{"id":1674,"date":"2020-08-24T16:26:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T15:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/?page_id=1674"},"modified":"2025-10-02T21:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T20:19:37","slug":"the-story-of-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/speak-now-songs\/the-story-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1674\" class=\"elementor elementor-1674\" 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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Story of Us&#8221; is track seven on Taylor&#8217;s third studio album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/\">Speak Now<\/a><\/em> (2010). It narrates the awkwardness that takes place between two people after they break up. In this case, Taylor and her ex were sitting close to each other at the 2010 <em>CMT Awards<\/em>, refusing to speak to one another, despite the many things they had to say. The re-recording of the song, &#8220;The Story of Us (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-e859a58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"e859a58\" 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__e859a58\" 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-d001dfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d001dfd\" 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;The Story of Us&#8221; was written by Taylor and co-produced with the help of Nathan Chapman. When speaking about the track, she said: &#8220;&#8216;The Story of Us&#8217; is a song that I wrote about&#8230;an awkward situation. Well, let me just preface that I happen to run into exes in strange places lately. And this is about one of those situations.&#8221; In a 2010 interview with<em> USA Today<\/em>, she went further into detail:\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-2f60d4f elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"2f60d4f\" 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\u00ab'The Story of Us' is about running into someone I had been in a relationship with at an awards show, and we were seated a few seats away from each other. I just wanted to say to him, 'Is this killing you? Because it\u2019s killing me.' But I didn\u2019t. I couldn\u2019t. Because we both had these silent shields up. I went home and I sat there at the kitchen table and I said to my mom, 'I felt like I was standing alone in a crowded room.' Then I got up and ran into my bedroom, as she\u2019s seen me do many times. And she probably assumed I had come up with a line in the song. And I had. And that was actually the last song I wrote on the album, and after I finished that one, I knew I was done.\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-3e10253 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e10253\" 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\tBased on the timeline given, it can be assumed that Taylor wrote this song sometime after July 19th, 2010, the day she finished \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/speak-now-songs\/innocent\/\">Innocent<\/a>,\u201d which she thought would be the final song to be featured on the record. In the end, &#8220;The Story of Us&#8221; was the last track she composed for <em>Speak Now<\/em>, claiming that upon completing the song she knew she was done with the album. The song&#8217;s subject was revealed by Taylor to be the same for &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/speak-now-songs\/dear-john\/\">Dear John<\/a>&#8220;, which in an interview musician John Mayer confirmed that he was the song&#8217;s subject. Furthermore, Taylor and Mayer both attended the 2010 <em>CMT Awards<\/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-bb02423 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"bb02423\" 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=\"6907909654\"><\/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-025d2a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"025d2a9\" 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\">Music Video<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da6805d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da6805d\" 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 music video for the song was directed by Noble Jones which took place in Vanderbilt University, which her brother <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/family\/austin-swift\/\">Austin<\/a> attended. A few of his friends are featured in the video. It premiered on May 24, 2011, and was met with mostly positive reception among music critics for its departure from the usual high school setting of Taylor&#8217;s previous videos. Taylor agreed that the video is different from the rest of her music videos. According to her, &#8220;the biggest difference between the new video and all the other ones is that I love to make a happy ending happen, and with this video, it doesn\u2019t happen.&#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-a429a55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a429a55\" 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-83378cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83378cc\" 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;The Story of Us&#8221; was first performed on the mini documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/videography\/concert-movies\/taylor-swift-speak-now\/\"><em>Taylor Swift: Speak Now<\/em><\/a> which aired as a Thanksgiving special on <em>NBC<\/em> in 2010. Taylor also sang the song on <em>The Ellen DeGeneres Show<\/em>. She performed the song regularly during the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/tours\/speak-now-world-tour\/\">Speak Now World Tour<\/a>&#8221; (2011-2012). On September 8, 2018, she played the song as the surprise song at the Kansas City stop of the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/tours\/reputation-stadium-tour\/\">reputation Stadium Tour<\/a>.&#8221; Taylor chose &#8220;The Story of Us&#8221; as the second surprise song for her &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/tours\/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour\/\">The Eras Tour<\/a>&#8221; show on June 17, 2023, in Pittsburgh. She performed the song acoustically on guitar. On March 3, 2024, she sang a mashup of the song with &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/evermore\/evermore-songs\/long-story-short\/\">long story short<\/a>&#8221; during one of her &#8220;Eras Tour&#8221; shows in Singapore.\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-3af7c5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3af7c5b\" 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=\"1655582970\"><\/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-68a1697 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68a1697\" 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-039dbb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"039dbb4\" 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;The Story of Us&#8221; was met with mixed reviews from critics. While reviewing <em>Speak Now<\/em>, Dave Heaton of Pop Matters observed that the album is built upon conflicting stories which result in a discrepancy between those stories and the way life turns out. He added that &#8220;&#8216;The Story of Us&#8217; makes this explicit, by presenting the verses as &#8216;chapters&#8217;, within a song where the story isn\u2019t being written the way [Taylor] wants it to, turning into a &#8216;tragedy&#8217; she didn\u2019t imagine.&#8221; Theon Weber of <em>The Village Voice<\/em> chastised the song as &#8220;giddy and bombastic [&#8230;] which plays around with glammy dance-pop.&#8221; Amanda Hensel of <em>Taste of Country<\/em> praised the song by claiming that it&#8217;s &#8220;upbeat and fun, and even a bit rock-y&#8221;. Rob Sheffield of <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> stated that fans could &#8220;tell what chick flicks Swift has been watching from the song title[s].&#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-29f82c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29f82c2\" 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-ee437db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee437db\" 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\tFollowing the release of <em>Speak Now<\/em>, on the week ending November 13, 2010, &#8220;The Story of Us&#8221; debuted at No. 41 on the <em>Billboard Hot 100<\/em> which became its peak position; it became one of the songs to make Taylor the first act to have ten songs debut on the <em>Billboard Hot 100<\/em> in the same week. Following its single release, the song re-entered <em>Billboard Hot 100<\/em> at No. 98 on the week ending May 28, 2011. Since then, the song has peaked at No. 66 on the week ending June 25, 2011.\u00a0Internationally, &#8220;The Story of Us&#8221; has had moderate success. The song debuted in Canada at No. 70 on the week ending November 13, 2010. The song has also peaked at No. 15 on Belgian&#8217;s <em>Flemish Ultratip<\/em> chart.\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-94c3c7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"94c3c7f\" 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-0cff800 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0cff800\" 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, \u201cThe Story of Us (Taylor\u2019s Version)\u201d, was released alongside <em>Speak Now (Taylor&#8217;s Version)<\/em> on July 7, 2023. Upon the release of the album, the song debuted and peaked at No. 42 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-c8be899 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8be899\" 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><strong>[Verse 1]<\/strong><br \/>I used to think one day we&#8217;d tell the story of us<br \/>How we met and the sparks flew instantly<br \/>And people would say, &#8220;They&#8217;re the lucky ones&#8221;<br \/>I used to know my place was the spot next to you<br \/>Now I&#8217;m searching the room for an empty seat<br \/>&#8216;Cause lately I don&#8217;t even know what page you&#8217;re on<\/p><p><strong>[Pre-chorus 1]<\/strong><br \/>Oh, a simple complication, miscommunications lead to fall out<br \/>So many things that I wish you knew<br \/>So many walls up I can&#8217;t break through<\/p><p><strong>[Chorus]<br \/><\/strong>Now I&#8217;m standing alone in a crowded room<br \/>And we&#8217;re not speaking<br \/>And I&#8217;m dying to know is it killing you like it&#8217;s killing me, yeah?<br \/>I don&#8217;t know what to say since the twist of fate when it all broke down<br \/>And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now<br \/>Next chapter<\/p><p><strong>[Verse 2]<br \/><\/strong>How&#8217;d we end up this way?<br \/>See me nervously pulling at my clothes and trying to look busy<br \/>And you&#8217;re doing your best to avoid me<br \/>I&#8217;m starting to think one day I&#8217;ll tell the story of us<br \/>How I was losing my mind when I saw you here<br \/>But you held your pride like you should&#8217;ve held me<\/p><p><strong>[Pre-chorus 2]<br \/><\/strong>Oh, I&#8217;m scared to see the ending, why are we pretending this is nothing?<br \/>I&#8217;d tell you I miss you but I don&#8217;t know how<br \/>I&#8217;ve never heard silence quite this loud<\/p><p><strong>[Chorus]<br \/><\/strong>Now I&#8217;m standing alone in a crowded room and we&#8217;re not speaking<br \/>And I&#8217;m dying to know is it killing you like it&#8217;s killing me, yeah?<br \/>I don&#8217;t know what to say since the twist of fate when it all broke down<br \/>And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now<\/p><p><strong>[Bridge]<br \/><\/strong>This is looking like a contest of who can act like they care less<br \/>But I liked it better when you were on my side<br \/>The battle&#8217;s in your hands now<br \/>But I would lay my armour down if you said you&#8217;d rather love than fight<br \/>So many things that you wish I knew<br \/>But the story of us might be ending soon<\/p><p><strong>[Final Chorus]<br \/><\/strong>Now I&#8217;m standing alone in a crowded room and we&#8217;re not speaking<br \/>And I&#8217;m dying to know is it killing you like it&#8217;s killing me, yeah?<br \/>I don&#8217;t know what to say since the twist of fate when it all broke down<br \/>The story 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https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/taylor_swift-the_story_of_us_s-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/taylor_swift-the_story_of_us_s-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/taylor_swift-the_story_of_us_s-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\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-40a5535 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"40a5535\" 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\tGeneral Information\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-fed76dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fed76dc\" 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<table><tbody><tr><th>Artist<\/th><td><a 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>June 16, 2010<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Genre<\/th><td>Country Pop<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Length<\/th><td>4:27<\/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\/mean\/\">Mean<\/a><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><strong>The Story of Us<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/speak-now-songs\/never-grow-up\/\">Never Grow Up<\/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-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\tSingle Certification\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-4fd2c0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4fd2c0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6594\" alt=\"&quot;2x Platinum&quot; certification by the Recording Industry Association of America. Signifying 2,000,000 units sold in the United States of America.\" \/>\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-a9263ad elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a9263ad\" 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\tCMT Awards\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-491c724 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"491c724\" 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\tSingle 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-982fd93 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"982fd93\" 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\" 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role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 7\"><a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"982fd93\" 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%3DeyJpZCI6MzE0NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RheWxvcnN3aWZ0c3dpdHplcmxhbmQuY2hcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjBcLzEwXC9vZy5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI5ODJmZDkzIn0%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 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elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6164e27\" 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\tMusic 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-260b1ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"260b1ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=nN6VR92V70M&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 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It narrates the awkwardness that takes place between two people after they break up. In this case, Taylor and her ex were sitting close to each other at the 2010 CMT Awards, refusing to speak to one another, despite the many things they had to say. The re-recording of the song, &#8220;The Story of Us (Taylor\u2019s Version)&#8221;, was released on July 7, 2023, on Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version). Table of Contents Background and Lyrical Theme &#8220;The Story of Us&#8221; was written by Taylor and co-produced with the help of Nathan Chapman. When speaking about the track, she said: &#8220;&#8216;The Story of Us&#8217; is a song that I wrote about&#8230;an awkward situation. Well, let me just preface that I happen to run into exes in strange places lately. And this is about one of those situations.&#8221; In a 2010 interview with USA Today, she went further into detail: \u00ab&#8217;The Story of Us&#8217; is about running into someone I had been in a relationship with at an awards show, and we were seated a few seats away from each other. I just wanted to say to him, &#8216;Is this killing you? Because it\u2019s killing me.&#8217; But I didn\u2019t. I couldn\u2019t. Because we both had these silent shields up. I went home and I sat there at the kitchen table and I said to my mom, &#8216;I felt like I was standing alone in a crowded room.&#8217; Then I got up and ran into my bedroom, as she\u2019s seen me do many times. And she probably assumed I had come up with a line in the song. And I had. And that was actually the last song I wrote on the album, and after I finished that one, I knew I was done.\u00bb Taylor Swift Based on the timeline given, it can be assumed that Taylor wrote this song sometime after July 19th, 2010, the day she finished \u201cInnocent,\u201d which she thought would be the final song to be featured on the record. In the end, &#8220;The Story of Us&#8221; was the last track she composed for Speak Now, claiming that upon completing the song she knew she was done with the album. The song&#8217;s subject was revealed by Taylor to be the same for &#8220;Dear John&#8220;, which in an interview musician John Mayer confirmed that he was the song&#8217;s subject. Furthermore, Taylor and Mayer both attended the 2010 CMT Awards. Music Video The music video for the song was directed by Noble Jones which took place in Vanderbilt University, which her brother Austin attended. A few of his friends are featured in the video. It premiered on May 24, 2011, and was met with mostly positive reception among music critics for its departure from the usual high school setting of Taylor&#8217;s previous videos. Taylor agreed that the video is different from the rest of her music videos. According to her, &#8220;the biggest difference between the new video and all the other ones is that I love to make a happy ending happen, and with this video, it doesn\u2019t happen.&#8221; Live Performances &#8220;The Story of Us&#8221; was first performed on the mini documentary Taylor Swift: Speak Now which aired as a Thanksgiving special on NBC in 2010. Taylor also sang the song on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She performed the song regularly during the &#8220;Speak Now World Tour&#8221; (2011-2012). On September 8, 2018, she played the song as the surprise song at the Kansas City stop of the &#8220;reputation Stadium Tour.&#8221; Taylor chose &#8220;The Story of Us&#8221; as the second surprise song for her &#8220;The Eras Tour&#8221; show on June 17, 2023, in Pittsburgh. She performed the song acoustically on guitar. On March 3, 2024, she sang a mashup of the song with &#8220;long story short&#8221; during one of her &#8220;Eras Tour&#8221; shows in Singapore. Critical Reception &#8220;The Story of Us&#8221; was met with mixed reviews from critics. While reviewing Speak Now, Dave Heaton of Pop Matters observed that the album is built upon conflicting stories which result in a discrepancy between those stories and the way life turns out. He added that &#8220;&#8216;The Story of Us&#8217; makes this explicit, by presenting the verses as &#8216;chapters&#8217;, within a song where the story isn\u2019t being written the way [Taylor] wants it to, turning into a &#8216;tragedy&#8217; she didn\u2019t imagine.&#8221; Theon Weber of The Village Voice chastised the song as &#8220;giddy and bombastic [&#8230;] which plays around with glammy dance-pop.&#8221; Amanda Hensel of Taste of Country praised the song by claiming that it&#8217;s &#8220;upbeat and fun, and even a bit rock-y&#8221;. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone stated that fans could &#8220;tell what chick flicks Swift has been watching from the song title[s].&#8221; Commercial Performance Following the release of Speak Now, on the week ending November 13, 2010, &#8220;The Story of Us&#8221; debuted at No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 which became its peak position; it became one of the songs to make Taylor the first act to have ten songs debut on the Billboard Hot 100 in the same week. Following its single release, the song re-entered Billboard Hot 100 at No. 98 on the week ending May 28, 2011. Since then, the song has peaked at No. 66 on the week ending June 25, 2011.\u00a0Internationally, &#8220;The Story of Us&#8221; has had moderate success. The song debuted in Canada at No. 70 on the week ending November 13, 2010. The song has also peaked at No. 15 on Belgian&#8217;s Flemish Ultratip chart. Taylor&#8217;s Version The re-recording of the song, \u201cThe Story of Us (Taylor\u2019s Version)\u201d, was released alongside Speak Now (Taylor&#8217;s Version) on July 7, 2023. Upon the release of the album, the song debuted and peaked at No. 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the week ending July 13, 2023. 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