Song · Ed Sheeran
“The A Team” by Ed Sheeran
From the EP Loose Change (2010)
“The A Team” by Ed Sheeran appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2012 and 2013. It was first released in 2010 on the EP Loose Change. Its best result is #10 on the Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #353 alternative song of 2012.
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Ed Sheeran's "The A Team" first turned up on his 2010 EP Loose Change, then got its proper launch in June 2011 as his debut single and the opening shot for his first album, +. It's a folk ballad about a woman living rough and hooked on crack, a Class A drug, and it came out of a visit to a homeless shelter, where he heard people's stories, and a last-minute gig at an event for the homeless. Sheeran sings and plays acoustic and electric guitar, and Jake Gosling produced, recorded and mixed it, adding piano and strings.
It debuted at three in the UK, and America took its time: sent to radio late in 2012, it crept up the Hot 100 to 16, his first single there, and earned his first Grammy nomination, for Song of the Year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 39 | KFOG San Francisco Bay Area, CA | KFOG Foghead Favorites 2012 | 40 |
| 2012 | 10 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2012 | 101 |
| 2012 | 57 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2012 | 88 |
| 2012 | 17 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2012 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 809 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
Also listed as: The A-Team.
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