Spark Fly

       SPARKS FLY

Sparks Fly" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, from her third studio album,Speak Now (2010). The song was written and produced by Swift, with additional production handled by Nathan Chapman. Swift penned the song when she was sixteen years of age; before she had broken out into the music scene with her debut single "Tim McGraw" in 2006. Following a 2007 live performance of the song, the song grew in popularity among Swift's fans. While Swift was working on Speak Now, she had a lot of requests from fans to include the song on the album and she complied. The song speaks of falling in love with somebody that may not be appropriate to fall in love with.

"Sparks Fly" has been met with mostly positive reviews by critics. Some critics believe the song could turn things around for Swift and praise it for its upbeat tempo, as well as her vocals. Other claims have praised Swift's lyrics of the song and have also claimed that the song crosses the line between country and pop. Prior to its single release, the song debuted at number seventeen on the Billboard Hot 100 due to strong digital sales. Also prior to the single release, the song debuted at twenty-eight on the Canadian Hot 100. The song re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 at eighty-four, after its single release. It peaked at number one at the Hot Country Songs Chart, becoming Swift's first single to reach the top of this chart since "You Belong with Me" in 2009.

The music video for the song features clips taken from various performances of the Speak Now World Tour. It premiered on Wednesday, August 10, 2011. A week after the video aired it received over 400,000 tracking views and helped launch Swift up the Billboard's Social 50. The song is the opening song for the Speak Now World Tour and was released on Swift's first live album, Speak Now World Tour Live.