| "I See Fire" | ||||
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| Single by Ed Sheeran | ||||
| from the album The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and × (Deluxe edition) | ||||
| Released | 5 November 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 5:00 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Ed Sheeran | |||
| Producer(s) | Ed Sheeran | |||
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"I See Fire" | ||||
"I See Fire" is a song by the English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was commissioned for the soundtrack of the 2013 film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, where it was played over the closing credits. The Hobbit director, Peter Jackson, asked Sheeran to write a song for the movie after Jackson's daughter, Katie, suggested Sheeran. Sheeran saw the film, wrote the song, and recorded most of the track elements on the same day.
The song was released as a digital download on 5 November 2013. Its music video was released the same day. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 13 and reached number one in New Zealand on its sixth week, Sheeran's first number-one single there. "I See Fire" was nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Original Song.