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Single: Taylor Swift - "Sparks Fly"
Member Since: 11/29/2010
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Originally posted by bendi_94
This era is a mess.
Speak Now is such a good album, Why would they ****ed this era up?!
Spraks fly is def. a hit Metirial but it needs to be promoted right.
And please,please.please not a live video, I HATE her live videos.
I agree about the re-release. Huanted, BTR and Enchanted need to be released as singles. I don't get why her label is not promoting her right this era? She's their only imprtant artist.
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I would say nothing was ****ed up per se. It was/is just very lazy from her label. Just relaying on Taylor and her name. They need to realize that Taylor is the sole reason, why they are so big now.
The full potential of this album will never be seen. And that is sad.
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Member Since: 2/7/2009
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Originally posted by muddysquirrel
I would say nothing was ****ed up per se. It was/is just very lazy from her label. Just relaying on Taylor and her name. They need to realize that Taylor is the sole reason, why they are so big now.
The full potential of this album will never be seen. And that is sad.
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I know! most of the songs are EPIC, It's so sad 
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Member Since: 11/15/2010
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if i am the president of big machine i gonna decide this singles
Lead - Mine
2nd - Back To December Nov 2010
3rd - Better Than Revenge March 2011
4th - Speak Now June 2011
5th - Mean August 2011
6th - Haunted Nov 1-2 2011 
7th - Enchanted March 2012
last - Sparks fly July 4-18 2012
next album
but the decision of singles was great also!!!!!!!
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Member Since: 11/15/2010
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Originally posted by muddysquirrel
I would say nothing was ****ed up per se. It was/is just very lazy from her label. Just relaying on Taylor and her name. They need to realize that Taylor is the sole reason, why they are so big now.
The full potential of this album will never be seen. And that is sad.
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thats super true!!!!
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Member Since: 2/16/2010
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Originally posted by muddysquirrel
I agree about the discount. Now that she is sick and not getting the promo from the tour+both her current singles dropping quick....i don`t see much to hold the album afloat.
But her label probably does not worry...i read that some angry fans sent e-mails to Big Machine about the matter- their answer-we are in a fortunate place not having to discount it blah blah blah. Basically saying they are greedy.
I wonder if the what would have happened if they started the era with "Sparks Fly"?
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I thought they were saving it for the summer. Her label is being foolish.
1ST SINGLE - MINE (FALL)
2ND SINGLE - BACK TO DECEMBER (WINTER)
3RD SINGLE - SPEAK NOW (SPRING)
4TH SINGLE - SPARKS FLY - Pop, MEAN - Country (SUMMER)
5TH SINGLE - ENCHANTED - Pop, NEVER GROW UP - Country (FALL)
RERELEASE
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Member Since: 11/29/2010
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Slant Magazine writer gives it an A
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Compared to the cultural juggernaut that was Fearless, Taylor Swift’s Speak Now has underperformed at both retail and radio. The set’s fifth single, “Sparks Fly,” could turn things around for Swift, as it’s perhaps the most perfectly constructed single in a career built on tracks that are marvels of pop production and songwriting.
What makes “Sparks Fly” a standout is that it is, in a lot of ways, the purest iteration of Swift’s template and repertoire. Producer Nathan Chapman grounds the single in a punchy, not-at-all-country pop-rock sheen and ensures that all of its key lines and phrases are pitched for maximum impact.
It’s that attention to the details of production that make Chapman and Swift such a strong team: Most singles don’t highlight a line in the middle of their second verse, but here, Chapman dials back the volume on the electric guitars just as Swift sings, “You find I’m even better/Than you imagined I would be.” There isn’t a line in the song that captures the tone of first-love wonder more perfectly, and Swift’s breathless delivery suggests that she might be even more surprised by that revelation than anyone.
The song’s proper hook is even better constructed. The a capella “Drop everything now” exclamation simply commands attention, with the desperation in Swift’s call-to-action answering the common criticisms that her work is sexless and chaste. For all of the well-documented technical limitations of her voice—and yes, she wanders off pitch more than once on “Sparks Fly,” and yes, it would likely be even better a single if she didn’t— Swift is learning how to perform her songs with real depth and conviction.
As for the song itself, the narrative of “Sparks Fly” doesn’t necessarily scan as “country” in any archetypal way, but its simplicity and plain-spokenness parallel some of the genre’s conventions. If Swift writes what she knows, what she knows better than anything else is the head rush of infatuation. Of the many songs she’s written on that subject, “Sparks Fly” is both the purest in tone and the most familiar. With references to meeting someone in the rain and being guarded and fireworks and a touch that’s “really somethin’,” the song makes use of nearly all of Swift’s go-to phrases and images.
But, rather than scanning as redundant when considered alongside “Fearless” or “Back to December,” “Sparks Fly” proves how evocative those turns-of-phrase can be in the right context. To that end, “Sparks Fly” plays as a template as much as it does as a standalone single, and it’s a testament to everything Taylor Swift gets right.
Written by Taylor Swift
Grade: A
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http://www.countryuniverse.net/2011/...ft-sparks-fly/
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Originally posted by muddysquirrel
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I hate Slant  Nice review though
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Member Since: 11/15/2010
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finally!!!!!!!!!! ITS NOW TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!
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Member Since: 11/15/2010
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But here in philippines today is sunday thats why i say tomorrow but the america date is important so its on tuesday finally!
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Member Since: 11/15/2010
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Member Since: 11/17/2010
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I love the song but the single cover is just horrible!!
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So when's Sparks Fly being released to radio?
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Member Since: 11/29/2010
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Originally posted by FAN
So when's Sparks Fly being released to radio?
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Going for adds on POP today.
http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16691
This is generating some great reviews as well. Hopefully a good sign!
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“Sparks Fly,” the fourth single from Taylor Swift’s multi-platinum phenomenon Speak Now, could easily be re-titled “The Fear of Falling.” On its surface, it describes the delirious rush of new love. But at its core, it delves into the conflicting emotions beneath her silly excitement. Courted by a handsome but potentially heart-wrecking new beau, Swift seems torn. Her thoughts on the situation suggest this could be both the best and worst thing that could ever happen to her.
“Sparks Fly” centers around a simple but effective hook—”I see sparks fly whenever you smile”—that further cements Swift’s reputation as one the craftiest songwriters in popular music. More proof can be pulled from elsewhere. On her first two albums, Swift’s perspective often shifted harshly between black and white. “Sparks Fly,” like most of the material on Speak Now is colored in more subtle shades: “Give me something that’ll haunt me when you’re not around,” she encourages her green-eyed suitor. Even as she admits her attraction, Swift lasers her focus on the rough edges of her romancer. This is no fairytale or fantasy.
“Sparks Fly” carries all the lyrical landmarks of a Swift song—rain, sidewalks, fireworks—and also a few of her usual musical tricks, too. The melodramatic flourishes—longing violins, uplifting electric guitars—are grounded in an airy pop-rock arrangement. The stuttering percussion in the bridge and her stilted reading of the title line are reflective of the tenuous position she’s in. Throughout these four minutes, Swift’s pitch might waver but her purpose never does. Her infusion of individual lines with urgency (“Drop everything now,” she insists) and earnestness (“Take away the pain,” she pleads) are a tribute to her talent, not so much as a distinguished vocalist but as an excellent communicator. Each frazzled note is freighted with meaning. Should I stay or should I go now?, she wonders, wiling away the hours before he calls her again.
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Member Since: 1/28/2008
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Originally posted by FAN
So when's Sparks Fly being released to radio?
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Sparks fly was already released in the radio 
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Member Since: 11/15/2010
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Member Since: 11/15/2010
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Taylor still 102 at itunes country ahhhh!!!!!!!!!!!
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Member Since: 11/15/2010
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this song will enter billboard hot 100 this week due to the stong airplay in its 1st week
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TAYLOR SWIFT - Sparks Fly: 9.263 (+ 0.908)
93 Taylor Swift Sparks Fly (Country Charts: iTunes)
wew, slowly moving up....
guys keep this thread alive..
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Member Since: 11/29/2010
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30 24 TAYLOR SWIFT Sparks Fly 1542 963 579 9.632
+ 166 spins
+ 103 bullet
+ 1.421 AI
WOW! 
When its added to pop i can see it really smashing hard!
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Member Since: 11/15/2010
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go sparks fly still at top 400 ahhh!!!!!!!!
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