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Old Phone

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"Old Phone"
Single by Ed Sheeran
from the album Play
B-side"Rapture (unreleased)"
Released1 May 2025 (2025-05-01)
Length3:41
Label
Songwriter(s)Ed Sheeran
Producer(s)
Ed Sheeran singles chronology
"Azizam"
(2025) 		"Old Phone"
(2025) 		"Sapphire"
(2025)
Music video
"Old Phone" on YouTube

"Old Phone" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was released on 1 May 2025 under his own label Gingerbread Man Records and distributed by Warner Records as the second single from his upcoming eighth studio album, Play.[1] The track was written by Sheeran and produced by Sheeran, Ilya Salmanzadeh and Blake Slatkin.[2][3]

Background

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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

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The Emil Nava-directed music video was released on 8 May 2025.[7] It features Sheeran's pop-up Ipswich pub gig and fans who submitted stories from their past.[8][9]

Track listing

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  • Digital / streaming single[10]
  1. "Old Phone" – 2:42
  1. "Old Phone" – 2:42
  2. "Rapture"

Credits and personnel

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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
  • Spike Stent – mixer
  • Bryce Bordone – assistant mixing engineer
  • Matt Wolach – assistant mixing engineer
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering

Charts

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Release history

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Release history for "Old Phone"
Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Various 1 May 2025
Original
[10]
11 July 2025
[11]

References

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  1. ^ Horowitz, Steven J. (1 May 2025). "Ed Sheeran Announces New Album 'Play,' Releases Single 'Old Phone'". Variety. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b Smith, Thomas (29 April 2025). "Ed Sheeran Launches Nostalgic Instagram Account With Never-Before-Seen Photos Ahead of 'Old Phone' Single Release". Billboard. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  3. ^ Williams, Sophie (1 May 2025). "Ed Sheeran Reveals New Album's Release Date, Calls 'Play' a 'Response to the Darkest Period of My Life'". Billboard. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  4. ^ Blistein, Jon (29 April 2025). "Ed Sheeran Dumps Photos From Old Phone Before Dropping New Song 'Old Phone'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  5. ^ Singh, Surej (30 April 2025). "Ed Sheeran unveils archival Instagram account ahead of new single 'Old Phone', including decade-old photos with Taylor Swift, Elton John and more". NME. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  6. ^ Dunworth, Liberty (1 May 2025). "Ed Sheeran announces 'Play' release date and shares nostalgic single 'Old Phone'". NME. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  7. ^ Conteh, Mankaprr (8 May 2025). "Ed Sheeran Builds an 'Old Phone' Pub for Small New England Town in New Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  8. ^ Kaufman, Gil (8 May 2025). "Ed Sheeran Gets Nostalgic Diving Into His 'Old Phone' In Music Video Featuring Pop-Up Ipswich Pub Gig". Billboard. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  9. ^ Juul, Matt (8 May 2025). "Ipswich community is the star of Ed Sheeran's new music video - The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Play - Album". Apple Music. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Old Phone 7" single". store.edsheeran.com. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
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  16. ^ "Airplay Radio Chart Top100 – 16. lipnja 2025" (in Croatian). Top lista. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
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  19. ^ "Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
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  32. ^ "Top 100 – Record Report" (in Spanish). Record Report. 31 May 2025. Archived from the original on 29 May 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  33. ^ "Ed Sheeran Chart History (Billboard Vietnam Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  34. ^ "Top Radio Hits Lithuania Monthly Chart: May 2025" (in Russian and English). TopHit. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
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