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LIST YEAR

2025

Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release/version source checked.

Genre

Folk popIndie popPop

Theme

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Release: 2025

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June 2025 original F1 soundtrack song; article reports Sheeran's stated intent to make a driving rock song.

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June 2025 original F1 soundtrack song; article reports Sheeran's stated intent to make a driving rock song. Source consulted 2026-10-13; not a complete discographic audit.

BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

Researched recording background

June 2025 original F1 soundtrack song; article reports Sheeran's stated intent to make a driving rock song. This recording is included in the 2025 editorial listening list. A documented songwriting-inspiration account has not been established.

Evidence scope: Release / version background only; not a songwriting-inspiration account.

Sources for this information

Drive - date and recording source
June 2025 original F1 soundtrack song; article reports Sheeran's stated intent to make a driving rock song. Selected as a contemporary editorial supplement, not assigned an invented chart rank.

Other appearances and versions

Recording identity based on title and credited artist; no audio fingerprint.

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Sources and scope

Chronology-screened editorial addition; dated source reviewed; popularity rank not assigned.

Editorial discovery classification based on this artist's retained repertoire; not song-level research.

Drive - date and recording source
June 2025 original F1 soundtrack song; article reports Sheeran's stated intent to make a driving rock song. Selected as a contemporary editorial supplement, not assigned an invented chart rank.

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