Peak
4
Weeks
49
Score
9,175
Chart Year
2009
The video starts with Swift wearing a black sweater and jeans; she walks through a college campus and sees Gaston reading under a tree. As they make eye contact, the video transitions to a balcony, on which Swift is wearing a corset and gown. The video switches to a ballroom where Gaston and Swift dance together, after which Gaston whispers into Swift's ear. Swift is next shown walking into a garden with a lantern at night. She meets with Gaston and they have a date before parting ways. Later, Swift again stands on the balcony looking out from the window. She sees Gaston running across a field towards her and she immediately runs down the staircase to meet him. The video then switches back to the modern-day college campus, where Gaston walks toward Swift and they gaze into each other's eyes, and the video ends.[90] Spin wrote that the video appears to have been filmed on an "HBO-looking budget" with "elaborate, pseudo-medieval set pieces"; according to the magazine, rather than alluding to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the narrative resembles "Rapunzel", especially the part in which Swift's character waits for her lover atop a castle.[96] According to Glamour, Swift's fashion in the video reinforces the lyrical theme, "[She] literally wore a medieval ball gown while playing the Juliet to an actor's Romeo."[97] In a 2010 Billboard interview, Swift reflected on the video's fairy-tale-inspired wedding setting: "I'm not really that girl who dreams about her wedding day. It just seems like the idealistic, happy-ever-after [moment]
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 27, 2008 | 16 | 110 |
| 2 | Oct 4, 2008 | 5 | 121 |
| 3 | Oct 11, 2008 | 9 | 117 |
| 4 | Oct 18, 2008 | 13 | 113 |
| 5 | Oct 25, 2008 | 14 | 112 |
| 6 | Nov 1, 2008 | 14 | 112 |
| 7 | Nov 8, 2008 | 15 | 111 |
| 8 | Nov 15, 2008 | 16 | 110 |
| 9 | Nov 22, 2008 | 14 | 112 |
| 10 | Nov 29, 2008 | 18 | 108 |
| 11 | Dec 6, 2008 | 14 | 112 |
| 12 | Dec 13, 2008 | 12 | 114 |
| 13 | Dec 20, 2008 | 12 | 114 |
| 14 | Dec 27, 2008 | 11 | 115 |
| 15 | Jan 3, 2009 | 7 | 119 |
| 16 | Jan 10, 2009 | 5 | 121 |
| 17 | Jan 17, 2009 | 4 | 122 |
| 18 | Jan 24, 2009 | 5 | 121 |
| 19 | Jan 31, 2009 | 5 | 121 |
| 20 | Feb 7, 2009 | 5 | 121 |