Song · Ed Sheeran
“Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran
From the album × (2014)
“Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2015 and 2024. It was first released in 2014 on the album ×. Its best result is #28 on the WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #208 indie & aaa song of 2015.
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Ed Sheeran wrote "Thinking Out Loud" with Amy Wadge for ×, his second studio album, in 2014, and it's his bid for an old-fashioned slow dance: blue-eyed soul with a soft-rock glow. Sheeran sings and plays guitar, Peter Gosling is on piano, Chris Leonard covers bass, Hammond organ and the electric guitar solo, and Jake Gosling, his frequent collaborator, produced it and played drums and percussion, with Mark "Spike" Stent mixing.
Sent out as the album's third single, it took the slow road: 19 weeks in the UK top 40 before it reached number one in November 2014, his second chart-topper at home. It became the first single to stay in Britain's top 40 for a whole year and the first song to pass 500 million Spotify streams, and it collected Best Pop Solo Performance and Song of the Year at the 58th Grammy Awards.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 28 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2015 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 740 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
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