Bloodstream (song)
"Bloodstream" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran from his second studio album, × (2014). It was written by Sheeran, Rudimental, and Snow Patrol members Johnny McDaid and Gary Lightbody, and produced by Rick Rubin.
For other songs, see Bloodstream (disambiguation)."Bloodstream"
17 June 2014
Shangri-La (Malibu, California)
4:59
- Ed Sheeran
- Johnny McDaid
- Gary Lightbody
- Piers Agget
- Amir Amor
- Kesi Dryden
- Leon Rolle
The song was released as an "instant grat" digital download to the iTunes Store on 17 June 2014, serving as the fourth of seven promotional singles from ×. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 81 and rose to number 60.
In December 2014, "Bloodstream" was remixed by Rudimental. This version of the song was released on 29 March 2015 as a joint single between Sheeran and Rudimental, serving as the fourth single from × and the lead single from Rudimental's second studio album, We the Generation (2015). This remix peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart.
Background[edit]
"Bloodstream" was written by Sheeran, Rudimental, and Snow Patrol members – Johnny McDaid and Gary Lightbody, and produced by Rick Rubin at Shangri-La in Malibu, California.[1] The song is about Sheeran taking MDMA during a wedding celebration in Ibiza.[2] He claims that during the experience he "fell in love with a beanbag" and that "[he] felt anxiety, [he] felt love, [he] felt warm, [he] felt a bit weird".[2] Sheeran made a live PA to perform the song during Rudimental's set at Glastonbury on 27 June 2014.[3]
"Bloodstream"
11 February 2015
December 2014
- 5:09 (album version)
- 3:39 (radio edit)
- Asylum
- Atlantic
- Ed Sheeran
- Johnny McDaid
- Gary Lightbody
- Rudimental
Rudimental