Peak
10
Weeks
22
Score
2,937
Chart Year
2019
The music video for "Lover", directed by Swift and Drew Kirsch, premiered on YouTube on August 22, 2019, hours before the album's release.[59][60] Christian Owens, a dancer on Swift's 1989 and Reputation tours, stars as the male lead.[61] The video was filmed in a set in Hollywood.[62] According to Swift, its concept was inspired by the lyric "You two are dancing in a snow globe round and round" from the song "You Are in Love", a song about two best friends in love, taken from Swift's album 1989.[63] The video begins with a child receiving a snow globe as a gift on Christmas day, before focusing on the dollhouse inside the snow globe.[64] Swift and Owens portray a couple who live in the house, which has seven distinctly-colored rooms.[65] Each features scenes of the couple's domestic life through the ups and downs of their love.[66] For instance, the green room shows Swift's character playing drums, the yellow room features the couple playing board games, the blue room has a giant fishbowl in which the couple swim, and an attic is where they reminisce by watching home videos.[66][67][68] At the end, the child who receives the snow globe is revealed to be the couple's daughter.[69] The video includes easter eggs to many of Swift's other songs and albums, including each room in the dollhouse represents one previous Taylor Swift's album (her later albums, Folklore, Evermore and Midnights, were referenced into the dollhouse and its related landscape by Taylor after their release).[70] Media outlets welcomed the video's romantic and dreamy atmosphere;[64][71] Teen Vogue's Mary Elizabeth Andriotis compared the cinematography to the films of director Wes Anderson.[
"Lover" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the title track of her seventh studio album (2019). Swift conceived it as a timeless love song that could be played at a wedding reception; the lyrics are about an intimate and committed relationship, and the bridge draws on the bridal rhyme "Something old". Produced by Swift and Jack Antonoff, "Lover" combines country and indie folk over a waltz tempo. It has an acoustic-guitar-driven balladic production consisting of snare drums, piano, pizzicato strings, and dense reverb. Republic Records released "Lover" for download and streaming on August 16, 2019, and to US radio the next month. Swift and Drew Kirsch directed the music video, which was released on August 22, 2019; it follows a couple living inside a dollhouse in a snow globe. Republic Records released three alternate versions of "Lover": a duet remix featuring the Canadian singer Shawn Mendes, an orchestral "First Dance Remix" based on Swift's performance at the 2019 American Music Awards, and a live version recorded at her 2019 City of Lover concert. During promotion of Lover in 2019, Swift performed the song on televised events such as the MTV Video Music Awards and Saturday Night Live. She included it in the set list of her sixth concert tour, the Eras Tour (2023). Music critics lauded Swift's songwriting on "Lover" and commented that it showcased emotionally engaging lyrics and a romantic production. Some appreciated the acoustic production that was reminiscent of Swift's early-career albums. Publications including Billboard, Complex, and Pitchfork featured the song on their 2019 year-end lists. It was Swift's first solo-written track nominated for Song of the Year at the 2020 Grammy Awards, and its video received two MTV Video Music Award nominations. The single peaked within the top 10 on charts and received multi-platinum certifications in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States.
We could leave the Christmas lights up 'til January This is our place, we make the rules And there's a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you, dear Have I known you twenty seconds or twenty years? Can I go where you go? Can we always be this close forever and ever? And ah, take me out, and take me home You're my, my, my, my lover We could let our friends crash in the living room This is our place, we make the call And I'm highly suspicious that everyone who sees you wants you I've loved you three summers now, honey, but I want 'em all Can I go where you go? Can we always be this close forever and ever? And ah, take me out, and take me home (forever and ever) You're my, my, my, my lover Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand? With every guitar string scar on my hand I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover My heart's been borrowed and yours has been blue All's well that ends well to end up with you Swear to be overdramatic and true to my lover And you'll save all your dirtiest jokes for me And at every table, I'll save you a seat, lover Can I go where you go? Can we always be this close forever and ever? And ah, take me out, and take me home (forever and ever) You're my, my, my, my Oh, you're my, my, my, my Darling, you're my, my, my, my lover
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 31, 2019 | 19 | 107 |
| 2 | Sep 7, 2019 | 10 | 116 |
| 3 | Sep 14, 2019 | 23 | 103 |
| 4 | Sep 21, 2019 | 49 | 77 |
| 5 | Sep 28, 2019 | 49 | 77 |
| 6 | Oct 5, 2019 | 44 | 82 |
| 7 | Oct 12, 2019 | 45 | 81 |
| 8 | Oct 19, 2019 | 34 | 92 |
| 9 | Oct 26, 2019 | 37 | 89 |
| 10 | Nov 2, 2019 | 38 | 88 |
| 11 | Nov 9, 2019 | 48 | 78 |
| 12 | Nov 16, 2019 | 43 | 83 |
| 13 | Nov 23, 2019 | 26 | 100 |
| 14 | Nov 30, 2019 | 15 | 111 |
| 15 | Dec 7, 2019 | 19 | 107 |
| 16 | Dec 14, 2019 | 32 | 94 |
| 17 | Dec 21, 2019 | 40 | 86 |
| 18 | Dec 28, 2019 | 48 | 78 |
| 19 | Jan 4, 2020 | 57 | 69 |
| 20 | Jan 11, 2020 | 34 | 92 |