Lay It All On Me - Ed Sheeran and Counting Stars - One Republic Comparison
19/10/2015
Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was born in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk. After dropping out of school at 16, he moved to London the following year, in 2008, to pursue a career in music. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play No. 5 Collaborations Project, which caught the attention of Elton John and Jamie Foxx. "Lay It All on Me" is a song by the drum and bass band Rudimental featuring vocals from Ed Sheeran. The song was recorded for Rudimental's second album, We the Generation (2015). On 24 September 2015, the band debuted the song on BBC Radio 1. It went available to streaming and downloading services the following day.
OneRepublic is an American rock band from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Formed in 1996 by Ryan Tedderand Zach Filkins, the band achieved commercial success on Myspace as an unsigned act. In late 2003, after OneRepublic played shows throughout the Los Angeles area, a number of record labels approached the band with interest, but OneRepublic ultimately signed with Velvet Hammer, an imprint of Columbia Records. "Counting Stars" is a song by American pop rock band OneRepublic from their third studio album, Native (2013). The song was written by lead singer Ryan Tedder, and produced by Tedder and Noel Zancanella. Musically, it is a pop song with strong elements of folk music. It was released as the album's third single on June 14, 2013 in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.