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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Honor Roll of Hits: Top 300 Songs

Honor Roll of Hits:

Top 300 Songs

In the 2015 edition of Joel Whitburn’s Top Pop Singles 1955-2015, 300 songs are noted and ranked for awards and list appearances: ASCAP, BMI, Country Music Association Awards, Grammys, the Grammy Hall of Fame, Kennedy Center Honors, National Recording Registry, NPR, Oscars, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, RIAA/NEA, and Rolling Stone.

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1. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967)
2. Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)
3. Roy Orbison “(Oh) Pretty Woman” (1964)
4. Bobby Darin “Mack the Knife” (1959)
5. Tina Turner “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” (1984)
6. Al Green “Let’s Stay Together” (1971)
7. Carl Perkins “Blue Suede Shoes” (1956)
8. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
9. The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (1965)
10. The Temptations “My Girl” (1964)

11. Simon and Garfunkel “The Sounds of Silence” (1965)
12. Martha & the Vandellas “Dancing in the Street” (1964)
13. Ben E. King “Stand by Me” (1961)
14. Ray Charles “What’d I Say” (1959)
15. George Jones “He Stopped Loving Her Today” (1980)
16. Bill Haley & the Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (1954)
17. The Doors “Light My Fire” (1967)
18. Jerry Lee Lewis “Great Balls of Fire” (1957)
19. The Ronettes “Be My Baby” (1963)
20. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” (1971)

21. The Miracles “The Tracks of My Tears” (1965)
22. The Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight” (1979)
23. The Beatles “Yesterday” (1965)
24. James Taylor “Fire and Rain” (1970)
25. The Impressions “People Get Ready” (1965)
26. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five “The Message” (1982)
27. Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970)
28. Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (1978)
29. Eagles “Hotel California” (1976)
30. Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” (1956)

31. Roberta Flack “Killing Me Softly with His Song” (1973)
32. Fats Domino “Blueberry Hill” (1956)
33. Willie Nelson “Always on My Mind” (1982)
34. Little Richard “Tutti Frutti” (1955)
35. Chubby Checker “The Twist” (1960)
36. Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (1972)
37. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966)
38. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Proud Mary” (1969)
39. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Peggy Sue” (1957)
40. The Penguins “Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)” (1954)

41. Billy Joel “Piano Man” (1974)
42. Bo Diddley “Bo Diddley” (1955)
43. Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel” (1956)
44. The Police “Every Breath You Take” (1983)
45. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
46. Percy Sledge “When a Man Loves a Woman” (1966)
47. The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” (1963)
48. Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)
49. The Mamas & Papas “California Dreamin’” (1966)
50. Van Morrison “Brown-Eyed Girl” (1967)

51. Johnny Cash “I Walk the Line” (1956)
52. Bob Dylan “Blowin’ in the Wind” (1963)
53. Sam Cooke “You Send Me” (1957)
54. John Lennon “Imagine” (1971)
55. Derek & the Dominos “Layla” (1971)
56. The Flamingos “I Only Have Eyes for You” (1959)
57. Ritchie Valens “La Bamba” (1958)
58. Sam Cooke “A Change Is Gonna Come” (1965)
59. The Kingston Trio “Tom Dooley” (1958)
60. Sam & Dave “Soul Man” (1967)

61. B.B. King “The Thrill Is Gone” (1969)
62. Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956)
63. Ray Charles “I Can’t Stop Loving You” (1962)
64. Isaac Hayes “Theme from Shaft” (1971)
65. The Temptations “Papa Was a Rollin' Stone” (1972)
66. Ray Charles “Georgia on My Mind” (1960)
67. Tammy Wynette “Stand by Your Man” (1968)
68. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll” (1981)
69. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
70. Michael Jackson “Beat It” (1982)

71. The Shirelles “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (1960)
72. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “That’ll Be the Day” (1957)
73. The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” (1969)
74. 86. Steppenwolf “Born to Be Wild” (1968)
75. Prince & the Revolution “Purple Rain” (1984)
76. Jerry Lee Lewis “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” (1957)
77. Booker T. & the MG’s “Green Onions” (1962)
78. Queen “We Will Rock You” / “We Are the Champions” (1977)
79. Roger Miller “King of the Road” (1965)
80. Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto “The Girl from Ipanema” (1964)

81. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
82. Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” (1958)
83. The Drifters “On Broadway” (1963)
84. The Five Satins “In the Still of the Nite (I’ll Remember)” (1956)
85. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982)
86. The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (1964)
87. Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (1966)
88. Elvis Presley “Suspicious Minds” (1969)
89. James Brown “I Got You” (I Feel Good)” (1965)
90. Chuck Berry “Maybellene” (1955)

91. Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?” (1956)
92. The Kinks “You Really Got Me” (1964)
93. Elton John “Your Song” (1970)
94. Henry Mancini with Audrey Hepburn “Moon River” (1961)
95. Patsy Cline “I Fall to Pieces” (1961)
96. The Staple Singers “Respect Yourself” (1971)
97. Lynyrd Skynyrd “Free Bird” (1973)
98. Wilson Pickett “In the Midnight Hour” (1965)
99. Bruce Springsteen “Born to Run” (1975)
100. Chuck Berry “Roll Over Beethoven” (1956)

101. The Isley Brothers “Shout (Parts 1 and 2)” (1959)
102. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Fortunate Son” (1969)
103. Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” (1971)
104. Bob Dylan “The Times They Are A-Changin’” (1964)
105. The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (1958)
106. The Platters “The Great Pretender” (1955)
107. Dion “Runaround Sue” (1961)
108. Blondie “Heart of Glass” (1978)
109. Little Eva “The Loco-Motion” (1962)
110. The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (1965)

111. The Beach Boys “California Girls” (1965)
112. Dionne Warwick “Walk on By” (1964)
113. Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” (1967)
114. Eddie Cochran “Summertime Blues” (1958)
115. Patsy Cline “Crazy” (1961)
116. Fats Domino “Ain't That a Shame” (1955)
117. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Purple Haze” (1967)
118. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “All Along the Watchtower” (1968)
119. Loretta Lynn “Coal Miner's Daughter” (1970)
120. Howlin’ Wolf “Smokestack Lightning” (1956)

121. The Champs “Tequila” (1958)
122. The Box Tops “The Letter” (1967)
123. Barbra Streisand “The Way We Were” (1973)
124. U2 “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (1987)
125. Mary Wells “My Guy” (1964)
126. The Supremes “Where Did Our Love Go” (1964)
127. Frank Sinatra “Strangers in the Night” (1966)
128. Eric Clapton “Tears in Heaven” (1992)
129. Roy Orbison “Crying” (1961)
130. R.E.M. “Losing My Religion” (1991)

131. Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry “Walk This Way” (1986)
132. Jackie Wilson “Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher” (1967)
133. Lynyrd Skynrd “Sweet Home Alabama” (1974)
134. M.C. Hammer “U Can’t Touch This” (1990)
135. Jefferson Airplane “White Rabbit” (1967)
136. Bruce Springsteen “Born in the U.S.A.” (1984)
137. Crosby, Stills & Nash with Neil Young “Ohio” (1970)
138. Charlie Rich “Behind Closed Doors” (1973)
139. Muddy Waters “Hoochie Coochie Man” (1954)
140. T-Bone Walker “Call It Stormy Monday” (1947)

141. John Lee Hooker “Boogie Chillen'“ (1949)
142. Hank Williams “I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry” (1949)
143. Muddy Waters “Got My Mojo Working” (1957)
144. Gladys Knight & the Pips “Midnight Train to Georgia” (1973)
145. Bette Midler “Wind Beneath My Wings (aka "Hero")” (1989)
146. Aretha Franklin “Chain of Fools” (1967)
147. Marvin Gaye “Sexual Healing” (1982)
148. Big Brother & The Holding Company “Piece of My Heart” (1968)
149. Santana & Rob Thomas “Smooth” (1999)
150. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)

151. Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” (1977)
152. Bobby Gentry “Ode to Billie Joe” (1967)
153. Stevie Wonder “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” (1972)
154. James Brown “Papa's Got a Brand New Bag” (1965)
155. Sammi Smith “Help Me Make It Through the Night” (1971)
156. Flatt & Scruggs with the Foggy Mountain Boys “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” (1950)
157. Rod Stewart “Maggie May” (1971)
158. Don McLean “American Pie” (1971)
159. The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women” (1969)
160. Bill Withers “Lean on Me” (1972)

161. The Beatles “Help!” (1964)
162. The Supremes “Stop! In the Name of Love” (1965)
163. Abba “Dancing Queen” (1976)
164. The Everly Brothers “Bye Bye Love” (1957)
165. Sister Sledge “We Are Family” (1979)
166. Roy Orbison “Only the Lonely” (1960)
167. The Drifters “There Goes My Baby” (1959)
168. Billy Joel “Just the Way You Are” (1977)
169. Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love” (1969)
170. Edwin Hawkins Singers “Oh Happy Day” (1969)

171. Little Richard “Long Tall Sally” (1956)
172. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps “Be-Bop-A-Lula” (1956)
173. The 5th Dimension “Up, Up and Away” (1967)
174. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
175. Hank Williams “Lovesick Blues” (1949)
176. Etta James “At Last” (1961)
177. James Brown “Please Please Please” (1956)
178. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992)
179. Prince “When Doves Cry” (1984)
180. Johnny Horton “The Battle of New Orleans” (1959)

181. The Everly Brothers “Wake Up Little Susie” (1957)
182. Del Shannon “Runaway” (1961)
183. Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II” (1979)
184. The Beatles “Let It Be” (1970)
185. The Crystals “He's a Rebel” (1962)
186. Wilbert Harrison “Kansas City” (1959)
187. Louis Armstrong “Hello Dolly!” (1964)
188. The Coasters “Yakety Yak” (1958)
189. The Shangri-La’s “Leader of the Pack” (1964)
190. Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” (1983)

191. The Miracles “Shop Around” (1960)
192. Aaron Neville “Tell It Like It Is” (1966)
193. Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade of Pale” (1967)
194. Harry Nilsson “Everybody's Talkin'“ (1968)
195. Jackie Wilson “Lonely Teardrops” (1958)
196. Spencer Davis Group “Gimme Some Lovin'“ (1966)
197. Sly & the Family Stone “Dance to the Music” (1968)
198. The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever” (1967)
199. Bruce Springsteen “Streets of Philadelphia” (1994)
200. The Lovin’ Spoonful “Do You Believe in Magic” (1965)

201. Bobby Fuller Four “I Fought the Law” (1966)
202. Ben E. King “Spanish Harlem” (1960)
203. The Animals “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” (1965)
204. The Byrds “Eight Miles High” (1966)
205. Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side” (1973)
206. Johnny Cash “Ring of Fire” (1963)
207. Tony Bennett “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” (1962)
208. Otis Redding “I've Been Loving You Too Long” (1965)
209. Otis Redding “Try a Little Tenderness” (1966)
210. Glen Campbell “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” (1967)

211. John Lee Hooker “Boom Boom” (1962)
212. The Who “My Generation” (1965)
213. Ike & Tina Turner “River Deep, Mountain High” (1966)
214. Big Joe Turner “Shake, Rattle and Roll” (1954)
215. Bob Marley & the Wailers “No Woman No Cry” (1974)
216. Johnny Cash “Folsom Prison Blues” (1955)
217. Robert Johnson “I Believe I'll Dust My Broom” (1936)
218. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
219. USA for Africa “We Are the World” (1985)
220. The Drifters “Save the Last Dance for Me” (1960)

221. The Turtles “Happy Together” (1967)
222. Edwin Starr “War” (1970)
223. Simon & Garfunkel “Mrs. Robinson” (1968)
224. Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (1997)
225. Kool & The Gang “Celebration” (1980)
226. Janis Joplin “Me and Bobby McGee” (1971)
227. Chic “Good Times” (1979)
228. The Staple Singers “I'll Take You There” (1972)
229. Neil Young “Heart of Gold” (1972)
230. Shania Twain “You’re Still the One” (1997)

231. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” (2006)
232. Lady Antebellum “Need You Now” (2009)
233. The Ventures “Walk Don't Run” (1960)
234. Beck “Loser” (1993)
235. Fleetwood Mac “Go Your Own Way” (1977)
236. James Brown “Get Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine” (1970)
237. Dave Brubeck Quartet “Take Five “ (1959)
238. The Police “Roxanne” (1978)
239. The Drifters “Money Honey” (1953)
240. Bob Marley & the Wailers “Get Up Stand Up” (1973)

241. Jimmy Cliff “Many Rivers to Cross” (1969)
242. Dionne Warwick & Friends “That's What Friends Are For” (1985)
243. Sly & the Family Stone “Everyday People” (1968)
244. Carpenters “They Long to Be Close to You “ (1970)
245. Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes “Up Where We Belong” (1982)
246. Lauryn “Doo Wop (That Thing)” (1998)
247. Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This” (1983)
248. Earth, Wind & Fire “Shining Star” (1975)
249. Carpenters “We've Only Just Begun” (1970)
250. The Drifters “Up on the Roof” (1962)

251. Lee Ann Womack & Sons of the Desert “I Hope You Dance” (2000)
252. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell “Ain't No Mountain High Enough” (1967)
253. Louis Armstrong “What a Wonderful World” (1967)
254. Merle Haggard “Mama Tried” (1968)
255. Howlin’ Wolf “Spoonful” (1960)
256. Little Walter Jacobs & His Night Cats “Juke” (1952)
257. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats “Rocket 88” (1951)
258. Public Enemy “Fight the Power” (1989)
259. Irene Cara “Flashdance...What a Feelin’” (1983)
260. Carole King “It’s Too Late” (1971)

261. B.J. Thomas “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” (1969)
262. Bobby McFerrin “Don't Worry Be Happy” (1988)
263. Marty Robbins “El Paso” (1959)
264. Petula Clark “Downtown” (1964)
265. Ray Charles “Hit the Road Jack” (1961)
266. Bruce Springsteen “Dancing in the Dark” (1984)
267. The Isley Brothers “It's Your Thing” (1969)
268. Bill Withers “Ain't No Sunshine” (1971)
269. Eric Clapton “Change the World” (1996)
270. Tracy Chapman “Fast Car” (1988)

271. Roger Miller “Dang Me” (1964)
272. Tom Petty “Free Fallin’“ (1989)
273. Jimmy Buffett “Margaritaville” (1977)
274. Stevie Wonder “Living for the City” (1973)
275. Four Tops “Baby I Need Your Loving” (1964)
276. Kenny Rogers “The Gambler” (1978)
277. Sam Cooke “Wonderful World” (1960)
278. Willie Nelson “On the Road Again” (1980)
279. U2 “Beautiful Day” (2000)
280. R.E.M. “Radio Free Europe” (1983)

281. Bo Diddley “I'm a Man” (1955)
282. Randy Newman “Sail Away” (1972)
283. Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” (1957)
284. Chic “Le Freak” (1978)
285. The Fifth Dimension “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” (1969)
286. Bonnie Raitt “Something To Talk About” (1991)
287. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott “Get Ur Freak On” (2001)
288. Eagles “Take It Easy” (1972)
289. Little Big Town “Girl Crush” (2014)
290. Henry Mancini “Days of Wine and Roses, The” (1963)

291. Ray Charles “I Gotta Woman” (1955)
292. Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003)
293. The Everly Brothers “Cathy's Clown” (1960)
294. The Four Seasons “Big Girls Don’t Cry” (1962)
295. Van Halen “Jump” (1983)
296. The Young Rascals “Groovin’” (1967)
297. Gene Chandler “Duke of Earl” (1962)
298. The Byrds “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)” (1965)
299. Johnny Mathis “Chances Are “ (1957)
300. The Moody Blues “Nights in White Satin” (1967)

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Taylor Swift’s Fearless released

Fearless

Taylor Swift

Released: November 11, 2008 (Original Version)

Released: April 9, 2021 (Taylor’s Version)

Peak: 111 US, 135 CW, 5 UK, 11 CN, 2 AU

Sales (in millions): 10.0 US, 0.3 UK, 12.0 world (includes US and UK)

Genre: country/pop

Song Title (Writers) [Time] (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts.

    Tracks (Original Album):

  1. Fearless (Swift, Liz Rose, Hillary Lindsey) [4:01] (11/1/08, 9 US, 69 CN, sales: 1 million)
  2. Fifteen [4:54] (11/29/08, 23 US, 10 CW, 34 AA, 19 CN, 48 AU, sales: 1.5 million)
  3. Love Story [3:55] (9/27/08, 4 US, 1 CW, 1 AC, 3 AA, 2 UK, 4 CN, 1 AU, sales: 8.1 million worldwide, airplay: 0.6 m)
  4. Hey Stephen [4:14] (11/29/08, 94 US)
  5. White Horse (Swift, Rose) [3:54] (11/29/08, 13 US, 2 CW, 60 UK, 43 CN, 41 AU, sales: 2 million)
  6. You Belong with Me (Swift, Rose) [3:51] (11/22/08, 2 US, 1 CW, 1 AC, 2 AA, 30 UK, 3 CN, 5 AU, sales: 4.9 million, airplay: 0.5 m)
  7. Breathe (with Colbie Caillat) (Swift, Caillat) [4:23] (11/29/08, 87 US)
  8. Tell Me Why (Swift, Rose) [3:20]
  9. You’re Not Sorry [4:21] (11/15/08, 11 US, 11 CN, sales: 0.7 million)
  10. The Way I Loved You (Swift, John Rich) [4:03] (11/29/08, 72 US)
  11. Forever & Always [3:45] (11/29/08, 34 US)
  12. The Best Day [4:05] (5/23/09, 56 CW, gold single)
  13. Change [4:39] (8/30/08, 10 US, 57 CW)

    Tracks (Platinum Edition):

  14. Jump Then Fall [3:57] (11/14/09, 10 US, 59 CW)
  15. Untouchable (Swift, Carly Barlowe, Nathan Barlowe, Tommy Lee James) [4:27] (11/14/09, 19 US)
  16. Forever & Always (piano version) [4:27] (4/24/21, 65 US)
  17. Come in with the Rain (Swift, Rose) [3:57] (11/14/09, 30 US)
  18. Superstar (Swift, Rose) [4:23] (11/14/09, 26 US)
  19. The Other Side of the Door [3:58] (11/14/09, 23 US)

    Tracks (Taylor’s Version):

  20. Today Was a Fairy Tale [4:01] (1/19/10, 2 US, 19 RR, 21 AC, 21 A40, 41 CW, 57 UK, 1 CN, 3 AU)
  21. You All Over Me (with Maren Morris) (Swift, Scooter Carusoe) [3:40] (3/26/21, 51 US, 52 UK, 34 AU)
  22. Mr. Perfectly Fine [4:37] (4/7/21, 30 US)
  23. We Were Happy (Swift, Rose) [4:04]
  24. That’s When (with Keith Urban) (Swift, Brad Warren, Brett Warren) [3:09]
  25. Don’t You (Swift, James) [3:28]
  26. Bye Bye Baby (Swift, Rose) [4:02]

Total Running Time (Original Version): 53:41

Total Running Time (Taylor’s Version): 106:20

Rating:

3.643 out of 5.00 (average of 21 ratings)

Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album:

Swift’s sophomore album did anything but slump. Once you count five charted songs from the 2009 re-release known as the platinum edition, Fearless was responsible for landing an astonishing 17 hits on the charts. 16 of those made it on the U.S. Hot 100 and five of those were top 10 hits. It was “the first album in music history to produce thirteen top forty hits. Swift now holds the record for most singles on the Hot 100 at the same time by a female artist with nine.” WK

“The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 592,304 copies in its first week, the best first-week sales for a female artist in 2008. Fearless became the first album to sell one million copies in 2009.” WK In addition to 11 non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200, giving it the most weeks at #1 since Santana’s 1999 Supernatural album. “The album has spent 45 weeks in the top ten on the Billboard 200, becoming the longest run for a country album in the top ten since Shania Twain’s Come On Over, which had 53 weeks from 1997-1999.” WK The album also spent 35 non-consecutive weeks on top of the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. WK

The album also cleaned up on awards. It is the only album in history to take home the Country Album of the Year prizes from the Academy of Country Music, American Music Award, Country Music Assocation, and the Grammys. It also won the Grammy for Album of the Year.

It wasn’t just that the album was a success based on awards and sales, though. It was also a display of her growth as an artist. She “abandons any pretense that she’s a teen…which isn’t to say that she suddenly tarts herself up, running away from her youth in a manner that’s all too familiar to many teen stars. Swift’s maturation is deliberate and careful, styled after the crossover country-pop of Shania Twain and Faith Hill before they turned into divas. Despite the success of her self-titled 2006 debut, there’s nothing at all diva-like about Swift on 2008’s Fearless: she’s soft-spoken and considerate, a big sister instead of a big star.” STE

“There may be a hint of youthfulness to her singing but that’s the only hint of girlishness here; her writing – and she had a hand in penning all 13 tracks here, with six of them bearing her solitary credit – is sharply, subtly crafted and the music is softly assured, never pushing its hooks too hard and settling into a warm bed of guitars and keyboards. Like many country-pop albums of the 2000s, the pop heavily outweighs the country – there aren’t fiddles here, there are violins – yet Fearless never feels garish, a crass attempt at a crossover success. It’s small-scale and sweetly tuneful, always seeming humble even when the power ballads build to a big close. Swift’s gentle touch is as enduring as her songcraft, and this musical maturity may not quite jibe with her age but it does help make Fearless one of the best mainstream pop albums of 2008.” STE

The album’s first official single, Love Story, “was her first song to achieve commercial success outside the United States; it reached number one in Australia [and Canada] and number two in the United Kingdom.” WK The song also won CMT’s Video of the Year award.

“White Horse was the second official US single from Fearless” WK but “like its predecessor, …became successful before its single release.” WK

“You Belong with Me was the third official US single from Fearless.” WK It “has become the biggest hit of Swift’s career domestically, and became the highest charting country single since 2005, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100.” WK It won Best Female Video at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. “Controversy ensued while during Swift’s acceptance speech for the award, rapper Kanye West stole her microphone away from her, and said that Beyoncé’s ‘Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)’, which was one of the videos ‘You Belong With Me’ beat out, deserved to win the award…Beyoncé, after winning the award for Video of the Year for ‘Single Ladies’, invited Swift to the stage to finish her acceptance speech, instead of delivering her own.” WK

Fifteen, which was one of the many album tracks to chart when the album was released, “was announced to be the fourth official US single from Fearless.” WK The song is “a kind warning for a teen to watch her heart sung from the perspective of a woman who’s perhaps twice that age – a sly trick for the 18-year-old Swift.” STE

“On the chart week of November 14, 2009, Swift set a record for the most songs on the Billboard Hot 100 by a female artist at the same time with eight singles from the re-release of her 2008 album Fearless.” WK Three of those had previously charted or were still on the charts from the previous week, but with a non-Fearless song (Boys Like Girls’ ‘Two Is Better Than One’, which featured Swift) also debuting that week, Swift also had “six debuts in one week, the biggest number of debuts by any female artist of all time. It also lifts the number of her simultaneously-charting songs to nine, setting another record for the biggest number of charting songs by the same female artist in the same week.” WK That same week, Swift became the artist with the most number of Top 20 debuts in her career. WK

Notes: The platinum edition of the album added five new songs. In 2021, Taylor re-recorded and re-released the entire album, including the tracks on the Platinum Edition, plus eight more songs.

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Saturday, July 8, 2000

Lee Ann Womack’s “I Hope You Dance” topped country chart

I Hope You Dance

Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert

Writer(s): Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers (see lyrics here)

First Charted: March 25, 2000

Peak: 14 US, 24 RR, 111 AC, 13 A40, 15 CW, 40 UK, 75 CN, 65 AU, 1 DF (Click for codes to singles charts.)

Sales (in millions): 2.09 US

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 0.94 radio, 79.2 video, 94.03 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

“I Hope You Dance” was a mid-tempo country pop ballad which encourages one to live life to the fullest. Tia Sillers, one of the songwriters, said she was going through a painful divorce when writing the song. During a beach vacation, she said, “I felt so small and inconsequential…As I was leaving the beac, I remember thinking that things weren’t really so bad, that I would get through it.” SF It has become adopted as an anthem for people who’ve lost someone as well as a message from parent to child about “taking chances and not being afraid to try something new.” SF Womack dedicated the song to her daughters Aubrie (9) and Anna Lisa (1), AMG who appeared in the video with her.

Billboard magazine called it “a career record…It’s one of those life-affirming songs that makes you pause and take stock of how you’re living…Her sweet, vulnerable voice perfectly captures the tender sentiment of the lyric.” WK USA Today’s Ken Barnes said, “Uplifting message song whose greeting-card sentiments and imprecise rhymes are outweighed by a gorgeous performance by today’s reigning pure-country vocalist.” WK

Womack talked about the song on The Early Show, saying “I can’t predict if something’s going to be a big hit or not. But it certainly hit home with a lot of people.” WK On The Today Show, she said, “You can’t hear those lyrics and not think about children and…hope for the future and things you want for them…It turned into like a prom and graduation theme.” WK

The song cleaned up on awards, taking Song and Single of the Year honors from both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association. It also won the Grammy for Country Song of the Year and was named the BMI Country Song of the Year.

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First posted 11/1/2021; last updated 10/23/2022.

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Monday, August 27, 1990

Garth Brooks’ No Fences released

First posted 2/22/2008; updated 12/3/2020.

No Fences

Garth Brooks

Released: August 27, 1990

Peak: 3 US, 141 CW, -- UK, 49 CN, 11 AU

Sales (in millions): 18.0 US, -- UK, 23.0 world (includes US and UK)

Genre: country

Tracks:

Song Title (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts.

  1. The Thunder Rolls (5/18/91, 1 CW)
  2. New Way to Fly
  3. Two of a Kind, Workin’ on a Full House (2/9/91, 1 CW)
  4. Victim of the Game
  5. Friends in Low Places (8/18/90, 1 CW, 36 UK)
  6. Wild Horses (11/25/00, 7 CW, 43a US)
  7. Unanswered Prayers (11/3/90, 1 CW)
  8. Same Old Story
  9. Mr. Blue
  10. Wolves

Total Running Time: 38:29

Rating:

4.250 out of 5.00 (average of 13 ratings)

Quotable: “No Fences captures Garth Brooks just after his initial success yet before superstardom.” – David Cantwell, Amazon.com

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About the Album:

“No Fences captures Garth Brooks just after his initial success yet before superstardom.” DC It remains his “best-selling album to date” WK and was named Album of the Year in 1990 by the Academy of Country Music.

It “follows the same pattern as his debut, but it is a more assured and risky record. Brooks still performs neo-traditional country, such as the honky tonk hit Friends in Low Places,” STE, which was the ACM 1990 Single of the Year, “but now he twists it around with clever pop hooks.” STE

“Those pop/rock influences are most apparent on the ballads, which alternate between sensitive folk-rock and power ballad bombast. But what makes No Fences such a success is how seamlessly he blends the two seemingly opposing genres, and how he chooses a set of material that makes his genre-bending sound subtle and natural. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that the songs are consistently entertaining, either.” STE

That attempt at hitting across genres can come across as “impersonations – often catchy and engaging ones, but impersonations nonetheless. Wild Horses is straight-up George Strait, while Two of a Kind and ‘Friends in Low Places’ are John Anderson and Hank Jr. respectively. The best moment, the Dan Fogleberg-like Unanswered Prayers, relays a message either highly spiritual or hugely rationalized. Regardless, it succeeds because its delivery is earnest, sweet, and humble – something Garth wouldn’t be for long.” DC

Also on the album is a cover of the Fleetwoods’ Mr. Blue, Victim of the Game (which was covered by Brooks’ future wife, Trisha Yearwood, on her 1991 debut, and The Thunder Rolls, which was CMA’s Video of the Year in 1991. WK

Notes: “This Ain’t Tennessee” was added to the album when it was released as part of the Limited Series box set.

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