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Taylor Swift

All You Had to Do Was Stay

2014 · via Ryan Adams

Taylor Swift’s recording of “All You Had to Do Was Stay” came out in 2014, the earliest year on file; Maddie Wilson’s and Jake Coco & Corey Gray’s came out the same year. Taylor Swift shares the writing credit with Max Martin. Also recorded by Ryan Adams (released 2015), among 17 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Taylor Swift – All You Had to Do Was Stay
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Ryan Adams took this one on, and the credit he inherited lists Max Martin right next to Swift. Martin also co-wrote "Blank Space," so pull on his name and you are walking through the back rooms of her songbook.

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Credited writers: Max Martin and Taylor Swift.

Earliest release on file: this one, 2014, the same year as Maddie Wilson and Jake Coco & Corey Gray.

Other recordings on file · first release year

17 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

First pulled by @ga-2095 · No. 0004, Oct 13, 2026.

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Ryan Adams recorded Taylor Swift's "All You Had to Do Was Stay." Swift shares the writing credit with one other name. Who?Max Martin
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