Released on 12 June 2011 Producer: Jake Gosling Songwriter: Ed Sheeran Critical Reception of the Record: The song received a lot of positive comments and praises for bringing this issue to the table. - “The song is a dark yet overwhelmingly tuneful slice of jazz-folk. Built on palm-muted guitars and a simmering string arrangement, Sheeran chronicles a young girl's descent into an endless web of drug addiction and prostitution: "Stuck in her daydream… Lately, her face seems slowly sinking, wasting, crumbling like pastries," he sings. A songwriting prodigy—he released his first two albums while still in high school—and up-and-coming phenom in his native Britain, Sheeran has an unflinching eye for subtle details and colorful imagery, and his music is full of soulful vocal runs and patient atmosphere. Although the subject matter of "The A Team" isn't exactly radio-friendly, the hook sure is.” Public Reception of the Record: The public had been left in awe after the release of the song. It had brought a very big issue to the public’s eyes. Ed Sheeran had made this song about a woman that he met while he was at the homeless shelter, and because of this single received much attention. - “"The A Team" became the best selling debut single and the overall eight best selling single of 2011, shifting 801,000 copies.” Why I like this Song: I like this song because it makes awareness about some poor choices that homeless individuals can make when they lose hope. Ed Sheeran wrote the song about a women that he met at a homeless shelter who was a drug addict and to earn money for those drugs she had decided to sell herself out. |