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FeaturedChartsVideosPromote Your MusicSign Up178Love StoryTaylor SwiftTrack 3 on Fearless Produced byTaylor Swift & Nathan ChapmanTaylor was inspired to write “Love Story” when she was going through a difficult situation with a boy she liked, whom she wasn’t “officially” dating. The song has been… Read More Sep. 12, 20084 viewers1.4M views151 ContributorsTranslationsFrançaisEspañolPortuguêsDeutschLove Story Lyrics[Verse 1]We were both young when I first saw youI close my eyes and the flashback startsI'm standing thereOn a balcony in summer airSee the lights, see the party, the ball gownsSee you make your way through the crowdAnd say, "Hello"Little did I know[Pre-Chorus]That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebblesAnd my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"And I was crying on the staircaseBegging you, "Please don't go," and I said[Chorus]Romeo, take me somewhere we can be aloneI'll be waiting, all there's left to do is runYou'll be the prince and I'll be the princessIt's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes"[Verse 2]So I sneak out to the garden to see youWe keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knewSo close your eyesEscape this town for a little while, oh, ohYou might also like[Pre-Chorus]'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letterAnd my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"But you were everything to meI was begging you, "Please don't go," and I said[Chorus]Romeo, take me somewhere we can be aloneI'll be waiting, all there's left to do is runYou'll be the prince and I'll be the princessIt's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes"Romeo, save me, they're trying to tell me how to feelThis love is difficult, but it's realDon't be afraid, we'll make it out of this messIt's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes"[Post-Chorus]Oh, oh[Bridge]But I got tired of waitingWondering if you were ever coming aroundMy faith in you was fadingWhen I met you on the outskirts of town and I said[Chorus]"Romeo, save me, I've been feeling so aloneI keep waiting for you, but you never comeIs this in my head? I don't know what to think"He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring, and said"Marry me, Juliet, you'll never have to be aloneI love you and that's all I really knowI talked to your dad, go pick out a white dressIt's a love story, baby, just say 'Yes'"[Outro]Oh, oh, ohOh, oh, oh'Cause we were both young when I first saw you178EmbedCancelHow to Format Lyrics:Type out all lyrics, even repeating song parts like the chorusLyrics should be broken down into individual linesUse section headers above different song parts like [Verse], [Chorus], etc.Use italics (lyric) and bold (lyric) to distinguish between different vocalists in the same song partIf you don’t understand a lyric, use [?]To learn more, check out our transcription guide or visit our transcribers forumAboutGenius Annotation3 contributorsTaylor was inspired to write “Love Story” when she was going through a difficult situation with a boy she liked, whom she wasn’t “officially” dating. The song has been rumored to be about two singers – the first being Joe Jonas, since it was recorded in March of 2008, just a few months before she began actually dating him. Other songs such as “Forever & Always” and “Last Kiss” are more explicitly about him.

The second rumored subject of the song is Boys Like Girls front-man, Martin Johnson whom Swift had a brief fling with in 2008 and collaborated with to pen the band’s track “Two is Better Than One” and Taylor’s song “If This Was a Movie”. This is a fitting match for the “star-crossed lovers” theme of the song as sources claimed that although the pair were into each other, Taylor’s publicists felt he was not a good match for her “American sweetheart” image – with him being a punk rocker who was going through personal issues at the time.

She chose to portray the story of Romeo and Juliet in the song, because she felt like she could relate.

The lyrics talk about disapproval against the relationship, and her desire to go somewhere far away with him, and escape the people who look down on them.

“Love Story” peaked at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs, and at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, just weeks after its release.

The song’s music video was described as timeless, by Swift.

‘Love Story’’s plot was a timeless scenario: I think it could happen in the 1700s, the 1800s, or 2008

The video won the CMT Music Awards for “Video of the Year,” as well as “Female Video of the Year.”

In February 2021, “Love Story” became the first official re-release from Taylor’s backcatalog following contractual disputes with Scooter Braun. It marked the beginning of a new chapter in her career as she sought autonomy and freedom from what she perceived as a manipulative business relationship.Expand +167312ShareQ&AFind answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaningAsk a questionWhat did Taylor Swift say about "Love Story"?Genius Answer1 contributorIn an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Swift stated:

I was going through a situation like that where I could relate. I used to be in high school where you see a boyfriend every day. Then I was in a situation where it wasn’t so easy for me, and I wrote this song because I could relate to the whole Romeo and Juliet thing. I was really inspired by that story. Except for the ending. I feel like they had such promise and they were so crazy for each other. And if that had just gone a little bit differently, it could have been the best love story ever told. And it is one of the best love stories ever told, but it’s a tragedy. I thought, why can’t you… make it a happy ending and put a key change in the song and turn it into a marriage proposal.Why did Taylor write this about Romeo and Juliet?Genius Answer2 contributorsIn an interview with the Los Angeles Times, she said that she wrote it about them because she could relate to their story.

I used to be in high school where you see [a boyfriend] every day. Then I was in a situation where it wasn’t so easy for me, and I wrote this song because I could relate to the whole Romeo and Juliet thing. I was really inspired by that story.Why did Taylor change the ending of the original story?Genius Answer1 contributorTaylor’s known to be a romantic soul. However, she wrote about another reason in a since-deleted post that was on her label’s website:

When I wrote the ending to this song, I felt like it was the ending every girl wants to go with her love story. It’s the ending that I want. You want a guy who doesn’t care what anyone thinks, what anyone says.Did this song receive any certifications?Was anyone else supposed to write the song with Taylor?Has she ever reacted to the music video for the song?Who produced “Love Story” by Taylor Swift?When did Taylor Swift release “Love Story”?Who wrote “Love Story” by Taylor Swift?Fearless (2008)Taylor Swift1. Fearless2. Fifteen3. Love Story4. Hey Stephen5. White Horse6. You Belong With Me7. Breathe8. Tell Me Why9. You’re Not Sorry10. The Way I Loved You11. Forever & Always12. The Best Day13. ChangeFearless [Liner Notes]Expand CreditsProduced ByTaylor Swift & Nathan ChapmanWritten ByTaylor SwiftMixing EngineerNathan ChapmanGuitarTim Van Der KuilPerformance RightsBMIPublisherTaylor Swift Music, Sony Music Entertainment & Sony/ATV Tree PublishingAdditional Mixing EngineerJeremy WheatleyMastering EngineerHank Williams (Mastering Engineer)Assistant Mixing EngineerRichard EdgelerProgrammerJeremy Wheatley & Alexis SmithRecording EngineerRichard Edgeler & Jeremy WheatleyLabelBig Machine RecordsAudio EngineerChad CarlsonRecorded AtBlackbird StudiosRelease DateSeptember 12, 2008Songs That Sample Love StoryHomeswitcher by 9851, I'd do anything for you by yung van, Don't go by yandere, OBSESSED POST-FRAILTY EXTENDED MIX by Jane Remover, i started the UTSC to dariacore pipeline by ‍xaev, ‍u cant look at my priv twitter sorry by ‍xaev, Decade of Pop: The 2000s (100 Song Mashup) by DJ Earworm, Juliet by Shiki XO, Sadies pocket dimension by Abdullah Salah, Find My Way To You by Myles Parrish (Ft. Shalom Margaret), DEATHDROP HA by AOL & 剣山 Nu-Luv by Fla.mingo (NY)Songs That Interpolate Love StoryLove Story (Taylor's Version) by Taylor Swift, ##LoveStory3 by vin0 (Ft. whyhaze), Love Story (Sad Version) by Sarah Cothran, Lovestory by SEBii, Preface by AOL, Sw1ftly by Eggnog (Artist) & Love Story (Pop Mix) by Taylor SwiftLove Story CoversLove Story by Carol Banawa, Love Story by JakeAintHere (Ft. Boyfriend (FNF) & Girlfriend (FNF)), stay & love story (cover) by glaive, Love Story (cover) by The Hoodies, Love Story by Reinaeiry, Love Story by black midi, Love Story (Cover) by Claire Annabeth, Love Story by Sarah Cothran, Love Story by Disco Lines (Ft. Cassidi), Love Story by Gustixa (Ft. Lyn Lapid), Love Story by Forever The Sickest Kids, Throwback Taylor Swift Medley by Cimorelli, Lover/Love Story (Taylor Swift Mash-Up) Modern Romeo by Savannah Burrows, Taylor Swift Caption Fail by Rhett and Link, Love Story by Against The Current (Ft. Sean Mackin & William Ryan Key), Taylor Swift Mash-Up by Anthem Lights, Love Story by Misdelphia, Love Story by The Scene Aesthetic, Love Story by KIDZ BOP Kids & Love Story by Dave DaysLove Story RemixesLove Story (Minor Key) by Lydia the Bard, Taylor Swift: The Complete Eras Megamix by Joseph James, AMAs Artist of the Decade Performance by Taylor Swift (Ft. Camila Cabello & Halsey), Style / Love Story / You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift, United State of Pop 2009 (Blame It On the Pop) by DJ Earworm, Love Story (Water Under the Bridge Remix) by Left at London, Love Story (Digital Dog Radio Mix) by Taylor Swift & Love Story (Digital Dog Remix) by Taylor SwiftLove Story Live PerformancesStyle / Love Story / You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift, AMAs Artist of the Decade Performance by Taylor Swift (Ft. Camila Cabello & Halsey) & Love Story (Live From Clear Channel Stripped 2008) by Taylor SwiftLove Story TranslationsTaylor Swift - Love Story (Traduction française) by Genius Traductions françaises, Taylor Swift - Love Story (Traducción al Español) by Genius Traducciones al Español, Taylor Swift - Love Story (Tradução em Português) by Genius Brasil Traduções & Taylor Swift - Love Story (Deutsche Übersetzung) by Genius Deutsche ÜbersetzungenView Love Story samplesTagsCountryPopIn EnglishUSABalladAdult ContemporarySinger-SongwriterCountry PopExpand CommentsAdd a commentSign Up And Drop Knowledge Genius is the ultimate source of music knowledge, created by scholars like you who share facts and insight about the songs and artists they love.Sign UpGenius is the world’s biggest collection of song lyrics and musical knowledgeAbout GeniusContributor GuidelinesPressShopAdvertisePrivacy PolicyLicensingJobsDevelopersCopyright PolicyContact UsSign InDo Not Sell My Personal Information© 2024 ML Genius Holdings, LLCTerms of UseVerified ArtistsAll Artists:abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz#Hot Songs:we can’t be friends (wait for your love)Последняя Любовь (Last Love)CARNIVALMockingbirdLose YourselfView All

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"Love Story" lyrics

Taylor Swift Lyrics

"Love Story"

We were both young when I first saw you

I close my eyes and the flashback starts:

I'm standing there

On a balcony in summer air

See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns

See you make your way through the crowd

And say, "Hello."

Little did I know

That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles

And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet."

And I was crying on the staircase

Begging you, "Please don't go."

And I said

"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone

I'll be waiting. All there's left to do is run

You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess

It's a love story. Baby, just say 'Yes'."

So, I sneak out to the garden to see you

We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew

So, close your eyes

Escape this town for a little while

Oh, oh

'Cause you were Romeo. I was a scarlet letter

And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet."

But you were everything to me

I was begging you, "Please don't go!"

And I said

"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone

I'll be waiting. All there's left to do is run

You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess

It's a love story. Baby, just say 'Yes'

Romeo, save me. They're tryna tell me how to feel

This love is difficult but it's real

Don't be afraid. We'll make it out of this mess

It's a love story. Baby, just say 'Yes'."

Oh, oh, oh

I got tired of waiting

Wondering if you were ever coming around

My faith in you was fading

When I met you on the outskirts of town

And I said

"Romeo, save me. I've been feeling so alone

I keep waiting for you, but you never come

Is this in my head? I don't know what to think."

He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said

"Marry me, Juliet. You'll never have to be alone

I love you, and that's all I really know

I talked to your dad. Go pick out a white dress

It's a love story. Baby, just say 'Yes'."

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

'Cause we were both young when I first saw you

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Writer(s): Taylor Swift

"Love Story" was released as the lead single from the album on September 15, 2008.

The song is inspired by William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and used in the film "Letters to Juliet" (2010).

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2008 single by Taylor Swift

"Love Story"Single by Taylor Swiftfrom the album Fearless ReleasedSeptember 15, 2008 (2008-09-15)RecordedMarch 2008StudioBlackbird (Nashville)GenreCountry popLength3:57LabelBig MachineSongwriter(s)Taylor SwiftProducer(s)

Nathan Chapman

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Taylor Swift singles chronology

"Should've Said No" (2008)

"Love Story" (2008)

"White Horse" (2008)

Music video"Love Story" on YouTube

"Love Story" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released as the lead single from her second studio album, Fearless, on September 15, 2008, by Big Machine Records. Inspired by a boy who was unpopular with her family and friends, Swift wrote the song using William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet as a reference point. The lyrics narrate a troubled romance that ends with a marriage proposal, contrary to Shakespeare's tragic conclusion. Produced by Swift and Nathan Chapman, the midtempo country pop song includes a key change after the bridge and uses acoustic instruments including banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and guitar.

At the time of the song's release, music critics praised the production but deemed the literary references ineffective. In retrospect, critics have considered it one of Swift's best singles. "Love Story" peaked atop the chart in Australia, where it was certified thirteen-times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), and reached the top five on charts in Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, and the UK. In the U.S., the single peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the first country song to reach number one on the Mainstream Top 40. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it eight-times platinum. "Love Story" has sold over six million copies in the U.S. and 18 million copies worldwide.

Trey Fanjoy directed the accompanying music video, which stars Swift and Justin Gaston as lovers in a prior era. Drawing from historical periods such as the Renaissance and the Regency era, it won Video of the Year at both the Country Music Association Awards and CMT Music Awards in 2009. The song became a staple in Swift's live concerts and has been a part of the set lists in all of her headlining tours from the Fearless Tour (2009–2010) to the Eras Tour (2023–2024). Following a 2019 dispute regarding the ownership of Swift's back catalog, she re-recorded the song and released it as "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" in February 2021. The re-recorded track topped the Hot Country Songs chart and made Swift the second artist after Dolly Parton to reach number one with both the original and re-recorded versions of a song.

Background and writing[edit]

Swift used Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet as a reference point for "Love Story"; the balcony scene (pictured) is referenced in the song's opening lines.[1]

The American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift moved from Pennsylvania to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2004 to pursue a career as a country music artist,[2] and in 2006, she released her self-titled debut album at 16 years old.[3] The album spent more weeks on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart than any other album that was released in the 2000s decade.[4] Taylor Swift's third single "Our Song" made Swift the youngest person to single-handedly write and sing a Hot Country Songs number-one single.[5] Her success was rare for a female teenage artist; the 2000s country-music market had been dominated by adult male musicians.[6][7]

While promoting her debut album on tour in 2007 and 2008, Swift wrote songs for her second studio album Fearless.[8] She developed "Love Story" late into the production of Fearless.[9] Answering fan questions on Time in April 2009, Swift said the song was inspired by a boy whom she never dated and was one of the most romantic pieces she had written.[10] Swift recalled the reactions she received after introducing him to her family and friends: "[They] all said they didn't like him. All of them!"[11][12] This made Swift relate to the narrative of William Shakespeare's 16th-century play Romeo and Juliet, which she described as a "situation where the only people who wanted them to be together were them".[11] Reflecting on the event, Swift thought, "This is difficult but it's real, it matters"; she developed the second refrain and later the whole song around that line.[13]

Although inspired by Romeo and Juliet, Swift felt the play could have been "the best love story ever told" had it not been for Shakespeare's tragic ending in which the two characters die.[14] She thus made the narrative of "Love Story" conclude with a marriage proposal, which she deemed a happy ending the characters deserved.[14][15] Swift wrote "Love Story" on her bedroom floor in approximately 20 minutes, feeling too inspired to put the song down unfinished.[11] According to Swift, the song represents her optimistic outlook on love, which is inspired by her childhood fascination with fairy tales.[15] Looking back on "Love Story" after she released her seventh studio album Lover (2019), which is about her first experience of "love that was very real", Swift said the track is "stuff I saw on a movie [and] stuff I read mixed in with some like crush stuff that had happened in my life".[16]

Production and release[edit]

After finishing writing, Swift recorded a rough demo of "Love Story" within 15 minutes the next day.[10] She recorded the song's album version in March 2008 with the producer Nathan Chapman at Blackbird Studios in Nashville.[17] For her vocals, Chapman tried different microphones until Swift came across an Avantone CV-12 multi-pattern tube microphone that was built by the country-music artist Ray Kennedy, with whom she worked on Taylor Swift. After growing fond of the Avantone CV-12 upon testing her vocals, Swift used it to record "Love Story" and other songs. She sang the song live backed by her band, who were playing acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and drums. Chapman played other instruments, including nine acoustic guitars, and he overdubbed them on the track; he also recorded background vocals.[17]

The engineer Chad Carlson recorded the track using Pro Tools and Justin Niebank mixed it using Solid State Logic 9080 K series and Genelec 1032 consoles.[17] Drew Bollman and Richard Edgeler assisted in the mixing process.[18] "Love Story", along with the rest of Fearless, was mastered by Hank Williams at MasterMix Studios in Nashville.[18] The track uses country-music instruments such as banjo and fiddle. Big Machine Records released it to U.S. country radio as Fearless's lead single on September 15, 2008.[17][19] Chapman mixed another version of "Love Story" for pop radio; he edited Niebank's mix using Apple Logic and muted the acoustic instruments such as banjo and fiddle.[17] The pop-radio version has an opening beat that was generated using Apple Logic's Ultrabeat, and the electric guitars were created with Amplitube Stomp I/O.[17] Rolling Stone's Keith Harris described the electric guitars as "suitably gargantuan" and louder than those on the country-radio version.[20] Big Machine in partnership with Republic Records released "Love Story" to U.S. pop radio on October 14, 2008.[21]

Music and lyrics[edit]

"Love Story"

A sample of the song's bridge and a key change to the final refrain. Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the song's narrative ends with a marriage proposal, replacing the original ending.

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"Love Story" is a midtempo country pop song[22][23] that is driven by acoustic instruments including banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and guitar.[24] Critic Jon Bream from the Star Tribune described the single as "pure pop with a minimalist vibe" that suits both country and pop radio.[22] According to The New York Times, despite the banjo and fiddle, the song could "easily be an emo rocker".[25] Swift's vocals have a slight twang.[26] The mix and master, according to Billboard's Kristen He, are loud and "dynamically flat ... [and are] designed to burst out of FM radio speakers".[24]

The lyrics of "Love Story" narrate a troubled romance between two characters, drawing from the lead characters in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.[27] According to psychologist Katie Barclay, the song explores feelings of love in the contexts of pain and joy.[28] "Love Story", save for the final refrain, is narrated from Juliet's perspective.[1][29] In the verses, Juliet tells the story of hers and Romeo's challenged courtship, of which her father disapproves.[30] The first verse introduces Juliet in a scene, "We were both young when I first saw you / I close my eyes and the flashback starts, I'm standing there / On a balcony in summer air", which references the balcony scene in Act II, scene ii of Shakespeare's play.[1] In the refrains, which alter slightly as the song progresses to accompany the narrative, Juliet pleads for her love interest to appear, "Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone / I'll be waiting / All there's left to do is run."[28][29]

In the second verse, Juliet meets Romeo again in a garden and learns he must leave town because of her father's disapproval.[10] Their relationship encounters difficulties, "'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter", referencing Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (1850).[31] According to media-and-film scholar Iris H. Tuan, Hawthrone's "scarlet letter" imagery represents the female protagonist Hester Prynne's sin and adultery, whereas Swift's use symbolizes the forbidden love between Romeo and Juliet.[31] Juliet pleads, "This love is difficult, but it's real", which Swift said was her favorite lyric in the song.[32]

After the bridge, with accelerated drums and the harmonization of melody and vocals, the final refrain incorporates a key change up a whole step.[33] The final refrain is narrated from Romeo's perspective and tells of his marriage proposal to Juliet after he has sought her father's approval, "I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress."[34] Whereas Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are secretly married without their parents' approval and both commit suicide, the characters in "Love Story" depart from that ending.[35] According to Tuan, by projecting her feelings and fantasy on a Romeo and Juliet-inspired narrative, Swift created a song that strongly resonates with an audience of teenage girls and young women.[36] Journalist Deborah Evans Price of Billboard agreed but also said "one doesn't have to be a lovestruck teen" to enjoy the song's emotional engagement.[37]

Critical reception[edit]

Blender included "Love Story" at number 73 on its 2008 year-end list,[38] and The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics' poll placed it at number 48.[39] In Fearless reviews, many critics complimented the production; Sean Daly from the St. Petersburg Times,[40] Rob Sheffield from Blender[41] and Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic selected the track as an album highlight.[42] Deborah Evans Price of Billboard praised the "swirling, dreamy" production and said Swift's success in the country-music market "could only gain momentum".[37] Others including The Boston Globe's James Reed[29] and USA Today's Elysa Gardner deemed "Love Story" an example of Swift's songwriting abilities at a young age; the latter appreciated the song for earnestly portraying teenage feelings "rather than [being] a mouthpiece for a bunch of older pros' collective notion of adolescent yearning".[43]

Some critics were more reserved in their praise and took issue with the literary references. In a four-stars-out-of-five rating of the song for the BBC, Fraser McAlpine deemed the Shakespearean reference not as sophisticated as its premise and the lyrics generic, but he praised the production and wrote, "It's great to see a big pop song being used as a method of direct story telling."[27] Musicologist James E. Perone commented: "the melodic hooks are strong enough to overcome the predictability of the lyrics."[44] Jon Bream from the Star Tribune deemed the single inferior to Swift's debut country-music single "Tim McGraw" (2006) but commended the production as catchy.[22] In a Slant Magazine review, Jonathan Keefe was impressed by Swift's melodic songwriting for creating "massive pop hooks" but found the references to Romeo and Juliet "point-missing" and The Scarlet Letter "inexplicable". Keefe deemed the lyrics lacking in creativity and disapproved of Swift's "clipped phrasing" in the refrain.[45]

In a retrospective review, English-language professor Robert N. Watson deemed "Love Story" evidence of Swift's status as "the twenty-first-century's most popular songwriter of failed love affairs", specifically due to the Shakespearean narrative.[46] Critics have rated "Love Story" high in rankings of Swift's songs; these include Hannah Mylrea from NME (2020), who ranked it fifth out of 160 songs,[47] Jane Song from Paste (2020), 13th out of 158,[48] and Nate Jones from Vulture (2023), 11th out of 214.[49] In another ranking of Swift's select 100 tracks for The Independent, Roisin O'Connor placed "Love Story" at number 15 and said it showcases Swift as a songwriter who "understands the power of a forbidden romance".[50] Alexis Petridis from The Guardian placed it second, behind "Blank Space" (2014), on his 2019 ranking of Swift's 44 singles. He said of the literary references: "[If] the references to Shakespeare and Hawthorn seem clumsy, they are clumsy in a believably teenage way."[51] The song was included on best-of lists including Taste of Country's Top 100 Country Songs (2016),[52] Time Out's 35 Best Country Songs of All Time (2022),[53] and Billboard's Top 50 Country Love Songs of All Time (2022).[23]

Commercial performance[edit]

With its peaking at number one on Mainstream Top 40, "Love Story" surpassed "You're Still the One" (1998) by Shania Twain (pictured in 2004) as the highest-charting country crossover to pop radio in the U.S.

In the U.S., "Love Story" debuted at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 25 on the Hot Country Songs chart, both dated September 27, 2008.[54][55] The next week, it reached number five on the Hot 100.[56] The single peaked at number four on the Hot 100 chart dated January 17, 2009, and spent 49 weeks on the chart.[57] It spent two weeks atop the Hot Country Songs chart.[58] On the Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) chart, which tracks U.S. pop radio, "Love Story" reached number one on the week ending February 28, 2009.[59] It became the first song to top both the country-radio and pop-radio charts and surpassed the number-three-peaking "You're Still the One" (1998) by Shania Twain as the highest-charting country crossover to pop radio.[60]

On other Billboard airplay charts, "Love Story" peaked at number one on Adult Contemporary and number three on Adult Pop Songs.[61][62] Together with "Teardrops on My Guitar" (2007), "Love Story" made Swift the first artist in the 2000s decade to have two titles each reach the top 10 of four airplay charts; Hot Country Songs, Mainstream Top 40, Adult Pop Songs, and Adult Contemporary.[63] It topped the 2009 year-end Radio Songs chart.[64] By February 2009, it was the first country song to sell three million downloads.[65] In 2015, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified "Love Story" eight-times platinum.[66] The single had sold 6.2 million copies in the U.S. by October 2022 and became Swift's highest-selling single in the nation.[67]

"Love Story" was Swift's first number-one single in Australia,[68] where it was certified thirteen-times platinum.[69] It peaked within the top five of singles charts in Japan (three),[70] and the wider English-speaking world: the UK (two),[71] Ireland (three),[72] New Zealand (three),[73] Canada (four),[74] and Scotland (five).[75] In mainland Europe, the single peaked at number ten on the European Hot 100 Singles chart,[76] number four in the Czech Republic,[77] number six in Hungary,[78] number seven in Norway,[79] and number ten in Sweden.[80] "Love Story" was certified triple platinum in the UK,[81] double platinum in Canada,[82] platinum in Denmark, Germany, and New Zealand,[83][84][85] and gold in Italy and Japan.[86] It sold 6.5 million digital copies worldwide and was the sixth-most-downloaded single of 2009.[87] By February 2021, estimated worldwide sales of "Love Story" stood at 18 million units.[88]

Music video[edit]

Development and filming[edit]

Swift and Justin Gaston in a ballroom scene. She envisioned "Love Story" as a period piece-styled video drawing influences from different historical eras.

Trey Fanjoy, who had worked with Swift on previous music videos, directed "Love Story".[89] Swift was inspired by historical eras such as the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Regency to make a period-piece-styled video with a timeless narrative that "could happen in the 1700s, 1800s, or 2008".[89] She spent six months searching for the male lead and upon recommendation from an acquaintance chose Justin Gaston, a fashion model who was competing in the television series Nashville Star.[90][91] After Gaston was eliminated from the show, Swift contacted him to appear in the video.[89] She believed Gaston was a perfect choice for the male lead: "I was so impressed by the way his [expressions] were in the video. Without even saying anything, he would just do a certain glance and it really came across well."[90]

The music video was filmed within two days in August 2008 in Tennessee. The crew considered traveling to Europe to find a castle for the video's setting but settled on Castle Gwynn in Arrington; the castle was built in 1973 and is part of the annual Tennessee Renaissance Festival.[89] Wardrobe for the video—except Swift's dress for the balcony scene, which was designed by Sandi Spika with inspiration and suggestions from Swift—was supplied by Jacquard Fabrics.[89] On the first day, the balcony and field scenes were filmed. The second day's filming included the ballroom scene was filmed with 20 dancers from Cumberland University in Lebanon; Swift learned the choreography 15 minutes prior to filming.[89] She invited some fans who were university students from other states to fly to Nashville and film the video with her.[92] "Love Story" premiered on September 12, 2008, on CMT.[93] Behind-the-scenes footage of the music video's production was aired on Great American Country on November 12, 2008.[94]

Synopsis and commentary[edit]

The video starts with Swift wearing a black sweater and jeans; she walks through a college campus and sees Gaston reading under a tree. As they make eye contact, the video transitions to a balcony, on which Swift is wearing a corset and gown. The video switches to a ballroom where Gaston and Swift dance together, after which Gaston whispers into Swift's ear. Swift is next shown walking into a garden with a lantern at night. She meets with Gaston and they have a date before parting ways. Later, Swift again stands on the balcony looking out from the window. She sees Gaston running across a field towards her and she immediately runs down the staircase to meet him. The video then switches back to the modern-day college campus, where Gaston walks toward Swift and they gaze into each other's eyes, and the video ends.[89]

Spin noted the video appears to have been filmed on an "HBO-looking budget" with "elaborate, pseudo-medieval set pieces"; according to the magazine, rather than alluding to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the narrative resembles "Rapunzel", especially the part in which Swift's character waits for her lover atop a castle.[95] According to Glamour, Swift's fashion in the video reinforces the lyrical theme, "[She] literally wore a medieval ball gown while playing the Juliet to an actor's Romeo."[96] In a 2010 Billboard interview, Swift reflected on the video's fairy-tale-inspired wedding setting: "I'm not really that girl who dreams about her wedding day. It just seems like the idealistic, happy-ever-after [moment]."[97]

Awards and nominations[edit]

"Love Story" won Song of the Year at the Country Awards in 2009 and Pop Awards in 2010, both of which were held by Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) to honor the year's most-performed songs on U.S. radio and television.[98] It marked Swift's second consecutive Song of the Year win at the BMI Country Awards, following "Teardrops on My Guitar" in 2008.[99] Swift, who was 20, was the youngest songwriter to win Song of the Year at the BMI Pop Awards.[100] At the Australian APRA Awards, "Love Story" was nominated for International Work of the Year.[101]

It received nominations at the People's Choice Awards (Favorite Country Song, which went to Carrie Underwood's "Last Name"),[102] Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards (Favorite Song, which went to the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow"),[103] and Teen Choice Awards (Choice Love Song, which went to David Archuleta's "Crush").[104][105] The music video was nominated for Video of the Year at the 45th Academy of Country Music Awards, but it lost to Brad Paisley's "Waitin' on a Woman" (2008).[106][107] At the 2009 CMT Music Awards, it won Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year.[108] It also won Music Video of the Year at the 43rd Country Music Association Awards[109] and Favorite International Video at the Philippine Myx Music Awards 2010.[110]

Live performances and other uses[edit]

Swift performing "Love Story" on a flying balcony at the Speak Now World Tour in 2011

"Love Story" has become a staple in Swift's concerts—as of July 2023, she had performed the song live over 500 times.[111] During promotion of Fearless in 2008 and 2009, Swift performed "Love Story" on television shows including Good Morning America, Late Show with David Letterman, The Today Show,[112] Dancing with the Stars,[113] The Ellen DeGeneres Show,[114] and Saturday Night Live.[115] At the 2008 Country Music Association Awards, she re-enacted the music video for "Love Story", performing the song on a ballroom stage-setting with Gaston playing the love interest.[116] Swift and the English band Def Leppard performed "Love Story", among other tracks from each artist's repertoire, for a CMT Crossroads episode that was recorded in October 2008; the performance was released on DVD in 2009.[117] In the UK, Swift sang "Love Story" on the BBC charity telethon Children in Need, to which she donated £13,000 afterward.[113]

"Love Story" was part of the set lists for many of Swift's 2009 headline festival performances, including Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo,[118] Florida Strawberry Festival,[119] Sound Relief,[120] the CMA Music Festival,[121] and Craven Country Jamboree.[122] She included the song in the set list of her first headlining concert tour the Fearless Tour (2009–2010). The song's performances began with backup dancers dressed in Victorian clothing, dancing to Pachelbel's Canon as a castle backdrop was projected onto the stage.[123] Swift emerged from below to an upper level of the stage; she wore an 18th-century-styled crimson gown with golden accents.[124] For the final refrain, Swift hid behind backup dancers as she changed into a white wedding dress and a jeweled headband.[125][126] The live performances of "Love Story" were recorded and released on the DVD Journey to Fearless in 2011.[127]

Swift singing a synth-pop version of "Love Story" on the 1989 World Tour in 2015

"Love Story" was the final song on the set list of Swift's second headlining tour, the Speak Now World Tour (2011–2012).[128] Swift wore a white sundress and sang the song while roaming across the stage on a flying balcony as confetti rained down and fireworks exploded on stage.[129] The song was part of Swift's performance at BBC Radio 1's Teen Awards in October 2012; she appeared in a white dress before changing into silver hot pants and a sheer black top.[130] Swift sang the song later the same month as part of a VH1 Storytellers episode that was recorded at Harvey Mudd College in California.[131] On January 25, 2013, Swift performed an acoustic version of "Love Story" at the Los Premios 40 Principales in Spain.[132] She again included the song in the set list of her third headlining tour the Red Tour (2013–2014), in which she sang it while wearing a white gown.[133]

At the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Awards, Swift performed an arena rock version of "Love Story".[134] During concerts of her fourth headlining tour the 1989 World Tour (2015), she rearranged the song as a synth-pop ballad and sang it while standing on an elevated platform that whisked around the venue.[135][136] Commenting on the 1989 World Tour rearrangement, Jane Song from Paste said "Love Story" "will continue to be one of [Swift's] calling cards".[48] Swift again included "Love Story" in the set list of her fifth concert tour, 2018's Reputation Stadium Tour, in which she performed it as part of a medley with her singles "Style" and "You Belong with Me".[137]

On April 23, 2019, she performed a piano rendition of "Love Story" at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts during the Time 100 Gala, in which she was honored as one of the year's "most influential people".[138] On September 9, Swift performed the song at the City of Lover one-off concert in Paris.[139] At the American Music Awards of 2019, at which she was awarded "Artist of the Decade", Swift performed "Love Story" as part of a medley with "The Man", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Blank Space", and "Shake It Off".[140] On July 21, 2022, at a concert of Haim's One More Haim Tour in London, Swift made a guest appearance and performed "Love Story" as part of a mashup with "Gasoline".[141] She again included "Love Story" in the regular set list of her 2023 headlining tour, the Eras Tour.[142]

"Love Story" has been parodied and adapted into popular-culture events. For the 2009 CMT Music Awards, Swift and rapper T-Pain recorded a parody titled "Thug Story", in which they rap and sing with Auto-Tune; the parody aired as part of the awards ceremony's cold open.[143] In August 2020, an unofficial house remix of "Love Story" by American DJ Disco Lines went viral on the video-sharing platform TikTok.[144] The Disco Lines remix charted at number 37 on Poland's airplay chart in October 2020.[145]

Personnel[edit]

Credits adapted from Fearless album liner notes:[18]

Taylor Swift – lead vocals, songwriter, producer, backing vocals

Nathan Chapman – producer, backing vocals

Drew Bollman – assistant mixer

Chad Carslon – recording engineer

Richard Edgeler – assistant recording engineer, assistant mixer

Justin Niebank – mixer

Tim Van der Kull – additional guitar

Jeremy "Jim Bob" Wheatley – additional recording engineer, additional mixer

Caitlin Evanson – backing vocals

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

2008–2009 weekly chart performance for "Love Story"

Chart (2008–2009)

Peakposition

Australia (ARIA)[68]

Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[146]

Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[147]

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[148]

Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[74]

Canada AC (Billboard)[149]

Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[150]

Canada Country (Billboard)[151]

Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[152]

CIS (TopHit)[153]

180

Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100 Oficiální)[77]

Denmark (Tracklisten)[154]

European Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[76]

Euro Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[155]

Finland Download (Latauslista)[156]

France (SNEP)[157]

Germany (Official German Charts)[158]

Hungary (Single Top 40)[78]

Ireland (IRMA)[72]

Japan (Japan Hot 100)[70]

Japan Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[159]

Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard)[160]

Netherlands (Single Top 100)[161]

New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[73]

Norway (VG-lista)[79]

Scotland (OCC)[75]

Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[162]

Spain (PROMUSICAE)[163]

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[80]

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[164]

UK Singles (OCC)[71]

US Billboard Hot 100[57]

US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[61]

US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[62]

US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[58]

US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)[165]

US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[59]

US Pop 100 (Billboard)[166]

2024 weekly chart performance for "Love Story"

Chart (2024)

Peakposition

Singapore (RIAS)[167]

Year-end charts[edit]

2008 year-end charts for "Love Story"

Chart (2008)

Position

US Billboard Hot 100[168]

US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[169]

2009 year-end charts for "Love Story"

Chart (2009)

Position

Australia (ARIA)[170]

Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[171]

European Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[172]

France (SNEP)[173]

Japan (Japan Hot 100)[174]

New Zealand (RMNZ)[175]

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[176]

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[177]

US Billboard Hot 100[178]

US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[179]

US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[180]

US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[181]

Decade-end charts[edit]

2000–2009 decade-end charts for "Love Story"

Chart (2000–2009)

Position

Australia (ARIA)[182]

US Billboard Hot 100[183]

Certifications[edit]

Certifications for "Love Story"

Region

Certification

Certified units/sales

Australia (ARIA)[69]

13× Platinum

910,000‡

Canada (Music Canada)[82]

2× Platinum

160,000*

Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[83]

Platinum

90,000‡

Germany (BVMI)[84]

Platinum

300,000‡

Italy (FIMI)[184]

Gold

50,000‡

Japan (RIAJ)[86]

Gold

100,000*

New Zealand (RMNZ)[85]

Platinum

15,000*

United Kingdom (BPI)[81]

3× Platinum

1,800,000‡

United States (RIAA)[66]

8× Platinum

8,000,000‡

United States (RIAA)[185] Mastertone

Platinum

1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history[edit]

List of release dates and formats for "Love Story"

Region

Release date

Format

Version

Label

Ref.

United States

September 15, 2008

Country radio

Original

Big Machine

[19]

October 14, 2008

Contemporary hit radio

Big MachineRepublic

[21]

Various

January 6, 2009

Digital download

Pop Mix

Big Machine

[186]

February 6, 2009

Stripped

[187]

February 27, 2009

Digital Dog Radio Mix

[188]

United Kingdom

March 2, 2009

Original

MercuryUniversal Music

[189][190]

Germany

April 24, 2009

CD single

Universal Music

[191]

"Love Story (Taylor's Version)"[edit]

"Love Story (Taylor's Version)"Promotional single by Taylor Swiftfrom the album Fearless (Taylor's Version) ReleasedFebruary 12, 2021 (2021-02-12)StudioBlackbird (Nashville)GenreCountry popLength3:56LabelRepublicSongwriter(s)Taylor SwiftProducer(s)

Taylor Swift

Christopher Rowe

Lyric video"Love Story" (Taylor's Version) on YouTube

After signing a new contract with Republic Records, Swift began re-recording her first six studio albums, including Fearless, in November 2020.[192] The decision came after a 2019 public dispute between Swift and the talent manager Scooter Braun, who acquired Big Machine Records, including the masters of Swift's albums the label had released.[193][194] By re-recording her catalog, Swift had full ownership of the new masters, including the copyright licensing of her songs, devaluing the Big Machine-owned masters.[195]

Swift re-recorded "Love Story" and titled it "Love Story (Taylor's Version)". An excerpt of the re-recording was used in a Match.com advertisement in December 2020.[196] "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" was the first re-recorded track she released;[197] it was made available for download and streaming on February 12, 2021, preceding the release of the re-recorded album Fearless (Taylor's Version) in April.[198][199] An EDM version of "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" remixed by Swedish producer Elvira was released on March 26, 2021, and was included on the deluxe edition of Fearless (Taylor's Version).[200]

Production[edit]

"Love Story (Taylor's Version)" was produced by Swift and the Nashville-based producer Christopher Rowe. It was recorded by David Payne at Blackbird Studios, with additional recording by Rowe at Prime Recording and Studio 13, all of which are in Nashville. Sam Holland recorded Swift's vocals at Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles; Serban Ghenea mixed the re-recording at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia; and Randy Merrill mastered it at Sterling Sound in Edgewater, New Jersey.[201] Swift invited some of the musicians who worked on the 2008 version to re-record with her; these participants include Jonathan Yudkin on fiddle, Amos Heller on bass guitar, and Caitlin Evanson on harmony vocals; they were part of Swift's touring band and had played "Love Story" with her many times.[201]

According to critics, the production of "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" is faithful to that of the 2008 version.[201][202] They noticed changes in the timbre of Swift's vocals, which have a fuller tone and an absence of the country-music twang;[26][203] The Atlantic's Shirley Li found Swift's voice "much richer" with a controlled tone and precise staccato.[204] Swift said re-recording "Love Story" made her realize how she had improved as a singer and how her "voice was so teenaged" in the old recordings.[205]

The re-recording's instruments are sharper and more distinct, with clearer sounds of the banjo, cymbals, and fiddle; stronger drums; a more-clearly defined bass; less-harsh electric guitars; and lowered harmonies in the mix.[24][203][206] In Billboard, Kristen He said whereas the instruments on the 2008 version blended into a "wall of sound", the production of "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" highlighted individual instruments.[24]

Reception[edit]

In reviews, critics praised "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" for being faithful to the original version and felt it was improved upon with polished production and Swift's mature vocals.[203][204][207] A few welcomed the re-recording as Swift's display of ownership of her music.[202][206] Reviews from Rolling Stone's Simon Vozick-Levinson and Los Angeles Times's Mikael Wood dubbed the re-recording an update of a "classic" song about teenage sentiments.[202][208] Mark Savage from BBC News said Swift's improved vocals retain the teenage feelings,[203] but The Atlantic's Shirley Li and NME's Hannah Mylrea said they were more powerful, which introduces a sense of wistfulness and therefore loses the earnestness of the 2008 version.[204][207] According to Robert Christgau, "Swift's voice retains a great deal of freshness" but he questioned the value of her re-recording of early songs, saying he "can't imagine even so that I'd lay out money for the re-recordings unless Rob Sheffield convinced me".[209]

In the U.S., "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" debuted atop the Hot Country Songs chart, giving Swift her eighth number-one single and first number-one debut. With this achievement, she became the first artist to lead the chart in the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s, and the second artist to have a number one with both the original and re-recorded version of a song, after Dolly Parton with "I Will Always Love You". On other Billboard charts, "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" topped Digital Song Sales (Swift's record-extending 22nd number one), Country Digital Song Sales (record-extending 15th number one), and Country Streaming Songs. The song debuted and peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, her record-extending 129th chart entry.[210] The re-recording peaked at number seven on the Billboard Global 200.[55] It topped the singles chart in Malaysia[211] and reached the top 10 in Canada,[74] Ireland,[212] and Singapore.[213] It also charted at number 12 in the UK,[214] where it was certified gold,[215] and number 18 in New Zealand.[216]

In October 2021, Billboard reported radio stations in the U.S. played "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" and other re-recordings infrequently compared to the originals; reasons given were that the re-recordings were insufficiently distinctive, that they had less audience demand for Swift's older songs than her newer ones, and they were difficult to categorize in radio format terms, as well as there being no financial incentive from Swift to promote the re-recordings to radio as radio stations do not have to pay the owners of the master recording every time they play a song and Swift would still receive songwriting royalties no matter what version was played.[217] At the 2022 CMT Music Awards, the re-recording won the inaugural Trending Comeback Song of the Year; CMT created the category to honor "iconic stars and their hits that not only stood the test of time but also recently found new popularity".[218]

Credits and personnel[edit]

Album version[219]

Taylor Swift – lead vocals, songwriting, production

Christopher Rowe – production, record engineering

David Payne – record engineering

John Hanes – engineering

Randy Merrill – master engineering

Serban Ghenea – mixing

Sam Holland – vocal engineering

Sean Badum – assistant recording engineering

Mike Meadows – backing vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin

Paul Sidoti – backing vocals, electric guitar

Caitlin Evanson – backing vocals

Amos Heller – bass

Matt Billingslea – drums

Max Bernstein – electric guitar

Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle

Elvira Remix[220]

Taylor Swift – lead vocals, songwriting, backing vocals

Elvira Anderfjärd – production, remixing, backing vocals, bass, drums, keyboards, programming, recording engineering

Christopher Rowe – vocal production

John Hanes – engineering

Randy Merrill – masters engineering

Serban Ghenea – mixing

Sam Holland – vocal engineering

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Weekly chart performance for "Love Story (Taylor's Version)"

Chart (2021–2022)

Peakposition

Australia (ARIA)[221]

Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[222]

Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[74]

Canada AC (Billboard)[149]

Euro Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[223]

Global 200 (Billboard)[224]

Ireland (IRMA)[212]

Latvia (EHR)[225]

Malaysia (RIM)[211]

Netherlands (Single Tip)[226]

New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[216]

Portugal (AFP)[227]

Singapore (RIAS)[213]

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[228]

UK Singles (OCC)[214]

US Billboard Hot 100[57]

US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[61]

US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[62]

US Country Airplay (Billboard)[229]

US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[58]

US Rolling Stone Top 100[230]

Year-end charts[edit]

Year-end chart performance for "Love Story (Taylor's Version)"

Chart (2021)

Position

US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[231]

Certifications[edit]

Certifications and sales for "Love Story (Taylor's Version)"

Region

Certification

Certified units/sales

Australia (ARIA)[69]

2× Platinum

140,000‡

Poland (ZPAV)[232]

Gold

25,000‡

United Kingdom (BPI)[215]

Gold

400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history[edit]

List of release dates and formats for "Love Story (Taylor's Version)"

Region

Date

Format

Version

Label

Ref.

Various

February 12, 2021

Digital downloadstreaming

Original

Republic

[233]

March 26, 2021

Elvira remix

[234]

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1970 romantic drama film written by Erich Segal

Love StoryTheatrical release posterDirected byArthur HillerScreenplay byErich SegalBased onLove Storyby Erich SegalProduced byHoward G. MinskyStarring

Ali MacGraw

Ryan O'Neal

John Marley

Ray Milland

CinematographyRichard KratinaEdited byRobert C. JonesMusic byFrancis LaiProductioncompaniesParamount PicturesLove Story CompanyDistributed byParamount PicturesRelease date

December 16, 1970 (1970-12-16)

Running time101 minutes[1]CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$2.2 million[2]Box office$173.4 million[3]

Love Story is a 1970 American romantic drama film written by Erich Segal, who was also the author of the best-selling 1970 novel of the same name. It was produced by Howard G. Minsky,[4] and directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley, Ray Milland and Tommy Lee Jones in his film debut.

The film is considered one of the most romantic by the American Film Institute (No. 9 on the list) and is one of the highest-grossing films of all time adjusted for inflation.[5] It was followed by a sequel, Oliver's Story (1978), starring O'Neal with Candice Bergen.

Plot[edit]

Oliver Barrett IV, heir of an American upper-class East Coast family, attends Harvard College where he plays ice hockey. He meets Jennifer "Jenny" Cavilleri, a quick-witted, working-class Radcliffe College student of classical music; they fall in love despite their differences. Oliver's father drives a long distance to Ithaca NY to see his son's hockey game vs. Cornell for the Ivy League championship. Barrett is suspended from the game for fighting and Harvard loses to Cornell, 4–3. Oliver turns down his father's offer of a ride back to Boston and help in getting into Harvard Law School.

Oliver is upset that he does not figure in Jenny's plans to study in Paris. She accepts his marriage proposal and he takes her to the Barrett mansion to meet his parents, who are judgmental and unimpressed. Oliver's father says he will cut him off financially if he marries Jenny, but after graduation they marry nonetheless.

Jenny works as a teacher but without his father's financial support the couple struggles to pay Oliver's way through Harvard Law School. Oliver graduates third in his class and takes a position at a respectable New York City law firm. They are ready to start a family but fail to conceive. After Jenny undergoes three blood tests, Oliver is told that she is terminally ill.

Oliver attempts to continue as normal without telling Jenny of her condition, but she confronts her doctor and finds out the truth. Oliver buys tickets to Paris, but she declines to go, wanting only to spend time with him. Oliver seeks money from his estranged father to pay for Jenny's cancer therapy. His father asks if he has "gotten a girl in trouble". Oliver says yes, and his father writes a check.

Jenny makes funeral arrangements with her father from her hospital bed. She tells Oliver to not blame himself, insisting that he never held her back from music and it was worth it for the love they shared. Jenny's last wish is for Oliver to embrace her tightly as she dies.

A grief-stricken Oliver leaves the hospital and he sees his father outside, who has rushed to New York City from Massachusetts to offer his help after learning about Jenny's condition. Oliver tells him, "Jenny's dead," and his father says "I'm sorry," to which Oliver responds, "Love – Love means never having to say you're sorry", something that Jenny had said to him earlier. Oliver walks alone to the open air ice rink, where Jenny had watched him skate the day she was hospitalized.

Cast[edit]

Ali MacGraw as Jennifer "Jenny" Cavilleri

Ryan O'Neal as Oliver Barrett IV

John Marley as Phil Cavilleri

Ray Milland as Oliver Barrett III

Russell Nype as Dean Thompson

Katharine Balfour as Mrs. Barrett

Sydney Walker as Dr. Shapeley

Robert Modica as Dr. Addison

Walker Daniels as Ray Stratton

Tommy Lee Jones as Hank Simpson (credited as Tom Lee Jones)

John Merensky as Steve

Andrew Duncan as Reverend Blaufelt

Development[edit]

Erich Segal was an academic who had branched into screenwriting with films such as Yellow Submarine and The Games. He wanted to do a "story out of a 1940s movie" updated to the present day, "based on what I have observed among my students, living as I do right on campus. It deals with today’s personal commitment of one to one and the quest for a permanent relationship which begins much younger than it used to. The old, mindless football game dating is gone. The question of sexual morality is irrelevant, but there is much less ‘swinging’ among young people now than in the old days.”[6]

The movie was originally written as a screenplay but Erich Segal was unable to sell it. Howard Minsky, who was head of the motion picture division on the east coast for the William Morris Agency, who represented Segal, believed in the project. According to Arthur Hiller, "He gave up his job and made an arrangement with Erich Segal because he had such faith in that project. He mothered it all the way through. If it hadn't been for him, it would never have been a film."[7]

Minksy says he had Segal rewrite the script seven times. The changes included altering the female lead from being Jewish to Italian-American, deleting the character of the girl's mother, and minimising swearing and nudity.[8] [9]

The script was read by Ali MacGraw, who wanted to make it. She had just made Goodbye Columbus for Paramount Pictures, then under Robert Evans. Paramount had signed MacGraw to a three picture deal and agreed to make the film as a vehicle for MacGraw.[7] In May 1969 Evans announced that he wanted a "senstive young actor" like Beau Bridges or Jon Voight for the lead and Larry Peerce, who had made Goodbye Columbus, would direct.[10] Evans later said Peerce took the job because he "desperately needed a gig" but the director was always unhappy working on the project and pulled out after a month.[11] He was replaced by Anthony Harvey, who had made Lion in Winter, but Harvey quit the project after collaborating with Segal. Eventually Arthur Hiller, who was making two films at Paramount (The Out of Towners and Plaza Suite) agreed to direct.[12]

In September 1969 it was announced Hiller would direct and that Harper and Row would publish a novelised version of the script in February of the following year.[13] According to Evans, Paramount had suggested Segal adapt the screenplay into a novel to help promote the film. Minsky says he was the one who suggested this.[8] Peter Bart, then an executive at Paramount, claims he suggested it. Segal says that he wrote the novel at the same time as the screenplay with considerable input from Gene Young of Harpers who was editor.[6] The book was published in time for Valentine's Day in 1970, and became a best seller.[14] [8][9]

Casting[edit]

According to press reports, the lead role of Oliver Barrett IV was refused by Jeff Bridges, Michael Douglas, Beau Bridges, Michael York and Jon Voight.[12] Evans says that Michael Sarrazin, Peter Fonda and Keith Carradine also turned it down.[15] MacGraw recalls auditioning opposite Christopher Walken, Ken Howard and David Birney.[16]

Hiller says "we tested eight or nine different actors and Ryan was the best. He didn't bowl us over at first. Then I saw some footage of a film he was just completing at 20th Century Fox and I thought it would be wonderful. He just had that empathy and feeling that was so necessary."[7] According to a contemporary account, O'Neal was tested on the recommendation of Erich Segal, who had worked with him on The Games; he was paid $25,000.[17] Evans later claimed he insisted O'Neal be cast because he made the best test, over the objections of Hiller who wanted Walken.[18]

In November 1969 Evans claimed "We looked at 1,000 actors and that's not an exaggeration. We tested 14 unknowns and none of them compared to O'Neal."[19]

Bill Cleary, former Harvard and 1960 U.S. Olympic hockey star (and later Harvard's hockey coach/athletic director), was Ryan O'Neal's hockey stand-in during key hockey scenes where skating and hockey-playing ability were required. Hockey scenes were filmed in three days at Harvard's former Watson Rink, which was rebuilt and is now known as Bright-Landry Hockey Center. Other hockey players in the film were played mostly by actual Harvard and Boston University hockey players, including Joe Cavanagh and Mike Hyndman.

Production[edit]

Filming started 18 November 1969 on location in Cambridge and Boston, and New York. It was the first time a film had gotten permission to film at Harvard.[8]

Filming Love Story on location resulted in damage to trees on campus. This experience, followed by a similar experience with the film A Small Circle of Friends (1980), caused the university administration to deny most subsequent requests for filming on location.[20]

Jimmy Webb wrote a score for the film that was not used. Burt Bacharach was approached to do the score but pulled out when Robert Evans requested a score similar to that of Frances Lai. Eventually Lai was cast.[12]

The main song in the film, "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" was a major success, particularly the vocal rendition recorded by Andy Williams.

Arthur Hiller recalled, "We thought we were making a nice little movie. Well, all of us thought that except the producer who kept saying, "Arthur, believe me, this will be big." And I said, "Yes Howard, you're the producer, you have to feel that way." But he was totally right."[7]

Filming finished on 3 February 1970.[8]

Release[edit]

The premiere for Love Story took place at Loews's State I theatre in New York City on Wednesday, December 16, 1970.[21]

Critical reception[edit]

Overall, Love Story received positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively collected reviews from 30 critics and gave the film a score of 63%. The critical consensus reads: "Earnest and determined to make audiences swoon, Love Story is an unabashed tearjerker that will capture hearts when it isn't inducing eye rolls."[22]

Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars and called it "infinitely better than the book," adding, "because Hiller makes the lovers into individuals, of course we're moved by the film's conclusion. Why not?"[23] Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times was also positive, writing that although "the plotline has been honored many times... It's the telling that matters: the surfaces and the textures and the charm of the actors. And it is hard to see how these quantities could have been significantly improved upon in Love Story."[24]

Newsweek felt the film was contrived[23] and film critic Judith Crist called Love Story "Camille with bullshit".[25] Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote, "I can't remember any movie of such comparable high-style kitsch since Leo McCarey's Love Affair (1939) and his 1957 remake, An Affair to Remember. The only really depressing thing about Love Story is the thought of all the terrible imitations that will inevitably follow it."[26] Gene Siskel gave the film two stars out of four and wrote that "whereas the novel has a built-in excuse for being spare (it is told strictly as the boy's reminiscence), the film does not. Seeing the characters in the movie ... makes us want to know something about them. We get precious little, and love by fiat doesn't work well in film."[27] Gary Arnold of The Washington Post wrote, "I found this one of the most thoroughly resistible sentimental films I've ever seen. There is scarcely a character or situation or line in the story that rings true, that suggests real simplicity or generosity of feeling, a sentiment or emotion honestly experienced and expressed."[28] Writer Harlan Ellison wrote in The Other Glass Teat, his book of collected criticism, that it was "shit". John Simon wrote that Love Story was so bad that it never once moved him.[29]

Love Story was ranked number 9 on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions list, which recognizes the top 100 love stories in American cinema. The film also spawned a trove of imitations, parodies, and homages in countless films, having re-energized melodrama on the silver screen, as well as helping to set the template for the modern "chick flick".

Box office[edit]

Love Story was an instant box office smash.[30] It opened in two theatres in New York City, Loew's State I and Tower East, grossing $128,022 in its first week.[21] It expanded into another 166 theatres on Christmas Day and grossed a record $2,463,916 for the weekend, becoming the number-one film in the United States.[31][32] It also grossed a record $5,007,706 for the week[33] and grossed $2,493,167 the following weekend.[34] It remained number one at the US box office for the next four weeks, before finishing second behind The Owl and the Pussycat for one week and then returning to the top of the box office for another six weeks.

It went into general release in the United States on June 23, 1971, expanding into an additional 143 theatres in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis, grossing $1,660,761 in five days and returned to number one at the US box office for another 3 weeks, for a total of 15 weeks at number one.[35][36] It was the sixth highest-grossing film of all time in U.S. and Canada with a gross of $106,397,186.

Adjusted for inflation, the film remains one of the top 50 domestic grosses of all time.[5] It grossed an additional $67 million in international film markets for a worldwide total of $173.4 million ($1.3 billion in 2023 dollars).[3]

Arthur Hiller later reflected, "We had been going through a period of individuality in the 1960s, what I call the ‘biker films, like Easy Rider (1969). If Love Story [had come] out a few years earlier, it would have been run over by the motorcycles. A few years after, it would be lost to special effects. Movies have their time of why they work and why they don’t."[37]

Hiller also said, "The message of Love Story really is what two people can give to each other for love alone. You know, people made fun of the phrase "Love means never having to say you're sorry." But think about it. All it says is that if you love somebody, you understand they're not perfect and they don't have to apologize for every little thing they do that isn't perfect. Its an affirmation of the human spirit... We hit at a time when if you disagreed with somebody, you hated them. That was the feeling in 1969 and 1970. Well, people were tired of that and were looking to say, hey, love is okay. You can be mad at somebody and still love them."[7]

Peter Bart, an executive at Paramount when the film was made, said "Love Story had become a sort of cinematic aphrodisiac. A kid would take his date to the film, they would cry together, commiserate about the tragedy, then they would go to bed, as though to celebrate their survival. Hence each night the lines seemed to grow longer as the boys kept pressing their luck."[38]

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