American singer-songwriter
Taylor Swift has written or co-written every song in her discography, with the exception of several
cover versions and two guest features, alongside some songs released by other artists. Swift signed with
Sony/ATV Tree publishing house in 2004 to become a professional songwriter. Pursuing a
country music career in Nashville, she wrote or co-wrote all 11 tracks on her
eponymous debut album, which was released by
Big Machine Records in 2006.
In 2007, Swift released her first
extended play (EP), ''
The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection
''The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection'', originally released under the title ''Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection'', is a Christmas-special extended play (EP) by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The EP was first rele ...
'', which includes four cover versions of Christmas classics and two self-written songs. ''
Beautiful Eyes
''Beautiful Eyes'' is the second extended play (EP) by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The EP was released on July 15, 2008 by Big Machine Records exclusively to Walmart stores in the United States and online. The limited release EP has ...
'' (2008), Swift's second EP, features alternate versions of songs from her debut album and two new tracks.
On her second studio album, ''
Fearless
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'' (2008), Swift wrote eight tracks by herself and co-wrote the remaining five with
Liz Rose—who had worked with her on her debut album—among others.
She wrote all 14 tracks of her third studio album, ''
Speak Now'' (2010), by herself; the album explores many mainstream
pop
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and
rock styles in addition to the
country pop sound of its predecessor. On her next release,
''Red'' (2012), Swift experimented with many other pop, rock,
electronic, and
hip hop styles. She wrote nine ''Red'' tracks by herself and co-wrote with others including Swedish producers
Max Martin and
Shellback. Martin and Shellback collaborated with her again on her next two studio albums,
''1989'' (2014) and
''Reputation'' (2017), on which Swift also worked with producer
Jack Antonoff and recalibrated her musical identity from country to pop.
Antonoff continued collaborating with Swift on her seventh studio album,
''Lover'' (2019), which marks her first release after leaving Big Machine for
Republic Records
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; ''Lover'' includes three solely-written tracks.
On her 2020
alternative rock and
indie folk
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studio albums,
''Folklore'' and
''Evermore'', in addition to Antonoff,
Aaron Dessner of
the National became a key producer and co-writer.
Swift's partner
Joe Alwyn was co-writer and co-producer of select tracks. From April 2020, Swift has released two
re-recorded albums—''
Fearless (Taylor's Version)'' and ''
Red (Taylor's Version)''—to
claim ownership of the masters of her Big Machine-released albums.
Each of the re-recorded albums includes "from the Vault" unreleased songs Swift had written but excluded from the original releases' track lists. One such song, "
All Too Well (10 minute version)", is the unabridged version of the previously-released "
All Too Well". Swift's tenth original studio album, ''
Midnights
''Midnights'' is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 21, 2022, via Republic Records. Announced at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, the album marks Swift's first body of new work since her 2020 ...
'', features Antonoff as the main collaborator and Dessner as the co-writer and co-producer for select bonus tracks.
In addition to solo material, Swift has recorded two songs as featured artist without a writing credit: "
Highway Don't Care" (
Tim McGraw, 2013) and "Birch" (
Big Red Machine, 2021). She has written songs for film soundtracks including
''Valentine's Day'' (2010),
''The Hunger Games'' (2012),
''Fifty Shades Darker'' (2017),
''Cats'' (2019), and
''Where the Crawdads Sing'' (2022). Some tracks written by Swift were released as standalone singles for her other projects, such as the Christmas single "
Christmas Tree Farm" (2019) and the track "
Only the Young" (2020) for her documentary ''
Miss Americana''. Among tracks she wrote for other artists are "
Best Days of Your Life
"Best Days of Your Life" is a song performed by American country music artist Kellie Pickler. It was written by Pickler and American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on December 1, 2008, as the second single from Kellie Pickler's se ...
" (
Kellie Pickler), "
This Is What You Came For" (
Calvin Harris
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featuring
Rihanna
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), and "
Better Man" (
Little Big Town).
Released songs
Unreleased songs
Other songs
Notes
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