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Any self-respecting Swiftie knows the more obscure yourfavorite Taylor songis the better.
So how good are the odds of her playing your non-main-set-list dream song?
I crunched the numbers to find out.
The Field
There are ten Taylor Swift albums.
That leaves Swift with 98 songs.
One-hundred and ninety (!)
In any case, her reasons for choosing them probably still applyfive years later.
But for Swift, theres one duet partner who is first among equals: Ed Sheeran.
Since then, Ed has contributed vocals toreputations End Game and Run.
I actually do formally quantify this one: My metric penalizes the three Ed songs accordingly.
The Results:
98.
It has earned the ignominious honor of being my models least-favorite pick for her surprise set list.
Highway Dont Care (0.74 percent)
96.
Id Lie (0.8 percent)
95.
(0.81 percent)
94.
We Were Happy (0.82 percent)
93.
Beautiful Eyes (0.82 percent)
92.
Stay Beautiful (0.87 percent)
91.
Dont You (0.895 percent)
90.
Beautiful Ghosts (0.905 percent)
89.
Run (0.955 percent)
88.
A Perfectly Good Heart (0.965 percent)
87.
Marys Song (Oh My Oh My) (0.97 percent)
86.
Thats When (0.99 percent)
85.
Girl At Home (0.995 percent)
84.
Bye Bye Baby (1.04 percent)
83.
Dancing With Our Hands Tied (1.105 percent)
82.
I Wish You Would (1.205 percent)
81.
Tell Me Why (1.28 percent)
80.
Christmases When You Were Mine (1.285 percent)
79.
King of My Heart (1.335 percent)
78.
The Lakes (1.44 percent)
77.
This Is Why We Cant Have Nice Things (1.46 percent)
76.
Tied Together With a Smile (1.51 percent)
75.
About Me (1.545 percent)
74.
Its Time to Go (1.56 percent)
73.
Everything Has Changed (1.635 percent)
72.
Dress (1.64 percent)
71.
I Did Something Bad (1.655 percent)
70.
End Game (1.665 percent)
69.
She played this tear-jerking love song both times, with no band backing up her solo piano and vocals.
So It Goes … (1.895 percent)
67.
Closure (1.955 percent)
66.
I Know Places (1.985 percent)
65.
You Are in Love (2.045 percent)
64.
Forever Winter (2.1 percent)
63.
Superman (2.19 percent)
62.
Carolina (2.215 percent)
61.
Sweeter Than Fiction (2.255 percent)
60.
Thats a bit of a bummer but luckily she has many other great songs to choose from.
Right Where You Left Me (2.285 percent)
58.
Its Nice to Have a Friend (2.29 percent)
57.
Starlight (2.35 percent)
56.
Last Kiss (2.35 percent)
55.
Superstar (2.375 percent)
54.
Innocent (2.41 percent)
53.
Im Only Me When Im With You (2.41 percent)
52.
Only the Young (2.45 percent)
51.
Stay Stay Stay (2.465 percent)
50.
Christmas Tree Farm (2.465 percent)
49.
Come in With the Rain (2.485 percent)
48.
Crazier (2.54 percent)
47.
The Moment I Knew (2.615 percent)
46.
Hoax (2.62 percent)
45.
You All Over Me (2.65 percent)
44.
Epiphany (2.775 percent)
43.
If This Was a Movie (2.805 percent)
42.
The Very First Night (2.825 percent)
41.
Never Grow Up (2.825 percent)
40.
The Last Time (2.83 percent)
39.
Soon Youll Get Better (2.83 percent)
38.
Dear John (2.86 percent)
37.
Dear Reader (2.9 percent)
36.
Peace (2.91 percent)
35.
Untouchable (2.95 percent)
34.
Eyes Open (2.99 percent)
32.
Ivy (3.005 percent)
31.
Glitch (3.01 percent)
30.
Dorothea (3.045 percent)
29.
Happiness (3.065 percent)
28.
Long Story Short (3.075 percent)
27.
All of the Girls You Loved Before (3.21 percent)
26.
Babe (3.235 percent)
25.
Safe And Sound (3.26 percent)
24.
Daylight (3.305 percent)
23.
Evermore (3.36 percent)
22.
Ronan (3.38 percent)
21.
And then the secret fourth movie was just as good as the first three if not better.
I imagine shell do something similar with this song when Haim joins as an opening act.
Afterglow (3.575 percent)
17.
Paris (3.58 percent)
16.
Labyrinth (3.59 percent)
15.
It would practically be a Third Amendment violation.
This one is for Wembley or nowhere.
Change (4.015 percent)
12.
New Romantics (4.07 percent)
11.
Paper Rings (4.105 percent)
10.
7: Cornelia Street (4.31 percent):This would be incredible.
Taylor got famous writing cheerful songs about being heartbroken and rejected.
Now that the breakup has transpired, it takes on a whole new meaning.
Sheliterally cant walk Cornelia Street again!
Its been 15 years.
She put you gotta Calm Down out as a single forLover!
She wrote an entirelesbian love triangleintofolklore!
She maybe even slept with Dianna Agron!
Shes done enough to atone for this.
(5.09 percent): Okay this song sucks.
It would be SO FUNNY on piano.
Hooooo hoo hooooooo, she would sing soulfully, in between angsty minor chords.
Though a Brendan Urie cameo would probably be cool.
(I know there are people out there who care more about Panic!
at the Disco than Bon Iver.
These people are crazy.
is good too.)
2: The Story of Us(5.25 percent):This would be incredible.
A bit up-tempo for this setting, but she did it acoustically on thereputationtour and people loved it.
