{"id":2238453,"date":"2026-01-17T03:33:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T03:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2238453"},"modified":"2026-01-17T03:33:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T03:33:37","slug":"taylor-swift-songs-she-wrote-for-other-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swift-songs-she-wrote-for-other-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Songs She Wrote for Other Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/taylor-swift\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s prolific songwriting skills have endured through the 2000s, 2010s and deep into the 2020s. With 13 Hot 100 No. 1 hits (including \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia,\u201d which is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/taylor-swift-hot-100-the-fate-of-ophelia-nine-weeks\/\">her longest-running Hot 100 No. 1<\/a>) and 15 Billboard 200 No. 1 albums (including her latest release, The Life of a Showgirl), she\u2019s found great success with her catchy hooks, gorgeous melodies, and her storytelling powers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn addition to her charting accolades, Swift counts the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/taylor-swift-eras-tour-earnings-2-billion-sales-1235847513\/\">record-breaking Eras Tour<\/a> on her r\u00e9sum\u00e9 as the highest-grossing tour of all time, as well as 58 Grammy nods (she and her longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff are tied with the most nominations in the song of the year category with eight), with 14 wins, including <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/awards\/taylor-swift-grammy-2024-album-of-the-year-midnights-1235598759\/\">four album of the year wins<\/a>: Fearless in 2009, 1989 in 2005, Folklore in 2021 and Midnights in 2023, the most of any artist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHer pen is spread throughout not just her own catalog, but others\u2019 work too. She\u2019s written songs for Miley Cyrus\u2019 alter ego Hannah Montana, Boys Like Girls, B.o.B, Calvin Harris, Little Big Town, Sugarland, Big Red Machine (the indie supergroup of Swift friends Aaron Dessner \u2013 who produced and wrote with the superstar for Folklore, Evermore, Midnights 3 AM Edition, and The Tortured Poets Department \u2013 and Bon Iver\u2019s Justin Vernon, who appears on both of her 2020 albums) and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHere are the 14 songs that Swift has penned that either other artists have recorded, she wrote directly for, or on which she appears as a feature.<\/p>\n<div id=\"pmc-gallery-vertical\">\n<div class=\"c-gallery-vertical-loader u-gallery-app-shell-loader\">\n<ul class=\"pmc-fallback-list-items lrv-a-unstyle-list lrv-u-margin-t-2\">\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<h2>Britni Hoover: \u201cThis Is Really Happening\u201d (2007)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Writers:<\/strong> Taylor Swift and Blu Sanders<br \/><strong>Most Swiftian Lyric:<\/strong> \u201cAll those kisses up against your car \/ For all those wishes on planes \/ We thought were stars \/ Memories like photographs \/ Oh, baby, here we are.\u201d<br \/><strong>Fun Fact: <\/strong>The \u201cTim McGraw\u201d starlet, at the time, allegedly intended to record this for herself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<h2>Kellie Pickler: \u201cBest Days of Your Life\u201c (2008)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Writers:<\/strong> Taylor Swift, Kellie Pickler and Aidan Rowe<br \/><strong>Most Swiftian Lyric:<\/strong> \u201cI heard you\u2019re gonna get married, have a nice little family \/ Live out my dreams with someone new \/ But I\u2019ve been told that a cheater is always a cheater \/ So I\u2019ve got my pride and she\u2019s got you.\u201d<br \/><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong> Taylor told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theboot.com\/kellie-pickler-gives-tough-love-to-sister-taylor-swift\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Boot in 2009<\/a> that she and Pickler met when they both opened for Brad Paisley\u2019s Bonfires &amp; Amplifiers Tour, which ran from 2007 to 2008.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<h2>Hannah Montana: \u201cYou\u2019ll Always Find Your Way Back Home\u201d (2009)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Writers:<\/strong> Taylor Swift and Martin Johnson<br \/><strong>Most Swiftian Lyric:<\/strong> \u201cYou can change your style, you can change your jeans \/ You can learn to fly and you can chase your dreams \/ You can laugh and cry, but everybody knows \/ You\u2019ll always find your way back home.\u201c<br \/><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong> Cyrus, who played the titular Hannah in the TV series and film, joined Swift at the 2009 Grammys for a performance of \u201cFifteen\u201d from the latter\u2019s Fearless album.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<h2>Shea Fisher: \u201dBein\u2019 With My Baby\u201d (2009)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Writers: <\/strong>Taylor<strong> <\/strong>Swift and Brett Beavers<br \/><strong>Most Swiftian Lyrics:<\/strong> \u201cAll is quiet in the world tonight \/ Catching stars and fireflies \/ The summer sings a lullaby \/ With just me and my baby \/ On the hood of his daddy\u2019s car \/ Pass around his old guitar\u201d<br \/><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong> Brett\u2019s brother Jim Beavers also worked with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XIz-Cne8tDw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Swift when she was 14<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<h2>Boys Like Girls: \u201cTwo Is Better Than One\u201d feat. Taylor Swift (2009)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Writers: <\/strong>Swift, Martin Johnson, and David Campbell<br \/><strong>Most Swiftian Lyric: <\/strong>\u201cSo maybe it\u2019s true that I can\u2019t live without you \/ And maybe two is better than one \/ But there\u2019s so much time to figure out the rest of my life \/ And you\u2019ve already got me coming undone.\u201d<br \/><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong> Swift performed this track live at the 2009 Jingle Ball with Boys Like Girls, as well as on her Fearless tour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<h2>Mary Sarah: \u201cPermanent Marker\u201d (2010)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Writers:<\/strong> Swift, Nick Brophy and Jennifer Hanson<br \/><strong>Most Swiftian Lyric:<\/strong> \u201cI found that picture of you in that green dress \/ He sure had a good time cleaning up that mess \/ He found thirty other pieces but he\u2019ll never find them all \/ Tried to tape it back together, now he knows to keep it off the wall\u201d<br \/><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong> In 2007 before she played this unreleased track <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sRbJShNcGGI\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">at the Jamboree Festival<\/a>, Swift told the crowd that she intended for it to be on her next album, which sadly did not happen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<h2>B.o.B: \u201cBoth of Us\u201d feat. Taylor Swift (2012)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Writers:<\/strong> Taylor Swift, Ammar Malki, Henry Walter, Lukasz Gottwald, Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. and Jamieson Jones<br \/><strong>Most Swiftian Lyric:<\/strong> \u201cI wish I was strong enough \/ To lift not one but both of us \/ Some day I will be strong enough \/ To lift not one but both of us.\u201d<br \/><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong> The rapper, who had surprised fans during the Speak Now tour with his hit \u201cAirplanes,\u201d joined Swift on stage for a performance of their collab during the Red tour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<h2>Calvin Harris &amp; Rihanna: \u201cThis Is What You Came For\u201d (2016)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Writers:<\/strong> Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris<br \/><strong>Most Swiftian Lyric:<\/strong> \u201cWe go fast with the game we play \/ Who knows why it\u2019s gotta be this way \/ We say nothin\u2019 more than we need \/ I say, \u2018Your place\u2019 when we leave.\u201d<br \/><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong> Not only does Swift provide background vocals on the track \u2013 and she originally used the nom de plume Nils Sj\u00f6berg in the credits \u2013 she delighted fans with her own rendition during the surprise song section of the Eras tour in Liverpool.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<h2>Little Big Town: \u201cBetter Man\u201d (2016)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Writer:<\/strong> Taylor Swift<br \/><strong>Most Swifitian Lyric:<\/strong> \u201cI know I\u2019m probably better off all alone \/ Than needing a man who could change his mind at any given minute \/ And it was always on your terms, I waited on every careless word \/ Hoping they might turn sweet again like it was in the beginning.\u201d<br \/><strong>Fun Fact: <\/strong>\u201cWe were all at home, one day off the road. We were out with Luke Bryan on tour. I got an email one night, and it was Taylor Swift, so I was like, \u2018What is this?\u2019 I read it, and she was like, \u2018Hey, I have this song. I\u2019ve had it for a little while. I hear your harmonies on it. If you like it, great. If not, no big deal,\u2019\u201d the band\u2019s Phillip Sweet told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/little-big-town-reflects-on-how-taylor-swift-penned-tune-better-man-came-to-be-exclusive-8684720\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a> of the origin story. \u201cBetter Man\u201d also ended up as a vault track on Red (Taylor\u2019s Version) in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<h2>Sugarland: \u201cBabe\u201d feat. Taylor Swift (2018)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Writers:<\/strong> Swift and Patrick Monahan<br \/><strong>Most Swiftian Lyric:<\/strong> \u201cThis is the last time I\u2019ll ever call you, babe.\u201d<br \/><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong> Yes, that is Train\u2019s Pat Monahan. And Swift\u2019s solo version of the cut also appears as a vault track on Red (Taylor\u2019s Version).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<h2>Big Red Machine: \u201cRenegade\u201d feat. Taylor Swift (2021)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Writers:<\/strong> Swift, Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner<br \/><strong>Most Swiftian Lyric:<\/strong> Is it insensitive for me to say\/ \u2018Get your sh\u2013 together so I can love you?\u2019 \/ Is it really your anxiety that stops you \/ From giving me everything \/ Or do you just not want to?\u201d<br \/><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong> Following 2020\u2019s \u201cexile\u201d and \u201cevermore,\u201d this is the third time Justin Vernon sings with Swift.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<h2>Ed Sheeran: \u201cThe Joker and the Queen\u201d feat. Taylor Swift (2022)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Writers:<\/strong> Swift, Sheeran, Fred Gibson, Johnny McDaid, Sam Roman, Matthew Sheeran<br \/><strong>Most Swiftian Lyric:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019ve been played before, if you hadn\u2019t guessed \/ So I kept my cards close to my foolproof vest \/ But you called my bluff (But you called my bluff) \/ And saw through all my tells (And saw through all my tells) \/ And then you went all in.\u201d<br \/><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong> Swift hopped on the remix for the track, originally a solo endeavor off of Sheeran\u2019s 2021 album =.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<h2>The National: \u201cThe Alcott\u201d feat. Taylor Swift (2023)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Writers:<\/strong> Swift, Aaron Dessner, Matt Berninger, and Bryce Dessner<br \/><strong>Most Swiftian Lyric:<\/strong> \u201cEverything that\u2019s mine is a landmine\u201d<br \/><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong> After the Dessner twins\u2019 band appeared on Evermore for \u201cConey Island,\u201d Swift returned the favor for 2023\u2019s First Two Pages of Frankenstein.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<h2>Gracie Abrams: \u201cus.\u201d feat. Taylor Swift (2024)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Writers:<\/strong> Abrams, Swift, Aaron Dessner<br \/><strong>Most Swiftian Lyric:<\/strong> \u201cAnd if history\u2019s clear, the flames always end up in ashes \/ And what seemed like fate, give it ten months and you\u2019ll be past it\u201d<br \/><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong> While working on the song \u2013 which was nominated for a Grammy \u2013 together, Swift\u2019s kitchen <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/gracie-abrams-explains-how-taylor-swift-kitchen-fire-broke-out-1235716600\/\">caught fire<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s dramatic. We almost burned her house down,\u201d Abrams told Apple Music\u2019s Zane Lowe of the incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-logo lrv-a-unstyle-link u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-width-100p  u-max-width-100 u-height-26 u-max-width-130px@mobile-max u-margin-t-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/\" title=\"Billboard\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"lrv-a-screen-reader-only\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-accent-l@desktop u-font-size-1205 a-font-accent-xs@mobile-max u-font-size-15@mobile-max u-line-height-22px@mobile-max lrv-u-text-align-center@mobile-max u-letter-spacing-0030@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-t-025 lrv-u-margin-a-00 u-padding-t-0125@mobile-max u-padding-b-0063@mobile-max\">Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-link  lrv-a-unstyle-button lrv-u-cursor-pointer lrv-u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-background-color-brand-primary lrv-u-background-color-black:hover lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover u-padding-lr-0.875 u-padding-tb-10 lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-align-items-center a-font-basic-fancy-xs u-margin-t-0.188 u-margin-b-0188 u-margin-b-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\tSign Up<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.billboard.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s prolific songwriting skills have endured through the 2000s, 2010s and deep into the 2020s. With 13 Hot 100 No. 1 hits (including \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia,\u201d which is her longest-running Hot 100 No. 1) and 15 Billboard 200 No. 1 albums (including her latest release, The Life of a Showgirl), she\u2019s found great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2238454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[309165,21932],"class_list":["post-2238453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-genre-pop","tag-music-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Taylor-Swift-Songs-She-Wrote-for-Other-Artists.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2238453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2238455,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238453\/revisions\/2238455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2238454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2238453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2238453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2238453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}