“I came into the session with [pro songwriter] Liz Rose and said, ‘I’ve got this idea,’” says Taylor Swift of the third single off of her hit collection “Fearless”, “You Belong To Me”. “I overheard a friend of mine talking to his girlfriend and he was completely on the defensive, saying, ‘No, baby, of course I love you. More than anything! I’m so sorry.’ So I came up with the first line: ‘You’re on the phone with your girlfriend / She’s upset / Going off about something that you said.’” Note the song’s prominent banjo line, its concession to the country in Taylor’s pop.

by Mark Emge

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