Tim McGraw was ‘apprehensive’ when Taylor Swift named song after him

Los Angeles, Jan 21 : Singer Tim McGraw has recalled that when pop superstar Taylor Swift decided to name her debut song after him, he was initially a little apprehensive.

"Tim McGraw" had released in 2006.

At first he thought hed gotten "terribly old" and uncool.In fact, McGraw admitted that he was "a little apprehensive at first", reports contactmusic.com.

"Then I thought, have I gotten to that age now to where theyre singing songs about me? Does that mean Ive jumped the shark a bit? Is everything still cool? And then I realised that somebody had told me that she was in her 7th grade math class when she wrote the song, so it made me feel a little bit better about that because she was so young writing it.So I didnt feel like I was that terribly old…," he said.Swift later joined McGraw and his wife Faith Hill, also a singer, on their Soul2Soul Tour in 2007."It was incredible.

It was just her and her guitar and one other person.Just two people, her and another guy playing … Im a big fan of Taylors.

I think that she has just such a unique way of connecting with her audience and her songwriting ability and her intuition is just so incredible.And I just think shes one of the greatest artistes to come along in a long time," said McGraw.

They have performed numerous times over the years and also released the song, "Highway dont care", which features on McGraws 2013 LP "Two Lanes Of Freedom".