2006Released
2:59

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Interesting facts and trivia about Teardrops on My Guitar - Pop Version. By Songfacts®.

Written by Taylor Swift and Liz Rose, this song of unrequited love is based on a true experience during Taylor's schooldays when she had a crush on a boy she was friends with. However there was no chance of him reciprocating her feelings as he already had a girlfriend whom he was madly in love with and he used to tell Swift all about her. In an interview with the HMV magazine, Taylor revealed that this song was written for a boy named Drew, who only ever saw her as a friend, despite Taylor having feelings for him. She went on to explain what happened when he realized the song was about him. Said Taylor: "About two years after the album came out in the States, he showed up in my driveway. Apparently he and his girlfriend had broken up so that was his first stop when he was back in town. I was like 'you are so late, y'know. If you'd stopped by right after the album came out then that would be one thing, but…' I remember reading on his MySpace page one time 'My name's Drew and I have a famous song written about me. Email me and I'll give you details.' I was like, right, wow, note taken."

The guy Swift wrote this song about was later revealed to be Drew Hardwick. In 2015, he and his wife, Joni, were arrested in Hendersonville, Tennessee on charges of child abuse.

This song had two different chart runs on the Hot 100. It was originally a country hit and charted on the Hot 100 based on its success in the country format. As a result of the success of it's follow-up, "Our Song," a remix of "Teardrops on My Guitar" was released to Pop and Adult Contemporary radio. They gave it sufficient airplay to give it a second life on the Hot 100.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Teardrops on My Guitar - Pop Version.
A♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
200BPM

Album

The album Teardrops on My Guitar - Pop Version is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Teardrops on My Guitar - Pop Version.
Big Machine Records, LLC
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