Runaway

Album: x (2014)
Charted: 71
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  • This sassy Soul number is one of two tracks on x produced by Pharrell Williams (the other is the lead single "Sing.") Sheeran explained during a Spotify track-by-track how he ended up working with the hitmaking producer.

    "Originally he tweeted 'This Angels To Fly song is great' a while ago," he said, "and then at the Grammys, I don't think he knew what I looked like, so I just went up to him and said, 'I'm a massive fan, I just wanted to say that's my tune!', and then we swapped numbers."

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  • Just A Favor from Omnipotent"I love him from the skin to my bones, but don't wanna live in his home"
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