"Love Story" is a country pop song written and sung by Taylor Swift (pictured). It was released on September 15, 2008, as the lead single from Swift's album Fearless. Swift used Romeo and Juliet as a reference point while writing "Love Story". The lyrics are about a couple's happy ending after enduring a troubled romance. Critics praised the production as catchy and have considered it one of Swift's best singles. "Love Story" peaked in the top five on charts of at least seven countries including the US, where it is Swift's best-selling single. Its music video won Video of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards and CMT Music Awards in 2009. Following the dispute over the ownership of Swift's back catalog, Swift re-recorded the song and released it as "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" in 2021. The re-recorded single topped the Hot Country Songs chart and made Swift the second artist, after Dolly Parton, to reach number one with both the original and re-recorded versions of a song.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1795:
French Revolutionary Wars: Great Britain seized the Dutch Cape Colony to use its facilities against the French Navy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Cape_Colony
1830:
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M;), the first locomotive-hauled railway to connect two major cities, opened with the Duke of Wellington in attendance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opening_of_the_Liverpool_and_Manchester_Railway
1954:
The scene in The Seven Year Itch of Marilyn Monroe standing in a white dress over a subway grate was filmed by Billy Wilder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dress_of_Marilyn_Monroe
2013:
The Belarusian serial killer Ivan Kulesh murdered two saleswomen in Lida. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Kulesh
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
plebiscite: 1. (law, politics) A direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy; a referendum. 2. (by extension) An expression of the public's views on an issue, whether legally binding or not. 3. (Ancient Rome, historical) Synonym of plebiscitum (“a law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate”) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plebiscite
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I don't think necessity is the mother of invention — invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. --Agatha Christie https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie