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Ed Sheeran: every song, explained.
8 Ed Sheeran songs in the archive, from 2011–2025: what each one is about, who wrote it and what it did on the charts. Each entry opens the full explanation.
8
Songs explained
2011–2025
Years covered
Folk & Country
Main genre here
Ed Sheeran
The A Team
2011
Ed Sheeran
Shape of You
2017
Ed Sheeran
Bad Habits
2021
Ed Sheeran
Azizam
2025
Ed Sheeran
Sapphire
2025
Ed Sheeran
Perfect
Ed Sheeran
Shivers
Ed Sheeran
Thinking Out Loud
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Every Ed Sheeran entry sets out what the song is about and where that reading comes from: writing credits, interviews, the record's own history. Where a popular interpretation is wrong, the entry says so and shows the evidence. Missing a song? Suggest it.