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Don’t know how your week was last week but for Taylor Swift (to steal from Larry David), it was pretty, pretty, pretty, good. Let’s start with Wednsday night. The CMA…

HOUSTON, TX – FEBRUARY 04: Musician Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 2017 DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert at Club Nomadic on February 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for DIRECTV)

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Don't know how your week was last week but for Taylor Swift (to steal from Larry David), it was pretty, pretty, pretty, good.

Let's start with Wednsday night. The CMA Awards. "Country's biggest night." Ironically, it's a musical genre she professes to not give two shakes about anymore. Anyway, the night's biggest songwriter award is "Song of the Year." The winner? Taylor Swift for Little Big Town's "Better Man."

Friday, her brand new release, "Reputation" comes out and sells more than 700,000 copies in a day. No one does that anymore. No one.

Then on Saturday, she is the musical guest on "Saturday Night Live." Now, we're not the biggest fans of all of her "Pop" music work, but there has been some we really have liked.

Count this song among them.

"Call It Want You Want" sounds like something she might have done when she was in the world of country music full time. Check it out for yourself.

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.