Picture to Burn
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| “Picture to Burn” | |||||
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| Single by Taylor Swift from the album Taylor Swift |
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| Released | January 2008 | ||||
| Genre | Country | ||||
| Length | 2:57 (Album Version) 2:55 (Radio Edit) |
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| Label | Big Machine | ||||
| Writer(s) | Taylor Swift, Liz Rose | ||||
| Producer | Nathan Chapman | ||||
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"Picture to Burn" is the current single from American country music singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It is the fourth single released to country radio from her 2006 album Taylor Swift.
The lyrics describe the narrator's dissatisfaction with an ex-boyfriend (whom she describes as "just another picture to burn"), and her plans to seek revenge on him. The official single release contains the radio edit, which replaced the line "That's fine, I'll tell mine you're gay" with "That's fine, you won't mind if I say".[citation needed]
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[edit] Track Listing
[edit] Promotional US CD Single
- "Picture to Burn" (Radio Edit) - 2:55
- "Picture to Burn" (Album Version) - 2:57
- "I'm Only Me When I'm with You" - 3:36
[edit] Music video
As in Swift's other videos for single releases, "Picture to Burn"'s music video was directed by Trey Fanjoy.[1] The music video starts off with Swift and a friend (played by one of her real life friends, Abigail)[2] looking at a picture of Swift and her ex-boyfriend, before sitting in their car and spying on him and his new girlfriend. Swift begins daydreaming about trashing her ex-boyfriend's house, then burns the picture. In an interview with CMT, Swift stated, "The storyline of the video is, if you break up with me, my band will ransack your house."[2] (The video uses the radio edit version of the song.)
[edit] Chart performance
The following chart denotes the song's current chart positions on the major North American singles charts.
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 28 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 25 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 49 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs | 30 |
| Canadian Country Singles Chart | 1 |
| Billboard Canadian Hot 100 | 48 |
| Preceded by "I Saw God Today" by George Strait |
Canadian Country Singles Chart number-one single April 25, 2008 |
Succeeded by "I'm Still a Guy" by Brad Paisley |
[edit] References
- ^ Videos: Taylor Swift, "Picture To Burn". CMT.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
- ^ a b Taylor Swift Shares Story and Success of Award-Winning "Our Song"
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