Old Phone
2025 single by Ed Sheeran
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"Old Phone" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was released on 1 May 2025 by Gingerbread Man and Atlantic Records, as the second single from his eighth studio album, Play.[1] The track was written by Sheeran and produced by Sheeran, Ilya Salmanzadeh and Blake Slatkin.[2][3] The limited edition 7-inch single includes exclusive bonus track "Rapture". Sheeran performed "Old Phone" during the 2025 European leg of his +−=÷× Tour. The song peaked at numbers 17 in the United Kingdom and 38 in Ireland.
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| Single by Ed Sheeran | ||||
| from the album Play | ||||
| B-side | "Rapture" | |||
| Released | 1 May 2025 | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
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| Songwriter | Ed Sheeran | |||
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| "Old Phone" on YouTube | ||||
Background
In April 2025, Sheeran launched a new Instagram account to celebrate his upcoming single "Old Phone".[4] The account features a number of never-before-seen pictures, texts and lyric notes, a look back through Sheeran's mobile phone that he retired in 2015.[5][6] He was inspired to write the new song when revisiting his recovered old phone, after winning the "Thinking Out Loud" copyright lawsuit.[2]
Music video
Track listing
- Digital and streaming single[10]
- "Old Phone" – 3:41
- 7-inch single[11]
- "Old Phone" – 3:41
- "Rapture" – 3:21 (non-album track; written and produced by Sheeran, Blake Slatkin and Omer Fedi)
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.[12]
- Ed Sheeran – songwriting, production, lead vocals, guitar
- Ilya Salmanzadeh – production, keyboards, backing vocals, programming, engineering
- Blake Slatkin – production, keyboards, backing vocals, programming, engineering
- Beoga – banjo, piano, strings
- Pino Palladino – bass
- Davide Rossi – cello, viola, violin, strings arranger
- Gautam Sharma – dhol, percussion, tambourine
- Lemar Carter – drums
- Ganesh Murali – ghatam, tambourine
- Jayesh Kathak – güiro, khartal, shaker, tambourine
- Dylan Day – guitar
- Tapas Ray – mandolin
- Elvira Anderfjärd – backing vocals
- Graham Archer – engineering
- Jeremy Lertola – engineering
- Michael Harris – engineering
- Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
- Bryce Bordone – assistant mixing engineer
- Matt Wolach – assistant mixing engineer
- Stuart Hawkes – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
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Monthly charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[43] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||