Shape of You
2017 single by Ed Sheeran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Shape of You" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It is the first single from his third studio album, ÷ ("divide"). It was released on January 6, 2017.[1] "Shape of You" has reached number one on the charts of several countries, including entering at the top of the charts in the UK, US, Canada, and Australia. It became Sheeran's first number-one song in the US. Before, he reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2015 with the single "Thinking Out Loud".
On Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), a website that shows the royalties and songwriters/publishers of songs, Sheeran added the songwriters of TLC's "No Scrubs" (1999).[2] This is because lines from both songs have a similar rhythm.
Boy, let's not talk too much
Grab on my waist, and put that body on me
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"Shape of You", 2017
No, I don't want no scrub
A scrub is a guy who can't get no love from me
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"No Scrubs", 1999
The song finished as the number-one song of 2017 in the US.[3]
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Composition
The song is in C# minor with a moderate tempo, and a chord progression following C#m-F#m-A-B with a tresillo rhythm.
Music video
The music video for "Shape of You", directed by Jason Koenig, was released on 30 January 2017 and features American actress Jennie Pegouski and retired sumo wrestler Yamamotoyama Ryūta.[4]
Chart performance
"Shape of You" has reached the number one position in 38 countries. It is one of the most successful songs in world history, having charted at the number one position for 10 weeks or more on the national singles charts in 16 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. The song has charted for 15 weeks on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart, becoming the longest-running number one single on a national singles chart in Australian history - a record that it held until November 2019.[5][6][7] In Canada, the song charted at number one for 16 weeks, becoming one of the two longest-running number one singles in Canadian history, with the other being the Black Eyed Peas' 2009 single "I Gotta Feeling" - a record that both songs were later equalled with by Luis Fonsi's "Despacito" in 2017 and surpassed by Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" in 2019.[8]
Charts
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References
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