Old Phone

"Old Phone" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was released on 1 May 2025 under his own label Gingerbread Man Records and distributed by Warner Records as the second single from his upcoming eighth studio album, Play.^[1] The track was written by Sheeran and produced by Sheeran, Ilya Salmanzadeh and Blake Slatkin.^[2][3]

"Old Phone"
Single by Ed Sheeran
from the album Play
B-side	"Rapture"
Released	1 May 2025 (2025-05-01)
Length	3:41
Label	Gingerbread Man Warner
Songwriter(s)	Ed Sheeran
Producer(s)	Ed Sheeran Ilya Salmanzadeh Blake Slatkin
Ed Sheeran singles chronology
"Azizam" (2025) "Old Phone" (2025) "Sapphire" (2025)
Music video
"Old Phone" on YouTube

Background

In April 2025, Sheeran launched a new Instagram account to celebrate his upcoming single "Old Phone".^[4] The account features a number of never-before-seen pictures, texts and lyric notes, a look back through Sheeran's mobile phone that he retired in 2015.^[5][6] He was inspired to write the new song when revisiting his recovered old phone after winning the "Thinking Out Loud" copyright lawsuit.^[2]

Music video

The Emil Nava-directed music video was released on 8 May 2025.^[7] It features Sheeran's pop-up Ipswich pub gig as well as similar locations around the Cape Ann area such as Cape Ann Lanes as well as fans who submitted stories from their past.^[8][9]

Track listing

Digital / streaming single^[10]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Old Phone"	Ed Sheeran	Ed Sheeran Blake Slatkin Ilya	3:42

7-inch single^[11]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Old Phone"	Sheeran	Sheeran Slatkin Ilya	3:42
2.	"Rapture"	Sheeran Slatkin Omer Fedi	Sheeran Slatkin Fedi	3:21

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[12]

• Ed Sheeran – songwriting, production, lead vocals, guitar
• Ilya Salmanzadeh – production, keyboards, backing vocals, programming, engineering
• Blake Slatkin – production, keyboards, backing vocals, programming, engineering
• Beoga – banjo, piano, strings
• Pino Palladino – bass
• Davide Rossi – cello, viola, violin, strings arranger
• Gautam Sharma – dhol, percussion, tambourine
• Lemar Carter – drums
• Ganesh Murali – ghatam, tambourine
• Jayesh Kathak – güiro, khartal, shaker, tambourine
• Dylan Day – guitar
• Tapas Ray – mandolin
• Elvira Anderfjärd – backing vocals
• Graham Archer – engineering
• Jeremy Lertola – engineering
• Michael Harris – engineering
• Spike Stent – mixer
• Bryce Bordone – assistant mixing engineer
• Matt Wolach – assistant mixing engineer
• Stuart Hawkes – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Old Phone" Chart (2025) Peak position Argentina Anglo Airplay (Monitor Latino)[13] 8 Australia Digital Tracks (ARIA)[14] 4 Bolivia Anglo Airplay (Monitor Latino)[15] 6 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[16] 60 Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[17] 40 Croatia International Airplay (Top lista)[18] 13 Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[19] 25 Global 200 (Billboard)[20] 75 Ireland (IRMA)[21] 38 Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard)[22] 5 Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20)[23] 6 Lithuania Airplay (TopHit)[24] 24 Netherlands (Single Tip)[25] 4 New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[26] 5 North Macedonia Airplay (Radiomonitor)[27] 7 Norway (VG-lista)[28] 54 Paraguay Anglo Airplay (Monitor Latino)[29] 10 Romania Airplay (TopHit)[30] 82 South Korea BGM (Circle)[31] 50 South Korea Download (Circle)[32] 91 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[33] 62 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[34] 61 UK Singles (OCC)[35] 17 US Billboard Hot 100[36] 89 US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[37] 35 Venezuela (Record Report)[38] 41 Venezuela Anglo Airplay (Monitor Latino)[39] 2

Monthly charts Monthly chart performance for "Old Phone" Chart (2025) Peak position Lithuania Airplay (TopHit)[40] 62 Romania Airplay (TopHit)[41] 90

Release history

Release history for "Old Phone"

Region	Date	Format	Version	Label	Ref.
Various	1 May 2025	Digital download streaming	Original	Gingerbread Man Warner	[10]
	11 July 2025	7-inch			[11]