{"id":1619,"date":"2020-08-24T15:32:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T14:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/?page_id=1619"},"modified":"2025-10-02T21:17:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T20:17:00","slug":"speak-now-song","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/speak-now-songs\/speak-now-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Speak Now (Song)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1619\" class=\"elementor elementor-1619\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5131a13e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Speak Now<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30bdd63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30bdd63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Promotional Single | Speak Now (2010) | Speak Now (Taylor's Version) [2023]<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9740215 elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"9740215\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9874d37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9874d37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<em>This article is about the song. For the album, see <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/\">Speak Now (2010)<\/a>. For the re-recording, see <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/re-recordings\/speak-now-taylors-version\/\">Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version) [2023]<\/a>.<\/em>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63f85dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"63f85dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b16286\" data-id=\"6b16286\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ce5982 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44ce5982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cSpeak Now\u201d is track four on Taylor&#8217;s third studio album, <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/\"><em>Speak Now<\/em><\/a> (2010). The title track transports listeners into a daydream of hers, where a girl crashes her ex\u2019s wedding so he won\u2019t be stuck with someone who doesn\u2019t treat him right. The re-recording of the song, &#8220;Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version)&#8221;, was released on July 7, 2023, on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/re-recordings\/speak-now-taylors-version\/\">Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/a><\/em>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6deb217 elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"6deb217\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h3&quot;,&quot;h5&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__6deb217\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6967f46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6967f46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background and Lyrical Theme<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e56ab06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e56ab06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;Speak Now&#8221; was written by Taylor alone, as were all the tracks for the album. The song was inspired by the story of one of her friends and her high school boyfriend. That friend is rumored to be Hayley Williams of Paramore, who attended the wedding of her ex-boyfriend and ex-bandmate Josh Farro in April 2010. The couple went their separate ways after high school \u2013 with the idea that they would get back together. One day, Taylor&#8217;s friend informed her that her high school boyfriend would soon wed. &#8220;He had met this girl who&#8217;s just this horrible, mean person who made him completely stop talking to all of his friends, cut off his family. She had him so completely isolated,&#8221; said Taylor. She asked her friend if she would &#8220;speak now.&#8221; Perplexed, her friend asked for an explanation, and she answered, &#8220;You know, storm the church. &#8216;Speak now or forever hold your peace.&#8217; I&#8217;ll go with you. I&#8217;ll play guitar. It&#8217;d be great.&#8221; Taylor&#8217;s friend found this to be humorous, laughing at the idea:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5f905e elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"c5f905e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00abOne of my friends, the guy she had been in love with since childhood was marrying this other girl. And my first inclination was to say, \u2018Well, are you gonna speak now?\u2019 And then I started thinking about what I would do if I was still in love with someone who was marrying someone who they shouldn\u2019t be marrying. And so I wrote this song about exactly what my game plan would be.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Taylor Swift<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d7488c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d7488c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAfter speaking with her friend, Taylor became deeply fixated on the idea of how tragic it would be for the person one loved to wed someone else. That night, she experienced a dream where one of her own ex-boyfriends married another girl. To her, this signaled that she had to compose a song about interrupting a wedding. In retrospect, she concluded, &#8220;For me, I like to think of it as good versus evil. And this girl is just completely \u2013 just the evil one.&#8221; In the lyrics of &#8220;Speak Now&#8221;, she sings about crashing her former love&#8217;s wedding in attempt to win him back. The bridge has her responding to the priest&#8217;s calling of &#8220;Speak now or forever hold your peace&#8221; before repeating the opening lines. The last refrain is altered, with Taylor narrating from the groom&#8217;s perspective and informing her they will indeed run away together.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e57ade6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"e57ade6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3106048405\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4c5008 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4c5008\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Release<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e58777 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e58777\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTaylor entitled the album after &#8220;Speak Now&#8221; because it fit the album&#8217;s concept, with each song being a different confession to a person. &#8220;It&#8217;s called Speak Now, and that pertains to the album as a concept and as an entire theme of the record more than I can even tell you,&#8221; she said. The song was released as a promotional single on October 5, 2010, as part of &#8220;Countdown to <em>Speak Now<\/em>&#8220;, an exclusive campaign launched by the <em>iTunes Store<\/em>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-860e962 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"860e962\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Live Performances<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-480afae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"480afae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe song was performed as part of the regular setlist on the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/tours\/speak-now-world-tour\/\">Speak Now World Tour<\/a>&#8221; (2011-2012). According to Jocelyn Vena of <em>MTV.com<\/em>, the performance was &#8220;a very theatrical moment&#8221; in which &#8220;Swift acted out crashing a wedding. She eventually stole the groom away, as she sings in the song, and the pair ran through the crowd together.&#8221; Taylor also performed the song on September 22, 2018, as the acoustic surprise song at the New Orleans stop on the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/tours\/reputation-stadium-tour\/\">reputation Stadium Tour<\/a>&#8221; and on April 13, 2023, on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/tours\/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour\/\">The Eras Tour<\/a>&#8221; (2023-2024) in Tampa. On July 18, 2024, she mashed it up with &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/fearless-album\/fearless-songs\/hey-stephen\/\">Hey Stephen<\/a>&#8221; (2008) in Gelsenkirchen.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3695594 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3695594\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Critical Reception<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4b7764 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4b7764\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;Speak Now&#8221; received critical acclaim. Simon Vozick-Levinson of <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em> deemed it one of Taylor&#8217;s best songs yet. He also said, &#8220;Her expressive delivery of the lyrics makes up for any shortcomings as a technical vocalist&#8221; and that it was &#8220;expertly catchy&#8221;. He concluded that he was unable to stop playing the song after he heard it. Bill Lamb of <em>About.com<\/em> said the song was &#8220;brilliant&#8221;. He continued, &#8220;The song is sweet, funny, bratty, and edgy all at the same time. Taylor Swift remains one of our most gifted young lyricists.&#8221;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4e098d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b4e098d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Commercial Performance<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-477856c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"477856c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;Speak Now&#8221; entered the <em>Billboard Hot 100<\/em> at No. 8 due to the sales of 217,000 digital downloads. With that week&#8217;s appearance on the chart, &#8220;Speak Now&#8221; became Taylor&#8217;s sixth top ten debut and, therefore, set the mark that made her the artist with most top ten debuts in the history of the <em>Billboard Hot 100<\/em>, surpassing the five top ten entries earned by Mariah Carey from 1995 to 1998. Elsewhere in North America, the track debuted at No. 8 on the <em>Canadian Hot 100<\/em>. In Australia, &#8220;Speak Now&#8221; debuted at No. 20.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ca651d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ca651d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Taylor's Version<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5134d96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5134d96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe re-recording of the song, \u201cSpeak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version)\u201d, was released alongside the album <em>Speak Now (Taylor&#8217;s Version)<\/em> on July 7, 2023. Upon the release of the album, the re-recording of the song debuted and peaked at No. 33 on the <em>Billboard Hot 100<\/em> chart, the week ending July 13, 2023.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-244eb13 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"244eb13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4dafe1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d4dafe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lyrics<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90d5977 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90d5977\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>[Verse 1]<br><\/b>I am not the kind of girl who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion<br>But you are not the kind of boy who should be marrying the wrong girl<\/p>\n<p><b>[Verse 2]<br><\/b>I sneak in and see your friends and her snotty little family all dressed in pastel<br>And she is yelling at a bridesmaid<br>Somewhere back inside a room wearing a gown shaped like a pastry<\/p>\n<p><b>[Pre-Chorus]<br><\/b>This is surely not what you thought it would be<br>I lose myself in a daydream where I stand and say<\/p>\n<p><b>[Chorus 1]<br><\/b>Don&#8217;t say yes, run away now<br>I&#8217;ll meet you when you&#8217;re out of the church at the back door<br>Don&#8217;t wait, or say a single vow<br>You need to hear me out<br>And they said, &#8220;Speak now&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>[Verse 3]<br><\/b>Fond gestures are exchanged<br>And the organ starts to play a&nbsp;song that sounds like a death march<br>And I am hiding in the curtains<br>It seems that I was uninvited by your lovely bride-to-be<\/p>\n<p><b>[Pre-Chorus]<br><\/b>She floats down the aisle like a pageant queen<br>But I know you wish it was me<br>You wish it was me, don&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<p><b>[Chorus 1]<br><\/b>Don&#8217;t say yes, run away now<br>I&#8217;ll meet you when you&#8217;re out of the church at the back door<br>Don&#8217;t wait, or say a single vow<br>You need to hear me out<br>And they said, &#8220;Speak now&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>[Chorus 2]<br><\/b>Don&#8217;t say yes, run away now<br>I&#8217;ll meet you when you&#8217;re out of the church at the back door<br>Don&#8217;t wait, or say a single vow<br>Your time is running out<br>And they said, &#8220;Speak now&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>[Interlude]<br><\/b>Oh, la-da-da-da<br>Oh, oh <em>(Don&#8217;t say a single vow)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>[Bridge]<br><\/b>I hear the preacher say, &#8220;Speak now or forever hold your peace&#8221;<br>There&#8217;s the silence, there&#8217;s my last chance<br>I stand up with shaky hands<br>All eyes on me<br>Horrified looks from everyone in the room<br>But I&#8217;m only looking at you<\/p>\n<p><b>[Repeat Verse 1]<br><\/b>I am not the kind of girl who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion<br>But you are not the kind of boy who should be marrying the wrong girl <em>(Haha!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>[Chorus 1]<br><\/b>So, don&#8217;t say yes, run away now<br>I&#8217;ll meet you when you&#8217;re out of the church at the back door<br>Don&#8217;t wait, or say a single vow<br>You need to hear me out<br>They said, &#8220;Speak now&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>[Chorus 3]<br><\/b>And you say, &#8220;Let&#8217;s run away now<br>I&#8217;ll meet you when I&#8217;m out of my tux at the back door<br>Baby, I didn&#8217;t say my vows<br>So glad you were around<br>When they said, &#8216;Speak now'&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92d5024 elementor-share-buttons--view-icon elementor-share-buttons--skin-framed elementor-share-buttons--color-custom elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"92d5024\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_facebook\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Share on facebook\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/biography\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Albums<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/\">Speak Now<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/re-recordings\/speak-now-taylors-version\/\">Speak Now (Taylor&#8217;s Version)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Released<\/th><td>October 25, 2010<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Re-Released<\/th><td>July 7, 2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Written<\/th><td>2009\u20132010<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Genre<\/th><td>Country Pop<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Length<\/th><td>4:02<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Labels<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/big-machine-records\/\">Big Machine Records<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/republic-records\/\">Republic Records<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Songwriter<\/th><td>Taylor Swift<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Producers<\/th><td>Nathan Chapman (original)<br \/>Christopher Rowe<br \/>Taylor Swift<\/td><\/tr><tr><th class=\"infobox-header description\" style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><h6>SPEAK NOW CHRONOLOGY<\/h6><\/th><\/tr><tr><td class=\"infobox-full-data\" colspan=\"2\"><table><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/speak-now-songs\/back-to-december\/\">Back to December<\/a><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><strong>Speak Now<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/speak-now-songs\/dear-john\/\">Dear John<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cd4b25 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" 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Recording Industry Association of America. Signifying 1,000,000 units sold.\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c0c5f6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6c0c5f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tHidden Message\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d0ecd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8d0ecd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou always regret what you don&#8217;t say\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-301e087 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"301e087\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tSong Artwork\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53607a5 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"53607a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 7\"><a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"53607a5\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Speak Now by Taylor Swift (Speak Now)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYyMSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RheWxvcnN3aWZ0c3dpdHplcmxhbmQuY2hcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjBcLzA4XC9vZzUuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNTM2MDdhNSJ9\" href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/og5.jpg\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/og5.jpg\" alt=\"Speak Now by Taylor Swift (Speak Now)\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">\"Speak Now\" Promotional Single Cover (2010)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 7\"><a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"53607a5\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Speak Now by Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records, 2010)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzI0LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGF5bG9yc3dpZnRzd2l0emVybGFuZC5jaFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMFwvMDhcL3NwZWFrLW5vdy5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI1MzYwN2E1In0%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/speak-now.jpg\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/speak-now-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Speak Now by Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records, 2010)\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Speak Now (2010)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 7\"><a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"53607a5\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Speak Now Deluxe Edition by Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records, 2012)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTUyNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RheWxvcnN3aWZ0c3dpdHplcmxhbmQuY2hcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjBcLzA4XC9vZzItMS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI1MzYwN2E1In0%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/og2-1.jpg\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/og2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Speak Now Deluxe Edition by Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records, 2012)\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Speak Now Deluxe Edition (2010)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 7\"><a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"53607a5\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Speak Now (Taylor&#039;s Version) [Republic Records, 2023]\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjI2OTMsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC90YXlsb3Jzd2lmdHN3aXR6ZXJsYW5kLmNoXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wNVwvc3BlYWstbm93LXRheWxvcnMtdmVyc2lvbi0yMDIzLWNvdmVyLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjUzNjA3YTUifQ%3D%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/speak-now-taylors-version-2023-cover.jpg\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/speak-now-taylors-version-2023-cover-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Speak Now (Taylor&#039;s Version) [Republic Records, 2023]\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Speak Now (Taylor's Version) [Republic Records, 2023]<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 7\"><a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"53607a5\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Speak Now: World Tour Live by Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records, 2011)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzE0NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RheWxvcnN3aWZ0c3dpdHplcmxhbmQuY2hcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjBcLzEwXC9vZy5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI1MzYwN2E1In0%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/og.jpg\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/og.jpg\" alt=\"Speak Now: World Tour Live by Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records, 2011)\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">\"Speak Now World Tour Live\" Standard Edition (2011)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"6 of 7\"><a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"53607a5\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Speak Now: World Tour Live (Target Edition) by Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records, 2011)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzE0NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RheWxvcnN3aWZ0c3dpdHplcmxhbmQuY2hcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjBcLzEwXC9UYXlsb3JfU3dpZnQtU3BlYWtfTm93X1dvcmxkX1RvdXJfTGl2ZV9EZWx1eGVfRWRpdGlvbi1Gcm9udGFsLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjUzNjA3YTUifQ%3D%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Taylor_Swift-Speak_Now_World_Tour_Live_Deluxe_Edition-Frontal.jpg\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Taylor_Swift-Speak_Now_World_Tour_Live_Deluxe_Edition-Frontal.jpg\" alt=\"Speak Now: World Tour Live (Target Edition) by Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records, 2011)\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">\"Speak Now World Tour Live\" Target Edition (2011)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"7 of 7\"><a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"53607a5\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Speak Now (Taylor&#039;s Version) Deluxe Digital Album [Republic Records, 2023]\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjY4NjYsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC90YXlsb3Jzd2lmdHN3aXR6ZXJsYW5kLmNoXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wN1wvc3BlYWstbm93LXRheWxvcnMtdmVyc2lvbi1kZWx1eGUtZGlnaXRhbC1hbGJ1bS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI1MzYwN2E1In0%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/speak-now-taylors-version-deluxe-digital-album.jpg\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/speak-now-taylors-version-deluxe-digital-album.jpg\" alt=\"Speak Now (Taylor&#039;s Version) Deluxe Digital Album [Republic Records, 2023]\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Speak Now (Taylor's Version) Deluxe Digital Album [Republic Records, 2023]<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3371138 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3371138\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tTaylor Talks About the Song\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f42e0ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"f42e0ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/RgE3tdXxIUY&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f7b37f elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3f7b37f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tLive Performance\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90bcc75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"90bcc75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=3AhCGeKQyvI&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-592e8bc elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"592e8bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tLyric Video\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61a71bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"61a71bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=JlZnvyBqceY&amp;ab_channel=TaylorSwiftVEVO&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4f8a8c elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b4f8a8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tTaylor's Version\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-464dd41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"464dd41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=rTiYSVlOQjo&amp;ab_channel=TaylorSwift-Topic&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11d30c8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"11d30c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tOriginal Audio\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-585ffb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"585ffb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/MUXyRvTCNuU&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f63b81b elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f63b81b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span 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Promotional Single | Speak Now (2010) | Speak Now (Taylor&#8217;s Version) [2023] This article is about the song. For the album, see Speak Now (2010). For the re-recording, see Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version) [2023].\u201cSpeak Now\u201d is track four on Taylor&#8217;s third studio album, Speak Now (2010). The title track transports listeners into a daydream of hers, where a girl crashes her ex\u2019s wedding so he won\u2019t be stuck with someone who doesn\u2019t treat him right. The re-recording of the song, &#8220;Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version)&#8221;, was released on July 7, 2023, on Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version). Table of Contents Background and Lyrical Theme &#8220;Speak Now&#8221; was written by Taylor alone, as were all the tracks for the album. The song was inspired by the story of one of her friends and her high school boyfriend. That friend is rumored to be Hayley Williams of Paramore, who attended the wedding of her ex-boyfriend and ex-bandmate Josh Farro in April 2010. The couple went their separate ways after high school \u2013 with the idea that they would get back together. One day, Taylor&#8217;s friend informed her that her high school boyfriend would soon wed. &#8220;He had met this girl who&#8217;s just this horrible, mean person who made him completely stop talking to all of his friends, cut off his family. She had him so completely isolated,&#8221; said Taylor. She asked her friend if she would &#8220;speak now.&#8221; Perplexed, her friend asked for an explanation, and she answered, &#8220;You know, storm the church. &#8216;Speak now or forever hold your peace.&#8217; I&#8217;ll go with you. I&#8217;ll play guitar. It&#8217;d be great.&#8221; Taylor&#8217;s friend found this to be humorous, laughing at the idea: \u00abOne of my friends, the guy she had been in love with since childhood was marrying this other girl. And my first inclination was to say, \u2018Well, are you gonna speak now?\u2019 And then I started thinking about what I would do if I was still in love with someone who was marrying someone who they shouldn\u2019t be marrying. And so I wrote this song about exactly what my game plan would be.\u00bb Taylor Swift After speaking with her friend, Taylor became deeply fixated on the idea of how tragic it would be for the person one loved to wed someone else. That night, she experienced a dream where one of her own ex-boyfriends married another girl. To her, this signaled that she had to compose a song about interrupting a wedding. In retrospect, she concluded, &#8220;For me, I like to think of it as good versus evil. And this girl is just completely \u2013 just the evil one.&#8221; In the lyrics of &#8220;Speak Now&#8221;, she sings about crashing her former love&#8217;s wedding in attempt to win him back. The bridge has her responding to the priest&#8217;s calling of &#8220;Speak now or forever hold your peace&#8221; before repeating the opening lines. The last refrain is altered, with Taylor narrating from the groom&#8217;s perspective and informing her they will indeed run away together. Release Taylor entitled the album after &#8220;Speak Now&#8221; because it fit the album&#8217;s concept, with each song being a different confession to a person. &#8220;It&#8217;s called Speak Now, and that pertains to the album as a concept and as an entire theme of the record more than I can even tell you,&#8221; she said. The song was released as a promotional single on October 5, 2010, as part of &#8220;Countdown to Speak Now&#8220;, an exclusive campaign launched by the iTunes Store. Live Performances The song was performed as part of the regular setlist on the &#8220;Speak Now World Tour&#8221; (2011-2012). According to Jocelyn Vena of MTV.com, the performance was &#8220;a very theatrical moment&#8221; in which &#8220;Swift acted out crashing a wedding. She eventually stole the groom away, as she sings in the song, and the pair ran through the crowd together.&#8221; Taylor also performed the song on September 22, 2018, as the acoustic surprise song at the New Orleans stop on the &#8220;reputation Stadium Tour&#8221; and on April 13, 2023, on &#8220;The Eras Tour&#8221; (2023-2024) in Tampa. On July 18, 2024, she mashed it up with &#8220;Hey Stephen&#8221; (2008) in Gelsenkirchen. Critical Reception &#8220;Speak Now&#8221; received critical acclaim. Simon Vozick-Levinson of Entertainment Weekly deemed it one of Taylor&#8217;s best songs yet. He also said, &#8220;Her expressive delivery of the lyrics makes up for any shortcomings as a technical vocalist&#8221; and that it was &#8220;expertly catchy&#8221;. He concluded that he was unable to stop playing the song after he heard it. Bill Lamb of About.com said the song was &#8220;brilliant&#8221;. He continued, &#8220;The song is sweet, funny, bratty, and edgy all at the same time. Taylor Swift remains one of our most gifted young lyricists.&#8221; Commercial Performance &#8220;Speak Now&#8221; entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 8 due to the sales of 217,000 digital downloads. With that week&#8217;s appearance on the chart, &#8220;Speak Now&#8221; became Taylor&#8217;s sixth top ten debut and, therefore, set the mark that made her the artist with most top ten debuts in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, surpassing the five top ten entries earned by Mariah Carey from 1995 to 1998. Elsewhere in North America, the track debuted at No. 8 on the Canadian Hot 100. In Australia, &#8220;Speak Now&#8221; debuted at No. 20. Taylor&#8217;s Version The re-recording of the song, \u201cSpeak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version)\u201d, was released alongside the album Speak Now (Taylor&#8217;s Version) on July 7, 2023. Upon the release of the album, the re-recording of the song debuted and peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the week ending July 13, 2023. 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