page_title: Thinking Out Loud
section_title: Music video
hierarchical_section_title: Thinking Out Loud / Music video
caption_attribution_description: English: The Crystal Ballroom, Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.
context_page_description: "Thinking Out Loud" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, recorded for his second studio album, ×. 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.
  In the UK, the song spent 19 weeks within the top 40 before peaking at number one in early November 2014; it became Sheeran's second number one 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 two 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.
  In June 2015, "Thinking Out Loud" became the first single to spend a full year in the UK top 40. In September 2015, it also became the seventh single to have achieved triple platinum certification in the UK during the 21st century.
context_section_description: Emil Nava directed the video accompaniment to the single. Most of it was filmed in the Crystal Ballroom at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The video was shot continuously using a 16 mm film camera.
  Unlike Sheeran's earlier videos, where he assumed a low profile, he took the lead role on "Thinking Out Loud". In the video, Sheeran executes a contemporary dance with Brittany Cherry, a contestant from the televised American dance competition, So You Think You Can Dance. The routine was choreographed by Nappytabs and with training help from Paul Karmiryan. While on concert tour, Sheeran spent five hours a day for three weeks to practice with Cherry.
  The video was released on October 7, 2014. After the first 24 hours, the video had over 2.7 million views on video-sharing website, YouTube. As of May 2020, it has over 3.0 billion views, making it the 13th most viewed video on the site. The music video received four nominations at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year and Best Male Video.
caption: Filming of the video took place at the Crystal Ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles
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