As talented a songwriter as ed sheeran is a singer, take a look at some of the best chart-toppers the ‘shape of you’ hit-maker has penned for other artistes.
‘Love Yourself’ – Justin Bieber
We all know that Ed Sheeran had a hand in writing Justin Bieber’s behemoth smash for his purpose album, but can you believe this enormously successful ditty was actually a reject chucked out of Ed’s upcoming record, divide? “going from a song that would have never been released to [being] the biggest song of [2015], it just shows you that you shouldn’t always write stuff off,” Ed divulged in a recent interview, but also making sure to give Biebs credit for working his magic on it. and the rest is history.
‘Little Things’ – One Direction
Before one direction won over the hearts of every boyband-lovin’ fan out there, our resident songwriting genius was already paving the way for the brit quintet’s impending global takeover – one song at a time, including ‘moments’, ‘over again’ and ‘18’. most memorable was ‘little things’, which Ed revealed that it contained some of his favourite lyrics ever. he admitted to penning the emotive ballad with his former flame when he was 17, but didn’t mind giving it to 1d in a bid to “try something different”. what a pal!
‘Dark Times’ – The Weeknd
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