Taylor Swift got a nod from one of her favourite country singers, Tim McGraw.
In an interview with Yahoo Music, the seasoned musician, 56, shared his thoughts on Swift writing a song with his name.
Swift came out with her debut song Tim McGraw, back in 2006. The song peaked at No. 6 on the Hot Country Songs chart. In the song, Swift sings about memories of a boyfriend that were sparked whenever she heard McGraw’s music.
“It makes me pretty proud,” McGraw said of the song. “At first when she first came out with it, I thought, ‘Have I gotten that old that now that these new artists are singing songs of my name in it?’”
McGraw chuckled but went on to add that the Grammy-winning artist is “one of the greatest songwriters ever.”
McGraw, Swift and Keith Urban later collaborated on 2013’s Highway Don’t Care.
In 2006, the Grammy-winning artist spoke to CMT about writing her debut song. “I wrote [the song] in my freshman year of high school. I got the idea in math class. I was just sitting there, and I started humming this melody.”
She continued, “I kind of related it to this situation I was in. I was dating a guy who was about to go off to college. I knew we were going to break up.
“So, I started thinking about all the things that I knew would remind him of me. Surprisingly, the first thing that came to mind was that my favourite country artist is Tim McGraw.”