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Taylor Swift wrote and recorded this song for her third studio album, released in 2010. Big Machine Records distributed it as the second single from the album in mid-November 2010. The track blends country and pop elements with power ballad characteristics and features orchestral string arrangements. Swift collaborated with Nathan Chapman on its production.

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The song explores a narrator's regretful attempt to seek reconciliation with a former romantic partner, drawing inspiration from Swift's past relationship with an actor.

ProducerTaylor Swift, Nathan Chapman