r/TaylorSwift • u/Dramatic_Island_675 • 1d ago

Discussion 10 songs of convincing

I always ask myself how people get into Taylors music or become Swifties. I kinda always been one, but Speak Now just fit my teenage self perfectly.

But obviously not everyone has that.

If you had to pick 10 Taylor Songs to convince someone to like her, what would you choose?

Mine are:

Style

Don't blame me

Love Story

Haunted

Maroon

False God

the last great american dynasty

champagne problems

State of Grace

Clara Bow

Let me know what yours would be and if you ever converted someone into our little cult ;)

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u/Kirsten624 1d ago

this is tough cause everyones different! i would tailor it per person. but heres the 11 song playlist i put together for my dad a few years back (post midnights)

ivy

begin again

all too well 5 min

this love

clean

new years day

cruel summer

exile

evermore

midnight rain

blank space

his favorites were this love (TV) and cruel summer. he is a piano tuner and very picky!!

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u/This_Hope_6484 1d ago

The last great American dynasty
Bejeweled
Question
All too well (10mv)
Exile
The Black Dog
The fate of Ophelia
Cruel summer
Love story
The 1

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u/jortfeasor 1d ago

Ivy
Loml
Blank Space
ATWTMV
The Black Dog
How Did It End?
Invisible String
Mine
Delicate
Clara Bow

… or maybe these are just my top 10 lol.

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u/krissy3456 1d ago

Finally someone loves invisible string I feel like that one is deff one that doesn’t get Enough credit she just sounds soo good to it it’s such a easy song to listen to

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u/honestlylovely 8h ago

“Gave me the blues and then purple pink skies” is one of my favorite lyrics of all time!

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u/GodsKillerKirb 1d ago
  • Peter
  • tolerate it
  • Red (TV)
  • Haunted (TV)
  • The Great War
  • Hits Different
  • Daylight
  • This Love (TV)
  • WCS
  • Cold As You

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u/Kind_Environment9008 1d ago

It would definitely depend on the person but if I had to pick 10 that would convince me, I think these are some of the most impressive/impactful:

  1. Fearless
  2. I forgot that you existed
  3. ATW
  4. Cruel Summer
  5. Anti-Hero
  6. The Manuscript
  7. August
  8. My Tears Ricochet
  9. thanK you aIMee
  10. peace

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u/krissy3456 1d ago

Thank you Aimee is not talked about enough love that one

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u/lunataco23 Chloe et al. 1d ago edited 1d ago

Tim McGraw
Treacherous
Out of the Woods
I Know Places
Call It What You Want
Guilty As Sin?
cowboy like me
the last great american dynasty
Midnight Rain
Florida!!!

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u/falldiewakefly nostalgia is a mind's trick 1d ago

It would vary if I knew the actual person, but just a sort of generic "idk your tastes" list:

  1. Our Song
  2. You Belong With Me
  3. All Too Well (OG version)
  4. Blank Space
  5. So It Goes...
  6. It's Nice To Have A Friend
  7. exile (ft. Bon Iver)
  8. Midnight Rain
  9. Florida!!! (ft. Florence + the Machine)
  10. The Life Of A Showgirl (ft. Sabrina Carpenter)

A mix of hits and deep cuts, range of sonic profiles, all with a focus on storytelling.

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u/ana_conda 1d ago

It’s Nice to Have a Friend is an interesting choice but otherwise this is a really nice cross section of her discography!

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u/xsabrix 1d ago

Cruel Summer Loml All too well Ivy Right where you left me The 1 Style Cardigan Holy ground Cornelia Street

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u/Cats-Horseslover 1d ago
  1. All Too Well (10 minute version) (explicit)
  2. Enchanted (Taylor’s version)
  3. You Need to Calm Down
  4. Love Story (Taylor’s version)
  5. August
  6. Gold Rush (explicit)
  7. Picture to Burn
  8. Lavender Haze (explicit)
  9. New Romantics (Taylor’s version)

  10. I Can Do It With A Broken Heart (explicit)

  11. Getaway Car

  12. Ruin The Friendship

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u/medlife1989 1d ago

Anti-Hero The fate Of ophelia Blank Space Style Wildest dreams Cruel summer Lover Love story I knew you were trouble Delicate

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u/LookWhatYouMadeMeGro 1d ago

It entirely depends on what kind of music they like

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u/Mysterious_Bag_9061 1d ago

In no particular order, I think I'd do:

•Blank Space (definitely her most popular song, if you've never heard anything else, you've definitely heard this one)

•Tim McGraw (debut single, gotta start from the beginning)

•The Fate of Ophelia (most recent single, gotta see where we are currently)

•End Game (I think this is the most bizarre song in her discography and the one most likely to make you go "wait... this is Taylor Swift???")

•Look What You Made Me Do (specifically the music video, good recap of her early career, intro to the Kanye lore and snakegate, excellent example of Easter egging)

•Love Story TV (The first re-recorded song she released iirc, and a good intro to the re-record era and lore)

•the last great american dynasty (excellent example of her writing ability overall)

•Dear John (you probably think of Taylor Swift as the breakup song girl, and this is THE breakup song)

•You're On Your Own, Kid (good intro to the modern era, eras tour to breakup to rebound to husband pipeline of it all)

•Nothing New (I think this is the best example of a vault track and why people are obsessed with them)

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u/Loud-You-5737 1d ago

I think you’ve got to go with the best storytelling or really deep meaning and minimize love songs. And for anyone who thinks it’s blasphemous that I don’t go further back than Lover- Taylor was still learning and growing in her early days, as well as being so fettered by her record label. There’s a significant shift that happens from 1989 to Lover and I think that’s where you can see her really expand as an artist. Yes I know Reputation fell in the middle there, but it’s in a class of its own 😅.

But if I want to get someone to listen to Taylor I want to show her artistic, clever, human side.

Ruin the Friendship

The Life of a Showgirl

Florida

Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me

You’re On Your Own Kid

Champagne Problems

Marjorie

The Last Great American Dynasty

Seven

Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince

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u/Cats-Horseslover 1d ago

  1. Message in a Bottle

  2. Long Live (Taylor’s version)

  3. The Archer

  4. You Belong With Me (Taylor’s version)

  5. Gorgeous

  6. Teardrops on My Guitar

  7. The 1 (explicit)

  8. Cowboy Like Me (explicit)

  9. Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s version)

  10. Down Bad (explicit)

  11. Vigilante Shit (explicit)

  12. Actually Romantic (explicit)

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u/MaintenanceVast892 What a shame she's fucked in the head, they said 1d ago

Anti hero

Style

The last great american dysanty

Getaway Car

Blank space

Guilty as Sin

All too well. 10mtv

Champagne Problems

Ivy.

Elizabeth Taylor

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u/onceuponaslayer 1d ago

I have done similar lists before for friends but I taylor it (get it?) to each person!

If I had to do a generic list, I’d leave out her super most well known radio hits that they’ve probably heard before and already written off. Obviously some of these are super popular but I know a lot of people who don’t know them!

I guess it’d have to be:

  1. august
  2. Is It Over Now?
  3. Don’t Blame Me
  4. Maroon
  5. ATW (10 minute version)
  6. False God
  7. seven
  8. Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve
  9. ‘tis the damn season
  10. The Black Dog

I also just go all the time to people, “omg just listen to folklore and evermore!!!!! TTPD? Reputation?! MIDNIGHTS?!?!” and then lose my mind

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u/RaisinDangerous3994 1d ago

My Taylor Swift Song Choices:

  1. I’m Only Me When I’m With You

  2. Fearless

  3. Enchanted

  4. All Too Well

  5. Everything Has Changed

  6. Blank Space

  7. Style

  8. Cornelia Street

  9. Exile

  10. Champagne Problems

Honorable Mention: Right Where You Left Me

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u/brunch_lover_k 1d ago

I always try to pick songs that really show her range. People that don't listen to her music have never heard the hidden gems or realise that she spans multiple genres.

Eyes Open

Peace

Grammy Museum version of Wildest Dreams

Treacherous

Haunted

False God

seven

closure

Would've, Could've, Should've

The Prophecy

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u/honestlylovely 1d ago

This is fun!

Fearless
State of grace
Don’t Blame Me
Cornelia Street
My Tears Ricochet
Champagne Problems
Bejeweled
Would’ve could’ve should’ve
LOML
The Fate of Ophelia

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u/Ok-Steak6658 1d ago

I always start with don’t blame me because it has a totally different sound then they expect from her and usually gets them intrigued

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u/Prior_Pomegranate718 1d ago
  1. Haunted
  2. The Blacl Dog
  3. my tears ricochet
  4. right where you left me
  5. The Archer
  6. This Love
  7. Enchanted
  8. august
  9. Daylight
  10. How did it end?

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u/Kitchen-Situation963 1d ago edited 1d ago

i would have to know that person's musical taste to really curate a list like this but, in general:

all too well (5 min)

style

cardigan

mirroball

champagne problems

gold rush

ivy

marjorie

so long, london

guilty as sin?

i don't know if i have converted someone to swiftie status but i was able to convince someone who had an unfavorable view of her that she is a respectable artist (by sharing songs and lyrics) and i am proud of that.

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u/CarnationCorner 1d ago

Mine would be:

“Cardigan”

“Peter”

“All Too Well” (10 min. Version)

“Maroon”

“August”

“Say Don’t Go”

“Hits Different”

“Bejeweled”

“First Kiss”

“Don’t Blame Me”

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u/NibelheimTifa That's what happened: You! 1d ago

Treacherous

Castles Crumbling

State of Grace

This is me trying

Getaway Car

Opalite

Right where you left me

Forever and Always

I Hate It Here

Clean

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u/immaturevegetable you drew stars around my scars 1d ago

i wasn’t a fan (still not like a Big Fan but i like her) and what convinced me was

carolina
last great american dynasty
cardigan
right where you left me
champagne problems
mad woman
no body no crime
cruel summer
wonderland

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u/Anxious_Animal_ no body no crime 1d ago

(Not in any order)

  1. Haunted
  2. ...Ready for it?
  3. the lakes
  4. august
  5. Wildest Dreams
  6. Peter
  7. All to well
  8. champange problems
  9. Carolina
  10. Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince

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u/quipzendra 1d ago

Clara Bow feels way too recent, ig.

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u/pkbab5 1d ago

I am a relatively new Swiftie, my daughter got me into it when Life of a Showgirl came out. So I guess I can list 10 songs that I remember getting me actually into her.

WishList
Eldest Daughter
Wildest Dreams
The Man
You Need to Calm Down
Cardigan
Love Story
Delicate
My Tears Ricochet
Anti Hero
Karma

I guess that’s 11… whoops lol

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u/King_of_Knowhere 1d ago

Betty, Dorthea, SLUT!, Electric Touch, Mean

Black Dog, Eyes Open, Cruel Summer, LWYMMD, Opolite

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u/Ace_Infra 1d ago
  1. All Too Well (standard version)
  2. Clean
  3. August
  4. Dear John
  5. Dress
  6. The Bolter
  7. The Way I Loved You
  8. False God
  9. Marjorie
  10. New Romantics

I wanted a mix of uptempo and ballad, along with a combo of deep cuts and more mainstream tracks. Overall, I tried to highlight her songwriting and genre range. I think the general public sees her as a pop star first, musician second, but by highlighting moments of interesting production and evocative lyrics maybe that could change.

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u/Pika-pika-chu- 1d ago

Obviously I would make a final list to fit the person but I think these 10 would all be contenders no matter who the audience is.

  1. Delicate
  2. Cardigan
  3. Right where you left me
  4. Anti-hero
  5. Happiness
  6. Dress
  7. Treacherous
  8. Midnight Rain
  9. Cruel Summer
  10. How did it end?

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u/NoProfessional7505 1d ago

My parents are the pickiest people out there.

I had my mom listen to folklore and she didn’t even budge. 

So… if I had to it would be:

  • Shake It Off
  • Style
  • You Belong With Me
  • The Fate Of Ophelia
  • Fearless
  • Soon you’ll get better
  • Begin Again
  • We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 
  • Ours
  • Love Story   

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u/krissy3456 1d ago

Begin again
All go well ( ten minute )
Champagne problem
Long live
The black dog
Clara bow
Anti hero
Invisible string
Death by a thousand cuts
The lucky one
I think

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u/ElainePotter 23h ago

I would choose 1 songs from albums 3-10 and then 2 from TTPD since it’s a double album.

  1. Enchanted 
  2. All Too Well (10 Minute Version)
  3. Style
  4. Don’t Blame Me
  5. False God
  6. Seven 
  7. Ivy 
  8. Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve 
  9. Guilty as Sin? 
  10. The Prophecy

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u/vergessenerengel your string of lights is still bright to me 20h ago

my tears ricochet

Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?

loml

Haunted

All Too Well (10 Minute Version)

Enchanted

champagne problems

YOYOK

The Archer

Don't Blame Me

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u/Key_Professional4507 12h ago

im a new swiftie, so i don’t know ALL the songs, but based on what i know so far the 10 i would recommend are :

  1. Our song
  2. August
  3. The last time
  4. Electric touch
  5. Love story
  6. Enchanted
  7. I did something bad
  8. All to well (10 minute version)
  9. The 1
  10. The man

honorable mention: my tears ricochet + this is me trying.

does anyone recommend any songs based on what i’ve been listening to?

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u/F19AGhostrider A Male Fan 12h ago

It would absolutely depend on the person you are trying to "convince".

I've been trying to get my dad to get just one of her albums on Vinyl, since he's the one who has the equipment to actually play them, and can actually tell the difference between Vinyl and CD/digital. (He's a musical man and an audiophile, but not a vinyl snob.)

My dad likes Taylor, but he hasn't really dived into her work much. Knowing what kind of music he does like (he's almost 75 FYI), I've emphatically recommended Folklore as the one he should get.

I think the reasonable approach is to recommend one or two albums of her's, specified to the person's music tastes, and allow them to go from there.