You Belong with Me is an album.
`` You Belong with Me '' is a song performed by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift . It was released on April 18 , 2009 , by Big Machine Records as the third single from Swift 's second studio album , Fearless ( 2008 ) . The song contains many pop music elements and its lyrics have Swift desiring an out-of-reach love interest . In the United States , the song became Swift 's highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 at the time and has become Swift 's third best-selling single . The song is one of the best-selling singles worldwide , with worldwide sales of more than 5.1 million units ( according to the IFPI ) .