who did ed sheeran write galway girl for
Galway Girl (Ed Sheeran song) In an interview with The Irish Times, Sheeran said that the opening line of the song, "She played the fiddle in an Irish band", was inspired by Niamh Dunne of Beoga, however, the rest of the song was made up and not about anyone in particular (Dunne is from County Limerick and married an Irishman).[9][11] According to Sheeran, he had to fight his record label to keep the song on his album: "They were really, really against 'Galway Girl', because apparently folk music isn't cool."[12][13] The song went on to become the third most streamed song from รท on Spotify.[14]
Thinking Out Loud In the kitchen,[11] Sheeran and Wadge began writing the song at 2:00Â am on 4 February 2014, and completed it in 20 minutes.[7] According to Wadge, the lyrical content resulted from her and Sheeran's talking about "everlasting love", inspired by the circumstances relevant at that time.[12] Sheeran also revealed that the lyrics were inspired by his then-girlfriend, Athina Andrelos,[13] whom Sheeran met in early 2014. Sheeran would later explain that he wrote the song "in a relationship at a really, really happy point".[14] Immediately after writing, Sheeran recorded the song on his phone.[7] He was keen to include "Thinking Out Loud" on the second album. He properly recorded the song the following day at the Sticky Studios, a recording facility located in the small Surrey village of Windlesham, and informed Wadge of its inclusion on the album.[7] It became the last song recorded for the album.[7] For "Thinking Out Loud", Sheeran sought the assistance of Jake Gosling, who produced much of his debut album and had earlier contributed tracks, four of which appear on the standard version of the second album.