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| Single by Ed Sheeran | ||||
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| B-side | "Friends" | |||
| Released | 7 April 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 7 December 2013 | |||
| Genre | R&B[1][2] | |||
| Length | 3:55 | |||
| Label | Asylum UK | |||
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| Producer(s) | Pharrell Williams | |||
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"Sing" | ||||
"Sing" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran. It was produced by Pharrell Williams, who also provided backing vocals. The song was released by Asylum Records UK on 7 April 2014 as the lead single from Sheeran's second studio album, × (2014).[3][4][5] "Sing" became Sheeran's first UK number-one single and also topped the charts in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. It peaked at number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
A remix featuring French rapper Nekfeu was released on 11 August 2014.
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- ^ Farber, Jim (23 June 2014). "'x,' music review". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023.
- ^ St. Asaph, Katherine (7 April 2014). "Ed Sheeran Teams Up With Pharrell for New Single "Sing": Listen". Time. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ Lipshutz, Jason (7 April 2014). "Ed Sheeran's 'Sing' Arrives: Pharrell-Produced Single Channels Justin Timberlake". Billboard. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ Cragg, Michael (8 April 2014). "Ed Sheeran – Sing: New music". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2014.