<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Music video </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "Thinking Out Loud" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "Thinking Out Loud" is a song by English singer - songwriter Ed Sheeran, recorded for his second studio album, × (2014). It was written by Sheeran and Amy Wadge, and produced by frequent collaborator Jake Gosling . It was released in the US on 24 September 2014 as the album's third single . </P> <P> In the UK, the song spent 19 weeks within the top 40 before peaking at number 1 in early November 2014; it became Sheeran's second number 1 single there . The single has also reached the top spot in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Denmark, the Netherlands, Slovakia and South Africa, and peaked at number 2 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100 . It was Sheeran's highest - charting single in North America until "Shape of You" topped the charts in both countries in 2017 . </P>

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