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For other uses, see Lego House (disambiguation).

For the Lego House build in Billund, see Lego House (Billund).
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"Lego House"
Song
B-side"Grade 8"

"Lego House" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was released on 11 November 2011 as the third single lifted from his debut studio album + (2011).[1] It was released as the second single in the US on 11 February 2013.[2] It was written by Sheeran, Jake Gosling and Chris Leonard, and produced by Jake Gosling.

The song received its first radio play on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on 8 September 2011[3] and was Sheeran's first 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 actor Rupert Grint, as a play on their similar appearance.

Composition

According to the sheet music published by Jordan James EMI Music Publishing, "Lego House" is a bass song written in the key of B major; Sheeran's vocals range from the note of B3 to G#4. Instrumentation is provided by guitar and piano.

Music videos

The video for "Lego House" was filmed at the Forum, University of Hertfordshire. It stars actor Rupert Grint. It was released on 20 October 2011 on Sheeran's YouTube channel.[4]

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

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 he is immediately tackled by security, it is slowly revealed that Grint is actually stalking Sheeran and is 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 a lift.

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.[5] 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' "Locked Out of Heaven".[6]

Track listing

CD single[1]
No.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
1."Lego House"3:05
2."Grade 8" (acoustic)3:00

Credits and personnel

Charts and certifications

References

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  2. ^ "Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases - Hot Adult Contemporary Rock Songs and Release Dates - ..." All Access.
  3. ^ "BBC - Zane Lowe's Hottest Records blog: Hottest Record - Ed Sheeran - Lego House". bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4BLVznuWnU Tags: Rupert Grint
  5. ^ ED SHEERAN - "LEGO HOUSE (LEGO VERSION)". YouTube. 11 April 2013.
  6. ^ Isle Interactive Ltd. "Ed Sheeran - Lego House (Lego Version) Video Premiere". edsheeran.com.
  7. ^ "Ed Sheeran – Lego House". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  8. ^ "Ed Sheeran – Lego House" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
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  17. ^ "Ed Sheeran – Lego House". Top 40 Singles.
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  29. ^ "Italian single certifications – Ed Sheeran – Lego House" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Lego House" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
  30. ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). Archived from the original on 6 March 2012.
  31. ^ "British single certifications – Ed Sheeran – Lego House". British Phonographic Industry. Select singles in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Lego House in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  32. ^ Trust, Gary (20 January 2015). "The Biggest Hot 100 Hits to Peak at Nos. 50-26". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  33. ^ "American single certifications – Ed Sheeran – Lego House". Recording Industry Association of America.
  34. ^ ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2012. ARIA Charts. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
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  40. ^ "Adult Pop Songs: Year End 2013". Billboard. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
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