"Small Bump" | ||||||||
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Single by Ed Sheeran | ||||||||
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Released | 25 May 2012 | |||||||
Format | Digital download | |||||||
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Length | 4:19 | |||||||
Label | Warner | |||||||
Writer(s) | Ed Sheeran | |||||||
Producer(s) | Jake Gosling | |||||||
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"Small Bump" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, released as the fifth single from his debut studio album, +. The song was written by Sheeran and produced by Jake Gosling. The single peaked at number 25 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was released to radio as the sixth and final single in Australia, where "Give Me Love" was released as the fifth single.
On 26 March 2012, Sheeran announced on Twitter that "Small Bump" would be released as the fifth single from his debut album + saying "Before it gets out there, I'd like to be the first one to announce what the fifth single taken from my album '+' is." He added: "So the single is.... Small Bump." The song is written in the key of B-flat major. The song is about Sheeran's "close friend" and laments her late miscarriage at five months into the pregnancy. It is sung from a first-person perspective. A remix by Asa & Stumbleine was due to feature on the EP but was never finished.
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone