"The A Team"
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"The A Team" is a breakout acoustic folk-pop ballad by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran that poignantly depicts a young woman's struggle with addiction and homelessness.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The A Team | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | + (Plus) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Ed Sheeran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToCatalogOf | Ed Sheeran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionAustralianSingles | 2 ⓘ |
| chartPositionIrishSingles | 2 ⓘ |
| chartPositionNewZealandSingles | 3 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSingles | 3 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 16 ⓘ |
| composer | Ed Sheeran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuredOn | The X Factor (UK) performances by contestants ⓘ |
| firstSingleFrom | + (Plus) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Lego House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
CD single
ⓘ
digital download ⓘ |
| genre |
acoustic
ⓘ
ballad ⓘ folk pop ⓘ |
| grammyNominationYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| hasAcousticStyle | true ⓘ |
| hasCertificationUK | multi-platinum ⓘ |
| hasCertificationUS | multi-platinum ⓘ |
| hasMelancholicTone | true ⓘ |
| includedIn | + (Plus) ⓘ |
| isBreakthroughSingleOf | Ed Sheeran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:18 ⓘ |
| liveDebutEvent | Crisis homeless charity gig ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Rupert Norris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoSetting | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | young woman struggling with addiction and homelessness ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Grammy Award for Song of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Ed Sheeran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | You Need Me, I Don't Need You NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Jake Gosling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedAt | Sticky Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Asylum Records
ⓘ
Atlantic Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2011-06-12 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | life of a woman addicted to Class A drugs ⓘ |
| theme |
addiction
ⓘ
drug abuse ⓘ homelessness ⓘ prostitution ⓘ |
| titleWordplayOn | Class A drugs ⓘ |
| writer | Ed Sheeran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 2011 ⓘ |
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