who played the guitar solo on thinking out loud
Thinking Out Loud In the kitchen,[11] Sheeran and Wadge began writing the song at 2:00Â am on 4 February 2014, and completed it in 20 minutes.[7] According to Wadge, the lyrical content resulted from her and Sheeran's talking about "everlasting love", inspired by the circumstances relevant at that time.[12] Sheeran also revealed that the lyrics were inspired by his then-girlfriend, Athina Andrelos,[13] whom Sheeran met in early 2014. Sheeran would later explain that he wrote the song "in a relationship at a really, really happy point".[14] Immediately after writing, Sheeran recorded the song on his phone.[7] He was keen to include "Thinking Out Loud" on the second album. He properly recorded the song the following day at the Sticky Studios, a recording facility located in the small Surrey village of Windlesham, and informed Wadge of its inclusion on the album.[7] It became the last song recorded for the album.[7] For "Thinking Out Loud", Sheeran sought the assistance of Jake Gosling, who produced much of his debut album and had earlier contributed tracks, four of which appear on the standard version of the second album.