Teardrops on My Guitar

"Teardrops on My Guitar"
Song

"Teardrops on My Guitar" is the second single by country pop artist Taylor Swift. This work is from Taylor's self titled album, Taylor Swift, following her debut single "Tim McGraw". The song is about a girl who is secretly in love with a boy named Drew, but Drew is interested in another girl. The song talks about the heartbreak of liking someone who is so close but is out of one's reach. Swift also states that it's about the conflicting feelings of loving someone and wanting them to love you back and wanting them to be happy. In a behind-the-scenes video, Swift reveals that the song was written about a classmate.

Song information

The song is about a boy named Drew that Taylor Swift was friends with in high school. He never realized how much she liked him. Taylor told Seventeen Magazine (in the June issue) details about the true story behind her song:

He was a guy who I met freshman year of high school. He had the most beautiful eyes and this amazing smile. He was so cute and nice – and he talked to me every day… about his girlfriend! Which is like the screeching brake sound. But I had it bad for him. And I just kept thinking, Why am I so invisible to him? Why does he have to have a girlfriend? I never told him that I liked him, but I did write a song with his name on it – so I think he knows now.

Teardrops On My Guitar Versions

Versions
Teardrops On My Guitar (Original Version)
Teadrops On My Guitar (Radio Single Version)
Teardrops On My Guitar (Pop Version)

Music video

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Taylor Swift in the music video for Teardrops on My Guitar

The video for "Teardrops on My Guitar" was directed by Trey Fanjoy. It was filmed at Hume-Fogg High School in downtown Nashville. In the video Taylor has fallen in love with her friend Drew (played by Tyler Hilton), but he loves somebody else, so she can't tell him how she really feels. For much of the video, Taylor is lying on her bed with her guitar, portraying the teardrops on her guitar at night when she knows she can't have the boy she loves. The pop mix of the video is played on VH1, however sometimes they play the original version. The video was also nominated for the Best New Artist award at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, but lost to Tokio Hotel's song "Ready, Set, Go!".

Other information

Country radio stations along with GAC and CMT play a remixed version of this song, with "I laugh 'cause it's so damn funny" changed to "I laugh 'cause it's just so funny." The instrumentation is different between the single and album versions of the song, as well.

On August 21, 2007, Swift performed this song as a duet with Julienne Irwin live on the second series finale of America's Got Talent.

At the end of March, 2009, it was revealed that "Teardrops on My Guitar" was going to be available as download only single in the UK, but would not be available until May 18, 2009 due to promotion and tour commitments in the US. However the second official mainstream single will be "Fifteen" which has already been sent to UK radio.

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 2007.

A new remix of the song, with a drumloop added and the banjo removed, was released to Top 40 and Adult Contemporary radio in October 2007 and began charting in both formats soon after. The song has reached a new peak on the Pop 100 at number 11. The song re-entered the Hot 100 at 44.

The radio pop version of the song debuted at number 100 in the UK on 19 April 2009.

Charts

Chart (2007-2009)	Peak position
Canadian Adult Contemporary Singles Chart	21
Canadian Hot 100	45
Canadian Radio & Records Country Singles	6
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	13
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	5
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks	5
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	2
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	11
UK Singles Chart	88