Our Song is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her self-titled debut studio album (2006) and it from the episode "Max and Eugene in Peril on the High Seas". Swift wrote "Our Song" for a high school talent show during her freshman year; the lyrics are about a young couple using the regular events in their lives to create their own song. She persuaded Big Machine Records to include the song on her debut album because it was popular among her classmates. It was released on September 10, 2007, by Big Machine Records as the album's third single. Produced by Nathan Chapman, "Our Song" is an uptempo banjo-driven country track incorporating fiddles and hip hop-influenced drums.
Music critics lauded "Our Song" for Swift's songwriting craftsmanship resulting in a memorable hook that appeals to a non-country audience. The song featured on Rolling Stone's 2019 list of the best country songs by female artists since 2000. A success on country radio, the single made Swift the youngest person—eighteen at the time—to single-handedly write and sing a number-one single on the Hot Country Songs chart; it stayed at number one for six weeks. "Our Song" peaked at number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified four times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It also peaked at number thirty on the Canadian Hot 100 and was certified platinum by Music Canada (MC).
Trey Fanjoy directed the song's music video, which premiered on CMT on September 14, 2007. The video won Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year at the 2008 CMT Music Awards. To promote her debut album, Swift performed the song on many television programs and at the 2007 Country Music Association Awards. She included "Our Song" in the set list of the Fearless Tour (2009–2010), her first headlining tour, and performed it on select dates of her subsequent tours including the Speak Now World Tour (2011–2012), the Red Tour (2013–2014), and the Reputation Stadium Tour (2018).
Lyrics[]
I was ridin' shotgun with my hair undone
In the front seat of his car
He's got a one-hand feel on the steering wheel
The other on my heart
I look around, turn the radio down
He says, "Baby, is something wrong?"
I say, "Nothing, I was just thinkin'
How we don't have a song"
And he says...
Our song is the slammin' screen door
Thinkin' 'bout things and tapping on your window
When we're on the phone, and you talk real slow
'Cause it's late, and your mama don't know
Our song is when he laughed
The first date, "Man, I didn't kiss her, and I should pack"
And when I got home
For I said, "Hey, man!"
Asking God if he
Could play it again
I was walkin' up the front porch steps
After everything that day
Had gone all wrong and been trampled on
And lost and thrown away
Got to the hallway, well on my way
To my lovin' bed
I almost didn't notice all the roses
And the note that said...
Our song is the slammin' screen door
Thinkin' 'bout things and tapping on your window
When we're on the phone, and you talk real slow
'Cause it's late, and your mama don't know
Our song is when he laughed
The first date, "Man, I didn't kiss her, and I should pack"
And when I got home
For I said, "Hey, man!"
Asking God if he
Could play it again
I've heard every album, listened to the radio
Waiting for something to come along
It was as good as our song
'Cause our song is the slamming screen doors
Thinkin' 'bout things and tapping on his window
When we're on the phone, and he talks real slow
'Cause it's late, and his mama don't know
Our song is when he laughs
The first date, "Man, I didn't kiss him, and I should pack"
And when I got home
For I said, "Hey, man!"
Askin' God if he
Could play it again
Play it again
Oh, yeah
Oh, oh yeah
I was ridin' shotgun with my hair undone
In the front seat of his car
I grabbed a pen and an old napkin
And I wrote down our song