American Town

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"American Town"
Single by Ed Sheeran
from the album Autumn Variations
Released29 September 2023 (2023-09-29)
Length3:18
Label Gingerbread Man
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Aaron Dessner
Ed Sheeran singles chronology
"A Beautiful Game"
(2023)		"American Town"
(2023)		"The Great British Bar Off"
(2023)
Lyric video
"American Town" on YouTube

"American Town" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, taken from his seventh studio album Autumn Variations , released on 29 September 2023, through Gingerbread Man Records. It was sent to Italian contemporary hit radio on the same day as the album by Warner Records as its lead single. [1] Sheeran wrote the song with producer Aaron Dessner.

Contents

Composition and lyrics

"American Town" has been described as a "de facto sequel" to Sheeran's 2017 single, "Galway Girl". In "American Town", Sheeran sings about falling in love with an "English girl" in an American Town and the two getting "Chinese food in small white boxes, live a life we saw in Friends ". [2] The song also contains sung-rapped vocals from Sheeran and lyrics about walking in the cold with dungarees on. [3]

Charts

Chart performance for "American Town"
Chart (2023–2024)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [4] 86
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [5] 15
Croatia (HRT) [6] 26
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100) [7] 52
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [8] 139
Iceland (Tónlistinn) [9] 39
Ireland (IRMA) [10] 46
Japan Hot Overseas ( Billboard Japan ) [11] 16
Latvia (EHR) [12] 9
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [13] 32
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [14] 77
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [15] 2
San Marino (SMRRTV Top 50) [16] 22
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) [17] 2
South Korea Download (Circle) [18] 141
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [19] 24
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] 43
UK Singles (OCC) [21] 27
UK Indie (OCC) [22] 7
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [23] 10

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "American Town"
Chart (2024)Position
Iceland (Tónlistinn) [24] 95

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