Teardrops on My Guitar

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"Teardrops on My Guitar"
Single by Taylor Swift
from the album Taylor Swift
ReleasedFebruary 20, 2007
GenreCountry pop, soft rock
Length3:35
LabelBig Machine
Songwriter(s)Taylor Swift, Liz Rose
Producer(s)Nathan Chapman
Taylor Swift singles chronology
"Tim McGraw"
(2006)
"Teardrops on My Guitar"
(2007)
"Our Song"
(2007)

"Teardrops on My Guitar" is the second single off of American singer Taylor Swift's first self-titled studio album. The song was released on February 20, 2007. The song was able to make it to #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also certified 3× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[1][2][3]

Swift said that she was inspired by Drew Hardwick, her classmate whom she had a crush on. Unknown to Hardwick, he would talk to Swift about another girl who he had a crush on. She never confessed her feelings to him.[4] Actor Tyler Hilton plays the main male character Drew in the music video.[5]

Music video[change | change source]

It premiered on CMT on February 15, 2007.

The video debuted at number 19 on CMT's Top 20 Countdown for the week of March 15, 2007.

It made history on CMT's Top Twenty Countdown for being at number one for consecutive two weeks.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Taylor Swift - Hot Country Songs Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  2. "Taylor Swift - Hot 100 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  3. "Taylor Swift - Teardrops on My Guitar". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  4. "Drew Hardwick, Subject of Taylor Swift's 'Teardrops on My Guitar,' Arrested for Child Abuse". Vulture. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  5. "Taylor Swift and Tyler Hilton Reunite: 'Come a Long Way Since Teardrops!'". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved July 28, 2023.

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