Taylor Swift’s Title Tracks Ranked: Critic’s Pick

Swift recorded namesake songs for seven of her 12 studio albums.

With 12 full-lengths under her belt, Taylor Swift has released seven albums that include songs that reflect each album’s name: “Fearless,” “Speak Now,” “Red,” “Lover,” “evermore,” “The Tortured Poets Department” and “The Life of a Showgirl.” Right now, only three – “Fearless,” “Red” and “Lover” – became official singles. The rest linger in the deep cuts, but certainly fan favorites, of her work.

Spanning her career from 2008’s Fearless to 2025’s The Life of a Showgirl – currently enjoying its sixth week atop the Billboard 200 – her title tracks show the breadth and depth of her sonic evolution, from her country roots to her pop superstardom, with her signature storytelling lyricism on display.

(And don’t worry about the five albums without a title track: She shows them love in other ways. Debut doesn’t mention her name, but she later shouts herself out on both “22” from Red and “Clara Bow” from The Tortured Poets Department; 1989 never received a lyrical callback, but her famous introduction to its world tour does: “My name is Taylor and I was born in 1989!”; Reputation tracks “End Game” and “Delicate” as well as Speak Now’s “Superman” reference reputation; evermore’s “gold rush” includes “My mind turns your life into folklore”; and mentions of midnight abound throughout her catalog, but only “Anti-Hero” and “Midnight Rain” from Midnights and Rep’s “New Year’s Day” contain the actual word.)

Read below for Billboard’s ranking of the seven title tracks, as well as their peaks on the Billboard Hot 100. (And check out all of her lead singles ranked and her biggest Billboard hits too.)

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