Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud

“Thinking Out Loud” – Single by Ed Sheeran from the album ×. Released 24 September 2014. It was written by Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge, and produced by frequent collaborator Jake Gosling.

In June 2015, “Thinking Out Loud” became the first single to spend a full year in the UK top 40. In September 2015, it also became the seventh single to have achieved triple platinum certification in the UK during the 21st century. In October 2015, the song became the first to be streamed over 500 million times on Spotify, is also one of the most streamed songs in the UK and has been viewed more than 3.7 billion times on YouTube as of February 2024.

Emil Nava directed the video accompaniment to the single. Most of it was filmed in the Crystal Ballroom at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The video was shot continuously using a 16 mm film camera.

Unlike Sheeran’s earlier videos, where he assumed a low profile, he took the lead role on “Thinking Out Loud”. In the video, Sheeran executes a contemporary dance with Brittany Cherry, a contestant from the televised American dance competition, So You Think You Can Dance. The routine was choreographed by Nappytabs and with training help from Paul Karmiryan. While on concert tour, Sheeran spent five hours a day for three weeks to practice with Cherry.

The video was released on 7 October 2014. After the first 24 hours, the video had over 2.7 million views on video-sharing website, YouTube. The music video received four nominations at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year and Best Male Video.

Ed Sheeran wanted to look good for the video, so he lost 35 pounds, mainly by giving up beer.

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This soulful song finds Sheeran tipping the hat to his key teenage influence, Van Morrison. “No one’s really channeled Van Morrison for a long time,” he pointed out to Q magazine. “Everyone always channels, Michael Jackson and the Beatles and Bob Dylan, and I feel like Van Morrison is a key figure in the music that I make.”

Sheeran wrote this love song about his girlfriend at the time, Athina Andrelos, who worked for English celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. The pair split up in early 2015 after dating for about a year.
Ed Sheeran wrote this with the Bristol singer-songwriter Amy Wadge, whom he previously worked with on his 2010 EP, Songs I Wrote With Amy.

The romantic ballad was the last song that Sheeran wrote for x. He penned it in his kitchen.

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