"You Belong with Me" won Favorite Song at the 2010 Kids Choice Awards and was nominated for Song of the Year at the 45th Academy of Country Music Awards, but lost to Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" (2009).
Rob Sheffield iz revije "Blender" je pesem »You Belong with Me« priporočil bralcem, Jeniffer Webb, iz revije About.com, pa je napovedala, da bodo pesem začele poslušati skupine različnih starosti.