{"id":1708,"date":"2020-08-24T16:54:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T16:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/?page_id=1708"},"modified":"2026-10-20T20:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T19:24:53","slug":"enchanted","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/speak-now-songs\/enchanted\/","title":{"rendered":"Enchanted"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t“Enchanted” is the ninth track on Taylor’s third studio album, Speak Now<\/a><\/em> (2010). The sweeping power ballad captures the feeling of instant infatuation after meeting someone for the first time, while also conveying the uncertainty of whether those emotions will be reciprocated. It was the theme song for Taylor\u2019s fragrances Wonderstruck <\/a><\/em> and Wonderstruck Enchanted<\/a><\/em>. The re-recorded version, “Enchanted (Taylor\u2019s Version),” was released on Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/a><\/em> [2023].\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t“Enchanted” was originally intended to be the title track of Speak Now<\/em>, but Taylor ultimately changed the album\u2019s name after consulting with Big Machine Records<\/a> president Scott Borchetta. He felt that Enchanted <\/em>did not fully align with the album\u2019s grown-up themes and perspectives.\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
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTaylor wrote \u201cEnchanted\u201d for her third studio album, Speak Now<\/a><\/em> (2010), during a period in which she was developing a more personal and self-directed approach to songwriting. Working on the album over two years, she wrote all 14 tracks on the album\u2019s standard edition herself, partly because her busy touring schedule made arranging co-writing sessions difficult, but also because she wanted to prove that she could write an entire album without co-writers.\n

\nShe penned “Enchanted” after meeting Adam Young, the lead singer of Owl City, backstage after attending one of his shows in New York City. Taylor had exchanged emails with Young before their meeting and, on her way home, found herself wondering whether he was interested in her and whether he might already be in love with someone else. In an interview in 2010, she said:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\u00abI had talked to him on email before, but I had never met him. And meeting him, it was this overwhelming feeling of: 'I really hope that you're not in love with somebody.' And the whole entire way home, I remember the glittery New York City buildings passing by and then just sitting there thinking, 'Am I ever going to talk to this person again?' And that pining away for a romance that may never even happen, but all you have is this hope that it could and the fear that it never will. I started writing that in the hotel room when I got back. Because it just was this positive, wistful feeling of, 'I hope you understand just how much I loved meeting you. I hope that you know that meeting you was not something that I took lightly or just in passing.'\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhen Young later emailed her that he had been \u201cwonderstruck\u201d by meeting her, Taylor incorporated the unusual word into the song as a subtle message to him. She also hid his name in the Speak Now<\/em> liner notes, where the first letters of certain words spell \u201cAdam.\u201d Young later confirmed that he recognized himself as the subject of the song, noting both the hidden message and Taylor\u2019s use of \u201cwonderstruck\u201d as clues.\n

\nProduced by Taylor and Nathan Chapman, \u201cEnchanted\u201d was recorded for Speak Now<\/em> and ultimately placed as the album\u2019s ninth track. It was released alongside the album on October 25, 2010, rather than as a single. The nearly six-minute song was nevertheless one of the album\u2019s more prominent tracks, with its expansive production built around acoustic and electric guitars, piano, strings and layered vocals.\n

\nFor a time, Enchanted<\/em> was also the working title of Speak Now<\/em>. Big Machine CEO Scott Borchetta later recalled that he challenged the title during a lunch with Taylor after hearing several of the new songs. He told her that the record was no longer about \u201cfairy tales and high school\u201d and that Enchanted<\/em> no longer reflected where she was in her life. Taylor briefly excused herself from the table and returned minutes later with her final decision: the album would be called Speak Now<\/em>. The new title better reflected the album\u2019s recurring focus on finding the courage to say what one truly means before the opportunity passes.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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