It’s quite the portfolio!
Ed Sheeran is one of the biggest names in pop music. Not only is he constantly topping the charts with some hugely catchy tracks of his own – some of which he almost didn’t release – and some pretty incredible collaborations, he’s also working behind the scenes with other artists on their music!
There are plenty of songs released by other artists that Ed Sheeran has co-written too, working with the likes of Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Anne-Marie. Read up on all the artists Ed Sheeran has written songs for…
Which other artists has Ed Sheeran written for?
Olly Murs – ‘Love Shine Down’, featuring Jessie J (2010)
‘Love Shine Down’ featuring Jessie J was an album track on Olly’s self-titled album from 2010, co-written by Ed, Olly and four other people.
One Direction – ‘Little Things’ (2012)
Co-written by Ed, ‘Little Things’ was a Number 1 hit for the boy band One Direction in 2012. It appeared on their second album, ‘Take Me Home’, and Ed worked with songwriter Fiona Bevan and producer Jake Gosling to create it.
Watch the music video on YouTube here.
They also worked together on ‘Moments’, from their debut album ‘Up All Night’.
One Direction – ’18’ (2014)
’18’ was another song released by One Direction and written by Ed Sheeran. It was a promotional song released in 2014.
Jessie Ware – ‘Say You Love Me’
Ed co-wrote ‘Say You Love Me’ and even provided backing vocals for Jessie Ware’s track. The stripped back love song features on her fourth album ‘Tough Love’ which came out in 2014.
Hilary Duff – ‘Tattoo’ (2015)
Disney star Hilary Duff released her fifth album ‘Breathe In. Breathe Out.’ in 2015, and worked with Ed on the song ‘Tattoo’.
Justin Bieber – ‘Love Yourself’ (2015)
Ed joined forces with Justin for ‘Love Yourself’ which was a hit in 2015 all around the world, reaching the top spot in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Sweden, as well as spending six weeks at Number 1 in the UK. Ed nearly kept the track for his own album, ‘÷’, but it ended up with Justin instead.
Watch the music video on YouTube here.
Ed and Biebs also worked together on ‘The Feeling’, which appeared on his fourth album ‘Purpose’ released in 2015, and collaborated on ‘I Don’t Care’ in 2019.
Rixton – ‘Hotel Ceiling’ (2015)
Released in 2015, this song was the third song from Rixton’s debut album. Ed worked on the song with producer Benny Blanco, and the video starred Hollywood actress Alice Eve.
The Weeknd – ‘Dark Times’ (2015)
Ed and The Weeknd worked together on ‘Dark Times’ for his second album, ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’. As well as writing the song together, Ed also provided vocals on the track.
Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and Mø – ‘Cold Water’ (2016)
Ed was co-writer on another Justin Bieber track, which saw the singer team up with DJ group Major Lazer and Danish singer and producer MØ. It reached Number 1 in the UK in 2016.
Matt Terry – ‘When Christmas Comes Around’ (2016)
Ed worked with his collaborator Amy Wadge for The X Factor 2016 winner Matt Terry on his winners’ single, ‘When Christmas Comes Around’.
Robbie Williams – ‘Pretty Woman’ (2016)
‘Pretty Woman’ is featured on Robbie’s album, ‘The Heavy Entertainment Show’, released in 2016. Ed co-wrote the song with Robbie, teamed up with Benny Blanco again and also producer Steve Robson for the track.
Zara Larsson – ‘Don’t Let Me Be Yours’ (2017)
This song was co-written by Zara and Ed along with some other songwriters including Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid. Ed also provided backing vocals on the track, which appeared on Zara’s second album ‘So Good’, released in 2017.
James Blunt – ‘Make Me Better’ (2017)
James hired Ed’s songwriting talents for his fifth album ‘The Afterlove’, working on both ‘Make Me Better’ and ‘Time of Our Lives’.
Liam Payne – ‘Strip That Down’, featuring Quavo (2017)
The debut solo single from former One Directioner Liam Payne was co-written by Ed, Liam and Quavo who also features on the track. Ed also provided uncredited backing vocals for the song, which reached Number 3 in the UK charts.
Watch the music video on YouTube here.
They also worked together on Liam’s 2019 single ‘Stack It Up’ featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie.
Rita Ora – ‘Your Song’ (2017)
Rita Ora made her comeback in 2017 with a song penned by Ed, which also served as the lead single from her second album, ‘Phoenix, released in 2018.
DJ Snake and Lauv – ‘A Different Way’ (2017)
DJ Snake and Lauv worked together on ‘A Different Way’ in 2017, roping in Ed for the songwriting along with Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid, as well as Steve Mac, Ilsey Juber and Lindy Robbins.
Anne-Marie – ‘2002’ (2018)
One of Anne-Marie’s most popular songs ‘2002’ was co-written with Ed, who encouraged her to release it as a single. It peaked at Number 3 in the UK charts.
Olly Murs – ‘Moves’ featuring Snoop Dogg (2018)
Ed and Olly teamed up once again in 2018 for Olly’s comeback single, ‘Moves’, which also featured vocals from Snoop Dogg. The track featured on the soundtrack for Johnny English Strikes Again.
Jess Glynne – ‘Thursday’ (2018)
Ed helped Jess Glynne pen this song, which is all about how people shouldn’t be forced to hide behind a mask and should feel free to express themselves. Jess has stated that it’s one of her “favourites”, and that it’s “close to her heart”.
Little Mix – ‘Woman Like Me’ featuring Nicki Minaj (2018)
Little Mix’s feminist powerhouse track featuring Nicki Minaj was actually co-written by Ed himself along with Jess Glynne for her own album, ‘Always In Between’, but said that it “didn’t fit” with the other songs and gave it to Little Mix instead.
Keith Urban – ‘Parallel Line’ (2018)
Ed worked with country music star Keith Urban on his single ‘Parallel Line’ which featured on his 10th album ‘Graffiti U’. Ed and Keith worked with Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid as well as Benny Blanco, Amy Wadge and Julia Michaels – and also features a sample of ‘Everglow’ by Coldplay from their album, ‘A Head Full of Dreams’.
‘Because I Had You’ – Shawn Mendes (2018)
Shawn worked with Ryan on his self-titled third album, released in May 2018. Ryan co-wrote ‘Particular Taste’ and ‘Because I Had You’, and also co-produced both of those songs.
Boyzone – ‘Because’ (2018)
Boyzone teamed up with Ed for ‘Because’, the lead single from their final album ‘Thank You & Goodnight’, released in 2018. It was written by Ed along with lead singer Ronan Keating as well as John Shanks and Amy Wadge.
Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid – ‘Eastside’ (2018)
Singers Halsey and Khalid teamed up with producer Benny Blanco on 2018 track ‘Eastside’, working with Ed on the songwriting. The track went to Number 1 in the UK and was also certified 2x Platinum.
BTS – ‘Make It Right’ (2019)
South Korean band BTS worked with Ed on their 2019 song ‘Make It Better’, which appeared on their EP ‘Map of the Soul: Persona’. They released another version of the song later in 2019 with featured singer Lauv.
Watch the official music video on YouTube.
Ed also teamed up with BTS once more in 2021 for their global smash hit ‘Permission to Dance’.
Westlife – ‘Hello My Love’ (2019)
Ed Sheeran wrote the comeback single for Irish band Westlife, ‘Hello My Love’, which appeared on their 2019 album ‘Spectrum’. The song became a massive hit with Westlife fans.
Watch the music video on YouTube here.
Ed also worked with Westlife on some of their other ‘Spectrum’ album tracks: ‘Better Man’, ‘Dynamite’, ‘My Blood’ and ‘One Last Time’, as well as non-album track ‘Anywhere’.
Alicia Keys – ‘Underdog’ (2020)
Alicia made use of Ed’s songwriting skills for her track ‘Underdog’, featuring on her 2020 album ‘Alicia’. Co-written by Alicia, Ed and his frequent songwriting collaborators Johnny McDaid and Amy Wadge among others, the track was certified Platinum in the US.
Anne-Marie – ‘Beautiful’ (2021)
In July 2021, Anne-Marie released her track ‘Beautiful’, co-written by Ed Sheeran and Max Martin. The track features on her second studio album ‘Therapy’, which was released on 23rd July 2021.
JLS – ‘Eternal Love’ (2021)
Fans were over the moon when JLS announced that they were getting back together – not only were the boys heading on a reunion tour, but they were even releasing new music. And what better way to break out onto the music scene again than by releasing a track co-written by Ed Sheeran?!
The track ‘Eternal Love’ featured on JLS’s latest album ‘2.0’, which was released on 3rd December 2021.
Lewis Capaldi – ‘Pointless’ (2022)
Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi spoke about the process of writing his song ‘Pointless’ with Ed, telling the BBC he was hesitant to collaborate with him: “Every British artist who has a Number 1 record seems to have Ed on it. That’s a testament to how good he is but I was wary of it. My ego was going, ‘I don’t want people thinking Ed wrote my song’.”
In the end, the pair did work together and co-wrote the track, which was released on Friday 2nd December and will feature on Lewis’ second album, ‘Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent’, slated for release in 2023.
David Guetta, Anne-Marie, Coi Leray – ‘Baby Don’t Hurt Me’ (2023)
Ed is credited as a writer on David Guetta’s huge track ‘Baby Don’t Hurt Me’, which features Anne-Marie and Coi Leray. The song also features a sample from the classic dance track, ‘What is Love?’ by Haddaway.
Perrie – ‘Forget About Us’ (2024)
Little Mix singer Perrie Edwards released her first solo single in April 2024 and it was co-written by Ed Sheeran. The singer revealed Ed sent her the song which she loved, and after making a few tweaks to it she recorded it.
Bon Jovi – ‘Living in Paradise’ (2024)
Jon co-wrote ‘Living in Paradise’ with Ed for Bon Jovi’s 2024 album ‘Forever’ while staying for the weekend at the rock legend’s house with his family.
Did Ed Sheeran write ‘Shape of You’ for Rihanna?
Ed Sheeran released ‘Shape of You’ in 2017, however the singer revealed that he originally thought he would offer the song to Rihanna. Ed opened up about the song saying that he planned to write some songs for other artists and thought ‘Shape of You’ would be good for Rihanna, however as he came up with the lyrics, he revealed he didn’t think she would sing them, so he kept it for himself.
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