Drunk
| Drunk | |
|---|---|
| Ed Sheeran | |
| publication | 17th February 2012 |
| length | 3:20 minutes |
| Author (s) | Ed Sheeran, Jake Gosling |
| Label | Warner Music Group |
| album | + |
Drunk ( English for drunk ) is a song by the British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran . It is included on his Album + and was first released on February 17, 2012. Music and lyrics are by Jake Gosling (also the song's sole producer) and Sheeran. The text is about a relationship with Sheeran that ends because he doesn't want to change. That's why he sees drinking as the only way to get over it. Remixes were made by Doctor P , Basto (under the name Lazy Jay ) and Rudimental , among others .
Music video
Two music videos were produced: an unofficial one, edited and produced by Murray Cummings, which mainly contains excerpts from videos of his performances, and the official one. This was shot by Sheeran himself. His girlfriend Nina Nesbitt also appears in the video. At the beginning of the video you can see him coming home, sitting next to his cat and opening a can of beer. The cat is talking to him. Sheeran looks at his cell phone, in which his girlfriend has written " I don't want to see you anymore ". His cat tells him to forget about her. He goes to a party and keeps getting drunk there. His cat is with him. He is thrown out of the club with her, but continues to celebrate at home with another woman and the cat. At the end of the video you can see him, his cat and the beer can in the same situation as at the beginning of the video. Both videos were posted on Sheeran's official YouTube channel on January 20, 2012.
reception
Charts
The song reached number nine in the Australian charts, number seven in Ireland, number 23 in New Zealand, number 13 in Scotland, number 43 in Slovakia and number nine in the UK charts. In Australia and New Zealand it stayed in the charts for ten weeks and in Great Britain for 16 weeks.
criticism
Drunk got different reviews. For example , Dara Hickey of Unreality Shout only forgave 
, while Robert Copsey of Digital Spy said Sheeran found a way to make songs with lyrics about women fun, which the music video would prove. He forgave .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Drunk (Remixes) - EP. In: iTunes . Apple Inc., February 17, 2012, accessed October 2, 2012 .
- ↑ ED SHEERAN - DRUNK. In: hitparade.ch. Hung Medien, accessed October 2, 2012 .
- ↑ a b Drunk by Ed Sheeran. In: Songfacts. ToneMedia, accessed October 2, 2012 .
- ↑ Ed Sheeran - Drunk. YouTube, January 20, 2012, accessed October 2, 2012 .
- ↑ Ed Sheeran - Drunk (Official Video). YouTube, January 20, 2012, accessed October 2, 2012 .
- ↑ Music Videos: Ed Sheeran Debut's “Drunk” Official Video + Fan Montage. (No longer available online.) The Round Table, January 27, 2012, archived from the original on July 29, 2012 ; accessed on October 2, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Chart sources: AUS IRE NZL SCO SLO GBR
- ↑ Dara Hickey: Single Review: Ed Sheeran - 'Drunk'. (No longer available online.) Unreality Shout, March 3, 2012, archived from the original on October 26, 2012 ; accessed on October 2, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Robert Copsey: Ed Sheeran: 'Drunk' - Single review. In: Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK, accessed October 2, 2012 .
