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{{Short description|2007 single by Taylor Swift}}
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{{about|the Taylor Swift song|other uses|Our Song (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = Our Song
| cover      = Taylor Swift - Our Song.png
| alt        = Cover artwork of "Our Song", depicting Swift sitting on a school desk
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Taylor Swift]]
| album      = [[Taylor Swift (album)|Taylor Swift]]
| released   = {{start date|2007|09|10}}
| studio     =
*[[Quad Studios Nashville|Quad]]
* Sound Cottage (Nashville)
| genre      = [[Country music|Country]]
| length     = 3:22
| label      = [[Big Machine Records|Big Machine]]
| writer     = Taylor Swift
| producer   = [[Nathan Chapman (record producer)|Nathan Chapman]]
| prev_title = [[Teardrops on My Guitar]]
| prev_year  = 2007
| next_title = [[Picture to Burn]]
| next_year  = 2008
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Jb2stN7kH28|"Our Song"}}}}
}}
"'''Our Song'''" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter [[Taylor Swift]] and the third single from her [[Taylor Swift (album)|self-titled debut studio album]] (2006). Swift wrote "Our Song" for a high school [[talent show]] during [[ninth grade]]; the lyrics are about a young couple using the regular events in their lives to create their own song. She included the song on the track list because it was popular among her classmates. [[Big Machine Records]] released the song to US [[country radio]] on September 10, 2007. Produced by [[Nathan Chapman (record producer)|Nathan Chapman]], "Our Song" is an uptempo [[banjo]]–driven [[country music|country]] track incorporating [[fiddles]] and drums.
Music critics lauded Swift's songwriting on "Our Song" for incorporating conversational lyrics and a memorable [[hook (music)|hook]]. It featured on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'s}} 2019 list of the best country songs by female artists since 2000. Peaking atop [[Hot Country Songs]] for six weeks, the single made Swift the youngest person (17 at the time) to single-handedly write and sing a Hot Country Songs number one. "Our Song" peaked at number 16 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and was certified [[RIAA certifications|four times platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]]. It peaked at number 30 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] and was [[List of music recording certifications|certified platinum]] by [[Music Canada]].
[[Trey Fanjoy]] directed the song's [[music video]], which premiered on [[CMT (American TV channel)|CMT]] on September 24, 2007, and won Video of the Year at the [[CMT Music Awards|2008 CMT Music Awards]]. Swift performed the song on televised programs and during many festivals, and included it in the [[set list]]s of the [[Fearless Tour]] (2009–2010) and the [[Speak Now World Tour]] (2011–2012). The song was part of Swift's concerts on certain dates of [[the Red Tour]] (2013–2014), the [[Reputation Stadium Tour]] (2018), and [[the Eras Tour]] (2023–2024).
==Production and release==
In 2004, [[Pennsylvania]]–born [[Taylor Swift]] moved to [[Nashville, Tennessee]] at fourteen to pursue a career in [[country music]].<ref name="Ray">{{cite web|last=Jo|first=Nancy|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/04/taylor-swift-cover-story|title=Taylor Swift and the Growing of a Superstar: Her Men, Her Moods, Her Music|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=January 2, 2014|access-date=November 11, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110050531/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/04/taylor-swift-cover-story|archive-date=November 10, 2015}}</ref> She signed with [[Sony/ATV Music Publishing|Sony/ATV]] in 2004 to become a professional songwriter, and with [[Big Machine Records]] in 2005 to become a country-music singer.<ref>{{cite web|last=DeLuca|first=Dan|title=Focused On 'Great Songs' Taylor Swift Isn't Thinking About 'the Next Level' or Joe Jon as Gossip|url=http://articles.philly.com/2008-11-11/news/25256467_1_big-machine-records-joe-jonas-country-music-association-awards|page=1|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|access-date=April 17, 2012|date=November 11, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118235847/http://articles.philly.com/2008-11-11/news/25256467_1_big-machine-records-joe-jonas-country-music-association-awards|archive-date=November 18, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Taylor in Wonderland">{{Cite magazine|last1=Hiatt|first1=Brian|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-in-wonderland-20121025|title=Taylor Swift in Wonderland|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=October 25, 2012|access-date=August 1, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731171417/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-in-wonderland-20121025|archive-date=July 31, 2016|url-access=limited}}</ref> Near the end of 2005, Swift recorded songs for her [[Taylor Swift (album)|self-titled debut album]] with producer [[Nathan Chapman (record producer)|Nathan Chapman]].<ref name="albuminfo">{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1546980/when-she-thinks-tim-mcgraw-taylor-swift-savors-payoff.jhtml|title=When She Thinks 'Tim McGraw,' Taylor Swift Savors Payoff: Hardworking Teen to Open for George Strait Next Year|date=December 1, 2006|first=Edward|last=Morris|work=[[CMT News]]|access-date=March 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229194025/http://www.cmt.com/news/1546980/when-she-thinks-tim-mcgraw-taylor-swift-savors-payoff/|archive-date=December 29, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> By the time production wrapped, Swift had completed her first year of high school in [[Hendersonville, Tennessee]].{{sfn|Spencer|2010|p=28}} She wrote three tracks by herself—"The Outside", "[[Should've Said No]]", and "Our Song".<ref name="garden3">{{Cite news |last=Malec |first=Jim |author-link=Jim Malec |date=May 2, 2011 |title=Taylor Swift: The Garden In The Machine |page=3 |work=[[American Songwriter]] |url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2011/05/taylor-swift-the-garden-in-the-machine/3/ |url-status=dead |access-date=May 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807054922/http://www.americansongwriter.com/2011/05/taylor-swift-the-garden-in-the-machine/3/ |archive-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref> "Our Song" is a track Swift wrote for a [[talent show]] of her [[ninth grade]].<ref name="videoaward">{{cite web|url=https://www.cmt.com/news/kg361p/taylor-swift-shares-story-and-success-of-award-winning-our-song|title=Taylor Swift Shares Story and Success of Award-Winning 'Our Song'|first=Craig|last=Shelburne|date=April 15, 2008|work=[[CMT News]]|access-date=August 18, 2022|archive-date=August 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818171319/https://www.cmt.com/news/kg361p/taylor-swift-shares-story-and-success-of-award-winning-our-song|url-status=dead}}</ref> She conceived the song as an upbeat track with lyrics relatable to her classmates, writing it within twenty minutes.<ref name="theboot">{{cite web|url=https://theboot.com/story-behind-the-song-our-song-taylor-swift/|title=11 Questions with Taylor Swift: No. 2|first=Vernell|last=Hackett|date=November 11, 2008|work=[[The Boot (website)|The Boot]]|page=2|access-date=June 28, 2010|archive-date=June 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612053357/http://www.theboot.com/2007/11/05/11-questions-with-taylor-swift-no-2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="gac"/> On the inspiration, Swift said: "I wrote it about this guy I was dating, and how we didn't have a song. So I went ahead and wrote us one."<ref name="gac">{{cite web|url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,3034,GAC_26063_5680314,00.html|title=Taylor Swift Proves Her Staying Power|date=August 23, 2007|website=[[Great American Country]]|access-date=March 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303121431/http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,3034,GAC_26063_5680314,00.html|archive-date=March 3, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Months after the talent show, her classmates came up to her and recited the melody and lyrics, which made her think, "There must be something here!"<ref name="theboot"/> To this end, she insisted that Big Machine Records executives include it on the track list.<ref name="gac" /> Swift envisioned the production in her head before approaching Chapman.<ref name="washington post">{{cite news|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postrock/2008/02/her_song_talking_taylor_swift_1.html|title=Her Song: Talking Taylor Swift|first=J.|last=Freedom du Lac|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=February 28, 2008|access-date=February 28, 2008|archive-date=August 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812160010/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postrock/2008/02/her_song_talking_taylor_swift_1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to the album's [[liner notes]], instruments and their corresponding musicians on "Our Song" include acoustic guitar (Swift), [[banjo]] and electric guitar (Chapman), [[Dobro]] ([[Bruce Bouton]]), drums ([[Nick Buda]]), [[percussion]] ([[Eric Darken]]), [[fiddle]] (Rob Hajacos), and [[bass guitar]] (Tim Marks).<ref name="liner"/> The track was recorded by Chad Carlson, assisted by Chapman, at Sound Cottage and [[Quad Studios Nashville|Quad Studios]] in Nashville.<ref name="liner"/> It was [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixed]] by Chuck Ainley, assisted by Greg Lawrence, at Masterfonics.<ref name="liner"/> Swift chose the song as the album's closing track because she thought the final [[refrain]]'s lyric, "Play it again," would subliminally suggest the listener to replay the album.{{sfn|Spencer|2010|p=43}}
Swift's debut album was released on October 24, 2006, through Big Machine Records.<ref name="ew accolades">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/gallery/taylor-swift-first-album-photos/|title=Flashback to Taylor Swift's First Album Drop|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Madeline|last=Boardman|date=August 25, 2017|access-date=August 25, 2017|archive-date=July 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721012123/http://ew.com/gallery/taylor-swift-first-album-photos/|url-status=live}}</ref> "Our Song" was the third [[single (music)|single]] from the album;<ref name="gac" /> Big Machine released the song to US [[country radio]] on September 10, 2007,<ref name="radio">{{cite news |date=August 27, 2007 |title=Country Aircheck Chart Info |url=https://www.countryaircheck.com/pdf_publication/Issue%2053%20-%20August%2027,%202007.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514104709/https://countryaircheck.com/pdf_publication/Issue%2053%20-%20August%2027,%202007.pdf |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |access-date=August 30, 2021 |work=Country Aircheck |issue=53}}</ref> and as a [[crossover music|crossover]] single to US [[pop radio]] on March 10, 2008, in partnership with [[Republic Records]].<ref name="CHR">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503051003/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239|title=Available for Airplay|work=[[FMQB]]|archive-date=May 3, 2012|access-date=May 3, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> "Our Song" was later included in the international version of Swift's second studio album, ''[[Fearless (Taylor Swift album)|Fearless]]'', released in March 2009.<ref name="mtv fearless"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/fearless-international-version-mr0003749837|title=''Fearless'' [International Version]|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=August 21, 2021|archive-date=August 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824133444/https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/fearless-international-version-mr0003749837|url-status=live}}</ref> Following a [[Taylor Swift masters dispute|2019 dispute]] over the talent manager [[Scooter Braun]]'s acquisition of Big Machine and the [[mastering (audio)|masters]] to Swift's back catalog, Big Machine re-released "Our Song" on limited-edition [[vinyl records|vinyl]] in October 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/8519493/big-machine-taylor-swift-singles-vinyl-scooter-braun/|title=Big Machine Releasing Taylor Swift's Early Singles on Limited-Edition Vinyl|date=July 9, 2019|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first=Annie|last=Reuter|access-date=October 7, 2019|archive-date=August 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830041524/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/8519493/big-machine-taylor-swift-singles-vinyl-scooter-braun|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vinyl">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Our-Song-Lavender-Taylor-Swift/dp/B07Z74ZX6F|title=Our Song (Vinyl)|website=[[Amazon.com]]|access-date=October 30, 2019|archive-date=September 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902044711/https://www.amazon.com/Our-Song-Lavender-Taylor-Swift/dp/B07Z74ZX6F|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Music and lyrics==
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| filename     = Taylor Swift - Our Song.ogg
| title        = "Our Song" (2007)
| description  = The [[refrain]] of "Our Song", a [[banjo]]–driven [[country music|country]] song with lyrics about a couple creating their own song from their daily experience
}}
"Our Song" has narrative lyrics about a young couple's love life.<ref name="prodigy">{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021165825/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/11/10/prodigy-pop-music-sasha-frere-jones|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/11/10/prodigy-pop-music-sasha-frere-jones|title=Prodigy|first=Sasha|last=Frere-Jones|author-link=Sasha Frere-Jones|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=November 10, 2008|archive-date=October 21, 2016|access-date=October 21, 2016|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> In the first [[Verse (popular music)|verse]], the narrator and her boyfriend are traveling in a car, "He's got a one-hand feel on the steering wheel, the other on my heart."{{sfn|Perone|2017|p=14}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7550054/taylor-swift-debut-album-anniversary|title=Taylor Swift's Debut Album Turns 10: A Track-by-Track Retrospective of ''Taylor Swift''|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first=Jennifer|last=Keishin Armstrong|date=October 24, 2016|access-date=October 24, 2016|archive-date=October 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027015057/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7550054/taylor-swift-debut-album-anniversary|url-status=live}}</ref> As they listen to the radio, the narrator tells her boyfriend they do not have a song to call their own. In the refrain, the boyfriend responds that their song consists of sounds drawing from their daily lives that he associates with their relationship.{{sfn|Perone|2017|p=14}} The boyfriend says, "Our song is the slammin' screen door/ Sneakin' out late, tappin' on your window";<ref name="prodigy"/> critics consider the "slammin' screen door" imagery the song's [[hook (music)|hook]] and most memorable lyrical detail.<ref name="slate"/><ref name="Sheffield-rev"/><ref name="independent"/> The narrator replies, "Our song is the way he laughs/ The first date, man, I didn't kiss him when I should have."<ref name="prodigy"/> In the refrain's final lines, she asks God "if he could play it again" when she gets home.<ref name="prodigy"/> The song ends with the lyrics, "I grabbed a pen/ And an old napkin/ And I wrote down our song", self-referencing Swift's occupation as a songwriter.<ref name="bbc one note"/>
Built on a banjo [[riff]], "Our Song" is a country-music track featuring a fiddle solo in the [[break (music)|break]].{{sfn|Perone|2017|p=15}}<ref name="observer">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/may/10/taylor-swifto2-review|title=Enough to Make You Scream|date=May 10, 2009|first=Alicer|last=Fisher|work=[[The Observer]]|access-date=May 21, 2010|archive-date=October 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016150712/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/may/10/taylor-swifto2-review|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NME">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/every-taylor-swift-song-ranked-2747916|title=Every Taylor Swift Song Ranked In Order of Greatness|first=Hannah|last=Mylrea|date=September 8, 2020|work=[[NME]]|access-date=September 8, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724154619/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/features/every-taylor-swift-song-ranked-2747916|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[musicologist]] James E. Perone noted that the production conveyed the conversational lyrics by employing repeated [[pitch (music)|pitches]] in the lower [[vocal register|register]] of Swift's vocals in the verses, where she sings at one pitch for a sustained period.{{sfn|Perone|2017|p=15}} According to the [[BBC]], the verses exemplify Swift's "one-note melody", which effectively conveys the narrative and becomes a staple in many of her subsequent songs.<ref name="bbc one note">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41886475|title=Why Does Taylor Swift Write So Many One-Note Melodies?|date=November 8, 2017|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=August 31, 2021|archive-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208092800/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41886475|url-status=live}}</ref> The refrain emphasizes the fifth [[scale-step]] with a wider-ranging melody and higher-pitched vocals, which Perone described as upbeat and tuneful.{{sfn|Perone|2017|p=15}} In the song, Swift sings with [[twang]]y vocals<ref name="slate">{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/browbeat/archive/2010/01/28/track-of-the-week-taylor-swift-today-was-a-fairytale.aspx|title=Track of the Week: Taylor Swift, 'Today Was a Fairytale'|first1=Jonah|last1=Weiner|first2=Jody|last2=Rosen|author-link2=Jody Rosen|date=January 28, 2010|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|access-date=June 21, 2010|archive-date=August 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803031633/http://www.slate.com/content/slate/blogs/browbeat/2010/01/28/track_of_the_week_taylor_swift_today_was_a_fairytale.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and uses a [[Southern American English|Southern accent]], brought about by her move from Pennsylvania to Tennessee as a teenager.<ref name="jstor"/> Swift pronounces the pronoun "I" closer to the [[monophthong]] "ah" and sings the words "car" and "heart" with a [[non-rhotic]] accent.<ref name="jstor"/> She plays on the lack of verb agreement in Southern American English in the lyric "your mama don't know".<ref name="jstor">{{cite web|url=https://daily.jstor.org/the-linguistic-evolution-of-taylor-swift/|title=The Linguistic Evolution of Taylor Swift|first=Chi|last=Luu|date=September 2, 2020|publisher=[[JSTOR]]|access-date=September 2, 2020|archive-date=September 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902203819/https://daily.jstor.org/the-linguistic-evolution-of-taylor-swift/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Critics debated whether "Our Song" is country music.{{sfn|Sloan|2021|p=14}} J. Freedom du Lac from ''[[The Washington Post]]'' and Nick Jones from ''[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]'' thought that there are influences of [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and [[rhythmic contemporary|rhythmic]] music on the phrasing and the final refrain's compressed drums.<ref name="washington post"/><ref name="vulture">{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html|title=Taylor Swift Songs Ranked|first=Nick|last=Jones|date=January 11, 2021|work=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]|access-date=January 11, 2021|url-access=limited|archive-date=September 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913234630/https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Maura Johnston]] from ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' commented that apart from country fiddles and twang, the melody was influenced by "[[Millennials|millennial]] [[teen pop]]".<ref name="Pitchfork"/> Grady Smith from ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' selected it as one of Swift's "countriest songs", noting the instruments and Southern accent.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country-lists/teardrops-on-her-guitar-taylor-swifts-10-countriest-songs-164352/our-song-2006-162859/|title=Teardrops on Her Guitar: Taylor Swift's 10 Countriest Songs|first=Grady|last=Smith|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url-access=limited|date=September 8, 2014|access-date=September 8, 2014|archive-date=October 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014084432/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country-lists/teardrops-on-her-guitar-taylor-swifts-10-countriest-songs-164352/our-song-2006-162859/|url-status=live}}</ref> In an article for [[JSTOR]], the linguist Chi Luu argued that Swift employed a Southern accent as a means to signify her authenticity in country music. Because Swift came from an [[upper middle class]] background, which differentiated her from other female country musicians singing about overcoming hardships and poverty, the Southern accent was an important means for her early image as a country-music artist.<ref name="jstor"/> The musicologist Nate Sloan pointed to the conversational lyrics drawing on mundane daily-life experience as Swift's embodiment of country songwriting tropes.{{sfn|Sloan|2021|p=14}}
==Critical reception==
"Our Song" was one of the "Award-Winning Songs" at the 2008 [[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI Country Awards]], which honors the year's best songwriters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2008_bmi_country_awards_award_winning_songs|title=2008 BMI Country Awards|publisher=[[Broadcast Music, Inc.]]|date=November 11, 2008|access-date=September 5, 2022|archive-date=September 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905013413/https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2008_bmi_country_awards_award_winning_songs|url-status=live}}</ref> It featured on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'s}} 2019 list of the best female country songs from 2000.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country-lists/a-real-fine-place-to-start-20-years-of-country-hits-by-women-927482/|title=A Real Fine Place to Start: 20 Years of Country Hits by Women|last1=Shaffer|first1=Claire|last2=Hudak|first2=Joseph|date=December 17, 2019|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=December 18, 2019|archive-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218003216/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country-lists/a-real-fine-place-to-start-20-years-of-country-hits-by-women-927482/|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref> [[Jeff Tamarkin]] of [[AllMusic]] and Seija Rankin and Lauren Huff from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' picked it as a standout on Swift's debut album,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/taylor-swift-mw0000550301|title=''Taylor Swift'' by Taylor Swift|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=January 26, 2010|first=Jeff|last=Tamarkin|authorlink=Jeff Tamarkin|archive-date=July 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715173138/http://www.allmusic.com/album/taylor-swift-mw0000550301|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/music/the-best-taylor-swift-song-from-every-album/?slide=6115617#6115617|title=The Best Song from Every Taylor Swift Album|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first1=Seija|last1=Rankin|first2=Lauren|last2=Huff|date=December 17, 2020|access-date=August 18, 2022|archive-date=September 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901045904/https://ew.com/music/the-best-taylor-swift-song-from-every-album/?slide=6115617#6115617|url-status=live}}</ref> and Fiona Chua of [[MTV Asia]] selected it as one of the best tracks on the international version of ''Fearless''.<ref name="mtv fearless">{{cite web|url=http://web.mtvasia.com/Review/CD/C20090325001786.html|title=Taylor Swift&nbsp;– ''Fearless'' (Asian Version)|first=Fiona|last=Chua|date=March 25, 2009|website=[[MTV Asia]]|access-date=June 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504011446/http://web.mtvasia.com/Review/CD/C20090325001786.html|archive-date=May 4, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Critics praised Swift's songwriting for creating a catchy hook. Nate Jones of ''Vulture'' and Jonathan Keefe of ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' found the melody and hook captivating, noting them for incorporating pop and hip hop elements.<ref name="vulture"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/taylor-swift-fearless/1574|first=Jonathan|last=Keefe|date=November 16, 2008|title=Taylor Swift: ''Fearless''|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|access-date=June 28, 2010|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029215534/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/taylor-swift-fearless/1574|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rob Sheffield]] from ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote about the song, "The hit that made me a Swift fan, the first moment I heard it in 2007 [...] What a genius hook."<ref name="Sheffield-rev">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/our-song-2006-2-205817/|title='Our Song' (2006)|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Rob|last=Sheffield|author-link=Rob Sheffield|date=November 24, 2020|access-date=November 24, 2020|url-access=limited|archive-date=July 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728120658/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/our-song-2006-2-205817|url-status=live}}</ref>
Other critics praised the theme and conversational lyrics. [[Sasha Frere-Jones]] in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' was impressed by the simple phrases "so conversational that on first hearing they fly by without registering" and said the song was Swift's first to "stop [him] in [his] tracks".<ref name="prodigy"/> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} Deborah Evan Price deemed the conversational lyrics appealing to those who want to revisit the "tender memories of uncomplicated young love".<ref>{{cite news|title=Taylor Swift: 'Our Song'|first=Deborah Evans|last=Price|newspaper=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=119|issue=39|page=54|date=September 29, 2007}}</ref> In a review for ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'', Sheffield found the narrative full of "personality and poise".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/new/55348/fearless.html |title=''Fearless'' – Taylor Swift |first=Rob |last=Sheffield |author-link=Rob Sheffield|work=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |access-date=February 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524180806/http://www.blender.com/guide/new/55348/fearless.html |archive-date=May 24, 2009 }}</ref> In ''Pitchfork'', Johnston selected the track as one of Swift's early songwriting demonstrations for earnestly portraying teenage sentiments.<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-taylor-swift/|title=Taylor Swift: ''Taylor Swift'' Album Review|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|last=Johnston|first=Maura|author-link=Maura Johnston|date=August 19, 2019|access-date=August 19, 2019|archive-date=August 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819061344/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-taylor-swift/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Alexis Petridis]] from ''[[The Guardian]]'' said the "snappy, self-referential lyrics" predicated Swift's success beyond country music,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/26/taylor-swifts-singles-ranked|title=Taylor Swift's Singles&nbsp;– Ranked|first=Alexis|last=Petridis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427062612/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/26/taylor-swifts-singles-ranked|url-status=live}}</ref> and Hannah Mylrea from ''[[NME]]'' found the lyrics vivid.<ref name="NME"/> In a ranking of Swift's discography, Roisin O'Connor of ''[[The Independent]]'' picked "Our Song" among her five best songs: "[Her] making a song about a song based on sounds from real-life is all kinds of perfect."<ref name="independent">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203140818/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/taylor-swift-lover-best-songs-1989-reputation-red-lyrics-music-videos-a9076476.html|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/taylor-swift-lover-best-songs-1989-reputation-red-lyrics-music-videos-a9076476.html|title=Taylor Swift: Her 100 Album Tracks&nbsp;– Ranked|work=[[The Independent]]|first=Roisin|last=O'Connor|url-access=limited|url-status=live|date=August 23, 2019|archive-date=December 3, 2019|access-date=December 3, 2019}}</ref>
==Chart performance==
[[File:Tim McGraw.jpg|thumb|upright|"Our Song" had the biggest jump to number one on [[Hot Country Songs]] since "[[Just to See You Smile]]" (1998) by [[Tim McGraw]] (pictured).|alt=Tim McGraw performing for the US Army]]
"Our Song" was a success on country radio.<ref name="radio success">{{cite web |last=Malec |first=Jim |author-link=Jim Malec |date=May 2, 2011 |title=Taylor Swift: The Garden in the Machine |url=https://americansongwriter.com/taylor-swift-the-garden-in-the-machine/4/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726222700/https://americansongwriter.com/taylor-swift-the-garden-in-the-machine/4/ |archive-date=July 26, 2020 |access-date=May 2, 2020 |work=[[American Songwriter]] |page=4}}</ref> It reached number one on the [[Hot Country Songs]] chart dated December 22, 2007, giving Swift her first chart topper.<ref name=
"jumptoone">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1047052/keys-still-the-one-atop-billboard-charts|title=Keys Still The 'One' Atop ''Billboard'' Charts|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|date=December 13, 2007|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=July 5, 2010}}</ref> The song's jump from number six to number one marked the biggest jump to the top since [[Tim McGraw]]'s "[[Just to See You Smile]]" (1998), which also ascended five spots to the top.<ref name="jumptoone" /> With this achievement, Swift became the youngest person—17 years old at the time—to single-handedly write and sing a Hot Country Songs number one.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/12/13/taylor-swift-birthday-turns-30-big-moments-kanye-west/2629578001/|title=Happy Birthday, Taylor Swift: 30 Big Moments in Pop Star's Life as She Turns the Big 3-0|first=Karen|last=Grigsby|website=[[The Tennessean]]|date=December 13, 2019|access-date=August 20, 2022|archive-date=August 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821014615/https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/12/13/taylor-swift-birthday-turns-30-big-moments-kanye-west/2629578001/|url-status=live}}</ref> It spent six consecutive weeks at number one<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046797/flo-ridas-low-still-tops-on-billboard-hot-100|title=Flo Rida's 'Low' Still Tops On ''Billboard'' Hot 100|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|date=January 17, 2008|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=July 5, 2010|archive-date=July 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701133319/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046797/flo-ridas-low-still-tops-on-billboard-hot-100|url-status=live}}</ref> and 24 weeks in total on the chart.<ref name="hot country songs"/> The success of "Our Song" on country radio turned Swift into a rising star in the genre, which had been predominantly dominated by adult male musicians in the early 2000s decade.<ref name="radio success"/>
On the all-genre [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], the single peaked at number 16, becoming the third consecutive Hot 100 top-forty single from Swift's debut album.<ref name="hot 100"/> On the [[Pop Songs]] chart, which tracks pop radio in the United States, it peaked at number 18 and was Swift's second crossover appearance, following "[[Teardrops on My Guitar]]".<ref name="pop songs"/> The [[Recording Industry Association of America]] in August&nbsp;2014 certified the track [[RIAA certifications|four times platinum]] for surpassing four million [[album equivalent units|units]] based on sales and streaming.<ref name="RIAA"/> By July&nbsp;2019, "Our Song" had sold 3.4&nbsp;million digital copies in the United States.<ref name="USJuly2019">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8519784/taylor-swift-career-sales-streaming-totals-2019-ask-billboard|first=Gary|last=Trust|title=Ask ''Billboard'': Taylor Swift's Career Sales & Streaming Totals, From 'Tim McGraw' to 'You Need to Calm Down'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=July 14, 2019|access-date=July 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715081725/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8519784/taylor-swift-career-sales-streaming-totals-2019-ask-billboard|archive-date=July 15, 2019|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
In Canada, "Our Song" peaked atop the [[Canada Country]] chart for four weeks.<ref name="canada-country"/> It peaked at number 30 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]], the best-charting song from Swift's debut album,<ref name="can"/> and was [[List of music recording certifications|certified platinum]] by [[Music Canada]] for 80,000&nbsp;digital copies sold.<ref name="Music Canada"/> In South Korea, the single peaked at number 104 on the International Singles Chart compiled in 2012 by [[Gaon Music Chart|Gaon]].<ref name="southkorea"/>
==Music video==
[[Trey Fanjoy]], who had directed the music videos for Swift's past singles, is the director for the video for "Our Song".{{sfn|Spencer|2010|p=79}} Compared to the previous videos, "Our Song" does not feature a clear narrative and instead is a compilation of disparate scenes with vibrant colors and symbols.{{sfn|Spencer|2010|p=79}}<ref name="Vox">{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2016/10/24/13373652/taylor-swift-first-album-10-decade-anniversary|title=Taylor Swift's First Album Is 10. 'Our Song' Shows How Far She's Come Since 2006.|first=Bridgett|last=Henwood|date=October 24, 2006|website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|access-date=August 18, 2022|archive-date=August 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805162910/https://www.vox.com/culture/2016/10/24/13373652/taylor-swift-first-album-10-decade-anniversary|url-status=live}}</ref> Swift talked about the concept: "[Fanjoy] had this idea for a front porch performance and then a field of flowers for another performance, then a black-and-white performance shot. It all came together in her head. She was able to translate that so well onto film. It just shows what a truly great director she is."<ref name="videoaward"/> The video features Swift's backing band as guest stars.{{sfn|Spencer|2010|p=80}} It aired on [[CMT (U.S. TV channel)|CMT]], [[CMT Pure]], and [[Great American Country]] on September 24, 2007,<ref>{{cite news |date=September 24, 2007 |title=Video Adds |url=https://www.countryaircheck.com/pdf_publication/Issue%2057%20-%20September%2024,%202007.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130140603/https://www.countryaircheck.com/pdf_publication/Issue%2057%20-%20September%2024,%202007.pdf |archive-date=January 30, 2022 |access-date=January 30, 2022 |newspaper=Country Aircheck |location=Nashville |page=10 |issue=57}}</ref> and was included on the DVD [[reissue]] of Swift's debut album, released on November 6, 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title=Taylor Swift Jumps Back In with Three New Songs|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|first=Brian|last=Mansfield|author-link=Brian Mansfield|date=October 5, 2007|page=E1|id={{ProQuest|409034242}}}}</ref>
In the video, Swift performs in different outfits for different settings; in one scene, she performs with a glitter-encrusted guitar.<ref name="BB video">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-best-music-videos-countdown-6568420/|title=Taylor Swift's Top 10 Best Music Videos|first=Jason|last=Lipshutz|date=August 30, 2015|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=January 30, 2022|archive-date=January 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130140602/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-best-music-videos-countdown-6568420/|url-status=live}}</ref> Many of the outfits are associated with [[2000s in fashion|mid-2000s fashion]], such as pink [[lip gloss]], layered [[tank top (shirt)|tank tops]] with [[Soffe]] shorts, and black elbow-length [[arm warmers]].<ref name="Vox"/> Swift had two dresses custom made for the video.{{sfn|Spencer|2010|p=80}} ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' observed that "Our Song" was Swift's first music video that incorporates visually stimulating elements: "All the colors fall somewhere between fantastical (like Swift's bright blue fairy dress) and excessive (like the pool of roses she sits in)."<ref name="Spinvid">{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2017/11/taylor-swift-music-videos-ranked/|title=30 Taylor Swift Music Videos, Ranked|website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=November 12, 2017|access-date=August 18, 2022|archive-date=November 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113011447/https://www.spin.com/2017/11/taylor-swift-music-videos-ranked/|url-status=live}}</ref> Jason Lipshutz from ''Billboard'' called it "one of her simplest, sweetest music videos".<ref name="BB video"/> According to ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'', Swift's bright and feminine style without using [[designer clothing]] in "Our Song" helped shape her relatable image in her early career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/taylor-swift-fashion-reputation-music-videos|title=How Taylor Swift Is Counting on Fashion to Change Her ''Reputation''|first=Halie|last=LeSavage|date=October 27, 2017|website=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]|access-date=August 19, 2022|archive-date=July 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723193634/https://www.glamour.com/story/taylor-swift-fashion-reputation-music-videos|url-status=live}}</ref>
"Our Song" was the number-one video on CMT for seven weeks.<ref>{{cite news|title=She's Not One to Get Caught Up in the Crush|first=J. Freedom|last=du Lac|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=March 23, 2008|page=N4|id={{ProQuest|405104668}}}}</ref> It received a nomination for "Number One Streamed Music Video" at the web-hosted 2008 CMT Online Awards, but lost to [[Carrie Underwood]]'s "[[All-American Girl (song)|All-American Girl]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/cmt-online-awards/nominees.jhtml|title=CMT Online Awards 2008: Nominees: Jessica Simpson, Taylor Swift, Kid Rock, Sugarland|website=[[CMT (U.S. TV channel)|CMT]]|access-date=June 28, 2010|archive-date=November 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113185051/http://www.cmt.com/cmt-online-awards/nominees.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the [[2008 CMT Music Awards]], it won Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/ca/manitoba/winnipeg/winnipeg-free-press/2008/04-15/page-32/|title=Swift Big Winner at CMT Awards|newspaper=[[Winnipeg Free Press]]|date=April 15, 2008|page=32|access-date=August 18, 2022|via=[[NewspaperArchive]]|url-access=subscription|archive-date=August 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821014623/https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/?next_url=/ezproxy/r/ezp.2aHR0cHM6Ly9hY2Nlc3MubmV3c3BhcGVyYXJjaGl2ZS5jb20vY2EvbWFuaXRvYmEvd2lubmlwZWcvd2lubmlwZWctZnJlZS1wcmVzcy8yMDA4LzA0LTE1L3BhZ2UtMzIv|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Live performances==
[[File:Taylor Swift-Speak Now World Tour Sydney - Our Song.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|left|alt=Taylor Swift on the Speak Now tour, dressed in white|Swift performing "Our Song" on the [[Speak Now World Tour]] in 2012]]
During promotion of her debut album, Swift included "Our Song" in the set list of a US promotional tour in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Swift Sings to Young and Old|first=Rachel Pleasant|last=Chambliss|newspaper=[[The Ledger]]|date=January 29, 2008|id={{ProQuest|390133951}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2008/02/04/taylor-swift-a-prodigy-whos-coming-of-age/|title=Taylor Swift a Prodigy Who's Coming of Age|first=Alison|last=Bonaguro|date=February 4, 2008|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=August 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006054913/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-02-04/features/0802030083_1_taylor-swift-acoustic-miley-cyrus|archive-date=October 6, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The song was part of her set list as the opening act to [[Brad Paisley]]'s 2007 tour<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/05/19/taylor-swift-long-history-bossier-city/27582335/|title=Taylor Swift Has Long History with Bossier City|website=[[Shreveport Times]]|first=Scott|last=Ferrell|date=May 19, 2015|access-date=August 17, 2022|archive-date=September 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923075721/https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/05/19/taylor-swift-long-history-bossier-city/27582335/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Rascal Flatts]]'s 2008 tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/rascalswift070108|title=Swift Hits a High Note as Opener for Rascal Flatts|website=[[OnMilwaukee]]|first=Jason|last=Wilde|date=July 1, 2008|access-date=August 17, 2009|archive-date=August 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818165258/https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/rascalswift070108|url-status=live}}</ref> She performed the song on televised shows including ''[[Live! with Regis and Kelly]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/pictures/featured-photo/1536414/2626771/photo.jhtml|title=Taylor Swift (center) with Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa After Performing 'Our Song' and 'Picture To Burn' on ''Live With Regis & Kelly'' on Oct. 10, 2007|work=[[CMT (American TV channel)|CMT]]|access-date=July 6, 2010|archive-date=September 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913194254/http://www.cmt.com/pictures/featured-photo/1536414/2626771/photo.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann]]'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Swift Keeps Grammy Expectations Low and Attitude High|newspaper=[[The Tennessean]]|first=Beverly|last=Keel|date=February 5, 2008|id={{ProQuest|239876190}}}}</ref> and ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Taylor Swift Is No. 1 Again|newspaper=[[The Tennessean]]|first=Cindy|last=Watts|date=January 9, 2008|id={{ProQuest|239866596}}}}</ref> On November 7, 2007, Swift performed the song at the [[2007 Country Music Association Awards|Country Music Association Awards]], where she won the Horizon Award honoring the best new artist of the year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/pennsylvania/altoona/altoona-mirror/2007/11-08/page-29/|title=Country's Big Night: Swift, Underwood Among Big Winners at CMA Awards|first=John|last=Gerome|date=November 8, 2007|newspaper=[[Altoona Mirror]]|page=29|access-date=August 19, 2022|via=[[NewspaperArchive]]|url-access=subscription|archive-date=August 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821014623/https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/?next_url=/ezproxy/r/ezp.2aHR0cHM6Ly9hY2Nlc3MubmV3c3BhcGVyYXJjaGl2ZS5jb20vdXMvcGVubnN5bHZhbmlhL2FsdG9vbmEvYWx0b29uYS1taXJyb3IvMjAwNy8xMS0wOC9wYWdlLTI5Lw--|url-status=live}}</ref> A performance recorded at an [[Apple Inc|Apple]] store in [[SoHo, New York]], was released as part of an [[iTunes]]–exclusive live [[extended play]] on January 15, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/umbrella/id271249520?i=271249521&ign-mpt=uo%3D4|title=''iTunes Live from SoHo'' by Taylor Swift|publisher=[[Apple Music]]|access-date=July 6, 2010|archive-date=November 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108125950/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/umbrella/id271249520?i=271249521&ign-mpt=uo=4|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Nashville Boots Up|first=Ken|last=Tucker|author-link=Ken Tucker|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=March 22, 2008|pages=22–26|volume=120|issue=12|id={{ProQuest|227246547}}}}</ref>
Swift and English band [[Def Leppard]] performed "Our Song", among other tracks from each artist's discography, for a ''[[CMT Crossroads]]'' episode in October 2008; the performance was recorded and released on DVD in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Family Fun: Music|first=Jennifer|last=Chancellor|newspaper=[[Tulsa World]]|date=September 14, 2009|page=D3|id={{ProQuest|395461704}}}}</ref> The song was part of the set lists for many festivals Swift headlined, including the [[Greeley Stampede]] in 2007,<ref>{{cite news|title=Stampede Concert Offers Triple the Entertainment|first=Vanessa|last=Delgado|date=June 24, 2007|newspaper=McClatchy – Tribune Business News|page=1|id={{ProQuest|459255680}}}}</ref> the [[Stagecoach Festival]] in 2008,<ref>{{cite news|title=She's on Fire... And Country Teen Sensation Taylor Swift Is Only Going to Get Hotter|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|first=David|last=Kronke|date=May 1, 2008|page=L1|id={{ProQuest|282618719}}}}</ref> and a round of festivals in 2009 including the [[Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Hats Off to the Entertainers|first=John|last=Goodspeed|newspaper=[[San Antonio Express-News]]|date=February 5, 2009|page=G.6}}</ref> the [[Florida Strawberry Festival]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Swift, Fans Bond Over Boys, Heartache|first=Curtis|last=Ross|newspaper=[[Tampa Tribune]]|date=March 2, 2009|page=2}}</ref> the [[CMA Music Festival]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Sunday Night's LP Field Show: Taylor Puts Forth Her Truth, Chesney Puts On a High-Energy Closer and John Rich Puts On a Fur Coat|newspaper=[[The Tennessean]]|date=June 14, 2009|id={{ProQuest|239936915}}}}</ref> and [[Craven Country Jamboree]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Swept Off Their Feet; Taylor Swift Simply Scintillating|newspaper=[[Regina Leader-Post]]|first=Jeff|last=DeDekker|date=July 11, 2009|page=A1|id={{ProQuest|350032490}}}}</ref> In 2012, Swift sang the song as part of a ''[[VH1 Storytellers]]'' episode taped at [[Harvey Mudd College]] in California.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/taylor-swift-tapes-vh1-storytellers-379446/|title=Taylor Swift Tapes VH1 ''Storytellers'', Lifts Curtain on New Songs from ''Red''|first=Chris|last=Willman|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=October 17, 2012|access-date=August 19, 2022|archive-date=July 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727084314/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/taylor-swift-tapes-vh1-storytellers-379446/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Swift included "Our Song" on the set list of her first headlining concert tour, the [[Fearless Tour]] (2009–2010);<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsok.com/concert-review-taylor-swift-brings-fearless-show-to-ford-center/article/3450589?custom_click=rss|title=Concert Review: Taylor Swift Brings ''Fearless'' Show to Ford Center|first=Brandy|last=McDonnel|date=April 1, 2010|work=[[The Oklahoman]]|access-date=May 21, 2010|archive-date=September 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926001820/http://newsok.com/concert-review-taylor-swift-brings-fearless-show-to-ford-center/article/3450589?custom_click=rss|url-status=dead}}</ref> she sang the song on a sparkling silver guitar, in a sparkly silver dress and boots.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2010/06/07/taylor-swift-proves-worthy-as/51579019007/|title=Taylor Swift Proves Worthy as Queen of Country Music|website=[[Telegram & Gazette]]|first=Craig S.|last=Semon|date=June 7, 2010|access-date=August 19, 2022|archive-date=August 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821014619/https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2010/06/07/taylor-swift-proves-worthy-as/51579019007/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308021143/http://www.tampabay.com/features/music/taylor-swiftly-wows-the-crowd/1077610|url=http://www.tampabay.com/features/music/taylor-swiftly-wows-the-crowd/1077610|title=Taylor Swiftly Wows the Crowd|website=[[Tampa Bay Times]]|first=Sean|last=Daly|date=March 5, 2010|archive-date=March 8, 2010|access-date=March 8, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The track was part of the set list for the North American and Oceanic shows for Swift's next tour, the [[Speak Now World Tour]] (2011–2012); during the performance, she played the song on a banjo in front of a [[porch]] setting, dressed in white.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025045533/http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-has-substance-to-go-with-style/article_d66e3d00-c693-11e0-8e2a-0019bb30f31a.html|url=http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-has-substance-to-go-with-style/article_d66e3d00-c693-11e0-8e2a-0019bb30f31a.html|title=Taylor Swift Has Substance to Go with Style|website=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]|first=Kevin C.|last=Johnson|date=August 15, 2011|archive-date=October 25, 2016|access-date=August 19, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/concert-review-taylor-swift-at-vector-arena/GC33YEU7O3BC75POWSGQ7FQX5Y/?c_id=1501119&objectid=10792691|title=Concert Review: Taylor Swift at Vector Arena|website=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|first=Lydia|last=Jenkin|date=March 17, 2012|access-date=August 19, 2022|archive-date=November 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130141648/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/concert-review-taylor-swift-at-vector-arena/GC33YEU7O3BC75POWSGQ7FQX5Y/?c_id=1501119&objectid=10792691|url-status=live}}</ref> She sang an acoustic version of the song on select dates of her later tours, including [[the Red Tour]] (Pittsburgh, July 2013),<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509181650/http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2013/07/06/taylor-swift-transforms-heinz-field-into-her-own-dazzling-red-zone/201307060128|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2013/07/06/taylor-swift-transforms-heinz-field-into-her-own-dazzling-red-zone/201307060128|title=Taylor Swift Transforms Heinz Field into Her Own Dazzling ''Red'' Zone|first=Scott|last=Mervis|website=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|date=July 6, 2013|archive-date=May 9, 2016|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> the [[Reputation Stadium Tour]] (Chicago, June 2018),<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Iasimone |first1=Ashley |title=All the Surprise Songs Taylor Swift Has Performed On Her Reputation Stadium Tour B-Stage (So Far) |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-b-stage-songs-list-8458025/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=November 20, 2018 |access-date=August 19, 2022 |archive-date=April 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418125758/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-b-stage-songs-list-8458025/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[the Eras Tour]] (Las Vegas, March 2023; Los Angeles, August 2023).<ref name=":0" /> Swift performed it ''[[a cappella]]'' after a technical malfunction during the Philadelphia concert of the Reputation Stadium Tour on July 14, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bailey |first1=Alyssa |title=Taylor Swift Reacts to Stage Malfunction at Reputation Philadelphia Concert, Fan Engagement |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/amp22159124/taylor-swift-stage-malfunction-fan-engagement-new-york-city-70s-dress/ |website=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]] |date=July 16, 2018 |access-date=December 19, 2018 |archive-date=July 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723003844/https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/amp22159124/taylor-swift-stage-malfunction-fan-engagement-new-york-city-70s-dress/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She also sang the track as part of a [[Mashup (music)|mashup]] with her song "Jump Then Fall" (2010) at the Madrid concert of the Eras Tour on May 30, 2024 and with "Call It What You Want" (2017) at New Orleans concert on October 25, 2024.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Katie Louise |date=May 30, 2024 |title=Here's Every Surprise Song Performed on Taylor Swift's Eras Tour |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/taylor-swift/eras-tour-surprise-songs-setlist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531061311/https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/taylor-swift/eras-tour-surprise-songs-setlist/ |archive-date=May 31, 2024 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]}}</ref>
{{clear}}
==Credits and personnel==
Credits are adapted from the [[liner notes]] of ''[[Taylor Swift (album)|Taylor Swift]]'' (2006).<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes |title=[[Taylor Swift (album)|Taylor Swift]] |year=2006 |publisher=[[Big Machine Records]] |location=Nashville |type=CD album [[liner notes]] |id=BMR120702 |last=Swift |first=Taylor}}</ref>
* Taylor Swift&nbsp;– vocals, songwriter, guitar, harmony vocals
* [[Nathan Chapman (record producer)|Nathan Chapman]]&nbsp;– producer, [[banjo]], acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmony vocals, additional recording
* Chuck Ainlay&nbsp;– [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
* Chad Carlson&nbsp;– recording
* Aaron Chmielewski&nbsp;– assistant engineering
* Greg Lawrence&nbsp;– assistant mixing
* [[Bruce Bouton]]&nbsp;– [[Dobro]]
* [[Nick Buda]]&nbsp;– drums
* [[Eric Darken]]&nbsp;– [[percussion]]
* Rob Hajacos&nbsp;– [[fiddle]]
* Tim Marks&nbsp;– [[bass guitar|bass]]
==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ 2007–2008 weekly charts for "Our Song"
!align="center"|Chart (2007–2008)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{singlechart|Canada|30|artist=Taylor Swift|rowheader=true|access-date=April 21, 2021|refname="can"}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcanadachrtop40|48|artist=Taylor Swift|rowheader=true|access-date=April 21, 2021}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcanadacountry|1|artist=Taylor Swift|rowheader=true|access-date=April 21, 2021|refname="canada-country"}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|16|artist=Taylor Swift|rowheader=true|access-date=April 21, 2021|refname="hot 100"}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Taylor Swift|rowheader=true|access-date=April 21, 2021|refname="hot country songs"}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardpopsongs|18|artist=Taylor Swift|rowheader=true|access-date=April 21, 2021|refname="pop songs"}}
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Pop 100]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228202646/http://allmusic.com/artist/taylor-swift-p816977/charts-awards/billboard-singles|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/taylor-swift-p816977/charts-awards/billboard-singles|title=Taylor Swift – ''Billboard'' Singles|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|archive-date=December 28, 2010|access-date=December 28, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 24
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ 2012 weekly chart for "Our Song"
!align="center"|Chart (2012)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"|South Korea International Singles ([[Gaon Music Chart|Gaon]])<ref name="southkorea">{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/online/download/list.gaon|title=South Korea Gaon International Chart (Week: February 12, 2012 to February 18, 2012)|website=[[Gaon Music Chart]]|language=ko|access-date=January 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219094524/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/online/download/list.gaon|archive-date=December 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 104
|}
{{col-2}}
===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2008 year-end charts for "Our Song"
!Chart (2008)
!Position
|-
! scope="row"|US [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2008|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/hot-100-songs|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=July 26, 2010|title=Best of 2008&nbsp;– Hot 100 Songs|archive-date=June 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608161116/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/hot-100-songs|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 41
|-
! scope="row"|US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2008/hot-country-songs|title=Year End Charts&nbsp;– Hot Country Songs&nbsp;– Year-End 2008|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=August 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705101336/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2008/hot-country-songs|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 5, 2011}}</ref>
| 39
|}
===All-time chart===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ All-time chart for "Our Song"
!Chart (1958–2016)
!Position
|-
! scope="row"|US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-country-songs/|title=Greatest of All Time Hot Country Songs|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=September 21, 2022|url-access=subscription|archive-date=September 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921015621/https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-country-songs/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 88
|}
{{col-end}}
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Our Song"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2006|certyear=2024|access-date=February 14, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|relyear=2007|certyear=2011|title=Our Song|artist=Taylor Swift|type=single|award=Platinum|digital=true|refname="Music Canada"|access-date=April 21, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|relyear=2009|certyear=2024|title=Our Song|artist=Taylor Swift|type=single|award=Gold|id=17429-1598-1|refname="BPI|access-date=August 2, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Our Song|artist=Taylor Swift|type=single|region=United States|award=
Platinum|relyear=2007|certyear=2014|number=4|access-date=April 21, 2021|refname="RIAA"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Our Song|artist=Taylor Swift|type=ringtone|region=United States|award=Gold|digital=true|relyear=2007|certyear=2008|access-date=December 9, 2022|note=Mastertone}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release dates and formats for "Our Song"
|-
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format
! scope="col"| Label
! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3"| United States
| September 10, 2007
| [[Country radio]]
| [[Big Machine Records|Big Machine]]
| align="center"| <ref name="radio"/>
|-
| March 10, 2008
| [[Contemporary hit radio]]
| {{hlist|Big Machine|[[Republic Records|Republic]]}}
| align="center"| <ref name="CHR"/>
|-
| October 24, 2019
| [[7-inch vinyl]]
| Big Machine
| align="center"| <ref name="vinyl"/>
|}
==See also==
* [[List of Hot Country Songs number ones of 2007|List of number-one US country singles of 2007]] and [[List of Hot Country Songs number ones of 2008|2008]]
* [[List of number-one country singles of 2007 (Canada)|List of number-one Canadian country singles of 2007]] and [[List of number-one country singles of 2008 (Canada)|2008]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
===Cited literature===
{{Refbegin}}
*{{cite book |last=Perone |first=James E. |title=The Words and Music of Taylor Swift |series=The Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection |publisher=[[ABC-Clio]] |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-4408-5294-7}}
*{{cite journal |first=Nate |last=Sloan |year=2021 |title=Taylor Swift and the Work of Songwriting |journal=Contemporary Music Review |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=11–26 |doi=10.1080/07494467.2021.1945226 |s2cid=237695045}}
*{{cite book |first=Liv |last=Spencer |title=Taylor Swift: Every Day Is a Fairytale&nbsp;– The Unofficial Story |publisher=[[ECW Press]] |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-317-44088-8}}
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