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"Red" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the title track of her fourth studio album, Red (2012). She wrote the song and produced it with Nathan Chapman and Dann Huff. An incorporation of country, pop, and rock styles, "Red" features acoustic banjo and guitars alongside electronic vocal processing. The lyrics are about a past, tumultuous relationship, likening conflicting emotions evoked from the breakup to various colors, such as the titular color red that symbolizes the overall intense feelings.
To promote the album Red before its release, Big Machine Records released "Red" via the iTunes Store on October 2, 2012. The song was released to US country radio on June 24, 2013, as a single. Footage from the Red Tour (2013–2014) was compiled for a music video for "Red", released on July 3, 2013. Swift's live rendition at the Country Music Association Awards, featuring Alison Krauss and Vince Gill on background vocals, was released on November 8, 2013. The song peaked within the top 30 on charts and received certifications in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. On the US Hot Country Songs chart, it peaked at number two and charted for 42 weeks, becoming Swift's longest-charting single.
When it was first released, initial critical reception was mixed: some reviews deemed the production experimental and successful in combining country and pop, but some others found it inconsistent or underwhelming. Several retrospective reviews have considered "Red" one of the more memorable songs in Swift's discography. After a 2019 dispute over the ownership of Swift's back catalog, she re-recorded the song as "Red (Taylor's Version)" for her 2021 re-recorded album Red (Taylor's Version).
Taylor Swift wrote her third studio album, Speak Now, entirely herself and produced it with Nathan Chapman, who had produced both of her previous albums. Released in October 2010, Speak Now expands on the country pop production of Swift's past music and incorporates rock stylings. On her fourth studio album, Red, Swift wanted to experiment with sounds other than country pop.
Swift initially continued working with Chapman in her career base of Nashville, Tennessee, until her "started wandering to all the places [she] could go" while she was writing "Red", the title track. She wrote the song while on a flight on September 7, 2011; she had finished a concert in Tacoma, Washington, and went back home to Nashville because she felt homesick. Scott Borchetta, the president of Swift's then-label Big Machine Records, overheard Chapman's production and suggested a pop-oriented sound.
Chapman and Swift attempted several times to achieve a pop sound without success. Swift asked Borchetta to recruit the Swedish producer Max Martin, whose chart-topping pop tunes had inspired Swift because of "how [they] can just land a chorus". Even though Swift went to Los Angeles to work with Martin, he did not produce the final version of "Red", which was produced by Swift, Chapman, and Dann Huff—a Nashville-based country producer. Martin produced three other songs for Red instead.
"Red" was recorded by Steve Marcantonio and mixed by Justin Niebank at Blackbird Studio, Nashville. Musicians for the track included Chapman on acoustic guitar and percussion, Huff on the bouzouki, Tom Bukovac on electric guitar, Paul Franklin on steel guitar, Ilya Toshinskiy on ganjo, Jimmie Sloas on bass, Jonathan Yudkin on cello and fiddle, Charlie Judge on upright piano, synth, and B-3 organ, and Aaron Sterling on drums. Mike Griffith and Jason Campbell were responsible for coordinating the production.
At 3 minutes and 43 seconds, "Red" incorporates eclectic styles. Its production is driven by a four on the floor beat. The arrangement features signifiers of country music that had characterized Swift's previous songs, such as a slight twang in her vocals and acoustic instruments including banjo, guitars, and fiddles. Its pop refrain includes electronic vocal manipulation where Swift sings the title "reh-eh-eh-ed" and rock guitars and string orchestration, resulting in an upbeat and lively sound. Music critics categorized the genre as soft rock, pop rock, arena rock, and roots rock, with elements of dance music, dance-pop, and Eurodisco.
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"Red" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the title track of her fourth studio album, Red (2012). She wrote the song and produced it with Nathan Chapman and Dann Huff. An incorporation of country, pop, and rock styles, "Red" features acoustic banjo and guitars alongside electronic vocal processing. The lyrics are about a past, tumultuous relationship, likening conflicting emotions evoked from the breakup to various colors, such as the titular color red that symbolizes the overall intense feelings.
To promote the album Red before its release, Big Machine Records released "Red" via the iTunes Store on October 2, 2012. The song was released to US country radio on June 24, 2013, as a single. Footage from the Red Tour (2013–2014) was compiled for a music video for "Red", released on July 3, 2013. Swift's live rendition at the Country Music Association Awards, featuring Alison Krauss and Vince Gill on background vocals, was released on November 8, 2013. The song peaked within the top 30 on charts and received certifications in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. On the US Hot Country Songs chart, it peaked at number two and charted for 42 weeks, becoming Swift's longest-charting single.
When it was first released, initial critical reception was mixed: some reviews deemed the production experimental and successful in combining country and pop, but some others found it inconsistent or underwhelming. Several retrospective reviews have considered "Red" one of the more memorable songs in Swift's discography. After a 2019 dispute over the ownership of Swift's back catalog, she re-recorded the song as "Red (Taylor's Version)" for her 2021 re-recorded album Red (Taylor's Version).
Taylor Swift wrote her third studio album, Speak Now, entirely herself and produced it with Nathan Chapman, who had produced both of her previous albums. Released in October 2010, Speak Now expands on the country pop production of Swift's past music and incorporates rock stylings. On her fourth studio album, Red, Swift wanted to experiment with sounds other than country pop.
Swift initially continued working with Chapman in her career base of Nashville, Tennessee, until her "started wandering to all the places [she] could go" while she was writing "Red", the title track. She wrote the song while on a flight on September 7, 2011; she had finished a concert in Tacoma, Washington, and went back home to Nashville because she felt homesick. Scott Borchetta, the president of Swift's then-label Big Machine Records, overheard Chapman's production and suggested a pop-oriented sound.
Chapman and Swift attempted several times to achieve a pop sound without success. Swift asked Borchetta to recruit the Swedish producer Max Martin, whose chart-topping pop tunes had inspired Swift because of "how [they] can just land a chorus". Even though Swift went to Los Angeles to work with Martin, he did not produce the final version of "Red", which was produced by Swift, Chapman, and Dann Huff—a Nashville-based country producer. Martin produced three other songs for Red instead.
"Red" was recorded by Steve Marcantonio and mixed by Justin Niebank at Blackbird Studio, Nashville. Musicians for the track included Chapman on acoustic guitar and percussion, Huff on the bouzouki, Tom Bukovac on electric guitar, Paul Franklin on steel guitar, Ilya Toshinskiy on ganjo, Jimmie Sloas on bass, Jonathan Yudkin on cello and fiddle, Charlie Judge on upright piano, synth, and B-3 organ, and Aaron Sterling on drums. Mike Griffith and Jason Campbell were responsible for coordinating the production.
At 3 minutes and 43 seconds, "Red" incorporates eclectic styles. Its production is driven by a four on the floor beat. The arrangement features signifiers of country music that had characterized Swift's previous songs, such as a slight twang in her vocals and acoustic instruments including banjo, guitars, and fiddles. Its pop refrain includes electronic vocal manipulation where Swift sings the title "reh-eh-eh-ed" and rock guitars and string orchestration, resulting in an upbeat and lively sound. Music critics categorized the genre as soft rock, pop rock, arena rock, and roots rock, with elements of dance music, dance-pop, and Eurodisco.