What The Track
Ed Sheeran Song Quiz
One man, one loop pedal, a decade of songs you already know by heart.
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Ed Sheeran named most of his albums after mathematical symbols: + in 2011, × in 2014, ÷ in 2017, = in 2021 and − in 2023. No.6 Collaborations Project and Play fill the gaps, and this quiz draws on all seven. ÷ is the record it leans on hardest. It supplies eight of the 29 songs, Shape of You and Perfect among them, and its tour sold around 8.9 million tickets across 255 shows. The harder rounds tend to come from the other end of his career. + puts six songs in the pool, Small Bump and You Need Me, I Don't Need You among them, and those early tracks are the ones players who arrived later find hardest to place. Outside the albums are two standalone singles and I See Fire, from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Each record is listed below with a note on what to expect.
Ed Sheeran through the eras
29 songs you might be asked to name, record by record.
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+
His first studio album, with six songs in the pool, and the record most likely to trip up people who only joined at ÷.
- The A Team
- Lego House
- Give Me Love
- Kiss Me
- Small Bump
- You Need Me, I Don't Need You
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×
Six songs from his second studio album, level with + and behind only ÷. Thinking Out Loud and Photograph are the ones everyone knows; Tenerife Sea and Bloodstream are where rounds are lost.
- Thinking Out Loud
- Photograph
- Don't
- Sing
- Bloodstream
- Tenerife Sea
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÷
Eight songs, the largest share of any record in the quiz. If you revisit one album before a game, make it this one.
- Shape of You
- Perfect
- Castle on the Hill
- Galway Girl
- Happier
- Dive
- Supermarket Flowers
- Save Myself
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No.6 Collaborations Project
His album of collaborations, represented here by Beautiful People, and the newest record in his 2010s pool.
- Beautiful People
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=
Three songs, and the start of his 2020s pool. Bad Habits, Shivers and Overpass Graffiti account for three of its seven songs.
- Bad Habits
- Shivers
- Overpass Graffiti
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−
Represented here by Eyes Closed. The last of the symbol albums, and one of only seven of his songs in the 2020s pool.
- Eyes Closed
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Play
The newest record in the quiz, represented by Sapphire. Like No.6 Collaborations Project, it breaks the run of symbol titles.
- Sapphire
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Singles and soundtracks
Three songs outside his albums: Afterglow and Celestial were released as standalone singles, and I See Fire comes from the soundtrack of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
- Afterglow
- I See Fire
- Celestial
Songs are pulled live from Apple's catalogue when a game starts, so the tracks you play may not match this list exactly.
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Ed Sheeran quiz questions
Which song pool should I pick for an Ed Sheeran quiz?
Of the 29 songs listed here, 22 carry 2010s release dates, from + through No.6 Collaborations Project, so the 2010s pool is close to a full Ed Sheeran game. The other seven are from the 2020s. Top Hits is the friendliest start.
Why are his albums titled with symbols?
Most of his studio albums are named after mathematical symbols: +, ×, ÷, = and −. You never need them to play, because each round asks only for the song title; the albums are on this page to help you place the songs.
Is I See Fire in the quiz?
Yes. It comes from a film soundtrack rather than one of his albums, but it is in his catalogue under his name, so it can come up in any game.
What makes Ed Sheeran hard to guess in five seconds?
His records range from bare acoustic songs to dance-pop, so the arrangement is a strong clue to the era. Once you can place a clip on one album, only a handful of titles are left to choose between.