Exile (song)
{{short description|2020 single by Taylor Swift featuring Bon Iver}}
{{other uses|Exile (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Exile
| type = single
| artist = Taylor Swift featuring Bon Iver
| album = Folklore
| released = {{Start date|2020|8|3}}
| studio =
- Kitty Committee Studio (Los Angeles)
- April Base (Fall Creek)
| genre =
| length = {{duration|m=4|s=45}}
| label = Republic
| writer =
- Taylor Swift
- Joe Alwyn
- Justin Vernon
| producer =
- Aaron Dessner
- Joe Alwyn
| chronology = Taylor Swift
| prev_title = Cardigan
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title = Betty
| next_year = 2020
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Bon Iver
| type = singles
| prev_title = PDLIF
| prev_year = 2020
| title = Exile
| year = 2020
| next_title = AUATC
| next_year = 2020
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"Exile" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift featuring the American band Bon Iver. It is from Swift's eighth studio album, Folklore (2020). "Exile" was written by Swift, Joe Alwyn (under the pseudonym William Bowery), and Bon Iver's frontman Justin Vernon, with production by Aaron Dessner and Alwyn. Republic Records released the song to US alternative radio on August 3, 2020.
Depicting an imaginary narrative of two estranged lovers having an unspoken dialogue, "Exile" is a minimal, but cinematic, indie-folk ballad with gospel, orchestral and chamber pop elements, combining Swift's honeyed vocals and Vernon's deep baritone into a melancholic duet propelled by a plodding piano, swirling strings, and soaring harmonies. Upon release, "Exile" garnered widespread critical acclaim, with emphasis on the duo's vocal chemistry, the agonizing lyricism, rich instrumentals and bleak atmosphere. Music critics picked it as a standout on Folklore and named it one of Swift's best collaborations to-date, comparing it to her 2011 track "Safe & Sound". Several publications listed "Exile" as one of the best songs of 2020.
Commercially, "Exile" reached top-tier chart positions in various countries. It debuted at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Swift her 28th top-10 hit and eighteenth top-10 debut in the United States. Elsewhere, it landed inside the top-five in Australia, Ireland and New Zealand; top ten in Canada, Malaysia, Singapore and the United Kingdom; top 20 in Estonia, Israel and Scotland; and top 40 in Belgium, Portugal and Sweden. The song also became Bon Iver's highest-charting song and first top-ten song in all of the countries in which it charted. "Exile" was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.
Background and release
All tracks on Folklore, the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, were conceived by as imageries and visuals from Swift's deep subconscious, a result of her imagination "running wild" while isolating herself during the COVID-19 pandemic; "Exile" rose out of one such imagery— an exiled man, who is "walking the bluffs of a land that isn't his own, wondering how it all went so terribly, terribly wrong".{{Cite magazine|date=July 24, 2020|title='It Started With Imagery': Read Taylor Swift's Primer For 'Folklore'|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9423740/read-taylor-swift-primer-folklore|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724184421/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9423740/read-taylor-swift-primer-folklore|archive-date=July 24, 2020|access-date=September 5, 2020|magazine=Billboard}}
Upon release, the song featured a songwriting credit from William Bowery, who had no online presence, and thus, was presumed to be a pseudonym.{{cite magazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=July 23, 2020|title=Hear Taylor Swift's New Album 'Folklore'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-new-album-folklore-release-date-1032962/|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725062452/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-new-album-folklore-release-date-1032962/|archive-date=July 25, 2020|access-date=July 29, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=July 23, 2020|title=Taylor Swift Was Bummed About Her Summer Plans Not Panning Out, So She's Releasing A New Album... Tonight|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9422960/taylor-swift-releasing-surprise-eighth-album-folklore|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723132414/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9422960/taylor-swift-releasing-surprise-eighth-album-folklore|archive-date=July 23, 2020|access-date=July 29, 2020|url-status=live}} Swift later revealed that Bowery was actually a pseudonym for her then boyfriend, English actor Joe Alwyn, who wrote the song's piano melody and Bon Iver's first verse. "Exile" was then developed into a rough demo of a duet in which Swift was singing both the male and female parts, and she sent it to American musician Aaron Dessner—one of two producers Swift picked for Folklore. Dessner developed a piano template of the song with Swift's rerecorded vocals.{{Cite magazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=July 24, 2020|title=How Aaron Dessner and Taylor Swift Stripped Down Her Sound on 'Folklore'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/aaron-dessner-taylor-swift-interview-folklore-1033870/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729093538/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/aaron-dessner-taylor-swift-interview-folklore-1033870/|archive-date=July 29, 2020|access-date=September 5, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}} Swift and Dessner went through several candidates for the male partner on the duet, and Swift favored the voice of Bon Iver's frontman Justin Vernon, who is also, along with Dessner, a part of the American indie band Big Red Machine.{{Cite web|last=Sodomsky|first=Sam|date=July 24, 2020|title=The National's Aaron Dessner Talks Taylor Swift's New Album folklore|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-nationals-aaron-dessner-talks-taylor-swifts-new-album-folklore/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725001630/https://pitchfork.com/news/the-nationals-aaron-dessner-talks-taylor-swifts-new-album-folklore/|archive-date=July 25, 2020|access-date=September 5, 2020|website=Pitchfork|language=en-us}} Dessner forwarded the song to Vernon, who enjoyed the song, contributed his own lyrics and recorded his part.{{Cite web|last=Gerber|first=Brady|date=July 27, 2020|title=The Story Behind Every Song on Taylor Swift's folklore|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/taylor-swift-folklore-aaron-dessner-breaks-down-every-song.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728234347/https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/taylor-swift-folklore-aaron-dessner-breaks-down-every-song.html|archive-date=July 28, 2020|access-date=September 5, 2020|website=Vulture|language=en-us}}
The album was released on July 24, 2020. "Exile" impacted US Adult Alternative radio as a single on August 3, 2020. The song was also included in Folklore: The Escapism Chapter and Folklore: The Sleepless Nights Chapter streaming compilations by Swift, released on August 20 and August 23, 2020, respectively.{{Cite magazine|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=August 21, 2020|title=Need More 'Folklore'? Taylor Swift Has Just the Thing|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9438012/taylor-swift-folklore-the-escapism-chapter|access-date=September 5, 2020|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=August 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824075023/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9438012/taylor-swift-folklore-the-escapism-chapter|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=August 24, 2020|title=Wake Up! Taylor Swift Has Another Chapter of 'Folklore' For You|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9438881/taylor-swift-another-chapter-folklore-sleepless-nights|access-date=September 5, 2020|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=September 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906091207/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9438881/taylor-swift-another-chapter-folklore-sleepless-nights|url-status=live}}
Composition and lyrics
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"Exile" is a minimal, indie-folk ballad,{{cite web|last=Carsom|first=Sarah|date=July 24, 2020|title=Taylor Swift, Folklore, review: a dazzling, timeless surprise album|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/taylor-swift-folklore-review-dazzling-timeless-surprise-new-eighth-album-folk-cardigan-lyrics-561733|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724041853/https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/taylor-swift-folklore-review-dazzling-timeless-surprise-new-eighth-album-folk-cardigan-lyrics-561733|archive-date=July 24, 2020|access-date=July 24, 2020|website=i}} with gospel, orchestral pop and chamber pop influences.{{Cite web|last=Kaplan|first=Ilana|date=July 24, 2021|title=Taylor Swift Is At Her Most Emotionally Raw On Surprise New Album 'Folklore'|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/taylor-swift-folklore|access-date=May 18, 2021|website=British Vogue|language=en-GB|archive-date=July 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725223013/https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/taylor-swift-folklore|url-status=live}} Lyrically, it discusses two estranged lovers discussing their former relationship,{{cite web |last=Roberts |first=Christopher |title=9 Best Songs of the Week: Madeline Kenney, METZ, Bartees Strange, Taylor Swift, and More |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/9_best_songs_of_the_week_madeline_kenney_metz_bartees_strange_taylor_swift_ |website=Under the Radar |access-date=July 25, 2020 |date=July 24, 2020 |archive-date=July 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725102022/http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/9_best_songs_of_the_week_madeline_kenney_metz_bartees_strange_taylor_swift_ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|last=Rosen|first=Jody|date=July 24, 2020|title=Review: Taylor Swift's radically intimate 'Folklore' is the perfect quar album|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-07-24/taylor-swift-folklore-album-review|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811075211/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-07-24/taylor-swift-folklore-album-review|archive-date=August 11, 2020|access-date=August 13, 2020|work=Los Angeles Times}} in which one has not moved on (sung by Vernon), while the other one (Swift) has. Vernon delivers a "growling" vocal performance while "bemoaning a betrayed love", as Swift portrays the lover over "honeyed yet crisp" vocals.{{cite magazine |last=Mamo |first=Heran |title=What's Your Favorite Song on Taylor Swift's 'Folklore'? Vote! |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9424164/favorite-folklore-song-taylor-swift-poll |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 26, 2020 |date=July 24, 2020 |archive-date=July 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726054241/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9424164/favorite-folklore-song-taylor-swift-poll |url-status=live }} The duo's vocal range in the song spans between B1 to E{{flat|music}}5.The song is written in the key of G-flat major and has a slow tempo of 76 beats per minute.{{Cite web|title=Key & BPM for exile (feat. Bon Iver) by Taylor Swift|url=https://tunebat.com/Info/exile-feat-Bon-Iver-Taylor-Swift-Bon-Iver/4pvb0WLRcMtbPGmtejJJ6y|access-date=11 Aug 2020|website=TuneBat|archive-date=April 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423235959/https://tunebat.com/Info/exile-feat-Bon-Iver-Taylor-Swift-Bon-Iver/4pvb0WLRcMtbPGmtejJJ6y|url-status=live}} The soaring instrumentals contain stirring strings and a plodding piano.{{cite web |last=Nilles |first=Billy |title=The MixtapE! Presents Taylor Swift, Brandy and More New Music Musts |url=https://www.eonline.com/ap/news/1173607/the-mixtape-presents-taylor-swift-brandy-and-more-new-music-musts |website=E! Online |access-date=July 25, 2020 |date=July 25, 2020 |archive-date=July 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725151952/https://www.eonline.com/ap/news/1173607/the-mixtape-presents-taylor-swift-brandy-and-more-new-music-musts |url-status=live }}
The song is a melancholic duet that fuses Swift's soft vocals with Vernon's low-register baritone,{{Cite web|last=Kaplan|first=Ilana|date=July 24, 2020|title=Taylor Swift Is at Her Most Emotionally Raw On Surprise New Album 'Folklore'|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/taylor-swift-folklore|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725223013/https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/taylor-swift-folklore|archive-date=July 25, 2020|access-date=July 27, 2020|website=British Vogue|language=en-GB}} serving as an unarticulated conversation between two former lovers, setting forth their lack of communication. This thematic aspect reflects in the melody and lyrics of "Exile" as well: Melodically, the song is characterized by two voices in counterpoint—alternating while remaining as separate melodies. Similarly, the lyricism is structured after a call-and-response format, seeing Swift and Vernon singing over each other rather than fully listening and responding to each other, giving the song an argumentative tone with no fruitful end. The looped piano starts-off "Exile", which then grows into a climax of chorused vocals, "glorious" harmonies and synths, mimicking the rising heat in the estranged lovers' conversation.{{Cite web|last=Antar|first=Adam|date=July 24, 2020|title=Folklore: a review and analysis of Taylor Swift's new surprise eighth album|url=https://medium.com/@adamantar/folklore-a-review-and-analysis-of-taylor-swifts-new-surprise-eighth-album-5e28140f0abb|access-date=July 27, 2020|website=Medium|language=en|archive-date=April 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423192724/https://adamantar.medium.com/folklore-a-review-and-analysis-of-taylor-swifts-new-surprise-eighth-album-5e28140f0abb|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Nguyen|first=Giselle Au-Nhien|date=2020-07-24|title=Taylor Swift's new album is a fever dream you won't want to wake up from|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/taylor-swift-s-new-album-is-a-fever-dream-you-won-t-want-to-wake-up-from-20200724-p55f4s.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724073328/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/taylor-swift-s-new-album-is-a-fever-dream-you-won-t-want-to-wake-up-from-20200724-p55f4s.html|archive-date=July 24, 2020|access-date=2020-08-03|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}} "Exile" drew comparisons to Swift's older songs: "The Last Time" (2013) from her fourth studio album, Red,{{cite web |last=Curto |first=Justin |title=Taylor Swift and Bon Iver Find Perfect Harmony on 'exile' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/taylor-swift-exile-bon-iver-song-review.html |website=Vulture |access-date=July 25, 2020 |date=July 24, 2020 |archive-date=July 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725004440/https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/taylor-swift-exile-bon-iver-song-review.html |url-status=live }} and "Safe & Sound" (2011) from The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond.{{Cite magazine|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|date=24 July 2020|title=Taylor Swift Leaves Her Comfort Zones Behind on the Head-Spinning, Heartbreaking 'Folklore'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-leaves-her-comfort-zones-behind-on-the-head-spinning-heart-breaking-folklore-1033533/|access-date=27 July 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724155901/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-leaves-her-comfort-zones-behind-on-the-head-spinning-heart-breaking-folklore-1033533/|url-status=live}} Like the majority of Folklore, "Exile" also infuses a cinematic quality to its lyrics evoking visuals that allude to films, such as in the lines "I think I've seen this film before / and I didn't like the ending".{{Cite web|last=Handler|first=Rachel|date=2020-07-28|title=Taylor Swift's Freaky folklore Movie Mood Board|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/taylor-swifts-freaky-folklore-movie-mood-board.html|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Vulture|language=en-us|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801001508/https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/taylor-swifts-freaky-folklore-movie-mood-board.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Ahlgrim|first=Callie|date=July 31, 2020|title=Every detail and Easter egg you may have missed on Taylor Swift's new album 'Folklore'|url=https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-folklore-lyrics-easter-eggs-2020-7|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Insider|archive-date=December 2, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211202000344/https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-folklore-lyrics-easter-eggs-2020-7|url-status=live}}
Critical reception
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The song received widespread critical acclaim upon release. E! Online{{'}}s Billy Nilles described "Exile" as a "devastating dream" that "hits like a punch to the gut". Praising the song's passion and conversational lyricism, Clash writer Valerie Magan called the song a "scintillating" duet and "a wintry, tortured monster of a song" that best showcases the "sonic beauty" of Folklore.{{Cite web|last=Magan|first=Valerie|date=July 28, 2020|title=Taylor Swift - folklore|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/taylor-swift-folklore|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728183412/https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/taylor-swift-folklore|archive-date=July 28, 2020|access-date=August 13, 2020|website=Clash|language=en}} Writing for Consequence of Sound, Matt Melis named "Exile" the Song of the Week upon the album's release, and called the duo's pairing a "minor miracle in 2020".{{Cite web|date=2020-07-25|title=Song of the Week: Taylor Swift's "exile" Reminds Us That We're Not Alone|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/07/song-of-the-week-taylor-swift-exile/|access-date=2020-07-26|website=Consequence of Sound|language=en-US|archive-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726040043/https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/07/song-of-the-week-taylor-swift-exile/|url-status=live}} Reviewing for the same publication, Katie Moulton stated that "Exile" portrays a "dissolving" romance with two voices in counterpoint, and remarked the lyrics as "clever but restrained" with maturity, observing the song's emotions to be "not only high-pitched" but possessing "complex, shifting depths".{{Cite web|last=Moulton|first=Katie|date=July 25, 2020|title=Taylor Swift's folklore Dismantles Her Own Self-Mythologizing: Review|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/07/album-review-taylor-swift-folklore/|access-date=September 24, 2020|website=Consequence of Sound|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724185604/https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/07/album-review-taylor-swift-folklore/|url-status=live}}
Christopher Roberts of Under the Radar included it in his list of the nine best songs of Folklore{{'}}s release week; he noted that Swift and Vernon's voices "mesh together well" and the latter sounds like Peter Gabriel on the track.{{cite web|last=Roberts|first=Christopher|date=July 24, 2020|title=9 Best Songs of the Week: Madeline Kenney, METZ, Bartees Strange, Taylor Swift, and More|url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/9_best_songs_of_the_week_madeline_kenney_metz_bartees_strange_taylor_swift_|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725102022/http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/9_best_songs_of_the_week_madeline_kenney_metz_bartees_strange_taylor_swift_|archive-date=July 25, 2020|access-date=July 25, 2020|website=Under the Radar}} Jon Caramanica of The New York Times dubbed "Exile" a "lovely, anguished duet" that acts a "stark and unsettling back and forth of recriminations", with lyrics channeling distance and skepticism. He complimented the song's climax especially, where Swift and Vernon sing over each other in a style of "hard-whiskey country, desperate R&B and black-box-theater dialogue", making the listeners feel "the full emotional corrosion". Caramanica described the piano in the song as stern and fatalistic, gonging like grandfather clocks.{{Cite web|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|date=July 26, 2020|title=Taylor Swift, a Pop Star Done With Pop|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/26/arts/music/taylor-swift-folklore-review.html|access-date=September 24, 2020|website=The New York Times|archive-date=September 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910132513/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/26/arts/music/taylor-swift-folklore-review.html|url-status=live}}
Michael Sumsion of PopMatters proclaimed "Exile" an "obvious standout" on Folklore, defining it as a mournful examination of dissolution that juxtaposes Vernon's low bass register with Swift's "mid-range, conversational cadences and sharp-eyed observation to thrilling effect". He noted that the song begins as a "plaintive hush", growing into "a gleaming swarm of orchestral-gospel-flavored testifying that suggests the physical space of a cathedral", all whilst radiating a rich swell. Sumsion commented that "Exile" could easily fit on I, I, Bon Iver's fourth studio album.{{Cite web|last=Sumsion|first=Michael|date=July 29, 2020|title=Taylor Swift Abandons Stadium-Pop for a New Tonal Approach on 'Folklore'|url=https://www.popmatters.com/taylor-swift-folklore-review-2646821264.html|access-date=September 24, 2020|website=PopMatters|archive-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731005457/https://www.popmatters.com/taylor-swift-folklore-review-2646821264.html|url-status=live}} Los Angeles Times writer Jody Rosen deemed the song a "stormy duet" and "a tortured call-and-response between estranged lovers", adding that the song hits hard because of its essence of reality. Justin Curto of Vulture opined that Swift has been productive in the pandemic, creating her most contemplative album yet, with "Exile" as a prime result.
Terming it "a rich, textured track" of two "unlikely" voices together in "glorious" harmony, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen of The Sydney Morning Herald found the song's mythology mesmerising, building "a whole world in under five minutes", and wrote that the effect erects a climax that dies down again, resulting in "a spectrum of sound and emotion" that resonates across Folklore. Uproxx writer Philip Cosores regarded Vernon sounding "like himself" a flex, as he avoids his characteristic falsetto present in Bon Iver's music.{{Cite web|last=Cosores|first=Philip|date=July 27, 2020|title=Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' Burns Bright In Dark Times|url=https://uproxx.com/pop/taylor-swift-folklore-review/|access-date=October 2, 2020|website=Uproxx|language=en-US|archive-date=September 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910132326/https://uproxx.com/pop/taylor-swift-folklore-review/|url-status=live}} Bobby Olivier of Spin picked the track as "the grandest highlight" of Folklore, complimenting the production as a "sweeping, cinematic panorama". He further named it one of Swift's "most arresting" collaborations to-date and as a "worthy successor" to her 2011 collaboration, "Safe & Sound".{{Cite web|last=Olivier|first=Bobby|date=July 24, 2020|title=folklore Is Taylor Swift's Smoldering Pop Rebellion – Finally|url=https://www.spin.com/2020/07/folklore-is-taylor-swifts-smoldering-pop-rebellion-finally/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726204709/https://www.spin.com/2020/07/folklore-is-taylor-swifts-smoldering-pop-rebellion-finally/|archive-date=July 26, 2020|access-date=August 13, 2020|website=Spin}} NPR's Kim Ruehl thought that the song creates a "windswept sonic landscape", conveying "overlapping" sadness and sagacity, atypical of Swift's most radio hits.{{Cite web|last=Ruehl|first=Kim|date=August 1, 2020|title=Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2020/08/01/897120913/heavy-rotation-10-songs-public-radio-cant-stop-playing|access-date=August 18, 2020|website=NPR|language=en|archive-date=August 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818082136/https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2020/08/01/897120913/heavy-rotation-10-songs-public-radio-cant-stop-playing|url-status=live}} The Independent critic Ed Power lauded "Exile" as a Folklore highlight, boosted by "Swift and Vernon's stormy chemistry"; He underscored the former's "steely earnestness" and the latter's "enigmatic presence", and regarded the song the "millennial equivalent" of "Islands in the Stream" (1983) by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers.{{Cite web|last=Power|first=Ed|date=August 23, 2021|title='I would die if he would do it': Justin Vernon and Taylor Swift – a pop friendship for the ages|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/taylor-swift-justin-vernon-b1904745.html|access-date=August 23, 2021|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=August 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823072224/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/taylor-swift-justin-vernon-b1904745.html|url-status=live}}
= Best-of lists =
Elle named the song as the second-best of 2020,{{Cite web|last=Penrose|first=Nerisha|date=2020-08-03|title=The 34 Best Songs of 2020 (So Far)|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/music/g30726740/best-songs-2020/|access-date=2020-08-13|website=ELLE|language=en-US|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612082048/https://www.elle.com/culture/music/g30726740/best-songs-2020/|url-status=live}} while Men's Health included it in its ranking of best 25 songs of 2020.{{Cite web|last1=Kita|first1=Paul|last2=Dukoff|first2=Spencer|date=September 30, 2020|title=The 25 Best Songs of 2020 So Far|url=https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/g32477647/best-songs-2020/|access-date=October 1, 2020|website=Men's Health|archive-date=October 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001065914/https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/g32477647/best-songs-2020/|url-status=live}} NME writer Hannah Mylrea placed the song at number 20 on her list ranking all 161 songs by Swift, praising it as one of Swift's most impressive collaborations.{{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|access-date=September 17, 2020|website=NME|language=en|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|url-status=live}} Laura Paterson, editor at Vogue, listed "Exile" as one of the 29 best songs of 2020, and christened it "the melancholic duo that 2020 deserved", merging "an angsty, sing-your-guts-out Taylor anthem" with "mid-2000s nostalgia for the folksy sounds of Bon Iver".{{cite web|date=December 4, 2020|title=The 29 Best Songs of 2020, According to Vogue Editors|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/best-songs-of-2020|access-date=December 4, 2020|work=Vogue|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204152622/https://www.vogue.com/article/best-songs-of-2020|url-status=live}} Surprised by a Swift-Vernon duet, NBHAP named the song the eleventh best of 2020, and welcomed Vernon's return to his "pure and deep voice".{{cite web|date=December 2, 2020|title=Best songs of 2020|url=https://nbhap.com/sounds/end-of-the-year-list-the-best-songs-of-2020/amp?__twitter_impression=true|access-date=December 2, 2020|website=NBHAP|archive-date=April 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423235950/https://nbhap.com/sounds/end-of-the-year-list-the-best-songs-of-2020/amp?__twitter_impression=true|url-status=live}} Slant named "Exile" as the fourth-best song of 2020.{{Cite web|title=The 50 Best Songs of 2020|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-50-best-songs-of-2020/|access-date=2020-12-08|website=Slant|date=December 8, 2020 |language=en-US|archive-date=December 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208210700/https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-50-best-songs-of-2020/|url-status=live}} Complex critic Aia Adriano placed "Exile" at number 4 on her list ranking the best songs of 2020.{{cite web|date=December 4, 2020|title=The 29 Best Songs of 2020, According to Vogue Editors|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/best-songs-of-2020|access-date=December 7, 2020|work=Vogue|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204152622/https://www.vogue.com/article/best-songs-of-2020|url-status=live}} In August 2022, Billboard ranked all of Swift's 29 collaborations with other artists, placing "Exile" first.{{Cite magazine |first1=Taylor |last1=Weatherby |first2=Danielle |last2=Pascual |date=2022-08-19 |title=Taylor Swift's Top Collaborations, Ranked: Critics' Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-taylor-swift-collaborations-songs/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=August 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822172518/https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-taylor-swift-collaborations-songs/ |url-status=live }}
Commercial performance
The song reached high positions in many countries worldwide. In the United States, "Exile" debuted at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Swift her twenty-eighth top-ten hit and Bon Iver's first. The song is one of Swift's record-extending eighteen top-ten debuts on the chart.{{Cite magazine|date=2020-08-03|title=Taylor Swift Debuts at No. 1 on Hot 100 With 'Cardigan,' Is 1st Artist to Open Atop Hot 100 & Billboard 200 in Same Week|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9428548/taylor-swift-cardigan-folklore-debut-number-one|access-date=2020-08-03|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803195201/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9428548/taylor-swift-cardigan-folklore-debut-number-one|url-status=live}} Marking both Swift's and Bon Iver's first appearance on Billboard Adult Alternative Songs airplay chart, "Exile" debuted at number 37 on the chart dated August 15, 2020. It debuted at number two on Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart and placed number five in its second week—the smallest drop of any of Swift's songs on the chart; Billboard opined that "the budding airplay could bode well for "Exile" in terms of chart longevity".{{Cite magazine|date=2020-08-13|title=Taylor Swift & Bon Iver Each Make First Adult Alternative Songs Chart Appearance With 'Exile'|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9434187/taylor-swift-bon-iver-adult-alternative-songs-chart-exile|access-date=2020-08-18|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=August 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816003635/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9434187/taylor-swift-bon-iver-adult-alternative-songs-chart-exile|url-status=live}} The song was one of three Billboard Hot 100 top-10 hits from Folklore and its third-highest peaking track on the chart, behind "Cardigan" (number one) and "The 1" (number 4).{{Cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=August 3, 2020|title=Taylor Swift Charts 16 Songs From 'Folklore' on Billboard Hot 100|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9428702/taylor-swift-charts-16-songs-from-folklore-on-hot-100|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803210736/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9428702/taylor-swift-charts-16-songs-from-folklore-on-hot-100|archive-date=August 3, 2020|access-date=September 11, 2020|magazine=Billboard}} "Exile" also debuted at number 5 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart.{{Cite magazine|title=Taylor Swift – Billboard Digital Song Sales Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/taylor-swift/chart-history/hds/|access-date=September 10, 2020|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202140701/https://www.billboard.com/music/taylor-swift/chart-history/digital-song-sales/6|url-status=live}} It reached number 10 on Billboard Adult Alternative Songs, giving Swift her first top-10 entry on the chart.{{Cite magazine|last=Rutherford|first=Kevin|date=October 29, 2020|title=Taylor Swift Scores Top 10 at a Seventh Different Radio Format With 'Exile'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9475190/taylor-swift-exile-top-10-adult-alternative-songs-bon-iver/|access-date=October 30, 2020|magazine=Billboard|language=en|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031231726/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9475190/taylor-swift-exile-top-10-adult-alternative-songs-bon-iver|url-status=live}}
The song reached number 3 in Australia's ARIA Singles, Irish Singles, Malaysia's RIM Singles, and Singapore Top 30 Digital Streaming charts; number 5 in New Zealand Top 40 Singles chart; number 6 on Canadian Hot 100; number 8 on UK Singles; 17 on Israel's Media Forest and Scottish Singles; 32 on Denmark's Hitlisten; 37 on Belgium's Ultratop 50; 38 on Sweden's Sverigetopplistan charts; and number 40 on Portugal's AFP Top 200 Singles chart. In Australia and Malaysia, "Exile" was one of five tracks from Folklore to land in the top-10.{{Cite web|date=August 1, 2020|title=CARDIGAN LANDS TAYLOR SWIFT SIXTH #1 SINGLE|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/2020/cardigan-lands-taylor-swift-sixth-1-single|access-date=September 10, 2020|website=Australian Recording Industry Association|archive-date=September 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910132508/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/2020/cardigan-lands-taylor-swift-sixth-1-single|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=August 8, 2020|title=Top 20 Singles|url=https://www.facebook.com/RecordingIndustryMalaysia/photos/pcb.3709312869096056/3709312722429404/?type=3&theater|access-date=September 10, 2020|work=Recording Industry Association of Malaysia|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Malaysia|archive-date=August 10, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200810074151/https://www.facebook.com/RecordingIndustryMalaysia/photos/pcb.3709312869096056/3709312722429404/?type=3&theater|url-status=live}} In Ireland, it was one of three songs from Folklore to chart in the top ten, increasing Swift's total of Irish top-ten hits to 15.{{Cite web|title=Taylor Swift's Official Irish Singles Chart history so far|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/taylor-swifts-official-irish-singles-chart-history-the-numbers-behind-her-success-in-ireland__26971/|access-date=2020-09-11|website=Irish Recording Music Association|language=en|archive-date=October 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004093525/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/taylor-swifts-official-irish-singles-chart-history-the-numbers-behind-her-success-in-ireland__26971/|url-status=live}} In the UK, "Exile" opened in the top ten alongside "Cardigan" and "The 1", making Swift the sixth artist in the UK history to chart three songs in the top ten simultaneously and the first artist ever to debut three in the region;{{Cite web|last=Ainsley|first=Helen|date=July 31, 2020|title=Joel Corry & MNEK hold on to Number 1 with Head & Heart|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/joel-corry-and-mnek-hold-on-to-number-1-with-head-and-heart-on-the-official-singles-chart__30659/|access-date=September 11, 2020|website=Official Charts Company|language=en|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801215452/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/joel-corry-and-mnek-hold-on-to-number-1-with-head-and-heart-on-the-official-singles-chart__30659/|url-status=live}} this extended Swift's UK top-10 hits total to 16.{{Cite web|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=July 26, 2020|title=Taylor Swift 'Folklore' songs to dominate Official Singles Chart|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/taylor-swift-set-to-dominate-official-singles-chart-with-songs-from-her-new-album-folklore__30325/|access-date=September 11, 2020|website=Official Charts Company|language=en|archive-date=September 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922075309/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/taylor-swift-set-to-dominate-official-singles-chart-with-songs-from-her-new-album-folklore__30325/|url-status=live}}
Seven weeks after the release of Folklore, the Billboard Global 200 chart was inaugurated, on which "Exile" appeared at number 133 on the week of September 19, 2020.{{Cite magazine|title=Taylor Swift Chart History - Global 200|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/taylor-swift/chart-history/glo/|access-date=October 1, 2020|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=December 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205003238/https://www.billboard.com/music/taylor-swift/chart-history/GLO|url-status=live}}
Accolades
"Exile" was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, becoming Swift's third nomination in the category, following "Breathe" featuring Colbie Caillat (2008) and "Bad Blood" featuring Kendrick Lamar (2015).
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| 2021 | International Hit of the Year |{{Shortlist}} |
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|2022 |Most Performed Songs of the Year |{{Won}} |
Live performances and usage
Vernon brought out Swift at his Bon Iver concert at OVO Arena Wembley, London, on October 26, 2022. He surprised the crowd with Swift as a guest act, and they performed "Exile" for the first time in front of an audience. Dessner was also on-stage during the performance.{{Cite magazine |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=2022-10-26 |title=Taylor Swift Joins Bon Iver Onstage in London to Perform 'Exile' Live Together for the First Time |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-bon-iver-exile-performance-london-1235161813/ |access-date=2022-10-28 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026224637/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-bon-iver-exile-performance-london-1235161813/ |url-status=live }} Swift performed "Exile" as a "surprise song" at SoFi Stadium on August 7, 2023, during her sixth headlining concert tour, the Eras Tour.{{cite magazine|last=Atkinson|first=Katie|date=August 8, 2023|title=The 6 Best Moments From Night 4 of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour at LA's SoFi Stadium|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-eras-tour-la-night-4-recap-sofi-stadium/think-youve-seen-this-film-before-you-havent-seen-it-solo/|access-date=August 8, 2023|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=August 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810225211/https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-eras-tour-la-night-4-recap-sofi-stadium/think-youve-seen-this-film-before-you-havent-seen-it-solo/|url-status=live}} In 2024, she sang the track two times as part of a mashup with her song "Haunted" (2010) on the Sydney and Edinburgh stops of the Eras Tour.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Katie Louise |date=June 10, 2024 |title=Here's Every Surprise Song Performed on Taylor Swift's Eras Tour |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/taylor-swift/eras-tour-surprise-songs-setlist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610060724/https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/taylor-swift/eras-tour-surprise-songs-setlist/ |archive-date=June 10, 2024 |access-date=June 10, 2024 |publisher=Capital FM}} She also sang the song in a mashup with her song "The Black Dog" (2024) at PGE Narodowy, Warsaw, on August 3, 2024, and in a mashup with her song "Cold as You" (2006) at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, on November 1, 2024.
The English singer-songwriters Griff and Maisie Peters covered "Exile" for a YouTube special in December 2020.{{Cite magazine|last=Aniftos|first=Rania|date=December 16, 2020|title=Griff & Maisie Peters Recreate Taylor Swift's 'Exile' in Just One Hour|url=http://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/pop/9501196/griff-maisie-peters-taylor-swift-exile|access-date=October 16, 2021|magazine=Billboard|language=en|archive-date=October 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009160551/https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/pop/9501196/griff-maisie-peters-taylor-swift-exile|url-status=live}} "Exile" is featured in the twelfth episode of the fourth season of the American medical drama series The Resident,{{Cite web|date=2021-01-12|title=The Resident Soundtrack (Season 4) - Songs / Music List from the serie|url=https://www.tune-list.com/the-resident-songs-music/|access-date=2021-10-12|website=Soundtracks|language=en-US|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029175052/https://www.tune-list.com/the-resident-songs-music/|url-status=live}} and the final (tenth) episode of the third season of the American psychological thriller series You,{{Cite web|last=Fogarty|first=Paul|date=2021-10-15|title=You season 3 soundtrack: Every song in Netflix series explored|url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/10/15/you-season-3-soundtrack-songs-music-track-list-netflix/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=HITC|language=en-GB|archive-date=October 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015193745/https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/10/15/you-season-3-soundtrack-songs-music-track-list-netflix/|url-status=live}} where it soundtracks the end of Joe Goldberg and Love Quinn's marital life.{{Cite magazine|last=Agard|first=Chancellor|date=October 17, 2021|title='You' boss Sera Gamble shares the story behind that Taylor Swift needle drop|url=https://ew.com/tv/you-finale-exile-taylor-swift-sera-gamble/|access-date=October 17, 2021|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|language=en|archive-date=October 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017133756/https://ew.com/tv/you-finale-exile-taylor-swift-sera-gamble/|url-status=live}} The song eventually topped the Billboard Top TV Songs chart.{{Cite magazine|last=Rutherford|first=Kevin|date=2021-11-24|title=Taylor Swift's 'Exile' Rules Top TV Songs Chart After 'You' Appearance|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-exile-top-tv-songs-chart-you-1235002557/|access-date=2021-11-25|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US|archive-date=November 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124211929/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-exile-top-tv-songs-chart-you-1235002557/|url-status=live}} The English indie pop band Bastille covered "Exile" on Sirius XM.{{Cite twitter|number=1489362221104836610|user=SIRIUSXM|title=.@bastille covering @taylorswift13's "Exile" is all of our wildest dreams coming true! 😍 Find more like this on @altnation. https://t.co/wj8bAtL8O0 https://t.co/pS9FgcmE8b}} "Exile" is featured in the season finale of season two of The Summer I Turned Pretty.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-14 |title=Every Taylor Swift Song in "The Summer I Turned Pretty" Season 2 |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/which-taylor-swift-songs-are-in-the-summer-i-turned-pretty-season-2 |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=Teen Vogue |language=en-US |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818145857/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/which-taylor-swift-songs-are-in-the-summer-i-turned-pretty-season-2 |url-status=live }}
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.{{Cite web|title=Folklore by Taylor Swift|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/149678928/credits|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-24|publisher=Tidal|archive-date=April 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424035501/https://listen.tidal.com/album/149678928/credits}}
- Taylor Swift – vocals, songwriter
- Justin Vernon – featured vocals, songwriter, vocal engineer
- Joe Alwyn (alias William Bowery) – songwriter, producer
- Aaron Dessner – producer, recording engineer, drum programmer, electric guitar, piano, percussion, synthesizer
- Rob Moose – violin, viola
- Laura Sisk – vocal engineer
- Jonathan Low – recording engineer, mixer
- Randy Merrill – mastering engineer
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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=Monthly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2021)
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| scope="row"| US Top TV Songs (Billboard){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-exile-top-tv-songs-chart-you-1235002557/|title=Taylor Swift's 'Exile' Rules Top TV Songs Chart After 'You' Appearance|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 25, 2021|archive-date=November 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124211929/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-exile-top-tv-songs-chart-you-1235002557/|url-status=live}}
| 1 |
=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/hot-rock-songs|title=Hot Rock & Alternative Songs – Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 5, 2020|archive-date=January 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111060621/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/hot-rock-songs|url-status=live}}
| 13 |
| scope="col"| Chart (2021)
! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/hot-rock-songs/|title=Hot Rock & Alternative Songs – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 2, 2021|archive-date=January 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128130216/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/hot-rock-songs/|url-status=live}}
| 51 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2024|access-date=February 14, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=single|artist=Taylor Swift|title=Exile|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2020|certyear=2024|access-date=July 25, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=Exile (ft. Bon Iver)|artist=Taylor Swift|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|access-date=July 9, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver|title=Exile|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|id=12047|access-date=January 17, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=single|certyear=2025|relyear=2020|award=Gold|artist=Taylor Swift|title=Exile|access-date=February 10, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|title=Exile|artist=Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver|id=11701|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|access-date=December 5, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Taylor Swift|title=Exile|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2020|certyear=2024|access-date=December 19, 2024|source=radioscope|refname="rmnz"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|artist=Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver|title=Exile|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|access-date=November 19, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Taylor Swift|title=Exile|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|access-date=April 26, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|title=Exile|artist=Taylor Swift / Bon Iver|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2020|certyear=2024|id=taylor-swift-bon-iver-exile|access-date=September 2, 2024|refname=Spain Cert}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Exile|artist=Taylor Swift ft Bon Iver|id=17041-5523-1|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|access-date=September 1, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|artist=Taylor Swift|region=United States|type=single|title=Exile|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|award=Platinum|access-date=October 20, 2022}}
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Release history
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| scope="row"| United States
| August 3, 2020 | Republic |
See also
References
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Category:Male–female vocal duets
Category:Republic Records singles
Category:Songs written by Taylor Swift
Category:Songs written by Justin Vernon
Category:Songs written by Joe Alwyn