9 Songs Taylor Swift Wrote For Other Artists That You Probably Didn't Know About

Taylor Swift wrote "Better Man" and sent it to nan set Little Big Town.

In October of 2016, state set Little Big Town released their deed azygous "Better Man," nan first preview for nan medium "Breaker." The opus went connected to garner captious acclaim, evening winning opus of nan year astatine nan 2017 Country Music Awards.

But "Better Man" was primitively written by Swift.

Kimberly Schlapman, 1 of Little Big Town's 4 members, told Taste of Country successful 2016, "She sent america nan opus … We were like, 'Wow! Taylor sent america a song. She's 1 of nan champion songwriters ever.'"

Schlapman said Swift thought nan opus would beryllium awesome for nan state group because of their four-part harmonies.

Fans whitethorn now beryllium much alert of Swift's in installments connected nan opus now that she rerecorded it for herself connected "Red (Taylor's Version)."

"Best Days of Your Life" was cowritten by Kellie Pickler and Swift.

Swift and Kellie Pickler collaborated a fewer years backmost and cowrote nan opus "Best Days of Your Life."

"Taylor Swift and I really wrote this opus together while we were connected circuit pinch Brad Paisley," Pickler told The Boot. "I had went done a really bad breakup a while back, truthful we wrote nan opus astir nan narration that went sour."

Swift besides helped to constitute nan opus "Babe" for Sugarland.

Swift worked pinch Train's Pat Monahan to cowrite nan opus "Babe" for nan country band Sugarland.

Sugarland set personnel Jennifer Nettles told Billboard successful 2018, "When she was first getting started we had conscionable had our first small EP out, called 'Premium Quality Tunes.'"

Swift is besides featured connected nan track and successful nan song's euphony video. 

"Babe" is different way that Swift has since rerecorded for her ain album, "Red (Taylor's Version)."

Swift collaborated pinch her then-boyfriend Calvin Harris to constitute "This Is What You Came For."

Swift hasn't conscionable written state euphony — she besides contributed to nan deed azygous "This Is What You Came For," performed by Calvin Harris and featuring Rihanna.

At first, fans were unsure whether Swift had really written nan song.

In July 2017, TMZ reported that Harris and Swift "both knew nan opus would beryllium a hit, but Taylor wrote it for Calvin and some agreed it was a bad thought to fto nan world cognize they collaborated arsenic a mates ... it would overshadow nan song."

Eventually, a typical for Swift confirmed pinch People that Swift wrote nan song, stating, "Taylor Swift wrote 'This Is What You Came For' nether nan pseudonym Nils Sjoberg."

She cowrote and performed connected "Both of Us" pinch B.o.B.

In 2012, Swift pushed moreover much genre boundaries and collaborated pinch rapper B.o.B. to merchandise "Both of Us."

Per Hip Hop DX, B.o.B. told B96's Julian On The Radio that his collaboration pinch Swift "happened naturally."  

He continued, "It wasn't for illustration nan explanation was like, 'We request to get a Taylor Swift feature.' It was really for illustration she deed maine up and invited maine to travel connected her set, and I couldn't make it because I wasn't successful Atlanta astatine nan time, but she really arranged for maine to travel to Dallas and she brought maine retired and I played her nan song, she liked it and it people happened."

Swift helped to constitute Boys Like Girls' deed opus "Two Is Better Than One."

Rock band Boys Like Girls sewage nan chance to collaborate pinch Swift for their 2009 merchandise "Two Is Better Than One." And she was prominently featured connected nan track. 

Billboard said the opus helped to boost nan band's already-successful summertime and to show their "softer side."

Swift cowrote "Safe and Sound" pinch The Civil Wars for "The Hunger Games" soundtrack.

Some fans mightiness beryllium acquainted pinch Swift's contributions to "The Hunger Games" soundtrack, but if you're not besides a instrumentality of nan franchise they mightiness person slipped past you.

Swift cowrote "Safe and Sound" pinch The Civil Wars, and she told MTV successful 2012 that nan opus "just ended up truthful organically coming together."

She continued, "We wrote this opus and recorded it 1 day. When we sewage nan way back, I was truthful amazed by nan restraint. He created this ethereal sound without making it this large conflict anthem."

The group ended up winning a Grammy successful 2013 for "Safe and Sound."

Swift's song "Eyes Open" was besides featured connected nan movie's soundtrack.