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It’s Taylor’s version of a hit too. Taylor Swift’s first offering from her re-recorded catalog, “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)”, debuted as No. 1 at the Hot Country Songs chart, Billboard’s top country chart. It is Swift’s first number 1 on the charts in over eight years, his first debut first and his eighth Hot Country Songs No. 1 overall after “We Are Never Getting Back Together” in October 2012. (technical, last since Swift had a country number 1 with Tim McGraw’s “Highway Don’t Care”, which reached number one on Country Airplay, the country’s other industry record chart, in June 2013.) “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” also joins Swift’s original version of “Love Story”, which reached number one on the charts in November 2008. Swift had a four-year drought on the country charts after “Highway Don ‘ t Care, ”Her duet with Tim McGraw, in 2013; his next song to break Hot Country Songs was reputationDecember 2017 “New Year’s Day”. Since then, some Swift songs have entered Hot Country Songs, with LoverChicks’ collaboration “Soon You Get Better” reaching tenth position, folkloreof “betty” reaching position 6, and everHaim’s collaboration “no body, no crime” reached the second position.
With “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)”, Swift becomes the first artist with Hot Country Songs No. 1 in each decade of the 21st century, along with the second artist to top the charts with two versions of the same song after Dolly Parton did with “I Will Always Love You” in 1982. “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” is also the best-selling song of the week, taking it to 11th place on the Hot 100 – a feat for a song that is not expressly promoted to radio.