Don't (Ed Sheeran song)

"Don't"
"Don't"
Single by Ed Sheeran
from the album ×
B-side	"Friends"
Released	24 August 2014
Recorded	2013–14
Genre	R&B; hip hop;
Length	3:42
Label	Asylum; Atlantic;
Songwriter(s)	Ed Sheeran; Benjamin Levin;
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin; Benny Blanco;
Ed Sheeran singles chronology
Music video
	"Don't" on YouTube

"Don't" is a song by English singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran, for his second studio album, × (2014). Written by Sheeran and Benny Blanco and produced by Blanco and Rick Rubin, the song samples "Don't Mess with My Man" by Lucy Pearl.^[1] It was initially planned as the album's lead single, but was passed over in favour of "Sing". It was instead released to iTunes on 13 June 2014 as the second "instant grat" promotional single from ×. "Don't" officially impacted US contemporary hit radio on 15 July 2014 as the album's second single.

"Don't" peaked at No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart. In the US, it became Sheeran's first top 10 single. It also made the top 10 in eight other countries.

^ Asilo, Rito P. (5 July 2014). "Ed Sheeran slinks out of his comfort zone". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Inquirer Entertainment. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

[1] Asilo, Rito P. (5 July 2014). "Ed Sheeran slinks out of his comfort zone". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Inquirer Entertainment. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

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