Lego House

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"Lego House"
Single by Ed Sheeran
from the album +
B-side "Grade 8"
Released 11 November 2011
Recorded 2011
Genre Folk, pop rock, soul
Length 3:05
Label Warner Music Group
Writer(s) Ed Sheeran, Jake Gosling, Chris Leonard
Producer(s) Dea Hamilton
Ed Sheeran singles chronology

"You Need Me, I Don't Need You"
(2011)		 "Lego House"
(2011)		 "Teardrop"
(2011)

Music video
"Lego House" (Official) on YouTube
"Lego House" (Official LEGO Version) on YouTube

"Lego House" is a song by British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was released as the third single lifted from the debut studio album + on 11 November 2011.[1] It was released as the second single in the US on 11 February 2013.[2] The song was written by Ed Sheeran, Jake Gosling, Chris Leonard and produced by Jake Gosling. It received its first radio play on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on 8 September 2011[3] and was the first Ed Sheeran song to make the BBC Radio 2 playlist. The song has peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart. The remix featuring P Money premiered on MistaJam's BBC Radio 1Xtra show on 30 September 2011. The music video features Harry Potter star Rupert Grint, as a play on their similar appearance.

Composition

Screenshot of the video "Lego House" showing Grint cuddling a hand-made doll which has Sheeran's face on it.

According to the sheet music published by Jordan James EMI Music Publishing, "Lego House" is written in the key of B major; Sheeran's vocals range from the note of Bb3 to G5. Instrumentation is provided by guitar, piano and vocals. "Lego House" interpolates genres indie folk, pop rock and soul music.[4]

Music videos

The video for "Lego House" was released on 20 October 2011 on Sheeran's YouTube channel. It stars actor Rupert Grint.[5]

The video's narrative at first portrays Grint as Sheeran, performing such activities as writing lyrics for the song on a pad of paper, lounging in his tour bus, and ultimately taking the stage for a cheering crowd. However, after Grint takes the stage and is immediately tackled by security, it is slowly revealed that Grint is actually a doppelganger of Sheeran and an obsessive fan, and that the events of the video were actually him stalking the real Ed Sheeran with increasing severity and mental instability (writing the song was actually transcribing the lyrics from the album cover, and lounging in the bus was him breaking into it), ending with Sheeran and Grint meeting as Grint is forcibly removed from a music venue and Sheeran comes out of an elevator. It was filmed at the Forum, University of Hertfordshire.

A "Lego-fied" version of the original music video for "Lego House" was released on April 11, 2013 on The Warner Sound's YouTube channel.[6] The video is a shot for shot recreation in LEGO bricks, directed by Dylan Woodley. The music video also got nominated for 2013 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Male Video before losing out to Bruno Mars's Locked Out of Heaven.[7]

Track listing

CD single[1]
No. Title Length
1. "Lego House"   3:05
2. "Lego House" (Gosling Remix) (featuring P Money) 3:50
3. "Lego House" (The Prototypes Remix) 4:24
4. "Lego House" (Subscape Remix) 5:10
5. "Lego House" (acoustic) 3:07
6. "Grade 8" (acoustic) 3:00
Digital download[1]
No. Title Length
1. "Lego House" (acoustic) 3:07
2. "Lego House" (Gosling Remix) (featuring P Money) 3:50
3. "Lego House" (The Prototypes Remix) 4:24
4. "Lego House" (Subscape Remix) 5:10
5. "Grade 8" (acoustic) 3:00
7" vinyl[1]
No. Title Length
1. "Lego House"   3:05
2. "Grade 8" (acoustic) 3:00

Credits and personnel

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2011–13) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[ 1] 4
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[ 1] 59
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[ 1] 6
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[ 1] 3
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[ 1] 54
Czech Republic (IFPI)[ 1] 34
Germany (Media Control AG)[ 1] 51
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[ 1] 18
Ireland (IRMA)[ 1] 5
Israel (Media Forest)[ 1] 8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[ 1] 12
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[ 1] 5
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[ 1] 6
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[ 1] 59
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[ 1] 5
US Billboard Hot 100[ 1] 42
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[ 1] 20
US Rock Songs (Billboard)[8] 6
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[ 1] 10
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[ 1] 26

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[9] 5× Platinum 350,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[10] Gold 40,000^
Italy (FIMI)[11] Gold 15,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[12] Gold 7,500*
United States (RIAA)[13] Gold 500,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[14] 82

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 iTunes - Music - Lego House - EP by Ed Sheeran
  2. ↑ http://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases
  3. ↑ BBC - Zane Lowe's Hottest Records blog: Hottest Record - Ed Sheeran - Lego House
  4. ↑ "Ed Sheeran – Lego House You Sheet Music". Musicnotes.com (EMI Music Publishing). Retrieved 2 May 2012. 
  5. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4BLVznuWnU Tags: Rupert Grint
  6. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEqY0eY1_vQ
  7. ↑ http://edsheeran.com/news,lego-house-lego-version-video-premiere_430.htm
  8. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/276089/ed+sheeran/chart?f=902
  9. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2013 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 
  10. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Ed Sheeran – Lego House". Music Canada. 
  11. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Ed Sheeran – Lego House" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry.  Select Online in the field Scegli la sezione. Select Week -- and Year ----. Enter Ed Sheeran in the field Artista. Click Avvia la ricerca
  12. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. 
  13. ↑ "American single certifications – Ed Sheeran – Lego House". Recording Industry Association of America.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  14. ↑ "Top 100 Singles of 2012". BBC Radio 1. BBC Online. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013. 

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