All Too Well#Charts

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Taylor Swift waѕ inspired by her tumultuous feelings after a breakup while conceiving her fourth studio album, Red (2012).{{Cite magazine |last=Bernstein |first=Jonathan |date=November 18, 2020 |title=500 Greatest Albums: Taylor Swift Looks Back on Her 'Only True Breakup Album' Red |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/500-greatest-albums-taylor-swift-red-1059586/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204182537/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/500-greatest-albums-taylor-swift-red-1059586/ |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |access-date=July 3, 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} "All Too Well" was the first song Swift wrote for Red.{{cite web |last=Mansfield |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Mansfield |date=October 17, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift sees Red all over |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2012/10/17/taylor-swift-red-interview/1637307/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127093604/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2012/10/17/taylor-swift-red-interview/1637307/ |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |access-date=May 21, 2019 |website=USA Today}} During a February 2011 rehearsal of the Speak Now World Tour, she ad-libbed some lyrics to the song while playing a four-chord guitar riff as her touring band spontaneously played backing instruments. Swift told Rolling Stone that this relationship caused "a few roller coasters", and she channeled the tumult into the song. According to the booklets of Swift's 2019 album Lover, the final draft was completed a month later.{{cite AV media notes|last=Swift|first=Taylor|author-link=Taylor Swift|date=August 23, 2019|title=Lover Deluxe|edition=1st}}{{cite AV media notes|last=Swift|first=Taylor|author-link=Taylor Swift|date=August 23, 2019|title=Lover Deluxe|edition=4th}}

Swift asked Liz Rose, who had co-written songs on her first albums, to co-write "All Too Well". Rose said that it was an unexpected collaboration after not having worked with Swift for some years;{{cite web|last1=Willman|first1=Chris|title=Swift Collaboration: Liz Rose Reveals Secrets Behind Taylor's Early Hits|url=https://www.yahoo.com/music/bp/swift-collaboration--liz-rose-talks-about-taylor-making-the-star-s-early-hits-220935530.html|url-status=live|access-date=March 5, 2016|website=Yahoo! Music|date=August 15, 2014 |publisher=Yahoo!|archive-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211104830/https://www.yahoo.com/music/bp/swift-collaboration--liz-rose-talks-about-taylor-making-the-star-s-early-hits-220935530.html}} the last time they worked together was on Swift's 2008 album Fearless.{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Nate |date=May 20, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked From Worst to Best |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html |url-access=limited |access-date=August 15, 2024 |website=Vulture |archive-date=September 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913234630/https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html |url-status=live }} When Rose agreed to collaborate, she recalled that Swift had come up with the melody.{{Cite magazine |last=Leahey |first=Andrew |date=October 24, 2014 |title=Liz Rose Sets the Scene for Writing With Taylor Swift |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/songwriter-spotlight-liz-rose-188704/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182130/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/songwriter-spotlight-liz-rose-188704/ |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=June 30, 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} In an interview with Good Morning America, Swift said that the song was "the hardest to write on the album", saying that it took her some time "to filter through everything [she] wanted to put in the song" without making it lengthy with the help from Rose.{{cite web |date=October 22, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift Reveals 'All Too Well' Hard To Write—About Jake Gyllenhaal? |url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2012/10/22/taylor-swift-red-all-too-well-jake-gyllenhaal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805024958/http://hollywoodlife.com/2012/10/22/taylor-swift-red-all-too-well-jake-gyllenhaal/ |archive-date=August 5, 2017 |access-date=April 28, 2013 |work=Hollywood Life}} Rose said that the song was originally "10, 12 or 15 minutes long" or "probably a 20-minute song" before trimming.{{cite web|last=Skinner|first=Paige|date=February 6, 2019|title=From Irving to Nashville to a Grammy: Songwriter Liz Rose Crushes It|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/liz-rose-talks-taylor-swift-all-too-well-girl-crush-and-more-11546761|url-status=live|access-date=May 21, 2019|website=Dallas Observer|archive-date=July 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730163049/https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/liz-rose-talks-taylor-swift-all-too-well-girl-crush-and-more-11546761}} The final album version is 5 minutes and 28 seconds long, the longest song on Red.{{cite magazine|last=Aniftos|first=Rania|date=November 17, 2020|title=Yes, Taylor Swift Recorded a 10-Minute Version of 'All Too Well' (With a Swear Word)|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9485788/taylor-swift-10-minute-version-all-too-well/|url-status=live|access-date=June 29, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=September 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913194912/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9485788/taylor-swift-10-minute-version-all-too-well/}} It was produced by Swift and Nathan Chapman.

Red was released on October 22, 2012, by Big Machine Records.{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Randy |date=October 30, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift raises the bar with a savvy Red marketing campaign |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2012-oct-30-la-et-ms-taylor-swift-20121031-story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228034534/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2012-oct-30-la-et-ms-taylor-swift-20121031-story.html |archive-date=December 28, 2020 |access-date=August 20, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times}} After Red was released, "All Too Well" debuted at number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated November 10, 2012; it also charted at number 17 on Hot Country Songs and number 58 on Country Airplay. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2018 certified the track gold for crossing 500,000 units based on sales and streams. The song also peaked at number 59 on the Canadian Hot 100, and it was certified platinum in Australia, gold in Brazil and Portugal, and silver in the United Kingdom.

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"All Too Well" is a power ballad{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=June 9, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift: 10 Great Deep Cuts You Can Stream Now |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-10-great-deep-cuts-you-can-stream-now-114840/ |url-access=limited |access-date=August 15, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921232203/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-10-great-deep-cuts-you-can-stream-now-114840/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |last=Braca |first=Nina |date=November 10, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift's 'All Too Well': How the Red Fan Favorite Became One of Her Biggest & Most Important Songs |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-all-too-well-red-best-songs-9657795/ |access-date=March 2, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}} that is set over a 4/4 beat. The track gradually builds up to a big, eruptive crescendo in each refrain.{{cite web |last=Keefe |first=Jonathan |date=October 22, 2012 |title=Review: Taylor Swift, Red |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/taylor-swift-red/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012014408/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/taylor-swift-red/2900 |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=Slant Magazine}}{{Cite web |last=Farley |first=Rebecca |date=November 10, 2017 |title=This Is The Best Taylor Swift Song, No Arguing About It |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/08/170278/taylor-swift-all-too-well-best-song |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913194913/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/08/170278/taylor-swift-all-too-well-best-song |archive-date=September 13, 2021 |access-date=July 2, 2021 |website=Refinery29}} Chapman is the sole musician on the track; he played acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, and drums, and provided background vocals. The instruments are overdubbed and multitracked.{{Sfn|Perone|2017|p=46}} Jody Rosen, in an article for New York, wrote that the production "rises, like a slow-cresting wave".

Bernard Perusse of the Edmonton Journal wrote that the song displays influences of U2,{{Cite news |last=Perusse |first=Bernard |date=October 23, 2012 |title=Hot gossip, stale pop; Taylor Swift's tabloid tales lack sharp musical edge |work=Edmonton Journal |page=C3 |id={{ProQuest|1115147198}}}} while Rosen and Spin's Michael Robbins thought that its driving bassline was reminiscent of that from U2's "With or Without You" (1987).{{cite web |last=Rosen |first=Jody |author-link=Jody Rosen |date=November 25, 2013 |title=Why Taylor Swift Is the Reigning Queen of Pop |url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/11/taylor-swift-reigning-queen-of-pop.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119003714/https://www.vulture.com/2013/11/taylor-swift-reigning-queen-of-pop.html |archive-date=November 19, 2013 |access-date=August 28, 2024 |work=Vulture}}{{Cite web |last=Robbins |first=Michael |date=October 25, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift, Red (Big Machine) |url=https://www.spin.com/2012/10/taylor-swift-red-big-machine/ |access-date=August 15, 2024 |website=Spin |archive-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025155023/https://www.spin.com/2012/10/taylor-swift-red-big-machine/ |url-status=live }} Slant Magazine's Jonathan Keefe wrote that the track progresses from "coffeehouse folk to arena rock". Bruce Warren, assistant general manager of programming at WXPN, commented that the track has a soft rock production. Billboard and Craig S. Semon of the Telegram & Gazette described the genre as country,{{Cite magazine |date=October 19, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift, Red: Track-By-Track Review |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1066798/taylor-swift-red-track-by-track-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203121109/https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1066798/taylor-swift-red-track-by-track-review |archive-date=February 3, 2018 |access-date=July 3, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite news |last=Semon |first=Craig S. |date=November 29, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift seeing Red on new album |work=Telegram & Gazette |page=12 |id={{ProQuest|1220768531}}}} while Newsday said that the song has an "alt-country ache",{{Cite news |date=October 28, 2012 |title=Swift's Red shows she's more than country |work=Newsday |id={{ProQuest|1115521308}}}} and Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone thought that "All Too Well" exemplified the "diaristic post-country rock" sound of Red.{{Cite magazine |last=Dolan |first=Jon |date=October 23, 2010 |title=Taylor Swift Red Album Review |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/red-187797/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115184423/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/red-20121018 |archive-date=January 15, 2018 |access-date=July 3, 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

The song is a recount of a fallen relationship that happened in the fall.{{Cite magazine |last=Smith |first=Grady |date=October 23, 2012 |title=What's the best song on Taylor Swift's Red? |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/10/23/taylor-swift-best-song-on-red/ |access-date=March 5, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=}} The verses explore the memories in a loosely chronological order,{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Brad |date=August 19, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift: Red |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-red/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820002611/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-red/ |archive-date=August 20, 2019 |access-date=July 3, 2021 |website=Pitchfork}} using expository details.{{Cite web |last=Gilligan |first=Eilish |date=November 4, 2021 |title=Unpacking 'All Too Well', Taylor Swift's Finest Song |url=https://junkee.com/all-too-well-taylor-swift-red/313918 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104173319/https://junkee.com/all-too-well-taylor-swift-red/313918 |archive-date=November 4, 2021 |access-date=November 5, 2021 |website=Junkee}} The song begins with details of a trip of two ex-lovers to Upstate New York ("We're singin' in the car, getting lost upstate") such as imagery of "autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place". When they visit the house of the love interest's sister during the Thanksgiving weekend, the narrator leaves her scarf at that place.{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Brad |date=November 1, 2012 |title=If You Listen Closely, Taylor Swift Is Kind of Like Leonard Cohen |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/11/if-you-listen-closely-taylor-swift-is-kind-of-like-leonard-cohen/264275/ |url-access=limited |access-date=August 15, 2024 |website=The Atlantic |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225063319/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/11/if-you-listen-closely-taylor-swift-is-kind-of-like-leonard-cohen/264275/ |url-status=live }} The narrator then recalls the intimate moments with her ex-lover ("There we are again in the middle of the night/ Dancing around the kitchen in the refrigerator light") and the mundane details, such as photo albums, a twin-sized bed, and stopping at red lights.{{Cite magazine |last1=Cooney |first1=Samantha |last2=Gutterman |first2=Annabel |last3=Mendez |first3=Moises II |last4=Sonis |first4=Rachel |date=April 16, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift's Best Bridges, Ranked |url=https://time.com/6966929/taylor-swift-best-bridges/ |access-date=August 15, 2024 |magazine=Time}} After each refrain, the narrator insists that those moments mattered ("I was there, I remember it all too well").

The bridge is where the track reaches its climax; Swift sings in her upper register and almost shouts with anger ("You call me up again, just to break me like a promise/ So casually cruel in the name of being honest"). Her narrator questions why the relationship fell apart, pondering whether it was because she "asked for too much".{{Cite web |last=Jagota |first=Vrinda |date=November 12, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift: 'All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)' |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/taylor-swift-all-too-well-10-minute-version-taylors-version/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Pitchfork}} In the final verse, the narrator mentions the scarf previously detailed in the first verse ("But you keep my old scarf from that very first week/ 'Cause it reminds you of innocence and it smells like me"), asserting that the love she gave and felt was real and that the ex-partner must have felt the same.

Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone wrote that the song describes "the pain of having to piece one's self back together again" after a crumbled relationship.{{cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=August 22, 2016 |title=Ex-Factor: Taylor Swift's Best Songs About Former Boyfriends |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/ex-factor-taylor-swifts-best-songs-about-former-boyfriends-19644/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717201507/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/ex-factor-taylor-swifts-best-songs-about-former-boyfriends-19644/ |archive-date=July 17, 2018 |access-date=February 26, 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Brad Nelson, in his reviews for The Atlantic and Pitchfork, said that the scarf imagery in the lyrics acts like a Chekhov's gun, symbolizing the persisting emotional flame of the romance long after it has physically ended. Nelson compared Swift's lyrics mentioning various memories in a loosely chronological timeline to the technique used in Bob Dylan's "Tangled Up in Blue" (1975) and wrote that it displayed "ambiguity" in Swift's songwriting about failed relationships by not blaming any sides and instead exploring the dissolution of a romance. Meanwhile, J. English of NPR thought that Swift's character in "All Too Well" both puts the blame on her "callous" ex-lover and "owns up to her naivete" for the loss of her innocence, departing from the one-sided blame on past songs such as "Dear John" (2010).{{cite web |last=English |first=J. |date=August 28, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift's Red, A Canonical Coming-Of-Age Album |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/08/28/546359653/shocking-omissions-taylor-swift-s-red-a-canonical-coming-of-age-album |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412213355/https://www.npr.org/2017/08/28/546359653/shocking-omissions-taylor-swift-s-red-a-canonical-coming-of-age-album |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |access-date=February 26, 2021 |website= |publisher=NPR}}

In reviews of Red, critics lauded "All Too Well" for its detail-heavy lyricism{{Cite web |last=Vulpo |first=Mike |date=August 23, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift's Original 'All Too Well' Lyrics Revealed in Lover Deluxe Edition |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1067440/taylor-swift-s-original-all-too-well-lyrics-revealed-in-lover-deluxe-edition |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913194912/https://www.eonline.com/news/1067440/taylor-swift-s-original-all-too-well-lyrics-revealed-in-lover-deluxe-edition |archive-date=September 13, 2021 |access-date=June 30, 2021 |publisher=E! Online}} and deemed it the album's centerpiece. Dolan, Robbins, and Semon said that the imagery of the couple "dancing around the kitchen in the refrigerator light" was a highlight. Many reviewers picked "All Too Well" as the album's best track, including Jonathan Keefe for Slant Magazine, Sam Lansky for Billboard,{{Cite magazine |last=Lansky |first=Sam |author-link=Sam Lansky |date=November 8, 2017 |title=Why Taylor Swift's Red Is Her Best Album |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-red-best-album-8030142/ |access-date=August 16, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=October 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030220907/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-red-best-album-8030142/ |url-status=live }} Grady Smith for Entertainment Weekly, and Ben Rayner for the Toronto Star.{{Cite news |last=Rayner |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Rayner |date=October 23, 2012 |title=Pick of the Week: Taylor Swift's Red |work=Toronto Star |page=E3 |id={{ProQuest|1114330580}}}} Rosen wrote that it "takes a special songwriter to craft a sneering kiss-off that's also tender valediction", highlighting the bitter accusations ("You call me up again just to break me like a promise/ So casually cruel in the name of being honest") and the affectionate memories ("Photo album on the counter, your cheeks were turning red/ You used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin-size bed").

Some critics highlighted Swift's evolved songwriting. Nelson, in his review for The Atlantic, complimented how Swift expressed "ambiguity" and said that the scarf imagery, like a Chekov's gun, makes it "an exhilarating piece of writing". He added that "All Too Well" explores the dissolution of a romance "so delicately" that he found himself contemplating the song similar to how he would do to a Leonard Cohen song. Keefe highlighted the bridge for featuring one of Swift's "best-ever lines" and how "the song explodes into a full-on bloodletting", American Songwriter's Jewly Hight lauded the portrayal of heartbreak using "tangible details",{{Cite web |last=Hight |first=Jewly |date=October 26, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift: Red |url=https://americansongwriter.com/taylor-swift-red/ |access-date=August 16, 2024 |website=American Songwriter |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726094520/https://americansongwriter.com/taylor-swift-red/ |url-status=live }} and PopMatters{{'s}} Arnold Pan said the song shows how Swift "has amped things up" by "combining the kind of drama that has come natural to her songwriting with a widescreen guitar-driven approach".{{Cite web |last=Pan |first=Arnold |date=October 30, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift: Red |url=https://www.popmatters.com/164856-taylor-swift-red-2495802085.html |access-date=August 16, 2024 |website=PopMatters |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902022148/https://www.popmatters.com/164856-taylor-swift-red-2495802085.html |url-status=live }}

Other reviews also praised the track's sound. Robbins wrote that "All Too Well" is one of the Red tracks that "go down like pop punch spiked by pros". Semon described the song as an "acoustic-tinged tearjerker" that has "an alarming intimacy and intense urgency that might even take [Swift's] diehard fans off-guard", and The New York Times Jon Caramanica said that the song "swells until it erupts".{{Cite news |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Caramanica |date=October 24, 2012 |title=No More Kid Stuff for Taylor Swift |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/arts/music/no-more-kid-stuff-for-taylor-swift.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116123848/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/arts/music/no-more-kid-stuff-for-taylor-swift.html |archive-date=November 16, 2022 |access-date=July 3, 2021 |work=The New York Times |issn=}} Newsday hailed "All Too Well" as the album's highlight "both in drama and execution, with Swift's vocals at their most emotional and her lyrics at their sharpest". In NME, Lucy Harbron selected its bridge as Swift's best and wrote that it was an "ultimate post-breakup big euphoric cry soundtrack".{{Cite web |last=Harbron |first=Lucy |date=December 1, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift's infamous 'track fives' – ranked in order of greatness |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/taylor-swifts-track-fives-ranked-my-tears-ricochet-2829115 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913194914/https://www.nme.com/blogs/taylor-swifts-track-fives-ranked-my-tears-ricochet-2829115 |archive-date=September 13, 2021 |access-date=July 3, 2021 |website=NME}}

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Swift departed from Big Machine and signed a new contract with Republic Records in 2018. She began re-recording her first six studio albums in November 2020.{{cite web |last=Melas |first=Chloe |date=November 16, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Speaks Out About Sale of Her Masters |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/16/entertainment/taylor-swift-masters/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118064935/https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/taylor-swift-speaks-out-about-sale-of-her-masters-1.5191925 |archive-date=November 18, 2020 |access-date=November 19, 2020 |publisher=CNN}} The decision followed a 2019 dispute between Swift and the talent manager Scooter Braun, who acquired Big Machine Records, over the masters of Swift's albums that the label had released.{{Cite news |date=August 22, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift Wants to Re-Record Her Old Hits |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49432817 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822202321/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49432817 |archive-date=August 22, 2019 |access-date=August 22, 2019 |publisher=BBC News}}{{cite web |last=Finnis |first=Alex |date=November 17, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Masters: The Controversy around Scooter Braun Selling the Rights to Her Old Music Explained |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/taylor-swift-masters-scooter-braun-selling-rights-music-rerecording-row-explained-762411 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212170953/https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/taylor-swift-masters-scooter-braun-selling-rights-music-rerecording-row-explained-762411 |archive-date=February 12, 2021 |access-date=February 13, 2021 |work=i}} By re-recording the albums, Swift had full ownership of the new masters, which enabled her to encourage licensing of her re-recorded songs for commercial use in hopes of substituting the Big Machine-owned masters.{{Cite news |last=Shah |first=Neil |date=April 9, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift Releases New Fearless Album, Reclaiming Her Back Catalog |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/taylor-swift-releases-new-fearless-album-reclaiming-her-back-catalog-11617945524 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008111731/https://www.wsj.com/articles/taylor-swift-releases-new-fearless-album-reclaiming-her-back-catalog-11617945524 |archive-date=October 8, 2021 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=}} She denoted the re-recordings with a "Taylor's Version" subtitle.{{Cite magazine |last=Espada |first=Mariah |date=July 6, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Is Halfway Through Her Rerecording Project. It's Paid Off Big Time |url=https://time.com/6292599/taylor-swift-speak-now-rerecord-project/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027074519/https://time.com/6292599/taylor-swift-speak-now-rerecord-project/ |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |access-date=November 6, 2023 |magazine=Time}}

Red{{'s}} re-recorded album, Red (Taylor's Version), was released on November 12, 2021. It features two versions of "All Too Well": a re-recording of the original album version subtitled "Taylor's Version", and an unabridged version subtitled "10 Minute Version (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)".{{cite web |last=Al-Heeti |first=Abrar |date=November 11, 2021 |title=Red (Taylor's Version): Release date, tracklist, why Taylor Swift is rerecording her albums |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/red-taylors-version-release-date-tracklist-why-taylor-swift-is-rerecording-her-albums/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113113221/https://www.cnet.com/news/red-taylors-version-release-date-tracklist-why-taylor-swift-is-rerecording-her-albums/ |archive-date=November 13, 2021 |access-date=November 13, 2021 |publisher=CNET}}{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=LaTesha |date=November 12, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift, 'All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)' |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/now-playing/2021/11/12/1054886542/taylor-swift-all-too-well-10-minute-version-taylors-version-from-the-vault |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115003618/https://www.npr.org/sections/now-playing/2021/11/12/1054886542/taylor-swift-all-too-well-10-minute-version-taylors-version-from-the-vault |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |access-date=November 15, 2021 |publisher=NPR}} Speaking on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon a day prior to the album's release, Swift said that the 10-minute version was recorded by the sound guy at a Speak Now World Tour rehearsal, and her mother Andrea Swift collected a CD recording of it.{{cite news |last=White |first=Abbey |date=November 12, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift Reveals Story of 'All Too Well' 10-Minute Version |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/taylor-swift-all-too-well-red-rerelease-short-film-1235046944/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218022747/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/taylor-swift-all-too-well-red-rerelease-short-film-1235046944/ |archive-date=February 18, 2022 |accessdate= |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Swift wrote and directed All Too Well: The Short Film based on the premise of "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)". It stars Sadie Sink and Dylan O'Brien as a couple in a romantic relationship that ultimately falls apart. Swift premiered the short film at a fan event in New York City on November 12, 2021, the same day that the re-recorded album was released; she also gave a surprise performance of the song there.{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2021-11-12 |title=Inside Taylor Swift's All Too Well Short Film Premiere: Sobbing, Sing-Alongs & A Surprise Performance |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-all-too-well-film-premiere-recap-9659561/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |magazine=Billboard}}

"All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" was released via Swift's online store on November 15, 2021, exclusively to US customers.{{cite web |title=All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault) Digital Single |url=https://store.taylorswift.com/collections/all-too-well-10-minute-version-single-collection/products/all-too-well-10-minute-version-taylors-version-from-the-vault-digital-single |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211116053929/https://store.taylorswift.com/collections/all-too-well-10-minute-version-single-collection/products/all-too-well-10-minute-version-taylors-version-from-the-vault-digital-single |archive-date=November 16, 2021 |access-date=November 15, 2021 |website=taylorswift.com}} The acoustic "Sad Girl Autumn" version, recorded at Aaron Dessner's Long Pond Studio in the Hudson Valley, was released on November 17.{{cite magazine |last1=Atkinson |first1=Katie |date=November 17, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift Releases an Even Sadder Version of 'All Too Well' for 'Sad Girl Autumn': Listen |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-all-too-well-sad-girl-autumn-version-listen-1234999169/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118032553/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-all-too-well-sad-girl-autumn-version-listen-1234999169/ |archive-date=November 18, 2021 |access-date=November 18, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} On June 11, 2022, the version used in the short film and the live performance at the premiere were made available for download and streaming, the same day Swift made an appearance at the Tribeca Film Festival to discuss her approach to making the film.{{Cite magazine |last1=Blistein |first1=Jon |date=May 2, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift to Talk All Too Well: The Short Film, Approach to Filmmaking at Tribeca Film Festival |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/taylor-swift-all-too-well-short-film-tribeca-film-festival-1346194/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611193606/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/taylor-swift-all-too-well-short-film-tribeca-film-festival-1346194/ |archive-date=June 11, 2022 |access-date=June 11, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}{{cite web |date=June 11, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Performs, Brings Out Sadie Sink and Dylan O'Brien at Tribeca Film Festival |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2189800/taylor-swift-drops-11-minute-short-film-version-of-all-too-well-on-streaming-services/music/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118062129/https://www.stereogum.com/2189800/taylor-swift-drops-11-minute-short-film-version-of-all-too-well-on-streaming-services/music/ |archive-date=November 18, 2022 |access-date=November 18, 2022 |website=Stereogum}}{{cite web |date=November 15, 2021 |title=All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) [Live Acoustic] – Single by Taylor Swift on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/1595665049?ign-itscg=30440&ign-itsct=catchall_p2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116032112/https://music.apple.com/us/album/1595665049?ign-itscg=30440&ign-itsct=catchall_p2 |archive-date=November 16, 2021 |access-date=November 15, 2021 |publisher=Apple Music}}

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"All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" has an atmospheric, contemplative pop rock production by Swift and Jack Antonoff,{{Cite web |date=November 6, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff's 20 Best Collaborations |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/taylor-swift-and-jack-antonoff-best-collaborations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302091419/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/taylor-swift-and-jack-antonoff-best-collaborations/ |archive-date=March 2, 2023 |access-date=March 2, 2023 |website=Slant Magazine}} incorporating synths, saxophone, and strings in the outro.{{Cite web |last=Carson |first=Sarah |date=2021-11-12 |title=All Too Well (10 Minute Version): did Taylor Swift's greatest song just get better? |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/all-too-well-10-minute-red-taylors-version-taylor-swift-greatest-song-short-film-1296538?srsltid=AfmBOoqLtqRZu0BWqwMzNljFOntnDlKypGCDAX_z9aB_lytT7Yqtw_zn |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=i}} There are three new verses added: between the second verse and the second pre-chorus, after the bridge and before the third verse, and after the final verse. There is also an extra stanza in the second chorus. There is the absence of male backing vocals, replaced with Swift's own backing vocals.{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2021 |title=What Taylor Swift's All Too Well 10 Minute Version Lyrics Mean |url=https://screenrant.com/taylor-swift-all-too-well-lyrics-meaning-explained/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203094653/https://screenrant.com/taylor-swift-all-too-well-lyrics-meaning-explained/ |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |access-date=February 3, 2022 |website=Screen Rant}}

Expanding on the narrative of the original "All Too Well", the 10 minute version traces the entire cycle of a fallen relationship with unsparing details—how the idyllic beginning days of the romance (with the boyfriend "tossing [her] the car keys/ 'Fuck the patriarchy' keychain on the ground"){{Cite web |last=Gajjar |first=Saloni |date=November 12, 2021 |title='All Too Well (10 Minute Version)' is the emotional nucleus of Red (Taylor's Version) |url=https://www.avclub.com/all-too-well-10-minute-version-is-the-emotional-nuc-1848046068 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302085210/https://www.avclub.com/all-too-well-10-minute-version-is-the-emotional-nuc-1848046068 |archive-date=March 2, 2023 |access-date=March 2, 2023 |website=The A.V. Club}} quickly soured as Swift's narrator was treated badly by the ex-boyfriend, how he never told her that he loved her, and how he stood up on her 21st birthday.{{Cite magazine |last=Huff |first=Lauren |date=November 12, 2021 |title=Breaking down the best new verses on Taylor Swift's 10-minute version of 'All Too Well' |url=https://ew.com/music/taylor-swift-all-too-well-best-new-verses-10-minute-version/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} She recalls that the ex-boyfriend was possibly ashamed of the relationship ("And there we are again when nobody had to know/ You kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath") and used their age difference as an excuse to terminate the relationship, but he continued to date women of her age (And I was never good at telling jokes, but the punchline goes/ 'I'll get older, but your lovers stay my age"), a potential reference to the 1993 film Dazed and Confused.{{Cite web |last=Gularte |first=Alejandra |date=November 12, 2021 |title='All Too Well (10-Minute Version)' Is Everything We Hoped For |url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/11/all-too-well-10-minute-version-is-everything-we-hoped-for.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226065406/https://www.vulture.com/2021/11/all-too-well-10-minute-version-is-everything-we-hoped-for.html |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |access-date=December 26, 2021 |website=Vulture}}{{Cite magazine |last=Atkinson |first=Katie |date=2021-11-12 |title=Taylor Swift's Original 'All Too Well' Lyrics vs. 10-Minute Version: What's New? |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-all-too-well-lyrics-old-new-compared-9659050/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |magazine=Billboard}} The breakup left the narrator breaking down in the bathroom, caught by an unnamed actress. In the outro, Swift's narrator contemplates whether the relationship "maimed you too", asserts that it was a "sacred prayer" and that both she and the ex-boyfriend "remembered it all too well".

"All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" was met with universal critical acclaim, often hailed as the standout track on Red (Taylor's Version) and a career highlight for Swift. Rolling Stone music critic Rob Sheffield lauded the 10-minute version for evoking even more intense emotions than the already sentimental five-minute song: "[It] sums up Swift at her absolute best."{{cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |date=November 12, 2021 |title=Red (Taylor's Version) Makes a Classic Even Better |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-red-taylors-version-1255956/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112050416/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-red-taylors-version-1255956/ |archive-date=November 12, 2021 |access-date=November 12, 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Helen Brown of The Independent stated the song is a more feminist proposition with its new lyrics.{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Helen |date=November 12, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift's Red is a better, brighter version of a terrific pop album |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-review-red-version-b1955805.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112050614/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-review-red-version-b1955805.html |archive-date=November 12, 2021 |access-date=November 12, 2021 |website=The Independent}} NME{{'s}} Hannah Mylrea wrote, at its full intended length, "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" confirms its place as an "epic", exhibiting proficient storytelling, vocal performance and instrumentation.{{cite web|last=Mylrea|first=Hannah|date=November 12, 2021|title=Taylor Swift – Red (Taylor's Version) review: a retread of heartbreak|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-review-3093107|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112050709/https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-review-3093107|archive-date=November 12, 2021|access-date=November 12, 2021|website=NME}} Beth Kirkbride, writing for Clash, said the "epic" song "will go down in history as one of the best breakup songs ever written."{{cite web|last=Kirlbride|first=Beth|date=November 12, 2021|title=Taylor Swift – Red (Taylor's Version)|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112131651/https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version|archive-date=November 12, 2021|access-date=November 12, 2021|website=Clash}} Kate Solomon of i wrote the pain "feels raw" in Swift's voice.{{cite web|last=Solomon|first=Kate|date=November 12, 2021|title=Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor's Version), review: How brilliant she is when her heart is in tatters|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-review-how-brilliant-she-is-when-her-heart-is-in-tatters-1296995|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112154650/https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-review-how-brilliant-she-is-when-her-heart-is-in-tatters-1296995|archive-date=November 12, 2021|access-date=November 13, 2021|website=i}}

Variety{{'s}} Chris Willman dubbed the song as Swift's "holy grail", and felt glad the singer did not discard the original lyrics, which turn the song into "a stream-of-consciousness epic ballad", filled with more references and specifics of the song's story line.{{Cite web|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=November 12, 2021|title=On Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift's Vault Tracks Are All Too Swell: Album Review|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/album-reviews/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-album-review-all-too-well-1235110634/|url-status=live|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=Variety|archive-date=November 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113040229/https://variety.com/2021/music/album-reviews/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-album-review-all-too-well-1235110634/}} Reviewing for The Line of Best Fit, Paul Bridgewater opined the 10-minute version is "as disarming as it is fascinating"—"an artefact of [Swift's] songwriting and recording process." He asserted that the song magnifies the truncated version's drama and emotion.{{cite web|last=Bridgewater|first=Paul|date=November 12, 2021|title=Taylor Swift's reworking of Red finds even more magic in her pop blueprint|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-reworking-red-taylors-version-magic-pop-blueprint|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112050123/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-reworking-red-taylors-version-magic-pop-blueprint|archive-date=November 12, 2021|access-date=November 12, 2021|website=The Line of Best Fit}} Slant Magazine critic Jonathan Keefe stated, while the 5-minute version solely focuses on catharsis from a painful relationship, the 10-minute version "more openly implicates the ex who's responsible for causing that pain", and changes the overall tone of "All Too Well" with its new verses and song structure.{{Cite web|last=Keefe|first=Jonathan|date=November 17, 2021|title=Review: Taylor Swift's Red Redux Flaunts the Singer's Refined Pop Instincts|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-album-review/|access-date=November 17, 2021|website=Slant Magazine|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117163448/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-album-review/|url-status=live}}

Bobby Olivier of Spin praised the song as "Swift's single finest piece of songwriting".{{cite web |last=Olivier |first=Bobby |date=November 12, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift Remakes Heartbreak Odyssey with Red (Taylor's Version) |url=https://www.spin.com/2021/11/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-album-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112141505/https://www.spin.com/2021/11/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-album-review/ |archive-date=November 12, 2021 |access-date=November 12, 2021 |website=Spin}} Melissa Reguieri, in her USA Today review, said the song "lopes through encyclopedic lyrics that both bite and wound in their honesty and pain."{{Cite web|last=Rugieri|first=Melissa|date=November 13, 2021|title=Taylor Swift's new Red is a fan feast of 30 sensitive, angry and transformative songs|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/11/12/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-offers-30-rerecorded-songs-heartbreak-new-songs/6371456001/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112131053/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/11/12/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-offers-30-rerecorded-songs-heartbreak-new-songs/6371456001/|archive-date=November 12, 2021|access-date=November 13, 2021|website=USA Today}} Sputnikmusic staff critic wrote "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" is "not a flashy pop song or an endearingly rural slice of country" but simply a raw depiction of Swift's emotions, and concluded that the "towering breakup ballad" represents Swift's habit of "expressing these commonplace emotions in uniquely uncommon ways" in her writing.{{Cite web|date=November 12, 2021|title=Review: Taylor Swift – Red (Taylor's Version)|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/84072/Taylor-Swift-Red-Taylor%E2%80%99s-Version/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211118020532/https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/84072/Taylor-Swift-Red-Taylor%E2%80%99s-Version/|archive-date=November 18, 2021|access-date=November 12, 2021|website=Sputnikmusic}} Lydia Burgham of The New Zealand Herald said the lyrics "paint a vivid picture of an ill-fated romance that cuts deep and captures the universal language of heartbreak."{{Cite web|last=Burgham|first=Lydia|date=November 13, 2021|title=Red (Taylor's Version) Review: Why Red Is Taylor Swift's Magnum Opus|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/red-taylors-version-review-why-red-is-taylor-swifts-magnum-opus/76IGAQWYNVPFQ3PGGYFNRVGPM4/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112214455/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/red-taylors-version-review-why-red-is-taylor-swifts-magnum-opus/76IGAQWYNVPFQ3PGGYFNRVGPM4/|archive-date=November 12, 2021|access-date=November 13, 2021|website=The New Zealand Herald}} In the words of The New York Times critic Lindsay Zoladz, the song is "quite poignantly, about a young woman's attempt to find retroactive equilibrium in a relationship that was based on a power imbalance that she was not at first able to perceive."

The Guardian writer Laura Snapes also dubbed the song an epic track, "one that eviscerates her slick ex in a series of ever-more climactic verses that never resolve to a chorus, just a shuddered realisation of how vividly she recalls his disregard." Snapes associated the lyric "soldier who's returning half her weight" with Swift's eating disorder, and interpreted it as a nod to the physical manifestations of heartache.{{cite web|last=Snapes|first=Laura|date=November 12, 2021|title=Taylor Swift: Red (Taylor's Version) review – getting back together with a classic|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/12/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-review-republic|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112050935/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/12/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-review-republic|archive-date=November 12, 2021|access-date=November 12, 2021|website=The Guardian}} Spencer Kornhaber of The Atlantic wrote that "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" contains more specificity in its lyrics, exuding "both warm nostalgia and cooling disdain", which "mesmerizes as Swift's cadence slips and slides against the steadily pounding beat", rather than cluttering the song as one would expect. Kornhaber also admired its outro and tempo shift.{{Cite web |last=Kornhaber |first=Spencer |date=November 14, 2021 |title=On SNL, Taylor Swift Stopped Time |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/11/snl-taylor-swift-all-too-well-red/620706/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120060025/https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/11/snl-taylor-swift-all-too-well-red/620706/ |archive-date=November 20, 2021 |access-date=December 5, 2021 |website=The Atlantic}} In a less complimentary review, Olivia Horn from Pitchfork felt the song was too long and sprawling, undermining the emotional climax of "All Too Well" (2012).{{cite web|last=Horn|first=Olivia|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version/|title=Taylor Swift: Red (Taylor's Version)|website=Pitchfork|date=November 15, 2021|access-date=November 15, 2021|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115143729/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version/|url-status=live}} In agreement, Zoladz preferred the five-minute version, but appreciated the 10-minute version for its "unapologetic messiness" with nuanced messages about female emotions and societal relationships. Reviewing for Vox, Phillip Garret applauded "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" as a "whirlwind of a song", with the additional verses describing the context of "All Too Well" "in even greater detail than before".{{Cite web |last=Garrett |first=Philip |date=November 13, 2021 |title=Red (Taylor's Version) review: Swift reimagines a modern masterpiece |url=https://www.voxmagazine.com/arts/red-taylors-version-review/article_4d938492-4381-11ec-8a03-579c7fa303e3.html |access-date=March 5, 2024 |website=Vox Magazine}}

GQ ranked "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" as the best single of Swift's career, in October 2022.{{Cite web |last=Ford |first=Lucy |date=October 11, 2022 |title=Every Taylor Swift single, ranked |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/best-taylor-swift-songs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203125238/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/best-taylor-swift-songs |archive-date=December 3, 2022 |access-date=October 14, 2022 |website=British GQ}} Alternative Press ranked it as the most emo track in Swift's catalog.{{Cite web |last=Olivier |first=Bobby |date=October 18, 2022 |title=15 of Taylor Swift's most emo songs ever, ranked |url=https://www.altpress.com/taylor-swift-emo-songs/ |access-date=October 19, 2022 |website=Alternative Press |archive-date=October 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019053111/https://www.altpress.com/taylor-swift-emo-songs/ |url-status=live }} The song appeared on several year-end rankings of the best songs of 2021.

"All Too Well (Taylor's Version)"{{NoteTag|name=a}} debuted at number one on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart the same week Red (Taylor's Version) topped the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, earning Swift a fourth "Chart Double".{{NoteTag|Swift had achieved a "Chart Double" in 2014 (with 1989 and "Blank Space"), 2020 (twice; with Folklore and "Cardigan", and Evermore and "Willow").{{Cite magazine|last=Brandle|first=Lars|date=November 19, 2021|title=Taylor Swift Snags Australian Chart Double|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-australian-chart-double-1235000134/|url-status=live|access-date=November 19, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=November 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119073245/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-australian-chart-double-1235000134/}}}} It also helped Swift score a "Chart Double" on the Irish Singles Chart, her second number-one song in the country after "Look What You Made Me Do" (2017).{{Cite journal|date=November 19, 2021|title=Taylor Swift scores Irish charts double|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/1119/1261962-taylor-swift-scores-irish-charts-double/|journal=RTÉ|access-date=November 20, 2021|archive-date=November 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120045136/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/1119/1261962-taylor-swift-scores-irish-charts-double/|url-status=live}} The song was Swift's eighth number-one on the Canadian Hot 100, and entered the UK Singles Chart at number three, the longest song to reach the top five in the UK chart history.{{Cite news|date=November 19, 2021|title=Taylor Swift lands eighth UK number one album with re-recorded Red|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59347918|access-date=November 20, 2021|archive-date=November 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120011211/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59347918|url-status=live}}

On the US Billboard Hot 100, "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" marked Swift's eighth number-one song. The song became the longest number-one song in chart history, surpassing Don McLean's 1972 song "American Pie", a feat recognized in the Guinness World Records.{{Cite web|date=November 26, 2021|title=Taylor Swift's 10-minute 'All Too Well' is longest song to reach No.1|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2021/11/taylor-swifts-10-minute-all-too-well-is-longest-song-to-reach-no-1-683614|access-date=November 26, 2021|website=Guinness World Records|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129165610/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2021/11/taylor-swifts-10-minute-all-too-well-is-longest-song-to-reach-no-1-683614|url-status=live}} Topping the Billboard Hot 100 the same week Red (Taylor's Version) topped the Billboard 200, it marked Swift's record-extending third time to debut atop both charts the same week.{{NoteTag|After "Cardigan" and Folklore, and "Willow" and Evermore, both in 2020.}} As Swift's 30th top-10 entry, it made her the sixth artist to reach the milestone. It was her fifth song to top Billboard{{'s}} Streaming Songs and 23rd to top Billboard{{'s}} Digital Song Sales charts, extending her record as the female musician with the most chart toppers on both.{{Cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=November 22, 2021|title=Taylor Swift's 'All Too Well (Taylor's Version)' Soars In at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-all-too-well-hot-100-debut-1235001340/|access-date=November 26, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123042946/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-all-too-well-hot-100-debut-1235001340/|url-status=live}} "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" is Swift's ninth number-one song on Billboard{{'s}} Hot Country Songs chart,{{Cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=November 22, 2021|title=Taylor Swift's 'All Too Well (Taylor's Version)' Soars In at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-all-too-well-hot-100-debut-1235001340/|access-date=November 23, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123042946/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-all-too-well-hot-100-debut-1235001340/|url-status=live}} 18th number-one song on Billboard{{'s}} Country Digital Song Sales chart, and sixth number-one song on Billboard{{'s}} Country Streaming Songs chart, confirming her status as the artist with the most number-one songs on the latter two.{{Cite magazine|last=Asker|first=Jim|date=November 23, 2021|title=Taylor Swift Rules Country Charts With Re-Recorded Red Album & 'All Too Well' Single|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-tops-country-charts-red-all-too-well-1235001846/|access-date=November 26, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=December 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202002231/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-tops-country-charts-red-all-too-well-1235001846/|url-status=live}} In addition, the song is the first by a solo female artist to enter the Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts at the summit simultaneously.{{Cite web |last=Hussey |first=Allison |title=Taylor Swift Sets New Record for Longest No. 1 Song With "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/taylor-swift-sets-new-record-for-longest-no-1-song-with-all-too-well-10-minute-version/ |access-date=September 1, 2021 |website=Pitchfork |date=November 22, 2021 |archive-date=November 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125153259/https://pitchfork.com/news/taylor-swift-sets-new-record-for-longest-no-1-song-with-all-too-well-10-minute-version/ |url-status=live }}

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| Acoustic ("Sad Girl Autumn")

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On January 26, 2014, Swift performed "All Too Well" at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.{{cite news |last=Rosen |first=Christopher |date=January 26, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Grammys Performance Of 'All To Well' Is Worth All Feelings |work=The Huffington Post |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/26/taylor-swift-grammys-performance-2014_n_4647006.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011140559/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/26/taylor-swift-grammys-performance-2014_n_4647006.html |archive-date=October 11, 2016}} Wearing a dramatic beaded gown with sequin detailing and a long train streaming out behind her,{{cite web |last=Wickman |first=Kase |date=January 26, 2014 |title=How Taylor Swift's Grammy Performance Helped Fans Forgive Her Exes |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1721178/taylor-swift-forgive-exes-grammy-performance.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129163841/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1721178/taylor-swift-forgive-exes-grammy-performance.jhtml |archive-date=January 29, 2014 |access-date=January 27, 2014 |publisher=MTV}} she sang while playing piano on a low lit stage, before being joined by a live band midway through the performance. Her performance was praised and received a standing ovation.{{cite news |last=Marecsa |first=Rachel |date=January 27, 2014 |title=Grammys 2014: Taylor Swift reacts too early before losing Album of the Year award to Daft Punk |newspaper=New York Daily News |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/taylor-swift-reacts-early-losing-album-year-article-1.1592433 |url-status=live |access-date=January 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127225932/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/taylor-swift-reacts-early-losing-album-year-article-1.1592433 |archive-date=January 27, 2014}}{{cite web |last=Harp |first=Justin |date=January 27, 2014 |title=Grammy Awards 2014: Taylor Swift dazzles with 'All Too Well' – video |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a546733/grammy-awards-2014-taylor-swift-dazzles-with-all-too-well-video.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130043518/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a546733/grammy-awards-2014-taylor-swift-dazzles-with-all-too-well-video.html |archive-date=January 30, 2014 |access-date=January 27, 2014 |website=Digital Spy}} Swift's headbanging at the song's climax gained significant media coverage.{{cite news |last=Wyatt |first=Daisy |date=January 27, 2014 |title=Grammys 2014: Beyonce and Jay Z open bizarre awards featuring Taylor Swift head-banging |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/grammys-2014-beyonce-and-jay-z-open-bizarre-awards-featuring-taylor-swift-headbanging-9087114.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127200250/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/grammys-2014-beyonce-and-jay-z-open-bizarre-awards-featuring-taylor-swift-headbanging-9087114.html |archive-date=January 27, 2014}}{{cite news |last=Tucker |first=Rebecca |date=January 27, 2014 |title='F–k you, Grammys': From Trent Reznor's tweet to Taylor Swift's hair, presenting the best and worst moments from the 2014 Grammy Awards |newspaper=National Post |url=http://arts.nationalpost.com/2014/01/27/f-k-you-grammys-trent-reznors-tweet-taylor-swifts-hair-and-more-best-and-worst-moments-of-the-2014-grammy-awards/ |url-status=dead |access-date=January 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140127175951/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2014/01/27/f-k-you-grammys-trent-reznors-tweet-taylor-swifts-hair-and-more-best-and-worst-moments-of-the-2014-grammy-awards/ |archive-date=January 27, 2014}}

Swift also performed the song live throughout her Red Tour, while playing the piano.{{cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |date=October 18, 2013 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Red' Tour: Her Amps Go Up to 22 {{pipe}} Rob Sheffield |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/blogs/pop-life/taylor-swifts-red-tour-her-amps-go-up-to-22-20130328 |url-status=dead |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326061251/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/blogs/pop-life/taylor-swifts-red-tour-her-amps-go-up-to-22-20130328 |archive-date=March 26, 2014 |access-date=January 27, 2014}} On August 21, 2015, Swift performed the song in Los Angeles at the Staples Center, the only time she did so on The 1989 World Tour.{{cite web |last1=Ginn |first1=Leighton |date=August 22, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift has banner performance during first of five sold-out shows in Los Angeles |url=http://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20150822/taylor-swift-has-banner-performance-during-first-of-five-sold-out-shows-in-los-angeles |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329135500/http://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20150822/taylor-swift-has-banner-performance-during-first-of-five-sold-out-shows-in-los-angeles |archive-date=March 29, 2016 |access-date=September 3, 2015 |website=Los Angeles Daily News}} On February 4, 2017, Swift performed the song as part of the Super Saturday Night show in Houston.{{Cite magazine |last=Atkinson |first=Katie |date=February 5, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift Performs 'Better Man' & 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' for First Time at Stunning Pre-Super Bowl Set |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/super-bowl/7678029/taylor-swift-super-bowl-concert-houston-better-man-i-dont-wanna-live-forever |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121160506/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-super-bowl-concert-houston-better-man-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-7678029/ |archive-date=November 21, 2021 |access-date=}} Swift performed an acoustic version of the song on the first show of her Reputation Stadium Tour in Glendale, Arizona on May 8, 2018,{{Cite web |last=Chiu |first=Melody |date=May 9, 2018 |title=Taylor Swift Kicks Off Her Reputation Stadium Tour in Arizona – Find Out All the Details |url=https://people.com/music/taylor-swift-reputation-stadium-tour-kicks-off-arizona/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121160455/https://people.com/music/taylor-swift-reputation-stadium-tour-kicks-off-arizona/ |archive-date=November 21, 2021 |access-date=July 3, 2021 |website=People}} the fifth show in Pasadena, California on May 19, 2018,{{cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=May 26, 2018 |title=All the Surprise Songs Taylor Swift Has Performed on Her Reputation Stadium Tour B-Stage (So Far) |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8458025/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-b-stage-songs-list |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527060413/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8458025/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-b-stage-songs-list |archive-date=May 27, 2018 |access-date=July 4, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} and the last show of the U.S. leg of the tour in Arlington, Texas on October 6, 2018, the latter of which appeared in her Netflix concert film of the same name.{{Cite magazine |last=Warner |first=Denise |date=December 31, 2018 |title=Taylor Swift Knows All Too Well How to Put on a Masterful Performance: Netflix Doc Review |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8491764/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-netflix-doc-review |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121160517/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-netflix-doc-review-8491764/ |archive-date=November 21, 2021 |access-date=July 3, 2021}} In 2019, she performed the song as part of her one-off City of Lover concert in Paris{{cite web |last=Mylrea |first=Hannah |date=September 10, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift's The City of Lover concert: a triumphant yet intimate celebration of her fans and career |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/taylor-swift-city-of-lover-concert-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916000640/https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/taylor-swift-city-of-lover-concert-review |archive-date=September 16, 2019 |access-date=May 20, 2020 |website=NME}} and at a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR Music.{{Cite magazine |last=Mamo |first=Heran |date=October 11, 2019 |title=Are You '...Ready For It?' Taylor Swift's Tiny Desk Concert Is About to Drop |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8532799/taylor-swift-tiny-desk-concert-coming-soon |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012102227/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8532799/taylor-swift-tiny-desk-concert-coming-soon |archive-date=October 12, 2019 |access-date=October 12, 2019}}

She performed the 10-minute song after the screening of All Too Well: The Short Film at its film premiere, and on Saturday Night Live in a season 47 episode the following night on November 13, 2021.{{Cite magazine |last1=Derschowitz |first1=Jessica |last2=Lamphier |first2=Jason |date=November 12, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift debuts 'All Too Well' short film with surprise performance |url=https://ew.com/music/taylor-swift-all-too-well-short-film-red-taylors-version/ |url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113000540/https://ew.com/music/taylor-swift-all-too-well-short-film-red-taylors-version/ |archive-date=November 13, 2021 |access-date=November 13, 2021}}{{Citation |title=Taylor Swift – All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Live on Saturday Night Live) | date=November 14, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJr_8l0AEWE |access-date=August 21, 2023 |language=en}} Hits dubbed the SNL performance "one of the most riveting musical moments of the year."{{Cite web |last=Glickman |first=Lenny Beer and Simon |title=GRAMMY CHEW: RUMINATING ON SONG OF THE YEAR |url=https://hitsdailydouble.com/news%26id%3D334082%26title%3DGRAMMY-CHEW%3A-RUMINATING-ON-SONG-OF-THE-YEAR |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=HITS Daily Double |language=en |archive-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223164027/https://hitsdailydouble.com/news%26id%3D334082%26title%3DGRAMMY-CHEW%3A-RUMINATING-ON-SONG-OF-THE-YEAR |url-status=live }} She also performed it at the 2022 Nashville Songwriter Awards.{{Cite magazine |last=Hudak |first=Joseph |date=September 21, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Reveals New Song Title 'Mastermind,' Sings 10-Minute 'All Too Well' at Surprise Nashville Appearance |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-new-song-title-all-too-well-1234596749/ |access-date=November 22, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929192810/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-new-song-title-all-too-well-1234596749/ |url-status=live }} The 10-minute song was on the set list of Swift's sixth headlining concert tour, the Eras Tour (2023–2024).{{Cite web |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=March 18, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Eras Tour: The Full Setlist From Opening Night |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-setlist-1235552488/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318073358/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-setlist-1235552488/ |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |access-date=March 19, 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} Actors Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt performed a parody version of the song, inspired by Barbenheimer, on a season 49 episode of Saturday Night Live in April 2024.{{Cite web |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=April 15, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Reacts to Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt's Cover of "All Too Well" on 'SNL' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/taylor-swift-reacts-ryan-gosling-cover-all-too-well-snl-1235874045/ |access-date=April 15, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

Often dubbed as Swift's magnum opus,{{Cite magazine |title=Who Will Win—and Who Should—at the 2023 Grammy Awards |url=https://time.com/6251940/grammys-2023-predictions-who-should-will-win/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |magazine=Time |language=en |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201180805/https://time.com/6251940/grammys-2023-predictions-who-should-will-win/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Latesha |date=November 12, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift, 'All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)' |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/now-playing/2021/11/12/1054886542/taylor-swift-all-too-well-10-minute-version-taylors-version-from-the-vault |access-date=February 1, 2023 |website=NPR |archive-date=November 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120085711/https://www.npr.org/sections/now-playing/2021/11/12/1054886542/taylor-swift-all-too-well-10-minute-version-taylors-version-from-the-vault |url-status=live }} "All Too Well" has been hailed by music critics, fans and journalists as the best song in Swift's discography, citing the vivid songwriting that evokes deep emotional engagement.{{cite web|last=Mylrea|first=Hannah|date=September 8, 2020|title=Every Taylor Swift song ranked in order of greatness|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/features/every-taylor-swift-song-ranked-2747916|url-status=live|access-date=February 19, 2021|website=NME|archive-date=September 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917054150/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/features/every-taylor-swift-song-ranked-2747916}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/arts/music/taylor-swift-all-too-well.html|title=Taylor Swift's 'All Too Well' and the Weaponization of Memory|website=The New York Times|date=November 15, 2021|access-date=November 15, 2021|first=Lindsay|last=Zoladz|url-access=limited|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115183910/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/arts/music/taylor-swift-all-too-well.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/culture/2021/11/taylor-swift-all-too-well-10-minute-version-best-songs.html|title=How Taylor Swift's Best Song Went From Underground Fave to 10-Minute Masterpiece|website=Slate|first=Meredith|last=Moran|date=November 12, 2021|access-date=November 15, 2021|archive-date=November 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114223911/https://slate.com/culture/2021/11/taylor-swift-all-too-well-10-minute-version-best-songs.html|url-status=live}} Sheffield commented, "No other song does such a stellar job of showing off her ability to blow up a trivial little detail into a legendary heartache."{{Cite magazine|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|date=October 26, 2021|title=All 199 of Taylor Swift's Songs|author-link=Rob Sheffield|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/|url-status=live|access-date=October 26, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215023910/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/}}

The song featured on many publications' lists of the best songs from the 2010s decade, including Rolling Stone (5th),{{Cite magazine|title=The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-best-songs-of-the-2010s-917532/|url-status=live|access-date=December 6, 2019|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=December 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226122838/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-best-songs-of-the-2010s-917532/}} Uproxx (10th),{{cite web|date=October 9, 2019|title=All The Best Songs Of The 2010s, Ranked|url=https://uproxx.com/music/best-songs-of-the-2010s-ranked/|url-status=live|access-date=December 11, 2019|website=Uproxx|archive-date=October 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010052808/https://uproxx.com/music/best-songs-of-the-2010s-ranked/}} Stereogum (24th),{{cite web|date=November 5, 2019|title=The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s|url=https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-songs-of-the-2010s-list/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106132915/https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-songs-of-the-2010s-list/|archive-date=November 6, 2019|access-date=November 20, 2019|website=Stereogum}} and Pitchfork (57th).{{cite web|date=October 7, 2019|title=The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-songs-of-the-2010s/|url-status=live|access-date=February 2, 2019|website=Pitchfork|archive-date=October 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007154504/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-songs-of-the-2010s/}} It featured in unranked 2010s-decade-end lists by Time{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5725150/best-songs-2010s-decade/|title=The 10 Best Songs of the 2010s|last=Johnston|first=Maura|author-link=Maura Johnston |magazine=Time|date=November 18, 2019|access-date=December 11, 2019|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918181342/https://time.com/5725150/best-songs-2010s-decade/|url-status=live}} and Parade,{{cite news|url=https://parade.com/970328/jessicasager/best-songs-of-the-2010s/|title=50 Best Songs of the 2010s That We'll Be Listening to For Decades to Come|last=Sager|first=Jessica|date=December 27, 2019|magazine=Parade|access-date=December 27, 2019|archive-date=December 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227220236/https://parade.com/970328/jessicasager/best-songs-of-the-2010s/|url-status=live}} and at number 13 on NPR's readers' poll for the best songs of the same decade.{{cite web|last1=Hilton|first1=Robin|last2=Boilen|first2=Bob|date=November 27, 2019|title=The 2010s: NPR Listeners Pick Their Top Songs Of The Decade|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/10/07/767905185/the-2010s-npr-listeners-pick-their-top-songs-of-the-decade|url-status=live|access-date=November 27, 2019|website=NPR|archive-date=November 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128061828/https://www.npr.org/2019/10/07/767905185/the-2010s-npr-listeners-pick-their-top-songs-of-the-decade}} Sheffield ranked "All Too Well" first on his 2010s-decade-end list.{{cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/rob-sheffield-best-songs-2010s-930083/|title=Rob Sheffield's 50 Best Songs of the 2010s|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|date=December 23, 2019|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=December 24, 2019|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022015609/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/rob-sheffield-best-songs-2010s-930083/|url-status=live}} Rolling Stone placed "All Too Well" at number 29 of its 2018 list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the Century So Far,{{Cite magazine|author1=Hoard, Christian|author2=Weingarten, Christopher R.|author3=Dolan, Jon|author4=Leight, Elias|author5=Spanos, Brittany|author6=Exposito, Suzy|author7=Grow, Kory|author8=Grant, Sarah|author9=Vozick-Levinson, Simon|author10=Greene, Andy|author11=Hermes, Will|date=June 28, 2018|title=The 100 Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-greatest-songs-of-the-century-so-far-666874/|url-status=live|access-date=November 20, 2019|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=November 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123004043/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-greatest-songs-of-the-century-so-far-666874/}} and 69 on its list 2021 revision of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.{{Cite magazine|last=|first=|last2=|first2=|date=September 15, 2021|title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/|url-status=live|access-date=September 15, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916044835/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/}} In 2021, Sheffield placed the song at number one on his ranking of 206 Taylor Swift songs.{{cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |date=October 26, 2021 |title=All 206 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/all-too-well-2012-2-204850/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |accessdate=February 6, 2022 |archive-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015042803/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/all-too-well-2012-2-204850/ |url-status=live }} In a list titled "The 25 Musical Moments That Defined the First Quarter of the 2020s", Billboard described "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" as the "crown jewel" of Red (Taylor's Version) and one of 2021's "biggest cultural hits".{{Cite magazine|date=July 5, 2022|title=The 25 Musical Moments That Defined the First Quarter of the 2020s|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/biggest-music-moments-2020s/|access-date=July 5, 2022|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=July 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705164710/https://www.billboard.com/pro/biggest-music-moments-2020s/|url-status=live}} In 2022, Billboard named "All Too Well (10-Minute Version)" the best breakup song of all time.{{cite magazine|last=Dailey|first=Hannah|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-breakup-songs-all-time/|title=50 Best Breakup Songs of All Time|date=July 20, 2022|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 30, 2022|archive-date=July 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726232230/https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-breakup-songs-all-time/|url-status=live}}

Critics often regard "All Too Well" as Swift's best song.{{Cite magazine|date=December 29, 2021|title=The 21 Best Albums Of 2021 (Part One) -|url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/21-best-albums-2021-part-one/|url-status=live|access-date=January 6, 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=January 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106104934/https://rollingstoneindia.com/21-best-albums-2021-part-one/}} Billboard stated "All Too Well" is the song that "proved to skeptics who might've thoughtlessly dismissed Swift as a frivolous pop star—in an era when such artists still weren't given nearly as much credit or attention by critics and older music fans as they are now—that she was in fact a truly formidable singer-songwriter." Bruce Warren, assistant general manager for programming for Philadelphia public radio station WXPN, stated that "All Too Well" foreshadowed Swift's music direction for 2020. He said "In 2014 or 2015, you wouldn't have been able to say, '[Taylor Swift] is working with Justin Vernon,' right? ['All Too Well'] foreshadowed the place she's in now... 'All Too Well' showed the potential of how great a songwriter she would be, and how she would evolve as a songwriter. And [Folklore and Evermore] took her to another level."{{Cite magazine|title=Taylor Swift's 'All Too Well': How the 'Red' Fan Favorite Became One of Her Biggest & Most Important Songs|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9657795/taylor-swift-all-too-well-red-best-songs/|access-date=November 11, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110215417/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9657795/taylor-swift-all-too-well-red-best-songs/|url-status=live}} At the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" lost Song of the Year to Bonnie Raitt's "Just Like That" (2022), garnering controversy over the fact that Swift, who is often considered as one of the foremost songwriters of the 21st-century, has never won Song of the Year despite it being the sixth nomination of her career and "All Too Well" dubbed her best work.{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=February 6, 2023 |title=Grammys: Jay-Z Shut Out as Taylor Swift and Adele Win One Award Each and Bonnie Raitt Surprises |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/2023-grammys-snubs-surprises-taylor-swift-adele-jay-z-1235318571/ |access-date=February 7, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207065656/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/2023-grammys-snubs-surprises-taylor-swift-adele-jay-z-1235318571/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=February 6, 2023 |title=Bonnie Raitt Wins Song of the Year for "Just Like That" at 2023 Grammys |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/bonnie-raitt-wins-song-of-the-year-for-just-like-that-at-2023-grammys/ |access-date=February 7, 2023 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207090841/https://pitchfork.com/news/bonnie-raitt-wins-song-of-the-year-for-just-like-that-at-2023-grammys/ |url-status=live }} In March 2023, Stanford University launched an academic course titled "ITALIC 99: All Too Well (Ten Week Version)"; it is "an in-depth analysis" of the song, recognizing Swift's songwriting prowess and related literature.{{Cite web |date=March 7, 2023 |title=Martinez {{!}} Stanford needs a course on Taylor Swift's social media marketing |url=https://stanforddaily.com/2023/03/07/martinez-stanford-needs-a-course-on-taylor-swifts-social-media-marketing/ |access-date=March 9, 2023 |language=en-US |archive-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308194326/https://stanforddaily.com/2023/03/07/martinez-stanford-needs-a-course-on-taylor-swifts-social-media-marketing/ |url-status=live }}

"All Too Well" is a fan-favorite.{{Cite magazine|last=Wang|first=Jessica|title=Peloton members can now exercise and cry to 'Red (Taylor's Version)'|url=https://ew.com/music/peloton-taylor-swift-artist-series-collaboration/|url-status=live|access-date=January 6, 2022|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|archive-date=January 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106111100/https://ew.com/music/peloton-taylor-swift-artist-series-collaboration/}} Over time, the song achieved a cult following within Swift's fanbase and music critics. It is one of Swift's most covered songs. Swift herself remarked this unexpected popularity during her Reputation Stadium Tour:{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8491742/taylor-swift-all-too-well-netflix-concert-video|title=Taylor Swift Shares 'All Too Well' Teaser From Netflix Concert Film: 'Moments Like This Defined the Tour'|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 11, 2019|archive-date=January 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112085856/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8491742/taylor-swift-all-too-well-netflix-concert-video|url-status=live}}

{{Blockquote|text=It's weird because I feel like this song has two lives to it in my brain. In my brain, there's the life of this song, where this song was born out of catharsis and venting and trying to get over something and trying to understand it and process it. And then there's the life where it went out into the world and you turned this song into something completely different for me. You turned this song into a collage of memories of watching you scream the words to this song, or seeing pictures that you post to me of you having written words to this song in your diary, or you showing me your wrist, and you have a tattoo of the lyrics to this song underneath your skin. And that is how you have changed the song "All Too Well" for me.|author=Swift|title=|source=Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour on Netflix{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.netflix.com/watch/81026251?trackId=14170287&tctx=2%2C0%2Cedb4f644-a4fc-47b6-ad54-d60ade4ed501-39756072%2Cd16cacbb-672a-46f7-a153-09c4d2b82c61_60315843X3XX1625413248505%2Cd16cacbb-672a-46f7-a153-09c4d2b82c61_ROOT%2C|title=Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour|date=December 31, 2018|type=Movie|publisher=Netflix|time=1:03:32}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}}}

Upon announcement of the release of the original, 10-minute version of "All Too Well" as part of Swift's second re-recorded album, Red (Taylor's Version), the extended version became the most anticipated song from the album. The multimedia release of the album, the 10-minute song, and All Too Well: The Short Film has been described as one of the biggest pop culture moments of 2021.{{Cite web |last1=Andrew |first1=Scottie |last2=Asmelash |first2=Leah |title=The pop culture moments of 2021 we couldn't forget if we tried |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/29/entertainment/best-pop-culture-moments-2021-cec/index.html |access-date=December 30, 2021 |website=CNN |date=December 29, 2021 |archive-date=December 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229232042/https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/29/entertainment/best-pop-culture-moments-2021-cec/index.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|last=Ruiz|first=Michelle|date=December 15, 2021|title=The 10 best pop-culture moments of 2021|url=https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/the-10-best-pop-culture-moments-of-2021|access-date=December 30, 2021|website=Vogue India|archive-date=December 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229160644/https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/the-10-best-pop-culture-moments-of-2021|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Ruggieri|first=Melissa|title=Ye's 'Donda' rollout, Adele's triumphant return and more of 2021's biggest music moments|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/12/29/kanye-donda-adele-return-the-weeknd-super-bowl-olivia-rodrigo-debut-among-best-2021-music-moments/9028361002/|access-date=December 30, 2021|website=USA TODAY|archive-date=December 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229192309/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/12/29/kanye-donda-adele-return-the-weeknd-super-bowl-olivia-rodrigo-debut-among-best-2021-music-moments/9028361002/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=December 17, 2021|title=How Taylor Swift reclaimed 2012 to win 2021|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-12-17/taylor-swift-red-fearless-evermore|access-date=December 30, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=December 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230061136/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-12-17/taylor-swift-red-fearless-evermore|url-status=live}}

Over the years, the whereabouts of the scarf referenced in the lyrics have become a subject of media attention and speculation.{{Cite web |last=Khomami |first=Nadia |date=November 15, 2021 |title=Where's Taylor Swift's scarf – is it in Jake Gyllenhaal's drawer? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/15/wheres-taylor-swifts-scarf-is-it-in-jake-gyllenhaals-drawer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306171523/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/15/wheres-taylor-swifts-scarf-is-it-in-jake-gyllenhaals-drawer |archive-date=March 6, 2022 |access-date=March 6, 2022 |website=The Guardian}}{{Cite news |last=Yahr |first=Emily |date=November 12, 2021 |title=The story behind Taylor Swift's 10-minute version of 'All Too Well', the song making fans lose their minds |url=https://washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/11/12/taylor-swift-all-too-well-ten-minutes/ |access-date=March 2, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=November 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129193749/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/11/12/taylor-swift-all-too-well-ten-minutes/ |url-status=live }} Amelia Morris, an academic in media and communications, wrote that the scarf became an important part of the "Swiftian mythology", particularly the "Red mythology", that drew the obsession of Swift's fans. According to Morris, this fan debate around the scarf contributed to the release of the "(All Too Well) 10 Minute Version" and the short film, representing an evolution in the song's meaning to Swift—who had expressed how performing the song was difficult for her due to its deeply personal content, and her fans—who related to the song on their own terms.{{Sfn|Morris|2024|p=12}}

According to media outlets, the scarf mentioned in the lyrics was originally lost at the residence of American actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, sister of Jake Gyllenhaal.{{cite news|last=Lang|first=Cady|date=September 13, 2017|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal Addresses Taylor Swift's Lost Scarf Lyric|magazine=Time|url=https://time.com/4939482/maggie-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-scarf/|url-status=live|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129232357/https://time.com/4939482/maggie-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-scarf/|archive-date=November 29, 2020}} According to The Cut, it is a "very 2008 Americana chic" dark blue scarf with red and gray stripes.{{Cite web|last=Mercado|first=Mia|date=November 16, 2021|title=Where the Hell Is Taylor Swift's Scarf?|url=https://www.thecut.com/2021/11/where-the-hell-is-taylor-swifts-scarf.html|access-date=February 3, 2022|website=The Cut|archive-date=February 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203104454/https://www.thecut.com/2021/11/where-the-hell-is-taylor-swifts-scarf.html|url-status=live}} Insider confirmed Gucci as the scarf's brand and that Swift was wearing the scarf when she was taking a stroll in London with both Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal, as seen in multiple photographs by paparazzi.{{Cite web|last=Ahlgrim|first=Callie|title=How Taylor Swift's scarf went from an innocent accessory to Jake Gyllenhaal's worst nightmare|url=https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-jake-gyllenhaal-scarf-timeline-all-too-well-explanation-2021-11|access-date=February 3, 2022|website=Insider|archive-date=February 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210165158/https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-jake-gyllenhaal-scarf-timeline-all-too-well-explanation-2021-11|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Why is Taylor Swift's scarf all the rage right now?|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/why-is-everyone-talking-about-taylor-swift-s-scarf-20211118-p599y6.html|access-date=February 3, 2022|website=Sydney Morning Herald|date=November 18, 2021 |archive-date=February 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203112219/https://amp.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/why-is-everyone-talking-about-taylor-swift-s-scarf-20211118-p599y6.html|url-status=live}} Brad Nelson wrote in The Atlantic that the scarf is a Chekhov's gun whose reappearance in the final verse is thoughtful and "brutal". He explained the missing scarf quickly became a "fantastic pop culture mystery" that has created much online buzz.{{cite web|last=Tiffany|first=Kaitlyn|date=October 17, 2021|title=With fall comes the return of a fantastic pop culture mystery|url=https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/10/17/16488476/taylor-swift-scarf-mystery-jake-gyllenhaal-all-too-well|url-status=live|access-date=February 19, 2021|website=The Verge|archive-date=December 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214205952/https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/10/17/16488476/taylor-swift-scarf-mystery-jake-gyllenhaal-all-too-well}}

When asked about the scarf in 2017 by American host Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live, Maggie Gyllenhaal stated she has no idea where the scarf is, and did not understand why people asked her about it until an interviewer explained the lyrics to her. The scarf's existence or its lyrical use as just a metaphor has been a topic of debate among fans, music critics and pop culture commentators, who "agree it's more than a simple piece of outerwear." According to Sheffield, both the song and the scarf are so significant to Swift's discography that it "should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."{{cite magazine|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|date=November 24, 2020|title=All 129 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked by Rob Sheffield|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/|url-status=live|access-date=February 19, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215023910/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/}} The scarf has become a symbol in Swift's fandom, inspiring jokes, memes, and interview questions.{{cite news|last=Lang|first=Cady|date=September 14, 2017|title=At Last Maggie Gyllenhaal Acknowledges the Most Important Taylor Swift Scarf Rumor|magazine=Time|url=https://time.com/4939482/maggie-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-scarf/|access-date=May 21, 2019|archive-date=June 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625025903/https://time.com/4939482/maggie-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-scarf/|url-status=live}} It has even inspired numerous fan-fictions in other fandoms. Writer Kaitlyn Tiffany of The Verge described the scarf as "the green dock light of our time."{{cite web |last=Tiffany |first=Kaitlyn |date=October 17, 2017 |title=With fall comes the return of a fantastic pop culture mystery |url=https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/10/17/16488476/taylor-swift-scarf-mystery-jake-gyllenhaal-all-too-well |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214205952/https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/10/17/16488476/taylor-swift-scarf-mystery-jake-gyllenhaal-all-too-well |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |access-date=May 21, 2019 |website=The Verge}} Insider{{'s}} Callie Ahlgrim called it a "fabled accessory" and "a source of cultural curiosity". NME critic Rhian Daly said the scarf is "an unlikely pop culture icon in an inanimate object".{{Cite web|last=Daly|first=Rhian|date=November 13, 2021|title=Taylor Swift's 'All Too Well' short film highlights the emotional power of her storytelling|url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/taylor-swifts-all-too-well-short-film-highlights-the-emotional-power-of-her-storytelling-3094407|access-date=November 13, 2021|website=NME|archive-date=November 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113111047/https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/taylor-swifts-all-too-well-short-film-highlights-the-emotional-power-of-her-storytelling-3094407|url-status=live}} USA Today said the scarf "re-entered the pop culture conversation" after All Too Well: The Short Film.{{Cite web|title=2021 was another difficult year. These 100 things made USA TODAY's entertainment team happy.|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2021/12/27/good-news-2021-100-positive-things-after-another-tough-year/8666977002/|access-date=December 28, 2021|website=USA TODAY|archive-date=December 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227233855/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2021/12/27/good-news-2021-100-positive-things-after-another-tough-year/8666977002/|url-status=live}} Kate Leaver of The Sydney Morning Herald wrote only Swift "could make a decade-old item of clothing a universal symbol for heartbreak." The Guardian named the song one of "the most debated lyric mysteries ever".{{Cite web |date=July 28, 2022 |title=From American Pie to All Too Well: the most debated lyric mysteries ever |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jul/28/american-pie-don-mclean-lyric-mysteries-taylor-swift-all-too-well |access-date=July 30, 2022 |website=the Guardian |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730061709/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jul/28/american-pie-don-mclean-lyric-mysteries-taylor-swift-all-too-well |url-status=live }}

In 2021, following the release of the film and Red (Taylor's Version), the Google searches for "Taylor Swift red scarf meaning" spiked by 1,400 percent.{{Cite web|last=Flanagan|first=Hanna|date=November 23, 2021|title=Taylor Swift's Red (Taylor's Version) Causes Google Searches for Red Lipstick and Red Scarves to Spike|url=https://people.com/style/red-taylor-swift-causes-google-searches-for-red-lipstick-and-red-scarves-to-spike/|url-status=live|access-date=December 29, 2021|website=People|archive-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123214849/https://people.com/style/red-taylor-swift-causes-google-searches-for-red-lipstick-and-red-scarves-to-spike/}} Fans believe that the scarf is a metaphor for Swift's virginity.{{Cite web |last=Bonghi |first=Gabrielle |date=February 18, 2014 |title=Jake Gyllenhaal reportedly took Taylor Swift's virginity, and she was a mess about it |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/blogs/entertainment/celebrities_gossip/Jake-Gyllenhaal-reportedly-took-Taylor-Swifts-virginity-and-she-was-a-mess-about-it.html |access-date=December 19, 2023 |website=www.inquirer.com |language=en |archive-date=December 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219180647/https://www.inquirer.com/philly/blogs/entertainment/celebrities_gossip/Jake-Gyllenhaal-reportedly-took-Taylor-Swifts-virginity-and-she-was-a-mess-about-it.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Taylor Swift confirms 'All Too Well' red scarf metaphor and fans think it's about her virginity |url=https://www.theedge.co.nz/home/scandal/2022/09/taylor-swift-fans-reckon-they-know-all-too-well-what-the-red-scarf-metaphor-really-means-.html |access-date=December 19, 2023 |website=theedge.co.nz |language=en}} The scarf has been depicted as a plain red scarf in All Too Well: Short Film and the music video for her country single with Chris Stapleton "I Bet You Think About Me"; in the film, Swift is seen hanging the scarf over a banister, whereas in the latter, she gifts the scarf to a bride (Keleigh Sperry), leaving the groom (Miles Teller) confused.{{Cite web|date=November 15, 2021|title=The Hat! The Ring! Taylor Swift's 'I Bet You Think About Me' Easter Eggs|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/taylor-swifts-i-bet-you-think-about-me-video-easter-eggs/|access-date=February 3, 2022|website=Us Weekly|archive-date=February 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203104453/https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/taylor-swifts-i-bet-you-think-about-me-video-easter-eggs/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Dellatto|first=Marisa|title=Taylor Swift's Scarf Explained: Why Everyone Wants To Know Where It Is—And If Jake Gyllenhaal Has It|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2021/11/16/taylor-swifts-scarf-explained-why-everyone-wants-to-know-where-it-is-and-if-jake-gyllenhaal-has-it/|access-date=February 3, 2022|website=Forbes|archive-date=February 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203110809/https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2021/11/16/taylor-swifts-scarf-explained-why-everyone-wants-to-know-where-it-is-and-if-jake-gyllenhaal-has-it/|url-status=live}} Replicas of this scarf—named "The All Too Well Knit Scarf"—were sold on Swift's website.{{Cite web|title=The All Too Well Knit Scarf|url=https://store.taylorswift.com/products/the-all-too-well-knit-scarf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201202133/https://store.taylorswift.com/products/the-all-too-well-knit-scarf|archive-date=December 1, 2021|access-date=February 3, 2022|website=Taylor Swift Official Store}} In an interview at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, Swift described the red scarf as a metaphor, and that she made it a red-colored scarf to agree with the album's theme.{{Cite web |last=Alex |first=Hopper |date=September 10, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Addresses the Red Scarf at Toronto International Film Festival—"I'm Just Going to Stop" |url=https://americansongwriter.com/taylor-swift-addresses-the-red-scarf-at-toronto-international-film-festival-im-just-going-to-stop/ |access-date=September 10, 2022 |website=American Songwriter |archive-date=September 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910153429/https://americansongwriter.com/taylor-swift-addresses-the-red-scarf-at-toronto-international-film-festival-im-just-going-to-stop/ |url-status=live }}

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Red{{cite AV media notes |title=Red |year=2012 |publisher=Big Machine Records / Universal Music Group |location=Nashville |type=CD album liner notes |id=0602537173051 |last=Swift |first=Taylor |author-link=Taylor Swift}} and Red (Taylor's Version).{{cite AV media notes |title=Red (Taylor's Version) |year=2021 |publisher=Republic Records |type=vinyl liner notes |last=Swift |first=Taylor |author-link=Taylor Swift}}

"All Too Well" (2012){{div col|colwidth=30em}}

• Taylor Swift – vocals, songwriting, production
• Liz Rose – songwriting
• Nathan Chapman – production, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, backing vocals, engineering
• LeAnn "Goddess" Bennet – production coordinator
• Drew Bollman – assistant mixer
• Jason Campbell – production coordinator
• Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
• Brian David Willis – assistant engineer
• Hank Williams – mastering
• Justin Niebank – mixing

{{div col end}}"All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" (2021){{div col begin}}

• Taylor Swift – lead vocals, songwriter, producer
• Liz Rose – songwriter
• Christopher Rowe – producer, vocal engineer
• David Payne – recording engineer
• Dan Burns – additional engineer
• Austin Brown – assistant engineer, assistant editor
• Bryce Bordone – engineer
• Derek Garten – engineer
• Şerban Ghenea – mixer
• Mike Meadows – acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Amos Heller – bass guitar, synth bass
• Matt Billingslea – drums
• Paul Sidoti – electric guitar
• David Cook – piano
• Max Bernstein – synthesizers

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"All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)" (2021)

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• Taylor Swift – vocals, songwriter, producer
• Liz Rose – songwriter
• Jack Antonoff – producer, recording engineer, engineer, acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, keyboards, mellotron, slide guitar, drums, percussion
• Lauren Marquez – assistant recording engineer
• John Rooney – assistant recording engineer
• Jon Sher – assistant recording engineer
• David Hart – engineer, recording engineer: celesta, Hammond B3, piano, reed organ, baritone guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano
• Mikey Freedom Hart – engineer, celesta, Hammond B3, piano, reed organ, baritone guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano
• Sean Hutchinson – engineer, drums, percussion, recording engineer (percussion, drums)
• Jon Gautier – engineer, recording engineer (strings)
• Christopher Rowe – vocal engineer
• Laura Sisk – engineer, recording engineer
• Evan Smith – flutes, saxophone, synthesizers, recording engineer (flutes, saxophone, synthesizers)
• Bryce Bordone – engineer
• Michael Riddleberger – engineer, percussion
• John Rooney – engineer
• Şerban Ghenea – mixer
• Bobby Hawk – strings

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• {{Cite journal |last=Morris |first=Amelia |date=April 4, 2024 |title=Drew a map on your bedroom ceiling: fandoms, nostalgic girlhood and digital bedroom cultures in the Swiftie-sphere |journal=Celebrity Studies |volume=16 |pages=77–95 |doi=10.1080/19392397.2024.2338540 |doi-access=free|hdl=10871/137283 |hdl-access=free }}
• {{Cite book |last=Perone |first=James E. |title=The Words and Music of Taylor Swift |date=July 14, 2017 |publisher=ABC-CILO |isbn=978-1-4408-5295-4 |pages=43–54 |chapter=Red}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120116115255/http://taylorswift.com/releases#release-7301 Lyrics of this song] at Taylor Swift's official site

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