In Honor Of "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)", I Decided To Rank All The Songs On The Original Album

I truly can't wait for the Taylor's Version. 💜💜💜

15. "Ours"

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I am so sorry for this, I've never really been a fan of this song, but the music video is amazing. I'll admit it's a pretty catchy, but it's kind of easy to forget though. I just think when she rerecords "Ours" it will sound better. 

Best lyric: "And you'll say, don't you worry your pretty little mind, people throw rocks at things that shine, and life makes love look hard."

14. "Superman"

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I put this song at 14 because Speak Now just has better songs on the album. Having said that, it's still an underrated song overall. All the deluxe tracks on Speak Now are great, but I think the main album has the better songs. I might give this song a few more listens before it grows on me. 

Best lyric: "I watch superman fly away, you've got a busy day today, go save the world, I'll be around."

13. "Mean"

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I really love the message of this song, it showed her more mature side on the album. Instead getting defeated by negativity, she calls out the person in the song by singing, "all you're ever gonna be is mean." This song was higher in my rankings, but it got lower and lower as listened to some of the other songs on the album. I love the visuals of the music video and the message of the song though.

Best lyric: "All you are is mean, and a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life, and mean, and mean, and mean, and mean."

12. "Mine"

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The opening track of Speak Now starts with a pop-rock sound, the closest thing she had ever done to pop at that time. The only reason why this song isn't higher is because I wish it was a little longer... 

Best lyric: "You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter, you are the best thing that's ever been mine."

11. "Last Kiss"

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"Last Kiss" is the most underrated song on the main album, which contains some of her best lyrics on the album. Another heartbreaking song on the album, along with "Dear John." I hope she doesn't remove the shaky breath parts in "Last Kiss (Taylor's Version)."  With lyrics and a bridge so beautiful it's impossible to hate this song. 

Best lyric: "That July ninth, the beat of your heart, it jumps through your shirt, I can still feel your arms."

10. "Better Than Revenge"

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I am so excited for the vault tracks (I hope they are rock and punk songs). I really wish she would do more rock songs. Maybe in the future? "Better Than Revenge" is an example of one of more rock/pop songs on the album. Though this is probably one of most hated song on the album, this song was one of her first revenge songs before Reputation. 

Best lyric: "She's not a saint and she's not what you think, she's an actress, woah."

9. "The Story of Us"

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My favorite music video from the Speak Now era! The chorus is almost always stuck in my head. And, for some reason, I always find myself replaying the part where it says, "next chapter." If you give this song a few more listens, eventually you'll get used to it; that's what I did when I first listened to it. At first, I wasn't really into the beat and the lyrics, but as I studied this song more, I started loving it. 

Best lyric: "I'd tell you I miss you, but I don't know how, I've never heard silence quite this loud."

8. "Never Grow Up"

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The most beautiful song on the album, this song didn't jump out to me when I listened to it at first, but it's a really sweet song. With the backing vocals and the acoustic guitar, this song is the best honestly. I'll never understand people who rank it low. It reminds of "The Best Day" from Fearless (Taylor's Version). 

Best lyric: "You're in the car, on the way to the movies, and you're mortified your mom's dropping you off, at fourteen, there's just so much you can't do, and you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots."

7. "Sparks Fly"

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One thing: this song deserved an actual music video, not just a live performance, but a MUSIC VIDEO. The lyrics remind me SO MUCH of a fairytale. The production and live performance of "Sparks Fly" were so fairytale-like. Sparks will always fly when I listen to this song. I can't wait for the Taylor's Version of this song! 

Best lyric: "Drop everything now, meet me in the pouring rain, kiss me on the sidewalk, take away the pain."

6. "Back to December"

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"BTD" will always be a masterpiece the lives in the back of my mind. The lyrics were so beautifully written, something about the way she sings this song just makes me cry. 

Best lyric: "So, this is me swallowing my pride, standing in front of you saying, "I'm sorry for that night."

5. "Innocent"

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Sadly, I relate to this song so much. I'll never understand people who put it last in their ranking. The beautiful lyrics and production are absolutely heavenly. 

Best lyric: "Wasn't it easier in your lunchbox days, always a bigger bed to crawl into, wasn't it beautiful when you believed in everything, and everybody believed in you?"

4. "Speak Now"

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"Speak Now" deserved a music video — I can already see it. It's such a fun song, with a memorable lyrics, and the more I listen to it, the better it gets. 

Best lyric: "Fond gestures are exchanged, and the organ starts to play a song that sounds like a death march, and I am hiding in the curtains, it seems that I was uninvited by your lovely bride-to-be."

3. "Haunted" and "Long Live"

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I put these songs together, because I could not put either any lower. So I'll start with "Haunted." It's truly one of the best songs on the album, and a song that needs to be talked about more. I am not ready for the mature vocals of "Haunted" on the Taylor's Version.

"Long Live": "Long Live" deserved a spot on the Eras Tour setlist, no matter what anyone says. Musically, it's probably one of her best songs. I've only listened to it a few times, and I can tell you it's a song that deserves more attention. An underrated masterpiece. It gives me such a nostalgic feeling I can't explain. 

Best lyric ("Haunted"): "You and I walk a fragile line, I have known it all this time, but I never thought I'd live to see it break, it's getting dark and it's all too quiet".

Best lyric ("Long Live"): "Long live the walls we crashed through, how the kingdom lights shined just for me and you, I was screaming, 'long live all the magic we made,' and bring on all the pretenders, I'm not afraid."

2. "Enchanted"

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You know it's about to get emotional when a Taylor Swift song is over five minutes. No surprise here, "Enchanted" a magical song that takes me into a dreamlike-world. It's another song on the album that deserved a music video. I can even imagine what the video would like, I can see a castle, I see fairies... 

Best lyric: "This night is sparkling, don't you let it go, I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home."

1. And "Dear John"

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The second song on the album that makes me cry. I understand why she doesn't want to sing this song live anymore. It's like a stab to the heart, but the lyrics are like a poem to me. The only right way to sing the bridge is to scream it with all the anger and rage that you have left. "Dear John" deserves the number one spot on the album. The best of the track 5's. 🥇

Best lyric: "You are an expert at sorry and keeping lines blurry, never impressed by me acing your tests, all the girls that you've run dry have tired lifeless eyes, 'cause you burned them out."

Do you agree with my rankings? What's your favorite track from Speak Now you're looking forward to most from the rerecording? Let us know in the comments!