Dear John (Taylor Swift song)

"Dear John"
Song by Taylor Swift
from the album Speak Now
Format Digital download
Recorded 2009-2010
Genre Country Pop
Length 6:43
Label Big Machine
Songwriter(s) Taylor Swift
Producer(s)

"Dear John" is a song written and recorded by American recording artist Taylor Swift. The song was on her 2010 release, Speak Now. Swift wrote this song on her own, like all of the songs on the album—save "If This Were a Movie" which she co-wrote with Martin Johnson—and it is allegedly about fellow singer, John Mayer. Although the song was never released as a single, it did end up charting on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100.

Background

Swift allegedly wrote "Dear John" about rock singer John Mayer, who she dated from December 2009-February 2010. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Mayer said, "I never got an e-mail. I never got a phone call. I was really caught off-guard, and it really humiliated me at a time when I'd already been dressed down. I mean, how would you feel if, at the lowest you've ever been, someone kicked you even lower?" Mayer also insulted Swift as a songwriter, saying it was "cheap songwriting."[1] When Swift was asked about the rumors, she shot them down, but not exactly saying that the song wasn't about Mayer. "How presumptuous! I never disclose who my songs are about," Swift said in the November 2012 issue of Glamour.[2]

Critical reception

The New York Times said it was,"by far the most scorching track on Speak Now." [3] TheCelebrityCafe.com named it the second best Underrated Taylor Swift song.[4]

Live performances

Swift played the song throughout the Speak Now World Tour.

Chart performance

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[5] 68
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 54

References

  1. ↑ "John Mayer: Taylor Swift's 'Dear John' Song 'Humiliated Me'". June 6, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Taylor Swift: John Mayer is 'presumptuous' to think 'Dear John' is about him". October 1, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Taylor Swift Is Angry, Darn It". October 20, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Top 10 Underrated Taylor Swift Songs". November 13, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Taylor Swift Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Taylor Swift Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
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