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"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 ...
"A Murder of One" is a song by Counting Crows, released as the fourth single from their debut album, August and Everything After. [1] Frontman Adam Duritz explained the song's meaning as follows: "I can remember being eight years old and having infinite possibilities. But life ends up being so much less than we thought it would be when we were ...
Ed Sheeran has a whole lot of history with One Direction. Sheeran first collaborated with the boy band — which originally included Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and the ...
In 2024, Ed Sheeran also confirmed punk band The Offspring is an influence. His aunt gave him 10 pounds to buy a CD and the first CD he purchased was Conspiracy of One and he used to play their song Million Miles Away in front of a mirror. [221] Sheeran later performed the song with the band.
August and Everything After is the debut studio album by American rock band Counting Crows, released September 14, 1993, on Geffen Records.The album was produced by T Bone Burnett and featured the founding members of the band: Steve Bowman (drums), David Bryson (guitar), Adam Duritz (vocals), Charlie Gillingham (keyboards), and Matt Malley (bass).
The inspiration for the song, according to Adam Duritz, came from the sense of "not lasting" he felt when he went to bed and read a newspaper that stated Richard Manuel, a founding member of the Band, had died of an apparent suicide. Manuel was a pianist and vocalist who suffered from bouts of depression—all abilities and traits shared by ...
The song features British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and was produced by Labrinth. "Watchtower" was released on 16 August 2012 and entered the UK Singles Chart on 26 August 2012 at number 7, becoming Devlin's highest-charting single and first top 10 hit and Sheeran's fifth top 10 hit.
The song reached number-one in Israel and peaked within the top-ten of the charts in ten other countries, including the United Kingdom (number two on the UK Singles Chart), Australia and Switzerland. It also became Sheeran's 13th top ten on the US Billboard Adult Top 40 , the most on the chart for a male solo artist .