1. I’m Only Me When I’m With You
Taylor Swift – I’m Only Me When I’m With You
I’m Only Me When I’m With You was released on Taylor’s debut album, and it’s still considered one of the best Taylor Swift songs about friendship. Much like many of Taylor Swift’s songs about friendship, this one is very upbeat and has an appealing chord pattern.
We found the message in the song to be on point since she talks about how important friendships are in life and also how important our families are. Not only does this song detail the joy of friendship, but it also gives us chills at remembering our friends and those life experiences we shared with them.
It’s also a song that we relate to since we all have that one friend we can be ourselves around and not worry about being judged. It makes us feel grateful that we have those friends in our lives and makes us want to call that friend right after the song ends just to say hi.
2. 22
We love 22 because it’s all about being the carefree nature of people in their 20s, without all the worries that come with adulthood. Enjoying life, not taking it seriously, and just being in the moment is what this song conveys.
We couldn’t help but smile from ear to ear listening to this song, reminiscing on how joyous and free-spirited being in your 20s was, and it made us yearn for those simpler times. The music video for 22 features her friends, and it’s a perfect representation of just living life with your friends and having an absolute blast when you’ve got them with you.
3. Fifteen 
When we talk about the top friendship songs from Taylor Swift’s discography, we have to include Fifteen because this song is all about the emotions and feelings that come with your real first friendship. Taylor wrote this song when she was 15, which is amazing, and she describes those friendships she had when she was 15.
We had feelings of nostalgia listening to this song because there are many painful yet fun and exciting experiences with high school friendships. Whether it’s a fight about a boy or girl with your friend or the joy of going to the high school dance with them, we close our eyes and are brought back to our youth.
The song also delves into the topic of having people appear in your life out of nowhere and how they can disappear out of your life just as fast at that age. The complexity of high school friendships and your first love or spending a Friday night at the football games is all captured in this song.
4. It’s Nice To Have A Friend
The song has shorter phrases and lyrics which recount two friends who had met during elementary school or similar age. The friendship continues well into high school and moves into a romantic relationship. We can’t help but smile as she talks about how the two get married and live the rest of their lives together, which is nothing short of the fairytale ending we all dream about.
5 The Last Time
The Last Time is a song we all can relate to and has to be on the list when we talk about these top T-Swift friendship tracks. She talks about the good and bad of having a close friendship, including seeing it end.
Taylor talks about writing The Last Time and that the song was about friendships she felt she’d have forever, only to see them fall apart. If you’ve ever had a friendship end, you’ll feel the loss and grief that she feels in this song as she describes memories left after that friendship. Whether it has naturally run its course or ended on bad terms, there’s no worse feeling than losing a friend by your side through it all.
This song will make you mourn for that friendship that ended, and it’s relatable to us since we’ve all had them run their course leaving behind only painful memories. The melody of this song is very emotional, and it’ll make you feel sad while you remember all the promises broken.
6. Long Live
What’s impressive about Long Live is that it paints a picture of that one friend we’ve all had that was there with us through it all. It talks about growing up and graduating with a friend by your side the whole time and how you fought through battles together.
We had goosebumps coursing through our bodies as Taylor talked about how death could separate that friendship and that she wanted her friend to reminisce and remember all those good times together. This is the perfect example of a song that captures the joy and gratefulness of having that one special friend.
7. You Need To Calm Down 
You Need To Calm Down was released in 2009. While the song primarily deals with bullying and the LGBTQIA+ group, you can clearly see the lyrics deal with friendship, and the message of how important friendships are very much resonated throughout the song.
In fact, friendship is the glue that bonds this song since it conveys the need for us to be there for one another and how important it is for us to stick together through the tough times our friends are going through. You want to have a friend that will be there when you need them the most, through thick and thin.
When your friend is being bullied that’s a time when you need to support them and show them you’re going to help them get through it and find the light at the end of the tunnel. This song is emotional and timely since online bullying, specifically with the LQBTQ community, is growing and has led to people committing suicide. We can’t help but want to fist-bump Taylor for writing this song telling those Internet trolls to calm down and stop being hateful.
