Love Story (song)

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Love story
Taylor Swift
publication September 12, 2008
length 3:57
Genre (s) Country , pop
Author (s) Taylor Swift
Producer (s) Nathan Chapman , Taylor Swift
Label Big Machine Records
album Fearless

Love Story is a song by the American singer Taylor Swift , which was released in September 2008 as the first single from her second album Fearless , which was released two months later .

This song (along with You Belong with Me and other songs from the album) made her a new teen idol and became her signature song .

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This song is based on a real experience in the life of Taylor Swift: As a teenager, she had an argument with her parents over a boy. They thought he was angry. But she thought it was love.

Commercial win

The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country and Adult Contemporary Charts and No. 4 on the Billboard Pop Charts (Hot 100), No. 2 in Great Britain and No. 22 in Germany.

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) Platinum record icon.svg 7 × platinum 490,000
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 7,500
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 160,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 15,000
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Platinum record icon.svg 8 × platinum 5,800,000
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 600,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg1 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg19 × platinum
7,072,500

Main article: Taylor Swift / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Love Story by Taylor Swift . Song facts. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  2. ^ Gary Trust: Ask Billboard: All-Taylor Swift Edition. In: Billboard. November 11, 2014, accessed October 3, 2017 .