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Taylor Swift

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LIST YEAR

2013

Annual listening-list association retained: 2013. The source-checked recording release year is 2012; these are separate date fields. No new regional or single-release date is inferred from this list year.

Genre

Pop

Theme

Not classified

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Release: 2012

Release: 2012Source checked | Recent carryover

Original 2012 Red recording, distinct from the later Taylor's Version.

The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.

Apple Music: 22 - Taylor Swift (Red)
Authorized distributor track page identifies Taylor Swift, this edition of Red, and a 2012 release date. Only year precision is imported.

BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

Supplied note - not independently verified

This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.

Swift wrote the song about the carefree feeling of being 22 years old.

Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony

Sources for this information

Owner-supplied 2013.html, position 96
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label

Other appearances and versions

catalog version unspecified

Textual recording candidate, not an audio fingerprint or pressing-level verification.

An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.

Sources and scope

External chart association; scope is limited to the cited chart, not full discographic verification

Editorial artist-era discovery label; song-specific classification remains open

Billboard year-end 2013 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription: title, artist and annual association only. Not a complete recording or songwriting review.

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