Lego House

For other uses, see Lego House (disambiguation).

"Lego House"
Single by Ed Sheeran
from the album +
B-side"Grade 8"
Released11 November 2011 (2011-11-11)
Genre
Length3:03
LabelWarner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jake Gosling
Ed Sheeran singles chronology
"You Need Me, I Don't Need You"
(2011) 		"Lego House"
(2011) 		"Drunk"
(2012)
Music video
"Lego House" on YouTube
"Lego House" (Lego Version) on YouTube

"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 + (pronounced "plus") of 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 remix featuring P Money premiered on MistaJam's BBC Radio 1Xtra show on 30 September 2011. The music video stars Rupert Grint, as a play on his physical resemblance to Sheeran.[4] The song did well worldwide, reaching top five on Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the UK Singles Chart, and top fifty on other countries including United States.

Composition

'Lego House' is about that moment in a relationship when you realise where it's going and you want to save it. I tried to be creative and imaginative, using Lego as a metaphor for the relationship.

—Ed Sheeran, A Visual Journey (2014)

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 B2 to G#4. Instrumentation is provided by guitar and piano.

Commercial performance

The song peaked at No. 5 in its sixth week on the singles chart in the United Kingdom.[5] As of September 2017, the song has sold 812,000 copies in the United Kingdom, which together with 29 million streams give a total of 1,105,000 in combined units.[6]

Music videos

Screenshot of the music video for "Lego House", showing Rupert Grint cuddling a hand-made doll with Sheeran's face on it.

The music 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.[7]

The video's narrative seemingly portrays Grint as Sheeran, performing such activities as writing song lyrics on a pad of paper, lounging in his tour bus, and ultimately going onto the stage for a cheering crowd. However, after he takes the stage, security immediately tackles him, and Grint is slowly revealed to be in fact an obsessive fan of Sheeran, and the events of the video turn out to be him stalking the real Sheeran with increasing severity and mental instability (writing the song was transcribing lyrics from the album booklet, and lounging in the bus was him breaking into it). The video ends with the two running into each other as Grint is forcibly removed from the music venue and Sheeran comes out of a lift on his way to perform.[4]

A "Lego-fied" version of the original music video for "Lego House" was released on 11 April 2013 on The Warner Sound's YouTube channel.[8] The video is a shot for shot recreation in LEGO bricks, directed by Shane Ramirez. 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".[9]

Live performances

In June 2023, during his - Tour in Toronto, Sheeran performed the song with Canadian singer Shawn Mendes.[10] In August 2023, Sheeran performed the song outside the Lego store in the Mall of America.[11]

Formats and track listings

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
CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Lego House"3:04
2."Grade 8" (acoustic)3:00
7" vinyl[1]
No.TitleLength
1."Lego House"3:05
2."Grade 8" (acoustic)3:00

Credits and personnel

  • Lead vocals – Ed Sheeran
  • Producers – Jake Gosling
  • Lyrics – Ed Sheeran, Jake Gosling, Chris Leonard
  • Label – Warner Music Group

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Lego House"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[46] 8× Platinum 560,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[47] 3× Platinum 240,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[48] 2× Platinum 180,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[49] Platinum 50,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[50] Platinum 15,000*
Sweden (GLF)[51] Gold 20,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[52] 3× Platinum 1,800,000‡
United States (RIAA)[53] 2× Platinum 2,000,000‡
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[54] Platinum 1,800,000†

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

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