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"You Belong with Me"
Single by Taylor Swift
from the album Fearless
Released	April 20, 2009 (2009-04-20)
Recorded	2008
Studio	Blackbird (Nashville)
Genre	Country pop power pop pop rock
Length	3:52
Label	Big Machine
Songwriter(s)	Taylor Swift Liz Rose
Producer(s)	Taylor Swift Nathan Chapman
Taylor Swift singles chronology
"White Horse" (2008) "You Belong with Me" (2009) "Fifteen" (2009)
Music video
"You Belong with Me" on YouTube

"You Belong with Me" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the third single from her second studio album, Fearless (2008). Big Machine Records released the song to radio on April 20, 2009. Swift was inspired to write "You Belong with Me" after overhearing a phone call between a touring band member and his girlfriend; she and Liz Rose wrote the lyrics depicting an unrequited love. Swift and Nathan Chapman produced the track, which features a banjo-led country pop production and incorporates fiddle, mandolin, and rock-influenced bass and electric guitars. Although the single was promoted to country radio, some critics categorized it into 1980s pop subgenres such as pop rock and power pop.

Early reviews generally praised the radio-friendly production and emotional engagement of the lyrics, although a few deemed the songwriting formulaic. Retrospective opinions have considered "You Belong with Me" one of Swift's signature songs. At the 2010 Grammy Awards, the song was nominated in three categories, including Song of the Year and Record of the Year. The single reached the top 10 on charts and received certifications in Australia, Canada, Japan, and New Zealand. In the United States, it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the first country song to reach number one on both the Hot Country Songs chart and the all-genre Radio Songs chart. The single was certified seven times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Roman White directed the song's music video, which stars Swift as both the antagonist (an unsympathetic, popular brunette cheerleader) and the protagonist (a sympathetic, blonde girl next door who yearns for the antagonist's boyfriend); some critics took issue with the narrative as antifeminist. At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, the rapper Kanye West interrupted Swift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video, which caused a controversy widely covered by the media. Following the 2019 dispute regarding the ownership of Swift's back catalog, she re-recorded the song as "You Belong with Me (Taylor's Version)" for her re-recorded album Fearless (Taylor's Version) (2021). "You Belong with Me" was included on the set lists of all five of her headlining tours.

Background and writing

Taylor Swift wrote songs for her second studio album, Fearless, while touring as an opening act for other country musicians to promote her self-titled debut studio album during 2007–2008, when she was 17–18 years old. Continuing the romantic themes of her first album, Swift wrote songs about love and personal experiences from the perspective of a teenage girl to ensure her fans could relate to Fearless. The end product was a collection of songs about the challenges of love with prominent high-school and fairy-tale lyrical imagery. Swift and the producer Nathan Chapman recorded over 50 songs for Fearless, and "You Belong with Me" was one of the 13 tracks that made the final cut. Recorded by the engineer Char Carlson, the track was produced by Swift and Chapman, and mixed by Justin Niebank at Blackbird Studios in Nashville.

Swift was inspired to write "You Belong with Me" after she overheard a phone call between a band member and his girlfriend. She recalled that he became defensive when his girlfriend confronted him, which made her come up with the opening lines: "You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset. She's going off about something that you said." Out of sympathy for him, she imagined herself as a "girl-next-door-itis" girl with hidden feelings for a close male friend, whom she understood but was in a relationship with a popular yet "snobby, ridiculous, overrated girl". She immediately wrote down the lyrics and, in a songwriting session with Liz Rose, developed a complete narrative. Swift played the pre-chorus and chorus to Rose and sang the lines, "She wears short skirts/ I wear T-shirts", which were her favorite to write on the song. Rose suggested Swift to write "something about bleachers" and they conceived another lyric, "She's cheer captain and I’m on the bleachers."

Composition and music

"You Belong with Me" follows a verse–chorus form that has a pre-chorus between the verse and the chorus. The verse and the chorus follow the diatonic I−V−ii−IV chord progression (F♯−C♯−g♯−B), and each chord is maintained for two measures. The pre-chorus, though using the same chords, follows the ii−IV−I−V progression, and each chord for one measure. The track is set to a medium-tempo 4/4 time signature, and each section is divided into eight-measure phrases. Swift sings with melodic variation: each section from the verse to the pre-chorus rises in register. Towards the chorus's end, Swift uses melisma on the words "see" and "me" in the lyric "Why can't you see/ you belong with me?"—for each of the word, she sings with three notes that descend a short distance (B−A♯) then a considerable drop (A♯−D♯). The musicologists Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding label this three-note melodic motif the "T-Drop", which recurs on many of Swift's later songs.

Reviews from mainstream publications generally called "You Belong with Me" a country pop song, but many critics and musicologists deemed it a pop song applicable to more than one radio format. Nolan Gasser said that the country-music stylistic foundation was in the instruments: banjo strums that drive verses, a pedal steel guitar, occasional slide guitar riffs, and a slight twang in Swift's vocals. As the song progresses into the chorus, the banjo and pedal steel submerge to make room for dynamic electric and bass guitars.

Jody Rosen categorized "You Belong with Me" as power pop, while Andrew Unterberger of Billboard said that the dynamic shift from the verses to the chorus made the track sound "almost like a '90s rock song". Gasser, Michael Campbell, and James E. Perone cited the song structure, rhythm, and the collective use of acoustic, electric, and bass guitars, to categorize the song into 1980s styles of pop rock, new wave, and pop-punk. For Perone, this 1980s connection is in the "highly unusual" incorporation of guitars and country banjo, fiddle, and mandolin in the steady eighth-note texture.

Lyrics

In "You Belong with Me", a female narrator expresses her feelings for a male friend who is in a relationship with an unappreciative girlfriend. The lyrical motifs evoke a typical American high-school setting: the narrator sees herself as a typical girl and an underdog, and the girlfriend is a popular, attractive cheerleader. The narrator appreciates the male friend ("She doesn't get your humor like I do/ She'll never know your story like I do"), but he is unaware of her affection. She discusses how she and the girlfriend contrast in the verses ("She wears high heels, I wear sneakers/ She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers"). Throughout the song, the narrator persuades the male friend to acknowledge her charm.

Some critics found the lyrics rather melancholy despite the upbeat production and opined that contrary to Swift's status as an attractive and popular figure, her narrator's position as an underdog contributed to her reliability. Ken Tucker in NPR wrote that the lyrics and vocals were full of "intense ache" that effectively conveyed adolescent yearning. Gasser described the narrative lyrics as the most profound country influences on "You Belong with Me", while Tom Breihan of Pitchfork found its narrative about unrequited love reminiscent of "the most fragile, heartbroken strains of twee indie pop". In the Edmonton Journal, Amanda Ash thought that the lyrics were not as sentimental, as Swift's character "mocks a guy for his choice in women but also sheds a tear for his blindness".

Release and commercial performance

Before Fearless was released, Big Machine Records made "You Belong with Me" available for download exclusively via the iTunes Store in November 2008, as part of the promotional campaign "Countdown to Fearless". The track debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making Swift tie with Jonas Brothers for the most top-20 debuts (five) within one calendar year.

Big Machine released the song to US country radio on April 20, 2009, as the third single from Fearless. The track was released to US contemporary hit radio on May 18, 2009, by Big Machine in partnership with Republic Records. The single peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 2009. Driven by non-country radio airplay, it gained the largest crossover radio audience since Faith Hill's "Breathe" (2000). On the Radio Songs chart, "You Belong with Me" peaked at number one, becoming Swift's first single the first country song in history to do so since Billboard began incorporating Nielsen BDS-monitored data in 1990. On other airplay charts, it spent two weeks atop Hot Country Songs and 14 weeks atop Adult Contemporary, and it peaked at number two on both Pop Songs and Adult Pop Songs. It was the second-most-played song on US airplay of 2009, behind Swift's "Love Story". "You Belong with Me" was certified seven times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for seven million units based on sales and streaming and had sold 4.9 million copies in the United States by July 2019.

In the United Kingdom, "You Belong with Me" was released as a single on August 24, 2009, under Mercury Records imprint; it peaked at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. The single peaked within the top 10 on charts in Canada (three), Australia (five), New Zealand (five), and Japan (10), and it peaked within the top 40 in Ireland (12), Slovakia (17), Hungary (31), and Denmark (32). In Canada, the song reached number one on three airplay charts: Canada Country, Canada CHR/Top 40, and Canada Hot AC. The single was certified platinum in Japan and New Zealand, and multi-platinum in Australia (four times platinum) and Canada (double platinum). By 2019, the single had sold an estimated seven million copies worldwide.

Critical reception

In Fearless album reviews, a multitude of critics considered "You Belong with Me" a standout and recommended it for download. Some lauded the production as catchy and radio-friendly, a quality to which they attributed the single's crossover success—Craig S. Sermon from the Telegram & Gazette described the song as an "irresistible keeper", and Chris Richards from The Washington Post described the incorporation of country banjos and new-wave guitars as "perfectly natural". Critics also complimented how the lyrical sentiments resonated with a broad audience including not only Swift's core audience of teenage girls but also adults. There were praises that observed a sophistication in the songwriting: Josh Love from The Village Voice picked it as one of the album's great songs for displaying "preternatural wisdom and inclusiveness", and Jon P McLaughlin of The Province said that it captured "the nuances and minutiae" of high-school romance. Ash thought that the "witty" song showcased a maturity to Swift's adolescent perspectives, as compared to the "sappy" single "Teardrops on My Guitar" (2006).

Some critics were more reserved in their praise: Chris Williams of Billboard contended that the lyrics might come off as immature to some listeners, and Johnny Davis of the British newspaper Observer commented that the high-school imagery "may needle British ears". The Tampa Bay Times complained that the song was generic and too similar to any of Swift's previous singles. After "You Belong with Me" was nominated in three categories at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, Slant Magazine's Jonathan Keefe wrote that although it was not Swift's best-written song, it stood out among other contenders because "it's hard to fault its construction".

Accolades and retrospective reviews

In 2010, "You Belong with Me" received several industry awards and nominations. It was nominated for Song of the Year (lost to Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"), Record of the Year (lost to Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody"), and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (lost to Beyoncé's "Halo"). The track won Favorite Song at the Kids' Choice Awards and was nominated for Song of the Year (lost to Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now") at the Academy of Country Music Awards. At the BMI Country Awards, organized by Broadcast Music, Inc. to honor the year's most-performed country songs on U.S. radio on television, "You Belong with Me" made Swift the youngest to win Songwriter of the Year and the first to win Song of the Year three consecutive times, after she had won for "Teardrops on My Guitar" in 2008 and "Love Story" in 2009. Pitchfork included "You Belong with Me" in their list of the best songs of 2009, at number 69. It ranked 10th on The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop mass critics' poll for the same year.

Critics have considered "You Belong with Me" one of Swift's signature songs and said that its pop-friendly sound preceded her later artistic shift from country to mainstream pop. Nate Jones from Vulture (2023) placed "You Belong with Me" second, after "All Too Well", in his ranking of Swift's discography; he lauded it as a "classic" about high-school feelings and wrote: "The line about short skirts and T-shirts will likely be mentioned in Swift's obituary one day." Chris Willman from Variety (2022) ranked it first in his list; he opined that the lyrical sentiments about adolescent feelings contributed to the song's enduring popularity and lauded the production as "monstrously hooky". Hannah Mylrea of NME (2022) placed it at number 22 out of Swift's 161 songs, and Jane Song from Paste ranked it eighth out of 158 songs. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone and Alexis Petridis of The Guardian were less enthusiastic; the former ranked it 128th out of Swift's 243 songs, and the latter said that it was somewhat less impactful than Fearless's lead single, "Love Story".

"You Belong with Me" appeared on some all-time rankings. It was ranked among the greatest songs of the 2000s decade by CMT (number eight) and VH1 (number 50). Billboard ranked the chorus of "You Belong with Me" the 20th-greatest in "100 Greatest Choruses of the 21st Century" (2017): "There were about a dozen moments ... you could point to as proof that Taylor Swift would one day become the biggest pop star in the world, but maybe none bigger than the immaculate chorus of ." The song ranked first on Teen Vogue's "91 Best Songs About Unrequited Love" (2020).

Music video

Roman White directed the song's music video, in which Swift portrays both the protagonist ("the nerd, who is pining away for this guy that she can't have") and antagonist ("the popular girl, horrible, scary, intimidating and perfect"). The actor Lucas Till, whom Swift had met while on set of Hannah Montana: The Movie in April 2008, portrays the male lead. In a behind-the-scene video aired on Great American Country, Swift elaborated on the narrative: the protagonist wished she could be in the antagonist's position to be with the boy. Filming took place within two days in Gallatin and Hendersonville in Tennessee. In scenes which feature both the protagonist and antagonist, Swift used a body double. The two dresses that Swift used for the ending scene were from Jovani.

The video starts with Till's character arguing with his girlfriend through a phone call. The protagonist, with big glasses and curly blonde hair, notices and the two communicate by holding up signs through their adjoining bedroom windows. The boy closes his window, not knowing that the blonde holds up a sign saying, "I love you." The blonde, while in her room, tries on different costumes associated with different high-school archetypes and bursts out dance moves without knowing that the boy is watching through his window curtain; White replaced Swift's choreographed moves with what she described as "the dumbest moves". The next day, the blonde is sitting on a bench while reading a book as the boy approaches and talks with her. The antagonist, donning straight brunette hair, arrives and kisses the boy in her car as she gives the blonde a hostile look.

At a football game, the brunette is a cheerleader and the blonde sits on the bleachers, performing in the school band (played by Swift's touring band). After scoring the winning touchdown, the boy finds his girlfriend flirting with a teammate (played by a friend of Swift's brother Austin), resulting in a heated argument as the blonde witnesses. Back at their bedroom windows, the boy and the blonde again communicate through signs; he asks her if she is going to prom, and she says no. The blonde notices the boy's disappointed look and decides to go to the prom in a white dress without her glasses. The brunette approaches the boy, but he ignores her and goes to the blonde instead. Ending the video, the boy and the blonde reveal folded signs saying "I love you" to each other and kiss. Both the football and prom scenes were filmed at Pope John Paul II High School, with the school supplying many extras, including students, band members, cheerleaders, and football players. On the video's conclusion, White explained that it is meant to portray "who she really is", and Swift thought it was a happy ending.

Release and reception

The video premiered on May 4, 2009, on CMT. Great American Country aired the video two days later and a 30-minute behind-the-scenes titled Taylor Swift On The Set: You Belong With Me later that month. MTV also put it on rotation. Writing for MTV, Anitai Tamar opined that the plot and fashion of "You Belong with Me" alluded to six teen movies of the late 1990s and 2000s: She's All That, Mean Girls, Drumline, Bring It On, A Cinderella Story, and Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist; Chris Ryan said that it had a similar plot to a rom-com and deemed it the most memorable video on MTV of 2009. The video was nominated for Video of the Year (lost to Miranda Lambert's "White Liar") at the 45th Academy of Country Music Awards, Video of the Year (lost to Carrie Underwood's "Cowboy Casanova") and Female Video of the Year (lost to "White Liar") at the 2010 CMT Music Awards. At the 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards in Canada, it was nominated for Best International Artist Video (lost to Miley Cyrus's "Party in the U.S.A.") and the People's Choice: Favourite International Video (lost to Adam Lambert's "Whataya Want from Me").

At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, "You Belong with Me" won Best Female Video. During Swift's acceptance speech, Kanye West came up to the stage to grab Swift's microphone and said, "Yo Taylor, I'm really happy for you and I'ma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time", referencing Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", a nominee in the same category. Known as "Kanyegate", the incident was widely covered by the press and resulted in many Internet memes. Public reaction turned against West; U.S. President Barack Obama called him a "jackass". He later issued an apology which Swift accepted. Shaun Cullen, an academic in popular culture studies, deemed the incident an example of American "racial melodrama" that stereotyped a cultural rivalry between a violent, hostile black antagonist (West) and an innocent, gracious white victim (Swift). The controversy resonated throughout both West's and Swift's later careers and influenced their music releases such as West's 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and 2016 single "Famous" and Swift's 2017 album Reputation.

Critics have considered "You Belong with Me" an iconic video. Mary Fogarty and Gina Arnold deemed it a representation of Swift's talents to portray different "performed persona" but still maintain her authenticity.

Live performances and other usage

Swift's first televised performance of "You Belong with Me" was at a free outdoor concert on May 29, 2009, broadcast by The Today Show. Following promotion for the song, she performed it on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Studio 330 Sessions, at the 2009 CMA Music Festival, at the 2009 CMT Music Awards, and at the 2009 V Festival, in the summer of 2009. She also performed the song for a mini-concert at Bishop Ireton High School after students of that school won a Verizon Wireless contest. Swift performed "You Belong with Me" at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13, 2009, the same day in which Kanye West interrupted her acceptance speech. She began the performance in a subway station, dressed in a brown trench coat and black beanie, and continued it in a subway, taking off the trench coat and revealing a red cocktail dress. Once the subway docked at a stop, Swift completed the performance atop a yellow taxi cab. Billboard critics ranked it as the 14th greatest VMAs performance of all time in their 2022 list. Swift later performed the song on The View and Saturday Night Live. In the fall of 2009 and winter of 2009 through 2010, Swift commenced promotion for "You Belong with Me" countries outside of the United States; she performed the song on the United Kingdom channel GMTV, the Australian charity concert Sydney Sound Relief, and the Japanese talk show The Sukkiri Morning Show.

Swift performed a medley, which included "You Belong with Me" at the 52nd Grammy Awards. Wearing casual white blouse and black skinny jeans, Swift performed "Today Was a Fairytale" and then announced, "It's a fairy tale and an honor to share the stage with Stevie Nicks". Following, the two performed a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon" (1976). Swift then grabbed her acoustic guitar for the third and final part in her medley, jumping into a twangy version of "You Belong with Me". Nicks stood back, tapping her tambourine and nodding, every so often stepping up to the microphone to sing with Swift. Eric Ditzian of MTV News was disappointed at Swift's and Nicks' harmonies, but said the two "made for a compelling twosome". The performance followed much backlash in regards to Swift's off key singing, which caused Scott Borchetta, CEO of Big Machine Records, to issue a statement defending the performance.

"You Belong with Me" is performed as the opening number on all 2009 and 2010 dates of Swift's first headlining tour, the Fearless Tour. Before Swift or the dancers entered the stage, a video played on the overhead screens; it showed various celebrities, including Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Faith Hill, Lucas Till and Swift herself, sharing their definitions of the word "fearless". Following the video's completion, the band and backup dancers appeared, dressed in yellow cheerleading uniforms. Swift, dressed in a white marching band uniform, then emerges from the bottom of the stage and commences singing. Swift roams around the stage singing and backup dancers perform cheerleading routines while projections of cheerleaders are shown on the stage. Midway through the performance, the backup dancers removed Swift's marching band uniform to reveal a sparkly cocktail dress; she is then handed a rhinestoned acoustic guitar and finishes the performance.

"You Belong with Me" became a staple on the set lists of Swift's subsequent concert tours. The song was also performed on the Speak Now World Tour and the Red Tour. On several concerts of the 1989 World Tour (2015), Swift performed an acoustic version of "You Belong with Me". The song featured as a regular part of the set lists for Swift's fifth and sixth headlining concert tours: the Reputation Stadium Tour (2018), where it was part of a medley with "Style" and "Love Story"; and the Eras Tour (2023).

In November 2009, American rock singer Butch Walker covered "You Belong with Me" for a digital single release. James Christopher Monger of Allmusic said the cover was infused "with the same karaoke glee that fueled previous installments". According to Mikael Wood of Billboard, the cover's instrumentation is fueled by banjo; he claimed it was an "online success". Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine described the cover's arrangement as "fantastic" and, to him, it "emphasized the terrific melody and structure that are the song's real selling points". Band Hero for consoles features "You Belong with Me" as one of sixty-five songs from "mainstream acts".

A parody entitled "TMZ" was included on "Weird Al" Yankovic's studio album Alpocalypse (2011). A music video for the parody, directed by Bill Plympton, was filmed in October 2010, and was included on the album's DVD.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Fearless album liner notes

• Taylor Swift – vocals, songwriter, producer
• Liz Rose – songwriter
• Nathan Chapman – producer
• Steve Blackmon – assistant recording engineer, assistant mixer
• Chad Carslon – recording engineer
• Justin Niebank – mixer

Charts

Certifications

"You Belong with Me (Taylor's Version)"

On April 9, 2021, Swift released Fearless (Taylor's Version), the re-recording of her 2008 album, through Republic Records. The release was part of Swift's actions to claim the rights to her masters, following the 2019 dispute. The re-recording of "You Belong with Me", subtitled "Taylor's Version", is the sixth track on Fearless (Taylor's Version)'s track list. "You Belong with Me (Taylor's Version)" features the same core production as the original, with a smoother, more nuanced production. Upon the album's release, "You Belong with Me (Taylor's Version)" charted on the official singles charts of Australia, Canada, Ireland, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Critical reception

Critical reception of the track was mainly positive, with most reviews observing the varied vocal delivery. Emily St. James of Vox was impressed by Swift's vocal delivery on the re-recorded version, describing the vocal delivery as stronger due to age and experience. St. James praised Swift's varied approach to her vocal delivery, commenting: "2021 Swift is much more comfortable settling into her natural alto range". She also opined that the perspective of the song's storytelling changes over time, calling the new version warmer and more empathetic. Hannah Mylrea of NME claims the song is "filled with youthful yearning", asserting that Swift revisits the song with kindness and affection. Kitty Empire of The Guardian deemed the production smoother and the quality of playing more nuanced with particular reference to the "interplay between the guitar and banjo".

Personnel

Credits adapted from Fearless (Taylor's Version) album liner notes

• Taylor Swift – lead vocals, songwriter, producer
• Liz Rose – songwriter
• Christopher Rowe – producer, recording engineer
• Max Bernstein – steel guitar
• Matt Billingslea – drums, percussion programming
• Dan Burns – percussion programming
• Caitlin Evanson – background vocals
• Derek Garten – additional engineer
• Serban Ghenea – mixer
• John Hanes – engineer
• Amos Heller – bass guitar
• Mike Meadows – acoustic guitar, banjitar, banjo, mandolin
• David Payne – recording engineer
• Lowell Reynolds – additional engineer
• Paul Sidoti – electric guitar
• Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle

Charts

Certifications

See also

• List of best-selling singles in the United States
• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 2009 (U.S.) and 2010 (U.S.)
• List of Hot Country Songs number ones of 2009

Notes

1. Sloan and Harding said the "T-Drop" is Swift's signature melodic motif in her vocal performance and cited three more examples which showcase this: "Mean" (2010), "State of Grace" (2012), and "Welcome to New York" (2014).
2. Attributed to such publications as Paste, Pitchfork, and Billboard
3. Attributed to reviews by Rob Sheffield for Blender, Rashod D. Ollison for The Baltimore Sun, the Reading Eagle,"/> Folha de S. Paulo, and Darryl Sterdan for the Ottawa Sun
4. Attributed to reviews by The Belfast Telegraph and Chris Williams for Billboard
5. Attributed to reviews by Williams, the Reading Eagle, The Belfast Telegraph, Craig Mathieson for The Age, and Leah Greenblatt for Entertainment Weekly

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• 2009 singles
• Big Machine Records singles
• Taylor Swift songs
• Songs written by Liz Rose
• Songs written by Taylor Swift
• Song recordings produced by Nathan Chapman (record producer)
• Song recordings produced by Taylor Swift
• Song recordings produced by Chris Rowe
• Music videos directed by Roman White
• MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video
• American power pop songs
• Country pop songs