Back to December (Taylor’s version)
~ Recording by Taylor Swift
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.3 | Back to December (Taylor’s version) | 4:54 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor’s version) | Taylor Swift | Album | Taylor Swift (Republic imprint, 2019–present) | 5591804 | |
| 1.3 | Back to December (Taylor’s version) | 4:54 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor’s version) | Taylor Swift | Album |
| Republic Records (from 1994–2006 and since 2012, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) | 2455678249 |
| 1.3 | Back to December (Taylor’s version) | ?:?? | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor’s version) (violet marbled vinyl) | Taylor Swift | Album |
| Republic Records (from 1994–2006 and since 2012, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) | 2448438065 |
| 1.3 | Back to December (Taylor’s version) | ?:?? | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor’s version) | Taylor Swift | Album |
| Republic Records (from 1994–2006 and since 2012, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) | 2455788467 |
| 1.3 | Back to December (Taylor’s version) | 4:54 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor’s version) | Taylor Swift | Album |
| Taylor Swift (Republic imprint, 2019–present) | |
| 1.3 | Back to December (Taylor’s version) | 4:54 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor’s version) (orchid marbled vinyl) | Taylor Swift | Album |
| Republic Records (from 1994–2006 and since 2012, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) | 2448438034 |
| 1.3 | Back to December (Taylor’s version) | 4:54 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor’s version) | Taylor Swift | Album |
| Taylor Swift (Republic imprint, 2019–present) | |
| 1.3 | Back to December (Taylor’s version) | 4:54 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor’s version) | Taylor Swift | Album |
| Taylor Swift (Republic imprint, 2019–present) | |
| 1.3 | Back to December (Taylor’s version) | 4:54 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor’s version) (hi-res) | Taylor Swift | Album |
| Taylor Swift (Republic imprint, 2019–present) | |
| 1.3 | Back to December (Taylor’s version) | ?:?? | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor’s version) (lilac marbled vinyl) | Taylor Swift | Album |
| Republic Records (from 1994–2006 and since 2012, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) | 2448438096 |
| 1.3 | Back to December (Taylor’s version) | ?:?? | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor’s version) (Target exclusive, lilac marbled vinyl) | Taylor Swift | Album |
| Republic Records (from 1994–2006 and since 2012, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) | 2448438096 |
| 1.3 | Back to December (Taylor’s version) | 4:54 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor’s version) | Taylor Swift | Album |
| Republic Records (from 1994–2006 and since 2012, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) | 2455678249 |
| 1.3 | Back to December (Taylor’s version) | 4:54 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor’s version) (deluxe) | Taylor Swift | Album |
| Taylor Swift (Republic imprint, 2019–present) | |
| 1.3 | Back to December (Taylor’s version) | 4:54 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor’s version) | Taylor Swift | Album |
| Republic Records (from 1994–2006 and since 2012, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) | 060245567824 |
| 1.3 | Back to December (Taylor’s version) | 4:54 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor’s version) | Taylor Swift | Album |
| Republic Records (from 1994–2006 and since 2012, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) | UICU-9109 |
| 1.3 | Back to December (Taylor’s version) | 4:54 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor’s version) | Taylor Swift | Album |
| Republic Records (from 1994–2006 and since 2012, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) | UICU-1360 |
| 1.3 | Back to December (Taylor's Version) | 4:54 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor's Version) = 愛的告白 (泰勒絲全新版) | Taylor Swift | Album |
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| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.3 | Back To December (Taylor's Version) | ?:?? | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor’s version) (RSD) | Taylor Swift | Album |
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Relationships
| recording engineer: | Jeremy Murphy (strings) David Payne (engineer) Christopher Rowe (lead vocals [Taylor Swift vocals]) |
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| miscellaneous support: | Galya Bisengalieva (Kazakh-British violinist) (task: leader LCO) Amy Hinds (task: LCO Orchestra Manager) Meg Monteith (task: LCO Recording Projects Manager) Talia Morey (task: copyist) |
| assistant engineer and additional editor: | Derek Garten (producer, mixer, writer) Lowell Reynolds |
| engineer: | Bryce Bordone (task: engineer for mix) |
| producer: | Christopher Rowe Taylor Swift |
| mixer: | Serban Ghenea |
| acoustic guitar: | Mike Meadows (guitar and keyboards for Taylor Swift) Paul Sidoti (guitar for Taylor Swift) |
| bass guitar: | Amos Heller (bass guitar for Taylor Swift) |
| cello [cellos]: | Jonny Byers (cellist) Oliver Coates Max Ruisi (cellist) |
| double bass: | Dave Brown (double bass player) |
| drums (drum set) and percussion: | Matt Billingslea (drummer for Taylor Swift) |
| electric guitar: | Max Bernstein Paul Sidoti (guitar for Taylor Swift) |
| Hammond organ [B3] and mandolin: | Mike Meadows (guitar and keyboards for Taylor Swift) |
| synthesizer [synth pad]: | Max Bernstein |
| viola [violas]: | Stephanie Edmundson (violist) Clifton Harrison Matthew Kettle Zoe Matthews |
| violin [first violins]: | Galya Bisengalieva (Kazakh-British violinist) Antonia Kesel (violinist) Natalie Klouda (violinist and composer) Anna Ovsyanikova Charlotte Reid (violinist) Zara Benyounes |
| violin [second violins]: | Anna de Bruin Guy Button (violinist) Charis Jenson (violinist) Nicole Crespo O’Donoghue (violinist) Nicole Stokes (violinist) Eloisa‐Fleur Thom (British violinist) |
| background vocals: | Mike Meadows (guitar and keyboards for Taylor Swift) Taylor Swift |
| lead vocals: | Taylor Swift |
| orchestra: | London Contemporary Orchestra |
| conductor: | Robert Ames (British composer, conductor and violist) |
| orchestrator: | Bryce Dessner (North American composer and guitarist) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Taylor Swift |
| recorded at: | Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States Kitty Committee Studio in Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (lead vocals [Taylor Swift vocals]) The EBC in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (strings) |
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| mixed at: | MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States |
| additionally edited at: | Prime Recording in Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| music videos: | Back to December (Taylor’s version) (lyric video) |
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| recording of: | Back to December |
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Related works
Back to December
| lyricist and composer: | Taylor Alison Swift (Taylor Swift) |
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| publisher: | Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (from 2010 to present) Taylor Swift Music (publisher) (from 2010 to present) |
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| sub-publisher: | Universal Music Publishing Limited (Hong Kong) Sony Music Publishing (Hong Kong) Limited (2021–) (from 2021 to present) |
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