, Evermore, and Midnights.[17]

Swift's departure from Big Machine resulted in a public dispute over the ownership of her first six albums in 2019, which made Swift re-record them.[2] She has released four re-recorded albums—Fearless (Taylor's Version), Red (Taylor's Version), Speak Now (Taylor's Version), and 1989 (Taylor's Version)—from 2021 to 2023;[2] each of them includes "From the Vault" unreleased songs Swift had written but excluded from the original releases.[18]

  1. ^ "Songwriter Taylor Swift Signs Publishing Deal With Sony/ATV". Broadcast Music, Inc. May 12, 2005. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Bruner (October 27, 2023). "Here's Why Taylor Swift Is Re-Releasing Her Old Albums". Time. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  3. ^ Campbell, Erica (August 10, 2023). "Taylor Swift re-recordings: everything we know about the upcoming albums". NME. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  4. ^ Unterberger, Andrew (April 26, 2017). "'You Don't Get Many Songs Like That': Liz Rose on Co-Writing Taylor Swift's 'You Belong With Me' Chorus". Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  5. ^ Tucker, Ken (March 26, 2008). "The Billboard Q&A: Taylor Swift". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 24, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
  6. ^ Price, Deborah Evans (October 29, 2012). "Taylor Swift Talks Writing, Relationships, Rejects and New Album Red". Nash Country Weekly. Archived from the original on March 2, 2019.
  7. ^ Perone 2017, p. 42.
  8. ^ Perone 2017, pp. 42, 52–53.
  9. ^ McNutt 2020, p. 78–79.
  10. ^ Cook-Wilson, Winston (November 8, 2017). "Taylor Swift Releases Tracklist for Reputation". Spin. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  11. ^ a b Willman, Chris (February 6, 2020). "Taylor Swift Moves to Universal Music Publishing Group with New Pact". Variety. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  12. ^ Paul, Larisha (April 23, 2024). "Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff Have Reached Their Limit". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  13. ^ Vanderhoff, Erin (August 23, 2019). "Taylor Swift's Lover Could Hold the Key to Pop Music's Survival". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on August 24, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  14. ^ Snapes, Laura (October 14, 2022). "'Genuine': Why Taylor Swift Can Celebrate More than an Album Release". The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 14, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  15. ^ Kaufman, Gil (April 19, 2024). "Taylor Swift Producer Aaron Dessner Says Tortured Poets Department Is 'Most Lyrically Acute, Intricate, Vulnerable' Taylor Ever". Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  16. ^ Sheffield, Rob (April 19, 2024). "Come for the Torture, Stay for the Poetry: This Might Be Taylor Swift's Most Personal Album Yet". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  17. ^ Mier, Tomás (October 18, 2022). "See Which Midnights Song Joe Alwyn Is Listed as a Co-Writer on With Taylor Swift". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  18. ^ Jack, Lauren (May 20, 2024). "'Taylor's Version': Why Taylor Swift is re-recording her albums – and which ones are left". The Scotsman. Retrieved May 24, 2024.