Sparks Fly was a song written before which first published Taylor Swift song?
Sparks Fly (song) "Sparks Fly" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her third studio album "Speak Now" (2010). Swift wrote the song when she was 16 years old, prior to the release of her debut single "Tim McGraw" in 2006. Following a 2007 live performance of the song, "Sparks Fly" grew in popularity among Swift's fanbase. While "Speak Now" was under production, she received requests from fans to include the song on the album. Produced by Swift and Nathan Chapman, the song was serviced to country radio in the United States by Big Machine Records on July 18, 2011, as the fifth single from "Speak Now". A CD single was released on Swift's official store for a limited time on August 10, 2011.
I Don't Want to Wait "I Don't Want to Wait" is a song written, performed and produced by Paula Cole. It was Cole's second single from her album "This Fire" and later served as the opening theme for the TV series "Dawson's Creek". Cole originally wrote the song and recorded a demo of the song in April 1991 but did not officially record and release it until 1996. The single ranked #10 on the 1998 "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart year-end summary. The single spent the most consecutive weeks in the top 50 without cracking the top 10, just missing out at #11. The single, with a 56-week-long run, is among the list of the 32 songs in the history of the "Billboard" Hot 100 to have had a chart run longer than 50 weeks.