Her self-titled debut album peaked at No.
The soft, heartbreaking track is about the end of a relationship, although feelings still linger.
The Swift-Rose pairing led Swift to work with Nathan Chapman.
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At the time, the country producer was working on demos for various Nashville, Tennessee artists.
Swifts talent immediately struck him.
She was a next-level songwriter, he tells EW.
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The publisher converted a one-car garage into a recording room, which was endearingly referred to as The Shack.
It was directly behind the publishing house where the Swift and Rose penned Tim McGraw.
I was in the right shack at the right time, I guess [laughs].
It was such a different way of talking about love between two people, Chapman says.
Thats just an indication early on of her genius as a songwriter.
Early on, she was breaking the rules.
He sought to re-create the emotion that swept him away the first time he heard it.
Chapmans main goal was to highlight the basics.
The tune landed at No.
40 on theBillboardHot 100 and at No.
6 onBillboards Hot Country Songs a solid debut for Swift.
It took two more tries to hit No.
Its so right for her as an artist to have taken this journey shes been on, Chapman says.
Swift and Chapman caught up in November over dinner in Los Angeles far from the days of The Shack.
Well always be fast friends with them.
