| "Safe & Sound" | |
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"Safe & Sound" cover |
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| Promotional single by Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars from the album The Hunger Games | |
| Released | December 23, 2011 |
| Format | Digital download |
| Genre | Country Folk rock |
| Length | 4:01 |
| Label | Big Machine |
| Writer | Taylor Swift, Joy Williams, John Paul White |
| Producer | T Bone Burnett |
"Safe & Sound" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift featuring country/folk duo The Civil Wars, and the first single from the upcoming movie soundtrack of The Hunger Games.[1]
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Taylor Swift tweeted a link to "Safe and Sound," a new song she recorded for the Hunger Games soundtrack with folk duo the Civil Wars before Christmas of 2011. The song, a dark ballad featuring harmony vocals from Joy Williams and John Paul White, features lyrics that touch on the story's themes of struggle and survival and is available exclusively on iTunes.
The Hunger Games soundtrack, which is due out on March 23rd, is the result of the first-ever collaboration between producer T-Bone Burnett and composer James Newton Howard, two of the biggest names in contemporary film music. [2]
"Safe & Sound" has been seen as a bit of a musical departure for Swift. It's much darker than people have come to expect from Taylor Swift, and the post-apocalyptic, lilting nature of the ballad fits the theme of the books and the film, which centers on a futuristic and damaged world where teens must fight to the death in an annual event aired on live TV.[3]
Not long after tweeting the link to the song, #safeandsound became the top trending topic on Twitter in the U.S. and No. 2 worldwide, with many listeners caught by surprise that Swift was part of the soundtrack. Most praised the singer and the tune itself.[4]
The song entered the Digital Songs tally at No. 19 with 136,000 sold in only two days.[5] The song debuted at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100.
| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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| Canada (Canadian Hot 100) | 35 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 30 |
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