On February 11, Swift announced that he re-recorded his 2008 album Fearless, how Fearless (Taylor version), and that the updated lead single, “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)”, would be revealed that night. Fearless became Swift’s first album on the Billboard 200, while “Love Story” was her second hit on the Billboard Hot 100 top 10. Since then, Swift has recorded seven more albums in first place and 27 more of the 10 biggest hits on list of the top 100.
As for the original version of “Love Story”, it sold about 200 downloads in the United States on February 12. In the week before the re-recording was released, the original version sold an insignificant amount in one daily. As of February 4, the original “Love Story” had sold 6.13 million downloads in the United States
Re-recordings of older songs or albums are treated separately from their originals, with independent chart histories for each version. That’s why, Fearless (Taylor version) and “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” will chart separately from Swift’s original 2008 recordings of the album and song, respectively.
News about the February 12 streaming activity of “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” will be reported in the coming days.
And now, the radio ‘story’ … As for radio on its first day, “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” – which is not being actively promoted to radio stations – attracted 144 executions on February 12 at 89 stations reporting Advertising panelon the chart of radio songs of all genres, based on the audience, a sum that translates to 777,000 audience impressions. Leading the way between these 144 pieces, 83 were reporters for the Pop Airplay parade, 34 were for Adult Pop Airplay reporters and 12 were for Country Airplay panelists.
How does this play compare to the 2008 version?
The new take drew more than twice as many pieces as the original on February 12, which recorded 67 plays yesterday on Radio Songs. Reporters from contemporary adult parades were responsible for 25 of those rounds, followed by Country Airplay panelists contributing 12.
While the new version attracted 777,000 in impressions from the public on February 12, the original attracted 227,000.
Although “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” is not being actively promoted to the radio, instead, three tracks continue to be promoted to various formats on Swift’s latest LP, Ever. “Willow” rose 11-9 on the most recently published Adult Pop Airplay chart (dated February 13), becoming Swift’s 24th top 10, extending his record to the largest number of women. He also reached 9th position in Adult Contemporary and rose from 23 to 20 in Pop Airplay. Meanwhile, the set “Coney Island”, featuring The National, repeated at its best number 26 on Adult Alternative Airplay, and “No Body, No Crime”, with Haim, remained at number 60 on Country Airplay.
The original “Love Story” reached second place on radio songs (and fourth on the Billboard Hot 100 of all genres). It reached the top of Country Airplay and Pop Airplay and remains the only song to top both lists. He also crowned Adult Contemporary and moved up to third place on Adult Pop Airplay.