Lego House

For other uses, see Lego House (disambiguation).
For the Lego House build in Billund, see Lego House (Billund).
For the Swedish building nicknamed "The Lego House", see Lilla Bommen (building).
"Lego House"
Single by Ed Sheeran
from the album +
B-side "Grade 8"
Released 11 November 2011 (2011-11-11)
Format Digital download
Length 3:03
Label Warner
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Jake Gosling
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 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 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. The song did fairly well worldwide, reaching top 5 on Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the UK Singles Chart, and top 50 on other countries including United States.

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. 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)[7] 4
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[8] 59
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] 6
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[10] 3
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[11] 54
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[12] 34
Germany (Official German Charts)[13] 51
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[14] 18
Ireland (IRMA)[15] 5
Israel (Media Forest)[16] 8
Lebanon (The Official Lebanese Top 20)[17] 16
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[18] 12
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[19] 5
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[20] 6
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 59
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[22] 5
US Billboard Hot 100[23] 42
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[24] 12
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[25] 26
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[26] 10
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[27] 6
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[28] 20

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[29] 5× Platinum 350,000
Canada (Music Canada)[30] Gold 40,000
Italy (FIMI)[31] Gold 15,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[32] Gold 7,500
United Kingdom (BPI)[33] Platinum 600,000
United States (RIAA)[34] Platinum 1,100,000[35]

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

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Position
Australia (ARIA)[36] 14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[37] 74
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[38] 20
UK Singles (Official Charts Company][39] 82
Chart (2013) Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[40] 22
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[41] 44
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[42] 41

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "iTunes - Music - Lego House - EP by Ed Sheeran". iTunes.
  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. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Ed Sheeran – Lego House". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  8. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Ed Sheeran – Lego House" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Ed Sheeran – Lego House" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  10. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Ed Sheeran – Lego House" (in French). Ultratip.
  11. ↑ "Ed Sheeran – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Ed Sheeran.
  12. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert {{{year}}}{{{week}}} into search.
  13. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Ed Sheeran – Lego House". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  14. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  15. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 52, 2011". Irish Singles Chart.
  16. ↑ "Ed Sheeran – Lego House Media Forest". Israeli Airplay Chart. Media Forest.
  17. ↑ Ed Sheeran chart history. olt20.com. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  18. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Ed Sheeran search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  19. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Ed Sheeran – Lego House". Top 40 Singles.
  20. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2011-11-12". Scottish Singles Top 40.
  21. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Ed Sheeran – Lego House". Swiss Singles Chart.
  22. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2011-11-19" UK Singles Chart.
  23. ↑ "Ed Sheeran – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Ed Sheeran.
  24. ↑ "Ed Sheeran – Chart history" Billboard Adult Alternative Songs for Ed Sheeran.
  25. ↑ "Ed Sheeran – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Ed Sheeran.
  26. ↑ "Ed Sheeran – Chart history" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Ed Sheeran.
  27. ↑ "Ed Sheeran – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for Ed Sheeran.
  28. ↑ "Ed Sheeran – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for Ed Sheeran.
  29. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2013 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  30. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Ed Sheeran – Lego House". Music Canada.
  31. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Ed Sheeran – Lego House" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Select Online in the field Sezione. Enter Ed Sheeran in the field Filtra. The certification will load automatically
  32. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). Archived from the original on 2012-03-06.
  33. ↑ "British single certifications – Ed Sheeran – Lego House". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Lego House in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
  34. ↑ "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
  35. ↑ Trust, Gary (20 January 2015). "The Biggest Hot 100 Hits to Peak at Nos. 50-26". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  36. ↑ ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2012. ARIA Charts. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  37. ↑ JAAROVERZICHTEN 2012 (in Dutch). ultratop.be/nl. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  38. ↑ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2012". The Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  39. ↑ "Top 100 Singles of 2012". BBC Radio 1. BBC Online. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  40. ↑ "Hot Rock Songs: Year End 2013". Billboard. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  41. ↑ "Triple A Songs: 2013 (Year-End)". Billboard. Retrieved 13 December 2013. (subscription required (help)).
  42. ↑ "Adult Pop Songs: Year End 2013". Billboard. Retrieved 9 December 2014.

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