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Album: 1989 (2015)
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  • This interpretation of the Taylor Swift tune is from Ryan Adam's track-by-track cover album of the pop princess' 1989. Though the vast majority of Swift's lyrics remain the same, Adams made one small alteration on this song's chorus changing the original's "James Dean daydream look in your eye" for "Daydream Nation look in your eye," a nod to New York City rock band favorites Sonic Youth's 1988 album. Adams explained to Billboard magazine: "In the moment I wanted to think about someone in particular, just for that brief moment, to change a moment, to just change one color of the lyrics."

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