Taylor Swift - Fifteen

About "Fifteen"

"Fifteen" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her second studio album, Fearless (2008). Inspired by Swift's high-school freshman year, the lyrics narrate how she and her friend Abigail Anderson, both at 15, experience teenage heartbreak and realize life aspirations. Swift included the track on the album after Anderson consented to the personal references. She and Nathan Chapman produced "Fifteen", a country pop song with a prominent pop melody. Big Machine Records released "Fifteen" to US country radio on August 31, 2009, as the fourth single from Fearless.

Swift partnered with the electronics retailer Best Buy for "@15", a charity initiative for teenagers. "Fifteen" peaked at number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. It peaked at number 19 on the Canadian Hot 100 and was certified gold by Music Canada. Music critics lauded Swift's songwriting on "Fifteen" for portraying teenage experiences with vivid storytelling and catchy hooks, with many picking it as an album and career highlight. The single won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Country Song. Some feminist authors criticized the lyrics mentioning Anderson's disappointment after she "gave everything she had to a boy who changed his mind" as sex-negative.

Roman White directed the music video for "Fifteen", which was filmed using a green screen and features Swift walking through a garden, where she relives many memories with Anderson. It received a nomination for Best Female Video at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. Swift included "Fifteen" on the regular set lists of her first two headlining tours, the Fearless Tour (2009–2010) and the Speak Now World Tour (2011–2012), and on a few dates of her later tours. After a 2019 dispute regarding the ownership of Swift's back catalog, she released a re-recorded version, "Fifteen (Taylor's Version)", as part of her re-recorded album Fearless (Taylor's Version), on April 9, 2021.