Mean (song)
Mean | |
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Taylor Swift | |
length | 3:57 |
Genre (s) | Country , pop |
Author (s) | Taylor Swift |
Producer (s) | Nathan Chapman , Taylor Swift |
Label | Big Machine Records |
album | Speak Now |
Mean is a song by the American singer Taylor Swift , which was released as the third single from her third album Speak Now .
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With this song, Taylor targeted her critics. For example, she sings:
"And I can see you year from now in a bar talking over a football game
With that same big loud opinion, but no one's listening
Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things
Drunk and talking all about how I ... can ' t ... sing. "
Commercial win
The song debuted at number 11 on the American Billboard Hot 100 charts in the week of November 6, 2010. It reached number 2 on the Billboard Country Charts .
Awards
At the Grammy Awards 2012 , the song received the awards in the categories "Best Country Solo Performance" and "Best Country Song".
- 2012 : Best Country Solo Performance
- 2012: Best Country Song
Awards for music sales
Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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Australia (ARIA) | gold | 35,000 |
Japan (RIAJ) | gold | 100,000 |
Canada (MC) | gold | 40,000 |
United States (RIAA) | 3 × platinum | 2,300,000 |
All in all |
3 × gold 3 × platinum |
2,475,000 |
Main article: Taylor Swift / Music Sales Awards
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mean by Taylor Swift . Song facts. Accessed February 1, 2020.
- ^ Gary Trust: Ask Billboard: All-Taylor Swift Edition. In: Billboard. November 11, 2014, accessed October 3, 2017 .