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"'''Wildest Dreams'''" is a song by the American singer-songwriter [[Taylor Swift]];. itIt is the fifth [[Single (music)|single]] from her fifth studio album, ''[[1989 (album)|1989]]'' (2014). Swift wrote the song with its producers [[Max Martin]] and [[Shellback (record producer)|Shellback]]. "Wildest Dreams" has an atmospheric, [[Sentimental ballad|balladic]] production incorporating [[programming (music)|programmed]] [[drum machine|drums]], [[Mellotron]]-generated and live [[String instrument|strings]], and [[synthesizer]]s; the rhythm interpolates Swift's heartbeat. Critics described it as [[synth-pop]], [[dream pop]], and [[electropop]]. The lyrics feature Swift pleading with a lover to remember her even after their relationship ends. [[Big Machine Records|Big Machine]] in partnership with [[Republic Records]] released "Wildest Dreams" to radio on August 31, 2015.

When the song was first released, some critics found the production and Swift's vocals alluring but others found the track derivative, comparing it to the music of [[Lana Del Rey]]. Retrospectively, critics have described "Wildest Dreams" as one of Swift's most memorable songs. The single peaked within the top five on charts of Australia, Canada, Poland, and South Africa. It was [[List of music recording certifications|certified]] eightdiamond in Brazil, nine-times platinum in Australia, and double platinum in Canada, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, "Wildest Dreams" peaked at number five and became ''1989''{{'s}} fifth consecutive top-ten single on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]; it peaked atop three of [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s airplay charts. The [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) certified the track [[RIAA certification|four-times platinum]].

[[Joseph Kahn (director)|Joseph Kahn]] directed the [[music video]] for "Wildest Dreams". Set in 1950s Africa in the 1950s, it depicts Swift as a [[Classical Hollywood cinema|classical Hollywood]] actress who falls in love with her co-star but ends the fling upon completion of their film project. Media publications praised the production as cinematic but accused the video of glorifying [[colonialism]], a claim that Kahn dismissed. Swift included "Wildest Dreams" in the set lists for two of her world tours, [[the 1989 World Tour]] (2015) and [[the Eras Tour]] (2023–2024). Following the [[Taylor Swift masters dispute|dispute regarding the ownership of Swift's mastersmaster recordings in 2019]] and the [[Viral video|viral]] popularity of "Wildest Dreams" on the social media site [[TikTok]] in 2021, Swift released the [[Re-recording (music)|re-recorded]] version "'''Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version)'''".

[[Taylor Swift]] had identified as a [[Country music|country]] musician until her fourth studio album, ''[[Red (Taylor Swift album)|Red]]'', which was released on October 22, 2012.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=October 30, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift's ''Red'' Sells 1.21 Million; Biggest Sales Week for an Album Since 2002 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474400/taylor-swifts-red-sells-121-million-biggest-sales-week-for-an-album-since-2002 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201140727/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474400/taylor-swifts-red-sells-121-million-biggest-sales-week-for-an-album-since-2002 |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |access-date=February 4, 2019}}</ref> ''Red''<nowiki/>'s eclectic [[Pop music|pop]] and [[Rock music|rock]] styles beyond the country stylings of Swift's past albums led to critics questioning her country-music identity.{{sfn|McNutt|2020|p=77}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Light |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Light |date=December 5, 2014 |title=''Billboard'' Woman of the Year Taylor Swift on Writing Her Own Rules, Not Becoming a Cliche and the Hurdle of Going Pop |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/women-in-music-2014/6363514/billboard-woman-of-the-year-taylor-swift-on-writing-her |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226012450/https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/women-in-music-2014/6363514/billboard-woman-of-the-year-taylor-swift-on-writing-her |archive-date=December 26, 2014 |access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref> Swift began writing songs for her fifth studio album in mid-2013 while touring.<ref name="Talbott">{{cite news |last=Talbott |first=Chris |date=October 13, 2013 |title=Taylor Swift Talks Next Album, CMAs and Ed Sheeran |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/taylor-swift-talks-next-album-cmas-and-ed-sheeran |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026093555/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/taylor-swift-talks-next-album-cmas-and-ed-sheeran |archive-date=October 26, 2013 |access-date=October 26, 2013 |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> She was inspired by 1980s [[synth-pop]] to create her fifth studio album, ''[[1989 (album)|1989]]'', which she described as her first "official pop album" and named after her birth year.<ref name="rolling-stone">{{cite magazine |last=Eells |first=Josh |date=September 16, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Reveals Five Things to Expect on ''1989'' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-reveals-five-things-to-expect-on-1989-65750/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116173655/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-reveals-five-things-to-expect-on-1989-65750/ |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |access-date=November 16, 2018 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref><ref name="NYTsales">{{cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Sisario |date=November 5, 2014 |title=Sales of Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Intensify Streaming Debate |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/arts/music/sales-of-taylor-swifts-1989-intensify-streaming-debate.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |accessurl-datestatus=February 27, 2019live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111032635/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/business/media/taylor-swifts-1989-carries-high-hopes-but-no-country-music.html |archive-date=November 11, 2014 |access-date=February 27, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The album makes extensive use of [[synthesizer]]s, [[Programming (music)|programmed]] [[drum machine]]s, and [[Electronic music|electronic]] and [[Dance music|dance]] stylings, a stark contrast to the acoustic arrangements of her country-styled albums.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pettifer |first=Amy |date=November 27, 2014 |title=Reviews: Taylor Swift, ''1989'' |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/16790-taylor-swift-1989-review |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=[[The Quietus]]}}</ref>{{Sfn|Perone|2017|p=55–56}}

Swift and [[Max Martin]] served as [[executive producer]]s of ''1989''.<ref name="medium">{{cite web |last=Zollo |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Zollo |date=February 13, 2016 |title=The Oral History of Taylor Swift's ''1989'' |url=https://medium.com/cuepoint/the-oral-history-of-taylor-swift-s-1989-d9869cc13adc?sf22314340=1#.cd4wstjmz |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404113417/https://medium.com/cuepoint/the-oral-history-of-taylor-swift-s-1989-d9869cc13adc?sf22314340=1#.cd4wstjmz |archive-date=April 4, 2016 |access-date=March 23, 2016 |publisher=[[The Recording Academy]] |via=[[Cuepoint]]}}</ref> On the album's standard edition, Martin and his frequent collaborator [[Shellback (record producer)|Shellback]] produced 7 out of 13 songs, including "Wildest Dreams".<ref name="notes" /> Swift wrote "Wildest Dreams" with Martin and Shellback, who both produced and programmed the song and played the [[Electronic keyboard|keyboards]]. Martin played the piano, and Shellback played the [[electric guitar]] and [[Percussion instrument|percussion]].<ref name="notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=[[1989 (album)|1989]] |others=[[Taylor Swift]] |year=2014 |type=Compact disc [[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Big Machine Records]] |id=BMRBD0500A}}</ref> [[Mattias Bylund]] joined the production of "Wildest Dreams" after Martin played the track to him; Bylund played and arranged the [[String instrument|strings]], which he recorded and edited at his home studio in [[Tuve, Sweden]].<ref name="medium" /> Michael Ilbert and Sam Holland, assisted by Cory Bice, recorded the track at [[MXM Studios]] in [[Stockholm]] and [[Conway Recording Studios]] in Los Angeles. It was [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixed]] by [[Serban Ghenea]] at MixStar Studios in [[Virginia Beach, Virginia|Virginia Beach]] and [[Mastering (audio)|mastered]] by [[Tom Coyne (music engineer)|Tom Coyne]] at Sterling Sound in New York.<ref name="notes" />

| description = "Wildest Dreams" has a [[sentimental ballad|balladic]] production that incorporates [[synthesizer|synths]], [[Mellotron]]-generated and live [[string section|strings]], and it interpolates Swift's heartbeat in its rhythm. Swift sings with breathy vocals.}}

"Wildest Dreams" is a [[power ballad]] that interpolates Swift's heartbeat in its rhythm.<ref name="notes" /><ref name="PopMatters video">{{Cite web |date=September 1, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift&nbsp;– 'Wildest Dreams' (video) (Singles Going Steady) |url=https://www.popmatters.com/196952-taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-video-2495490737.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228120736/https://www.popmatters.com/196952-taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-video-2495490737.html |archive-date=December 28, 2017 |access-date=December 27, 2017 |website=[[PopMatters]]}}</ref> It incorporates programmed drums, pulsing synths, and [[staccato]] strings generated with a [[Mellotron]].<ref name="medium" /><ref name="latimes">{{cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Smooths Out the Wrinkles on Sleek ''1989'' |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-review-taylor-swift-smooths-out-the-wrinkles-on-sleek-1989-20141027-story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115075319/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-review-taylor-swift-smooths-out-the-wrinkles-on-sleek-1989-20141027-story.html |archive-date=November 15, 2014 |access-date=November 15, 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>{{Sfn|Perone|2017|p=62}} In the [[Refrain|chorus]], the melody is accentuated by live strings with what Bylund described as "[[Coldplay]]-type rhythm [[Chord (music)|chords]]".<ref name="medium" /> Swift sings with breathy vocals.<ref name="latimes" /><ref name="musicomh">{{cite web |last=Kimberlin |first=Shane |date=November 3, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift – ''1989'' {{!}} Album Review |url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-1989 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105103600/https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-1989 |archive-date=November 5, 2014 |access-date=February 5, 2019 |work=[[MusicOMH]]}}</ref><ref name="Cruz-2014">{{Cite web |last1=Cruz |first1=Lenika |last2=Beck |first2=Julie |last3=Green |first3=Emma |last4=O'Keeffe |first4=Kevin |date=October 25, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'': First Impressions |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/10/taylor-swifts-1989-first-impressions/381915/ |url-access=limited |access-date=December 28, 2023 |website=[[The Atlantic]] |archive-date=June 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624063548/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/10/taylor-swifts-1989-first-impressions/381915/ |url-status=live}}</ref> According to [[Jon Caramanica]] from ''[[The New York Times|]]''The New York Times'']], she sings "drowsily" in the [[Verse (music)|verses]] and "skips up an [[octave]]" in the [[Bridge (music)|bridge]].<ref name="Caramanica-2014" /> Jem Aswad of [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] said that she "[flits] between a fluttery [[soprano]] and deadpan [[alto]]".<ref name="Aswad-2014">{{cite magazine |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=October 24, 2014 |title=Album Review: Taylor Swift's Pop Curveball Pays Off With ''1989'' |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6289405/taylor-swift-1989-album-review |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208185459/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6289405/taylor-swift-1989-album-review |archive-date=February 8, 2017 |access-date=August 30, 2015}}</ref> Music critics characterized the genre as synth-pop,<ref name="NME">{{cite web |last1=Mylrea |first1=Hannah |date=September 8, 2020 |title=Every Taylor Swift Song Ranked In Order of Greatness |url=https://www.nme.com/features/every-taylor-swift-song-ranked-2740117 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908194608/https://www.nme.com/features/every-taylor-swift-song-ranked-2740117 |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |access-date=September 8, 2020 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref name="Breihan-2021">{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=September 17, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift Shares Her Re-Recorded Version of 'Wildest Dreams': Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2161031/hear-taylor-swifts-re-recorded-version-of-wildest-dreams/music/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506072331/https://www.stereogum.com/2161031/hear-taylor-swifts-re-recorded-version-of-wildest-dreams/music/ |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=[[Stereogum]]}}</ref> [[dream pop]],<ref name="PopMatters video" /> and [[electropop]],<ref name="az">{{cite web |last1=Masley |first1=Ed |date=August 12, 2015 |title=30 Best Taylor Swift Singles Ever (So Far) |url=https://eu.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/08/12/best-taylor-swift-singles-ever-far/31478033/ |access-date=July 30, 2020 |website=[[The Arizona Republic]]}}</ref> with elements of [[chillwave]].<ref name="Nolan">{{cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/taylor-swift-1989-album-review-12975046|title=Taylor Swift ''1989'' – Album Review|last=Nolan|first=Paul|website=[[Hot Press]]|date=November 13, 2014|access-date=December 29, 2023}}</ref> Although the synths and drums were a stark contrast to Swift's earlier music, the [[musicologist]] James E. Perone said that the composition retained some elements from her previous country songs: the "heavy use" of the [[pentatonic scale]] in the melody and the move between [[major and minor]] chords in the chorus.{{Sfn|Perone|2017|p=62}}

Critics have described the sound as sultry, sensual, and dramatic, comparing the production and the theme of failed romance to the music of the singer-songwriter [[Lana Del Rey]].<ref name="musicomh" /><ref name="Cliff-2014" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Eakin |first=Marah |date=October 28, 2014 |title=With ''1989'', Taylor Swift Finally Grows Up |url=http://www.avclub.com/review/1989-taylor-swift-finally-grows-211047 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520182542/http://www.avclub.com/review/1989-taylor-swift-finally-grows-211047 |archive-date=May 20, 2017 |access-date=August 30, 2015 |work=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zoladz |first=Lindsay |date=October 24, 2014 |title=Did Taylor Swift Rip Off Lorde and Lana Del Rey? |url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/10/did-taylor-swift-rip-off-lorde-and-lana-del-rey.html |url-access=limited |access-date=December 28, 2023 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |archive-date=December 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228032404/https://www.vulture.com/2014/10/did-taylor-swift-rip-off-lorde-and-lana-del-rey.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Leedham-2014">{{Cite web |last=Leedham |first=Robert |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Album Review: Taylor Swift - ''1989'' |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18488/reviews/4148424 |access-date=December 28, 2023 |website=[[Drowned in Sound]] |archive-date=February 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214002551/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/18488/reviews/4148424 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian|]]''The Guardian'']]'s [[Alexis Petridis]] felt that the song abandoned Swift's previous "persona of the pathetic female appendage snivelling over her bad-boy boyfriend" and instead portrayed the man as her victim.<ref name="guardian" /> [[Slate (magazine)|''Slate'']]'s Forrest Wickman thought that Swift's character was a "sort of [...] [[femme fatale]]".<ref name="Wickman-2014" /> Robert Leedham of ''[[Drowned in Sound|]]''Drowned in Sound'']] wrote that the lyrics portrayed her arrogance and confidence to "[move] onto better things", contrasting with the victim mentality on her past songs.<ref name="Leedham-2014" />

[[Big Machine Records]] released ''1989'' on October 27, 2014; "Wildest Dreams" is number nine on the standard edition's track listing.<ref name="notes" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Graff |first=Gary |date=October 24, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift to the Haters: 'If You're Upset That I'm Just Being Myself, I'm Going to Be Myself More' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-on-new-album-1989-6296366/ |access-date=December 28, 2023 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102211249/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-on-new-album-1989-6296366/ |url-status=live}}</ref> It debuted at number 76 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in November&nbsp;2014.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=November 5, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' Returns to No. 1 on Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6304579/taylor-swift-shake-it-off-returns-no-1-hot-100 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107191437/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6304579/taylor-swift-shake-it-off-returns-no-1-hot-100 |archive-date=November 7, 2014 |access-date=November 7, 2014}}</ref> On August 5, 2015, Swift shared on [[Twitter]] that "Wildest Dreams" would be the fifth single from ''1989'', following four Hot 100 top-10 singles: "[[Shake It Off]]", "[[Blank Space]]", "[[Style (Taylor Swift song)|Style]]", and "[[Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song)|Bad Blood]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=August 5, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift Announces Next Single |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6655729/taylor-swift-announces-next-single |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415032528/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6655729/taylor-swift-announces-next-single |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |access-date=November 20, 2020}}</ref> In the United States, Big Machine and [[Republic Records]] released "Wildest Dreams" to [[hot adult contemporary]] radio on August 31,<ref name="AC-radio">{{cite web |title=Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases |url=http://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824000429/http://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases |archive-date=August 24, 2015 |access-date=September 1, 2015 |publisher=All Access Media Group}}</ref> and [[contemporary hit radio]] on September 1, 2015.<ref name="AllAccess">{{cite web |title=Top 40/M Future Releases |url=http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824222536/http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases |archive-date=August 24, 2015 |access-date=October 16, 2015 |publisher=All Access Media Group}}</ref> Big Machine released a remix by [[R3hab]] for download via the [[iTunes Store]] on October 15,<ref name="iTunes-US">{{cite web |title=Wildest Dreams (R3hab Remix) – Single by Taylor Swift |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wildest-dreams-r3hab-remix/id1049605375 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017033138/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wildest-dreams-r3hab-remix/id1049605375 |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |access-date=October 16, 2015 |website= |publisher=[[iTunes Store]]}}</ref> and [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music]] released the original version to Italian radio on October 30.<ref name="ItalyAirplay">{{cite web |title=Taylor Swift 'Wildest Dreams' |url=https://radiodate.it/radio-date/taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-143685-30-10-2015-radiodate/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625084004/https://radiodate.it/radio-date/taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-143685-30-10-2015-radiodate/ |archive-date=June 25, 2022 |access-date=June 24, 2022 |publisher=Airplay Control S.R.L. |language=it}}</ref>

On the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, "Wildest Dreams" re-entered at number 15 on the chart dated September 19, 2015, after its single release.<ref name="Dreams">{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=September 8, 2015 |title=The Weeknd Doubles Up in Hot 100's Top Three |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6685989/the-weeknd-hot-100-top-three |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910070607/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6685989/the-weeknd-hot-100-top-three |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=September 9, 2015}}</ref> It reached number 10 on October 10, 2015, and became ''1989''{{'s}} fifth consecutive top-10 single.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=September 28, 2015 |title=The Weeknd Holds Atop Hot 100, Taylor Swift Hits Top 10 With 'Wildest Dreams' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6708225/the-weeknd-hot-100-taylor-swift-top-10 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201155410/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6708225/the-weeknd-hot-100-taylor-swift-top-10 |archive-date=December 1, 2015 |access-date=December 1, 2015}}</ref> In the ''Billboard'' issue dated November 7, 2015, the single peaked at number five on the Hot 100 and became ''1989''<nowiki/>'s fifth consecutive number-one hitsong on two ''Billboard''{{'s}} airplay charts: [[Pop Songs]] and [[Adult Pop Songs]]; ''1989'' tied with [[Katy Perry]]'s ''[[Teenage Dream (Katy Perry album)|Teenage Dream]]'' (2010) to become the album with the most Adult Pop Songs number ones.<ref name="peakbb">{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=October 26, 2015 |title=The Weeknd Tops Hot 100; Adele No. 1 Next Week? |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6738614/weeknd-tops-hot-100-adele-no-1-next-week |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201070331/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6738614/weeknd-tops-hot-100-adele-no-1-next-week |archive-date=December 1, 2015 |access-date=December 1, 2015}}</ref> On ''Billboard''<nowiki/>'s [[Dance/Mix Show Airplay]] chart, supported by the R3hab remix, "Wildest Dreams" was Swift's first number one and made her the first female artist to have five top-10 songs in a calendar year.<ref name="TaylorSwift">{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=November 24, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift Tallies First Dance/Mix Show Airplay No. 1 With 'Wildest Dreams' |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6777030/taylor-swift-first-dance-mix-show-airplay-number-one |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126184032/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6777030/taylor-swift-first-dance-mix-show-airplay-number-one |archive-date=November 26, 2015 |access-date=November 24, 2015}}</ref> "Wildest Dreams" was certified [[RIAA certification|four-times platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) and had sold two million digital copies in the United States by November&nbsp;2017.<ref name="us_sales">{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=November 26, 2017 |title=Ask ''Billboard'': Taylor Swift's Career Album & Song Sales |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8046939/taylor-swift-career-album-song-sales-ask-billboard |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125002923/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8046939/taylor-swift-career-album-song-sales-ask-billboard |archive-date=November 25, 2018 |access-date=November 25, 2018}}</ref>

"Wildest Dreams" reached the top 10 on the singles charts of Canada (4),<ref name="can"/> South Africa (5),<ref name="safrica" /> Venezuela (6),<ref name="Venezuela" /> Iceland (8),<ref name="Iceland"/> New Zealand (8),<ref name="nz" /> Slovakia (8),<ref name="Slovakia" /> and Scotland (9).<ref name="Scotland"/> It received [[List of music recording certifications|2xplatinum Platinumor higher]] [[Music recording certification|certifications]] in Brazil (diamond),<ref name="Brazil"/> Portugal (double platinum),<ref name="AFP"/> and the United Kingdom (double platinum).<ref name="bpi" /> It received platinum certifications in Austria,<ref name="IFPIAT"/> Canada,<ref name="mc"/> Denmark,<ref name="IFPIDK" /> and Spain.<ref name="PROMUSICAE"/> The track also received gold certifications in New Zealand,<ref name="rmnz" /> Germany,<ref name="BVMI" /> Italy,<ref name="FIMI" /> and Norway.<ref name="IFPINO"/> In Australia, the single peaked at number three on the singles chart<ref name="aus"/> and was certified nine-times platinum by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA).<ref name="ARIA" />

Other reviews opined that the track was influenced by Lana Del Rey to an extent that it erased Swift's authenticity.<ref>{{cite web |last=Manning |first=Craig |date=October 31, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift – ''1989'' – Album Review |url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3711328 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141029022514/http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3711328 |archive-date=October 29, 2014 |access-date=August 30, 2015 |work=[[AbsolutePunk]]}}</ref> Aswad said that it was "hard to tell if the song is homage or parody",<ref name="Aswad-2014" /> and Wickman and Mikael Wood of the ''[[Los Angeles Times|]]''Los Angeles Times'']] opined that Swift's songwriting lost its distinctive quality.<ref name="latimes" /><ref name="Wickman-2014" /> Shane Kimberline from ''[[MusicOMH]]'' and Lindsay Zoladz from [[Vulture (website)|''Vulture'']] deemed "Wildest Dreams" one of the album's weakest tracks and took issue with the Del Rey resemblance in Swift's vocals and lyrics.<ref name="musicomh" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zoladz |first=Lindsay |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Is Her Most Conservative Album Yet |url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/10/album-review-taylor-swift-1989.html |url-access=limited |access-date=December 28, 2023 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |archive-date=January 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110162939/http://www.vulture.com/2014/10/album-review-taylor-swift-1989.html |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Slant Magazine|]]''Slant Magazine'']]'s Annie Galvin said Swift's vocals complemented the narrative lyrics but described the song as a "misguided imitation" of Del Rey with a predictable storyline.<ref name="slant" /> In ''[[The Atlantic|]]''The Atlantic'']], Kevin O'Keeffe argued that the Del Rey comparisons were "unfair", and Emma Green praised the storytelling lyrics and contended that they were "unabashed, all-consuming, earnest nostalgia, anticipating", which she deemed distinct from Del Rey's "performative, cool-girl nostalgia".<ref name="Cruz-2014" />

[[Joseph Kahn (director)|Joseph Kahn]] directed the [[music video]] for "Wildest Dreams",{{Sfn|Dyer|2016|p=301}} the third time he directed a music video for a ''1989'' single after "Blank Space" and "Bad Blood".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Fisher |first=Lauren Alexis |date=August 31, 2015 |title=Watch Taylor Swift's 'Wildest Dreams' Video |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/news/a11935/taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-video/ |access-date=January 8, 2024 |magazine=[[Harper's Bazaar]]}}</ref> Filming primarily took place in [[Botswana]] and [[South Africa]]. Inspired by ''The Secret Conversations'' (2013), a memoir of the actress [[Ava Gardner]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Klosterman |first=Chuck |date=October 15, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift on 'Bad Blood', Kanye West, and How People Interpret Her Lyrics |url=https://www.gq.com/story/taylor-swift-gq-cover-story |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018020927/http://www.gq.com/story/taylor-swift-gq-cover-story |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |access-date=October 18, 2015 |work=[[GQ]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Mondello |first=Bob |date=July 20, 2013 |title=You'll Want To Hang Up On These ''Secret Conversations'' |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/07/20/193551257/youll-want-to-hang-up-on-these-secret-conversations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112110036/https://www.npr.org/2013/07/20/193551257/youll-want-to-hang-up-on-these-secret-conversations |archive-date=January 12, 2021 |access-date=November 25, 2020 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref> Swift conceived the premise for the video as an illicit love affair between two actors in an isolated place within Africa, because they could only interact with each other without other means of communication.{{Sfn|Dyer|2016|p=307}} Kahn took inspiration from romantic films set in Africa, such as ''[[The African Queen (film)|The African Queen]]'' (1951), ''[[Out of Africa (film)|Out of Africa]]'' (1985), and ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]'' (1996).<ref name="Silver-2015">{{cite web |last=Silver |first=Marc |date=September 2, 2015 |title=Director of Taylor Swift's New Video Defends His Work |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/09/02/436967742/the-director-of-the-taylor-swift-video-defends-his-work |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904002805/http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/09/02/436967742/the-director-of-the-taylor-swift-video-defends-his-work |archive-date=September 4, 2015 |access-date=September 3, 2015 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref>

The video's narrative focuses on an affair between a [[Classical Hollywood cinema|classical Hollywood]] actress (Swift) and her male co-star ([[Scott Eastwood]]) who shoot a film in 1950s Africa.{{Sfn|Dyer|2016|p=308}}<ref name="Linder-2015">{{cite web |author=Linder |first=Emilee |date=August 30, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Wildest Dreams' Video Is Here To Make You Cry |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2256036/taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-video/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831105531/http://www.mtv.com/news/2256036/taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-video/ |archive-date=August 31, 2015 |access-date=September 1, 2015 |publisher=[[MTV]]}}</ref> Kahn compared the affair to the romance between [[Elizabeth Taylor]] and [[Richard Burton]].<ref name="Silver-2015" /> The pair gets involved romantically off-screen, as the video features shots of wildlife such as giraffes, zebras, and lions in a broad [[savanna]].{{Sfnm|1a1=Dyer|1y=2016|1p=308|2a1=Keim|2a2=Somerville|2y=2021|2p=149}} The affair turns sour after a fight on set.<ref name="Linder-2015" /> As the romance ends, the pair is seen shooting in front of a savanna backdrop in a California studio.{{Sfn|Dyer|2016|p=308}} At the film's premiere, Swift's character sees her co-star with another woman. During the screening, Swift's character flees the theater and gets into a waiting limousine, as the co-star runs into the street and watches her leave.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meynes |first=Carolyn |date=August 30, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift 'Wildest Dreams' Music Video: Scott Eastwood and ''1989'' Star Fall In Love |url=https://www.musictimes.com/articles/46580/20150830/taylor-swift-wildest-dream-music-video-scott-eastwood-1989-vmas.htm |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=[[Music Times]] |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908130337/http://www.musictimes.com/articles/46580/20150830/taylor-swift-wildest-dream-music-video-scott-eastwood-1989-vmas.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>

The video premiered on television during the pre-show of the [[2015 MTV Video Music Awards]] on August 31.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hosken |first=Patrick |date=August 23, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Wildest Dreams' Will Premiere During the VMA Pre-Show |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2248825/taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-vmas/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826222809/http://www.mtv.com/news/2248825/taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-vmas/ |archive-date=August 26, 2015 |access-date=September 4, 2015 |publisher=[[MTV News]]}}</ref> Swift donated all of the proceeds from the video to the [[African Parks]] Foundation of America for wild animal conservation causes.{{Sfn|Dyer|2016|p=307}} ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>{{'s}} Brittany Spanos commented that Swift and Eastwood channeled "retro Hollywood glamour",<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Spanos |first1=Brittany |date=August 30, 2015 |title=Watch Taylor Swift's Glamorous, Retro 'Wildest Dreams' Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-taylor-swifts-glamorous-retro-wildest-dreams-video-20150830 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150902231320/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-taylor-swifts-glamorous-retro-wildest-dreams-video-20150830 |archive-date=September 2, 2015 |access-date=September 2, 2015 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> and ''Billboard''<nowiki/>{{'s}} Natalie Weiner deemed Elizabeth Taylor an influence on Swift's fashion in the video.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Weiner |first=Natalie |date=August 31, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift Debuts 'Wildest Dreams' Video at 2015 VMAs: Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-video-premiere-vma-watch-6678697/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214081423/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-video-premiere-vma-watch-6678697/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] described the video as visually powerful,<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 31, 2015 |title=MTV VMAs: Taylor Swift Debuts 'Wildest Dreams' Video |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/mtv-vmas-taylor-swift-debuts-wildest-dreams-video/story?id=33421734 |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website= |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214081423/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/mtv-vmas-taylor-swift-debuts-wildest-dreams-video/story?id=33421734 |url-status=live}}</ref> and Wickman found the production cinematic and the narrative "a lot more engaging" than the music video for "Style".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wickman |first1=Forrest |date=August 30, 2015 |title=Watch Taylor Swift Go Classical Hollywood With the Video for 'Wildest Dreams' |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/08/30/taylor_swift_wildest_dreams_music_video_debuts_during_mtv_vmas_video.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150902220801/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/08/30/taylor_swift_wildest_dreams_music_video_debuts_during_mtv_vmas_video.html |archive-date=September 2, 2015 |access-date=September 2, 2015 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref> Mike Wass of ''[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]]'' said that although Swift and Eastwood did not have a strong "chemistry", the African scenery and narrative "all [hang] together rather nicely".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wass |first1=Mike |date=August 30, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift And Scott Eastwood Pay Tribute To Cinema's Greatest Love Stories In 'Wildest Dreams': Watch |url=http://www.idolator.com/7606200/taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-video-scott-eastwood |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150904090255/http://www.idolator.com/7606200/taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-video-scott-eastwood |archive-date=September 4, 2015 |access-date=September 2, 2015 |website=[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]]}}</ref> The video was nominated for Best Fresh Video at the 2016 [[MTV Italian Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |title=TRL Awards 2016 |url=http://mtvawards.mtv.it/vincitori-2016/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622135808/http://mtvawards.mtv.it/vincitori-2016/ |archive-date=June 22, 2016 |access-date=June 19, 2016 |publisher=MTV Italy |language=it}}</ref>

Some journalists and academics analyzed the video in the context of Swift's celebrity and the historical Hollywood depictions of Africa. Carotenuto opined that Swift was part of a "[[The Lion King|''Lion King'']] generation", which led her to think of Africa as "nothing more than a rich tapestry of flora and fauna, with actual Africans fading onto the periphery", an idea that had been propagated by Hollywood films and popular American culture.<ref name="Carotenuto" /> ''The Atlantic''<nowiki/>{{'s}} Spencer Kornhaber wrote that her generation was when "certain symbols of white dominance {{nbsp}}[...] have been glorified". For Kornhaber, "Wildest Dreams" was in line with Swift's artistic vision of "a powerful but vague nostalgia, defined less by time period than by particular strains of influence that just happen to be affiliated with a certain skin color".<ref name="Kornhaber" /> Kornhaber and Tshepo Mokoena from ''The Guardian'' argued that the criticism was not meant to portray Swift as racist. The former contended that it was a "lesson" for Swift about "how nostalgia can be inherently political";<ref name="Kornhaber" /> the latter said that the video was a "clumsy move, but not one that merits outrage", but the criticism blemished Swift's "America's sweetheart" reputation.<ref name="Mokoena-2015" />

On [[the 1989 World Tour]] (2015), Swift performed the song as part of a [[Mashup (music)|mashup]] with "[[Enchanted (Taylor Swift song)|Enchanted]]", from her 2010 album ''[[Speak Now|]]''Speak Now'']].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Lucy |date=May 6, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift Has Kicked Off Her 1989 World Tour in Tokyo |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/news/a35504/taylor-swift-1989-world-tour-setlist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614123431/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/news/a35504/taylor-swift-1989-world-tour-setlist/ |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |access-date=January 4, 2020 |website=[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]}}</ref> Playing a sparkling [[grand piano]], she first sang "Wildest Dreams" and, after the second chorus, proceeded with "Enchanted". The rendition built up with accompanying synths and backing vocals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Paige |date=July 25, 2015 |title=Review: Taylor Swift Delivers Another Stellar Show at Gillette |url=https://www.thesunchronicle.com/go/review-taylor-swift-delivers-another-stellar-show-at-gillette/article_308d373c-3283-11e5-b3db-e34a7e4ffedb.html |access-date=December 29, 2023 |website=[[The Sun Chronicle]] |archive-date=May 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531232003/https://www.thesunchronicle.com/go/review-taylor-swift-delivers-another-stellar-show-at-gillette/article_308d373c-3283-11e5-b3db-e34a7e4ffedb.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Princiotti">{{Cite web |last=Princiotti |first=Nora |date=March 16, 2023 |title=On the Eve of Eras, Ranking Taylor Swift's All-Time Best Live Performances |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2023/3/16/23633759/ranking-taylor-swift-all-time-best-live-performances-eras-tour |access-date=December 29, 2023 |website=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]] |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331000214/https://www.theringer.com/music/2023/3/16/23633759/ranking-taylor-swift-all-time-best-live-performances-eras-tour/ |url-status=live}}</ref> She finished the mashup by changing costumes from a sparkling tulle skirt to a bodysuit for the next number.<ref name="Princiotti" /> [[The Ringer (website)|''The Ringer'']]'s Nora Princiotti in March 2023 deemed it Swift's best live performance, praising it as an "epic five-and-a-half-minute medley [that] is fundamentally simple".<ref name="Princiotti" />

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