Swift co-wrote “All Too Well” with country musician Liz Rose in the early 2010s. In the extended lyrics, a woman in her 20s reflects on a failed relationship with an older man. As Gracie Anderson wrote for Smithsonian magazine earlier this year, by the 1970s, a generation of singer-songwriters had perfected the so-called “breakup album,” producing such records as Joni Mitchell’s Blue (1971) and Willie Nelson’s Phases and Stages (1973). In this, too, the song follows a long tradition of American musicians who have wrung melodies from misery. “All Too Well” also embodies-and for some, defines-the heartbreak anthem. Though New York Timescritic Lindsay Zoladz argues that the shorter version of “All Too Well” is “the better song,” in part because of “the elegant simplicity of its structure,” she adds that “the power of the new version comes from its unapologetic messiness, the way it allows a woman’s subjective emotional experience to take up a defiantly excessive amount of time and space.” 1 hits of decades past, “All Too Well” tackles big emotions with catchy, heartfelt refrains. At the time, each 45 rpm (revolutions per minute) record held about three minutes of music. As Kelsey McKinney reported for Vox in 2015, this industry standard dates to the mid-20th century, when music labels were constrained by how many grooves they could carve into the side of a physical record. Today, pop songs’ length is typically between 3 to 5 minutes. “A ten-minute song is at the top of the Hot 100.” Swift took to social media to express her excitement. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, making Swift the only artist to have topped both charts simultaneously three times, reports Allison Hussey for Pitchfork.) Officially titled “All Too Well (10-Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault),” the song served as the much-anticipated closing track on Swift’s rerecorded version of her fourth studio album, Red (2012).
In the week following its November 12 release, Swift’s 10-minute, 13-second ballad was streamed 54.5 million times by listeners in the United States alone.
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