Taylor Swift's 'September' Cover Blows, Listeners Say

Pop star Taylor Swift is getting eviscerated for her cover of “September,” which turned Earth, Wind & Fire’s funky classic into a slowed-down, country version of the original.

Swift gave a hint of things to come Thursday morning on her Instagram page, where she posted a short video.

"My @Spotify Singles of 'Delicate' and my cover of 'September' by Earth, Wind & Fire come out tomorrow!” she said.

After the song’s release Friday, Earth, Wind & Fire’s diehard fans weren’t at all amused.

Writing for The Root, Monique Judge didn’t hold back. “Taylor Swift needs her a** whooped,” she said.

Judge opined that some songs shouldn’t be remade, and “September” is one of them — especially by Swift.

“There are certain songs you don’t mess with, especially if you don’t have the range, and we all know Taylor Swift has all the range of a dial tone,” Judge wrote.

Swift received at least a lukewarm appraisal from Popsugar’s Kelsie Gibson.

“While the stripped-down version is a complete 180 from the soul classic, it’s also strangely reminiscent of Swift’s older country material,” she wrote in a piece titled “Taylor Swift Just Made a Classic Earth, Wind & Fire Song Country, and I Don’t Hate It.”

Folks on social media also had no appreciation for the effort.

Against my better judgment, I listened. All the funk....all the soul was drained out of that legendary bop. pic.twitter.com/68NI4Vn2SN

— Team Killmonger (@OckyJ83) April 13, 2018

All I had to read was there were banjo's in the song.... Hard pass, not gonna do it, and I generally love mash-ups, and VIP's (variations in production) Wash your ears out with this excellent album of re-imagined tunes instead...https://t.co/wOyN0nLe27

— Bad Attitude Baracus (@BustYourAssFool) April 13, 2018

No need to disrespect Earth, Wind and Fire like this.

— Mike (@MJ_GIA) April 13, 2018

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