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June 19, 2006, was a landmark day in Taylor Swift's illustrious career as her first single, Tim McGraw, was released from her eponymous debut album. The song debuted at #60 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and spent 26 weeks on the list.
Taylor Swift penned down Tim McGraw while she was still in school. However, the 34-year-old wasn't the sole writer of the song. It was written in 15 minutes by Taylor Swift and songwriter Liz Rose.
Liz Rose is the co-writer of many of Taylor Swift's award-winning compositions, including You Belong With Me, Tim McGraw, and Teardrops on My Guitar.
The 66-year-old has been a songwriting powerhouse throughout her career, winning two Grammys and getting nominated for several more. Additionally, she has a music publishing house called Liz Rose Music.
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Taylor Swift's co-writer, Liz Rose's illustrious career explored
One of the first major works of Liz Rose's career was the song Elisabeth by Billy Gilman. Thereafter, she worked with Gary Allan and Pat McLaughlin to release Songs About Rain.
Liz Rose won the 2007 SESAC Songwriter of the Year award for her collaboration with Taylor Swift for the songs Tim McGraw and Teardrops on My Guitar. Her collaboration with Taylor Swift continued into her Fearless Era, where the 66-year-old co-wrote hit musical numbers like You Belong With Me, Fearless and White Horse. White Horse went on to win the Grammy for Best Country Song in 2010.
The duo broke the internet again in 2023 with All Too Well (The 10 Minute Version), which became the longest song to claim the #1 position on Billboard Top 100. The song was even Grammy nominated for Song of the Year.
The songwriter has won several accolades for collaborating with other artists, such as Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, and Parker McCollum. She co-wrote Little Big Town's Girl Crush, which won Best Country Song at the Grammys, and penned Parker McCollum's Burn It Down.
Liz Rose co-wrote five songs from Miranda Lambert's album Wildcard in 2019. Her co-written single It All Comes Out In The Wash was Grammy nominated for Best Country Song. She also collaborated with Carrie Underwood to release Cry Pretty and Crazy Girl. The latter won the 2012 ACM Song of the Year award.
Besides being an award-winning songwriter, Liz Rose is an established publisher. The 66-year-old and her son Scott Ponce started Liz Rose Music in 2010 with the motto 'Great Songs, Great People.'
Presently, their roster of writers includes Jesse Walker, Chuck Wicks, Stephony Smith, and Corey Crowder. The publishing house has also worked with juggernauts like Phil Barton, Seth Ennis, Cameron Bedell, Jeff Middleton, Joe Fox, Nick Boyd, Caitlin Rose, Emily Shackelton, Alyssa Micaela, and many more.
Finally, Liz Rose is also an inductee of the Texas Heritage Songwriter Hall of Fame, a member of the Country Music Association (CMA) Board of Directors, and a member of the Songwriters Association International's board. She is also one of two songwriters included in the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA).
Taylor Swift and Liz Rose wrote Tim McGraw in fifteen minutes
Tim McGraw was the first single of Taylor Swift from her eponymous album, released in 2006. According to the pop icon, she penned the song while she was still a school-going teenager.
In the press after the song's release, Taylor elaborated on the song's writing process. In Tim McGraw, she writes about her real-life relationship that lasted for over a year. However, it was about to end because her partner was to go off to college. In the song, Taylor Swift lists the things that could make him think about her after their relationship is over.
"I was thinking about all the things that I knew would remind him of me. I didn't really think of Tim McGraw personally when I wrote this song. It was a song where I was listing personal things. One of things that I listed was that my favorite song is by Tim McGraw," she explained in an interview with Great American Country.
Taylor explained how she wrote it with Liz Rose in other press releases after the song's release.
"After school, I went downtown, sat down at the piano, and wrote this with Liz Rose in fifteen minutes. It may be the best fifteen minutes I've ever experienced," explained Taylor.
Tim McGraw was one of Taylor Swift's major breakout songs early in her career. It went on to win Breakthrough Video of the Year at the CMT Music Awards and was instrumental in kickstarting her career as a musical icon.
