Should've Said No
{{Short description|2008 single by Taylor Swift}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Should've Said No
| cover = Taylor Swift - Should've Said No artwork.png
| alt = Cover artwork of "Should've Said No" has standing in the rain with her left arm up, there are stairs behind her to the right. The stairs are white
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = Taylor Swift
| album = Taylor Swift
| released = {{start date|2008|05|19}}
| studio = Dark Horse Recording (Franklin, Tennessee)
| genre =
| length = 4:04
| label = Big Machine
| writer = Taylor Swift
| producer = Nathan Chapman
| prev_title = Picture to Burn
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = Love Story
| next_year = 2008
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|v9bxXO9fj98|"Should've Said No"}}}}
}}
"Should've Said No" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her debut studio album Taylor Swift (2006). The song was released to US country radio as the album's fifth and final single on May 19, 2008, by Big Machine Records. Produced by Nathan Chapman, "Should've Said No" combines country rock, pop rock, and post-grunge with banjo and distorted guitars. The lyrics are about Swift's contempt for a cheating ex-lover.
Music critics praised the song's production and Swift's songwriting. "Should've Said No" was Swift's second number-one single on the Hot Country Songs chart and peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was certified platinum, for exceeding one million digital copies sold, by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It entered the singles charts in Canada and New Zealand.
Swift performed "Should've Said No" live at the 43rd Academy of Country Music Awards; the performance was recorded and released as the official music video. The song was also included in the set list of her first headlining tour, the Fearless Tour (2009–2010). She also sang the song as a guest star on the Jonas Brothers' Burnin' Up Tour; the performance was featured in the concert film Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience. In 2018, she included a mashup of "Should've Said No" and "Bad Blood" in the set list of her Reputation Stadium Tour.
Background and writing
"Should've Said No" was a last-minute addition to Taylor Swift's first album project; she wrote it two days before the album was mastered and published, working on it overnight with producer Nathan Chapman.{{cite journal |last=Horner |first=Marianne |date=October 20, 2008 |title=Story Behind the Song: Don't Cheat on a Songwriter |journal=Country Weekly |volume=15 |issue=21 |page=14}} She said she wrote it as a reaction to something "dramatic and crazy" that happened to her, and she felt that she needed "to address it in the form of music".{{cite magazine|last1=Scaggs|first1=Austin|title=Taylor's Time: Catching Up With Taylor Swift|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylors-time-catching-up-with-taylor-swift-20100125|access-date=July 15, 2015|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815205826/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylors-time-catching-up-with-taylor-swift-20100125|url-status=live}} The first line that came to her was the title, and she wrote the refrain in five minutes. Swift said that many of the lyrics were based on actual words that she used when confronting her ex-boyfriend. The whole song took her 20 minutes to compose. Swift commented that "Should've Said No" and "Picture to Burn" are the two songs on the album that depict a vengeful attitude towards those who wronged her; whereas "Picture to Burn" has an angry attitude, "Should've Said No" is "more of a moral statement. It's an 'I love you, we were awesome and great together, but you messed this up and I would still be with you' kinda thing. You said yes, and you should've said no."{{cite web|title=Taylor Swift Says Yes To 'No'|url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/cda/article_print/0,3008,GAC_26063_5869535_DS-ARTICLE-RIGHT-RAIL,00.html|website=Great American Country|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122060805/http://www.gactv.com/gac/cda/article_print/0,3008,GAC_26063_5869535_DS-ARTICLE-RIGHT-RAIL,00.html|archive-date=November 22, 2008|date=May 19, 2008}}
Music and lyrics
"Should've Said No" is an uptempo country rock song{{Sfn|Murphy|2013|p=197}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/features/every-taylor-swift-song-ranked-2747916|title=Every Taylor Swift song ranked in order of greatness|first=Hannah|last=Mylrea|work=NME|date=September 8, 2020|access-date=November 26, 2020|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}}{{cite news|title=New Recordings|first=Nick|last=Cristiano|date=November 12, 2006|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|page=H12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74222780/the-philadelphia-inquirer/|access-date=April 8, 2021|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419202847/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74222780/the-philadelphia-inquirer/|url-status=live}} that incorporates a banjo and opens with a steel guitar riff.{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/best-taylor-swift-songs/|title=All 158 Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked|first=Jane|last=Song|date=February 11, 2020|work=Paste|access-date=December 9, 2020|archive-date=April 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413001443/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/best-taylor-swift-songs/|url-status=live}} It is written in the key of E minor. Swift's lead vocals range from G3 to C5. Roger Holland of PopMatters categorized the track as pop rock and said that the country-music arrangement was minimal. Brittany Spanos from Rolling Stone remarked that "Should've Said No" stands out as a pop-rock-leaning tune in a country-music album.{{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 |url-status=live |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/ |archive-date=September 21, 2022 |access-date=September 10, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} In The Guardian, Alexis Petridis described it as a "post-grunge stadium rock anthem".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/26/taylor-swifts-singles-ranked|title=Taylor Swift's Singles – Ranked|first=Alexis|last=Petridis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|work=The Guardian|date=April 26, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427062612/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/26/taylor-swifts-singles-ranked|url-status=live}} Musicologist James E. Perone commented that "Should've Said No" features a production incorporating textured guitars that resembles a rock power ballad, and includes elements of American folk music through the use of the pentatonic scale in the melody and the fiddles in unison with other instruments.{{sfn|Perone|2017|p=14}}
In the lyrics, the narrator chastises a cheating ex-boyfriend and tells him that she would have forgiven him if he had said no to the girl with whom he cheated on the narrator.{{sfn|Perone|2017|p=13}} She has no intention to get back with him, no matter how much he pleads.{{sfn|Luther|Lepre|Clark|2017|p=268}} Before ending their relationship, the narrator asks the ex-boyfriend, "Before you go, tell me this: Was it worth it? Was she worth this?" to which she answers herself, "No," repeatedly.{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/revisiting-taylor-swifts-debut-album.html|title=On Her Self-Titled Debut, Taylor Swift Captured the Drama of Young Love|first=Jewly|last=Hight|date=November 10, 2017|website=Vulture|url-access=limited|access-date=August 17, 2022|archive-date=August 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817092333/https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/revisiting-taylor-swifts-debut-album.html|url-status=live}} Some authors remarked that the song has an empowering message to young female listeners, who listen to Swift's music to find power to control their own lives.{{sfn|Luther|Lepre|Clark|2017|p=268}} In The New York Times, Jon Caramanica wrote that the song is "a little vicious ... animated by something sharper than traditional teenage angst".
Release and commercial performance
"Should've Said No" was the fifth and final single from Swift's debut album.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-debut-album-anniversary-7550054/|title=Taylor Swift's Debut Album Turns 10: A Track-by-Track Retrospective of Taylor Swift|first=Jennifer Keishin|last=Armstrong|date=October 24, 2016|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 16, 2022|archive-date=August 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816150554/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-debut-album-anniversary-7550054/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Should've Said No (Single)|url=http://www.bigmachinelabelgroup.com/release/shouldve-said-single/|publisher=Big Machine Label Group|access-date=July 15, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715213425/http://www.bigmachinelabelgroup.com/release/shouldve-said-single/|archive-date=July 15, 2015}} It was released to US country radio on May 19, 2008, by Big Machine Records. An alternate version of the song was released on her extended play Beautiful Eyes (2008).{{Sfn|Spencer|2013|p=2}} A remix was included in the international edition of Swift's second studio album, Fearless, released in March 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/fearless-international-version-mr0003749837|title=Fearless [International Version]|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=August 16, 2022|archive-date=August 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824133444/https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/fearless-international-version-mr0003749837|url-status=live}} In October 2019, following the Taylor Swift masters dispute, Big Machine Records re-released "Should've Said No", along with other singles from Swift's debut album, on limited-edition vinyl.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/8519493/big-machine-taylor-swift-singles-vinyl-scooter-braun/|title=Big Machine Releasing Taylor Swift's Early Singles on Limited-Edition Vinyl|date=October 7, 2019|magazine=Billboard|first=Annie|last=Reuter|access-date=October 7, 2019|archive-date=August 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830041524/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/8519493/big-machine-taylor-swift-singles-vinyl-scooter-braun|url-status=live}}
In the United States, the single peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-taylor-swift-songs-top-100-hits/|title=Taylor Swift's 40 Biggest Hot 100 Hits|date=March 23, 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 16, 2022|archive-date=August 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816130517/https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-taylor-swift-songs-top-100-hits/|url-status=live}} It was Swift's second number-one single on the Hot Country Songs chart, following "Our Song"; both singles were solely written by Swift.{{cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/taylor-swift-the-garden-in-the-machine/4/|title=Taylor Swift: The Garden in the Machine|work=American Songwriter|page=4|first=Jim|last=Malec|date=May 2, 2011|access-date=May 2, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726222700/https://americansongwriter.com/taylor-swift-the-garden-in-the-machine/4/|url-status=live}} It spent two weeks at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart. The song was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2009 and, by November 2017, had sold 1.5 million digital copies in the United States.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8046939/taylor-swift-career-album-song-sales-ask-billboard | title=Ask Billboard: Taylor Swift's Career Album & Song Sales | date=November 26, 2017 | access-date=November 26, 2017 | first=Gary | last=Trust | magazine=Billboard | archive-date=November 26, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126192431/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8046939/taylor-swift-career-album-song-sales-ask-billboard | url-status=live }} "Should've Said No" also charted on the Canadian Hot 100 (peaking at number 67) and the Official New Zealand Music Chart (peaking at number 18).
Critical reception
Roger Holland of PopMatters lauded the song's production and felt that it proved Swift's potential success beyond her country-music identity.{{cite web|url=https://popmatters.rebelmouse.dev/taylor-swift-taylor-swift-2495722616.html|title=Taylor Swift: Taylor Swift|website=PopMatters|first=Roger|last=Holland|date=November 9, 2006|access-date=January 2, 2011|archive-date=August 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817150432/https://popmatters.rebelmouse.dev/taylor-swift-taylor-swift-2495722616.html|url-status=live}} Chris Neal of Country Weekly and Jon Caramanica of The New York Times both selected "Should've Said No" as one of the best songs on Swift's debut album.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/arts/music/07cara.html|title=A Young Outsider's Life Turned Inside Out|first1=Jon|last1=Caramanica|author-link=Jon Caramanica|work=The New York Times|date=September 5, 2008|access-date=August 1, 2016|url-access=limited|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908124214/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/arts/music/07cara.html|archive-date=September 8, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.countryweekly.com/taylor_swift/reviews/348|title=Taylor Swift Review|last=Neal|first=Chris|date=4 December 2006|work=Country Weekly|access-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722135746/http://www.countryweekly.com/reviews/taylor-swift|archive-date=July 22, 2012}} Reviewing the international edition of Fearless, Fiona Chua of MTV Asia selected the track as a highlight, lauding its upbeat production and emotional sentiments that resonated with many tween females.{{cite web|url=http://web.mtvasia.com/Review/CD/C20090325001786.html|title=Taylor Swift – Fearless (Asian Version)|first=Fiona|last=Chua|date=March 25, 2009|website=MTV Asia|access-date=June 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504011446/http://web.mtvasia.com/Review/CD/C20090325001786.html|archive-date=May 4, 2011|url-status=dead}} New Zealand magazine The Spinoff{{'s}} Sam Brooke placed it at number five on a list of the best songs of 2009.{{cite web|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/music/04-01-2020/summer-reissue-now-thats-what-we-called-the-monster-hits-of-2009?amp=|title=Now that's what we called the monster hits of 2009|website=The Spinoff|first=Sam|last=Brooks|date=January 4, 2010|access-date=August 17, 2022|archive-date=September 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907020426/https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/04-01-2020/summer-reissue-now-thats-what-we-called-the-monster-hits-of-2009|url-status=live}} The song was one of the 50 award-winning songs at the 2009 BMI Country Awards.{{cite news|title=Kris Kristofferson, Taylor Swift, Bobby Pinson, and More Honored at 2009 BMI Country Awards |newspaper=Bmi.com |url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/kris_kristofferson_taylor_swift_bobby_pinson_and_more_honored_at_2009_bmi_c |publisher=Broadcast Music, Inc. |access-date=June 16, 2015 |date=November 11, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629172922/http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/kris_kristofferson_taylor_swift_bobby_pinson_and_more_honored_at_2009_bmi_c |archive-date=June 29, 2015 }}
In retrospect, Ed Masley of The Arizona Republic considered "Should've Said No" one of the better songs in Swift's discography.{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/08/12/best-taylor-swift-singles-ever-far/31478033/|title=30 Best Taylor Swift singles ever (so far)|first=Ed|last=Masley|work=The Arizona Republic|date=August 12, 2015|access-date=November 2, 2020|archive-date=October 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025150234/https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/08/12/best-taylor-swift-singles-ever-far/31478033/|url-status=live}} Spanos picked it as one of Swift's 10 best deep cuts, deeming it a precedent to Swift's experimentation beyond country music that would later turn her into a household name. Jonathan Bradley from Billboard commented that the song's theme of anger set a precedent for some of Swift's later songs.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8029960/taylor-swift-self-titled-debut-best-album|title=Why Taylor Swift's Self-Titled Debut Is Her Best Album|first=Jonathan|last=Bradley|magazine=Billboard|date=November 7, 2017|access-date=November 7, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111060002/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8029960/taylor-swift-self-titled-debut-best-album|url-status=live}} On a less positive side, Valerie Megan of Consequence praised the production but criticized the lyrics as clunky.{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2021/11/taylor-swift-albums-ranked-list/2/|title=Taylor Swift Albums Ranked from Worst to Best|first=Mary|last=Siroky|date=November 9, 2021|website=Consequence|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710054104/https://consequence.net/2021/11/taylor-swift-albums-ranked-list/2/|url-status=live}}
Live performances
Swift included "Should've Said No" in the set list of a promotional tour for her debut album in 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2008/02/04/taylor-swift-a-prodigy-whos-coming-of-age/|title=Taylor Swift a prodigy who's coming of age|first=Alison|last=Bonaguro|date=February 4, 2008|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=August 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006054913/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-02-04/features/0802030083_1_taylor-swift-acoustic-miley-cyrus|archive-date=October 6, 2012|url-status=live}} She sang the song as the opening act to Rascal Flatts' 2008 tour.{{cite magazine|title=Taylor Swift Goes Global|last=Tucker|first=Ken|author-link=Ken Tucker|magazine=Billboard|volume=120|issue=43|date=October 25, 2008|pages=22–25}} Swift performed the song live at the 43rd Academy of Country Music Awards in May 2008.{{Sfn|Spencer|2010|p=42}}{{cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/taylor-swift-country-music-moments|title=Taylor Swift's Best Country Music Moments|first=Justine|last=McGrath|date=July 3, 2016|website=Teen Vogue|access-date=August 16, 2022|archive-date=August 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817092430/https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/taylor-swift-country-music-moments|url-status=live}} The performance was recorded and later released as the song's live music video. In the video, the performance begins with Swift playing the guitar in a hooded sweatshirt and jeans, and after an on-stage costume change, she is seen in a black dress. Swift sings the song and drapes her arm around the guitar player during a guitar solo. Towards the end, she performs the last lines of the song in the pouring rain onstage, and the crowd receives with a standing ovation.{{sfn|Luther|Lepre|Clark|2017|p=268}} She also performed the song with Jonas Brothers on the Burnin' Up Tour; the performance is included in the concert film Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (2009).{{cite news|title=Movie Review: Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022703185.html|access-date=July 15, 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 28, 2009|first=J. Freedom|last=du Lac|archive-date=July 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716123739/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022703185.html|url-status=live}}
Swift included the song in the set list of her first headlining tour, the Fearless Tour (2009–2010).{{cite magazine|last1=Frehsee|first1=Nicole|title=Taylor Swift Performs a Fearless Set at Madison Square Garden|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-performs-a-fearless-set-at-madison-square-garden-20090828|access-date=July 16, 2015|magazine=Rolling Stone|url-access=limited|date=August 28, 2009|archive-date=June 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628231411/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-performs-a-fearless-set-at-madison-square-garden-20090828|url-status=live}} She later performed the song on select dates of the Red Tour (St. Louis, March 2013,{{cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/kevin-johnson/taylor-swift-throws-everything-into-splashy-scottrade-center-show/article_b2dbd9fc-b519-530a-b25c-0a1e3d45401d.html|title=Taylor Swift throws everything into splashy Scottrade Center show|date=March 19, 2013|first=Kevin C.|last=Johnson|website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|access-date=August 17, 2022|archive-date=August 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817153457/https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/kevin-johnson/taylor-swift-throws-everything-into-splashy-scottrade-center-show/article_b2dbd9fc-b519-530a-b25c-0a1e3d45401d.html|url-status=live}} East Rutherford, July 2013){{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160418071336/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2013/07/post_62.html|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2013/07/post_62.html|title=Taylor Swift paints the summer Red at Metlife Stadium|first=Tris|last=McCall|date=July 15, 2013|archive-date=April 18, 2016|access-date=August 16, 2022|website=NJ.com}} the 1989 World Tour (Santa Clara, August 2015),{{cite web|url=https://riffmagazine.com/reviews/taylor-swift-20150816/|title=Taylor Swift draws diverse crowd at Levi's Stadium 1989 World Tour stop|first=Roman|last=Gokhman|work=Riff Magazine|date=August 16, 2015|access-date=August 16, 2015|archive-date=January 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106070232/https://riffmagazine.com/reviews/taylor-swift-20150816/|url-status=live}} and the Eras Tour (Foxborough, May 2023, Sydney, February 2024, mashup with "You're Not Sorry" (2008), Miami, October 2024, mashup with "I Did Something Bad" (2017)).{{Cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=May 20, 2023 |title=All the Surprise Songs Taylor Swift Has Performed on The Eras Tour (So Far) |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-eras-tour-surprise-songs/ |access-date=May 20, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=March 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319011405/https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-eras-tour-surprise-songs/ |url-status=live }} On her 2018 Reputation Stadium Tour, she included a mashup of the song and "Bad Blood" in the set list.{{cite magazine |last=Warner |first=Denise |date=May 9, 2018 |title=Here Are All the Songs Taylor Swift Played on the Opening Night of the Reputation Tour |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8455216/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-set-list |magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 9, 2018 |archive-date=May 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522091658/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8455216/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-set-list |url-status=live }}
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Taylor Swift (2006).{{cite AV media notes|title=Taylor Swift|others=Taylor Swift|year=2006|publisher=Big Machine Records|location=Nashville|type=CD album liner notes}}
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- Taylor Swift – vocals, harmony vocals, songwriting
- Nathan Chapman – production, additional engineering, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmony vocals
- Chad Carlson – engineering, recording
- Jeremy Wheatley – additional recording engineering, additional mixing, additional programming
- Richard Edgeler – assistant engineering, assistant mixing
- Richard Adlam – additional programming
- Alexis Smith – additional programming
- Gordon Hammond – assistant engineering
- Jeff Balding – mixing
- John Wills – banjo
- Tim Marks – bass guitar
- Nick Buda – drums
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Scotty Sanders – steel guitar
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Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+ Weekly chart performance for "Should've Said No" ! Chart (2008–2009) ! Peak |
| {{single chart|Canada|67|artist=Taylor Swift|accessdate=January 12, 2012|rowheader=true|refname="canada"}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadacountry|5|artist=Taylor Swift|accessdate=November 7, 2017|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|New Zealand|18|artist=Taylor Swift|song=Should've Said No|accessdate=January 12, 2012|rowheader=true|refname="newzealand"}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|33|artist=Taylor Swift|accessdate=January 12, 2012|rowheader=true|refname="hot100"}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Taylor Swift|accessdate=November 7, 2017|rowheader=true|refname="HCS"}} |
| scope="row"| US Pop 100 (Billboard){{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228202646/http://allmusic.com/artist/taylor-swift-p816977/charts-awards/billboard-singles|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/taylor-swift-p816977/charts-awards/billboard-singles|title=Taylor Swift – Billboard Singles|publisher=AllMusic|archive-date=December 28, 2010|access-date=December 28, 2010|url-status=dead}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 61 |
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=Year-end charts=
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|+ Year-end chart performance for "Should've Said No" ! Chart (2008) ! Position |
| scope="row"| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine| url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 2008: Country Songs| magazine=Billboard| year=2008| access-date=December 13, 2008| archive-date=January 6, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106113840/http://billboard.com/| url-status=live}}
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|award=Gold|number=1|type=single|relyear=2006|certyear=2024|access-date=February 14, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Taylor Swift|title=Should've Said No|type=single|award=Gold|access-date=December 19, 2024|source=radioscope|relyear=2006|certyear=2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|relyear=2006|certyear=2009|title=Should've Said No|artist=Taylor Swift|type=single|award=Platinum|access-date=June 6, 2011|digital=true|refname="RIAA"}}
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Release history
References
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=Sources=
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- {{cite book|title=Diversity in U.S. Mass Media|first1=Catherine A.|last1=Luther|first2=Carolyn Ringer|last2=Lepre|author-link2=Carolyn Ringer Lepre|first3=Naeemah|last3=Clark|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=2017|isbn= 978-1119234050}}
- {{cite book|last=Perone|first=James E.|title=The Words and Music of Taylor Swift|series=The Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection|publisher=ABC-Clio|year=2017|isbn=978-1440852947}}
- {{cite book|first=Ralph|last=Murphy|title=Murphy's Laws of Songwriting|date=April 1, 2013|publisher=Murphy's Laws of Songwriting|isbn=978-0-615-41659-5}}
- {{cite book|last=Spencer|first=Liv|title=Taylor Swift: Every Day Is a Fairytale – The Unofficial Story|year=2010|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-55022-931-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/taylorswiftevery0000spen}}
- {{cite book|last=Spencer|first=Liv|title=Taylor Swift: The Platinum Edition|date=June 1, 2013|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-77090-406-4}}
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