Cruel Summer
Taylor Swift
2019
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 2019
Release: 2019Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. Released on Lover in 2019. A later single campaign or chart resurgence does not replace the original year.
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.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 2023.html, 2023.html, 2023.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Apple Music: Taylor Swift - Lover
Authorized catalog identifies the original album/song edition and release year. Later re-recordings, radio specials and expanded editions are not substituted for the selected recording.
Apple catalog: Lover track metadata
Public distributor catalog response identifies individual track, artist credit and releaseDate. Used at year precision after original-version review, not as proof of an exact first-release day.
Former annual assignments retained as history
These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.
- 2023: older return
- 2024: older return
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
The song describes the intensity of a summer romance.
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2023.html, position 21
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
Chronology-screened editorial addition; reported release date still unverified; not a verified chart ranking.
Editorial artist-era discovery label; song-specific classification remains open
Billboard year-end 2023 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Historical source retained for identity/context only. It does not establish a chart rank in this newly selected year.
Browse by year
1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.