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Taylor Swift s re-recording of
Fearless is off to a great start.
According to
Billboard, the new version of Love Story sold 10,000 downloads in the US on the day of its release (February 12th). To compare, in the week ending on February 4th, only three songs sold more than 10,000 in the entire week in the U.S - Tom MacDonald s Fake Woke ,
BTS Dynamite , and
Olivia Rodrigo s Drivers License .
She is sharing the success with some of the original artists who worked on the 2008 version of
Fearless.
Caitlin Evanson has returned as a harmony vocalist and
Amos Heller resumed his original role on bass. Additionally, the
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Now that credits have been made available, it’s evident that Swift
is using some of the O.G. players, when possible, instead of trying to get the same sounds with ringers. Although it remains to foretell what the future holds as Swift makes her way through her entire six-album Big Machine catalog, it’s interesting to see several names familiar to credit-scanners from 2008 show up in 2021.
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On “Love Story (Taylor’s Version),” released late Thursday night, three players from the old-school studio sessions are back… and might be expected to appear on other tracks when the full re-do of the “Fearless” album comes out April 9. Jonathan Yudkin is back on fiddle, Caitlin Evanson has returned as a harmony vocalist and Amos Heller resumed his original role on