'' Sputnikmusic '' called the song an " impassioned piece " and thought that , " all it really proves is that Swift is capable of taking the contemporary influences around her and molding them into something impressively original . " Corey Bealsey of '' PopMatters '' described it as " Swift doing more or less a literal Lana Del Rey impression and managing it with a ventriloquist 's mastery to conjure Del Rey 's moody , sultry atmospherics . " Marah Eakin of '' The A.V. Club '' said that " Swift even takes her voice down a few notches , sounding a bit more like the brusque Del Rey than her chipper self . " Alexis Petridis of '' The Guardian '' praised the wit of the lyrics : " there 's something hugely cheering about the way Swift turns the Lana del Rey-style persona of the pathetic female appendage snivelling over her bad-boy boyfriend on its head . Ramping up the melodrama by way of Be My Babyish drums , Wildest Dreams paints the man as the victim , doomed to spend the rest of his life haunted by what he 's carelessly lost . " In a review by '' The New York Times '' , Jon Caramanica noted that this song contained the " most pronounced vocal tweak " on the album and how " at the bridge , she skips up an octave , sputtering out bleats of ecstasy , before retreating back under the covers . " On the other hand , Craig Manning of '' AbsolutePunk '' dismissed the song as " a bit disposable " . Jem Aswad of '' Billboard '' had a mixed reception about the Lana Del Rey similarities , saying that " it 's hard to tell if the song is homage or parody . " " Wildest Dreams " first entered the US '' Billboard '' Hot 100 at number 76 on the week ending November 15 , 2014 as a cut from '' 1989 '' . Following its release as an official single and the release of an accompanying music video at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards pre-show , the song re-entered the Hot 100 at number 15 on the chart dated September 19 , 2015 . It reached number 12 the following week , and peaked at number 5 on November 7 , 2015 . The song 's peak position made Swift only the fourth artist to have at least one single peak at each position of Billboard 's top 10 as the lead performer ( after Aretha Franklin , Marvin Gaye , and Madonna ) . It re-entered the '' Billboard '' Digital Songs chart at number 7 selling 83,000 copies ( up 981 % from its previous week sales ) . At the '' Billboard '' Radio Songs chart it debuted at number 26 with 43 million audience impression ( up 114 % ) . It climbed to the top position of the Radio Songs chart on the week ending November 14 , 2015 . On '' Billboard 's '' Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart , the single became Swift 's first number one
2015 MTV Video Music Awards
2015 MTV Video Music Awards
Wildest Dreams (Taylor Swift song)