"South of the Border" | ||||
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Single by Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B | ||||
from the album No.6 Collaborations Project | ||||
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Released | 12 July 2019 | |||
Recorded | June 2019 | |||
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Length | 3:24 | |||
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"South of the Border" on YouTube |
"South of the Border" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran featuring Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello and Dominican-American rapper Cardi B. It was released on 12 July 2019 through Asylum and Atlantic Records,along with "Antisocial",as the sixth and seventh singles respectively from Sheeran's compilation album, No.6 Collaborations Project (2019). [2]
The song was written by the artists alongside Pardison Fontaine,Steve Mac,and Fred Again,with the latter two producing it with Sheeran. [3] It reached the top ten in eight countries and is certified Gold or higher in eleven countries.
Sheeran's manager replied to fan's tweet that it would be his next single. [4] A few days later Sheeran posted a picture of his manager replied on Instagram story. [5] On 28 September,Cabello posted a poster for the music video. [6]
Musically,"South of the Border" is a three minutes and twenty-four seconds Latin pop song. [1] In terms of music notation,"South of the Border" was composed using 4
4 common time in the key of D minor,with a tempo of 98 beats per minute. Sheeran,Cabello and Cardi B's vocals range from the low note F3 to the high note of G5. [7]
On July 12,2019,the lyric video for "South of the Border" was released on Sheeran's YouTube channel,while a music video for the song was released on October 4,also on Sheeran's YouTube channel. In the video,Sheeran plays Teddy Fingers,Cabello plays Mariposa,and Cardi B appears as herself alongside actress Alexis Ren as Scarlet Jones and actor Paul Karmiryan as Agent X. [8] As of April 2020,it has received over 100 million views.[ citation needed ]
In the United Kingdom,the song debuted at No. 40 on UK Singles Chart. It later climbed the chart and reached its peak at No. 4 on the chart issue dated 25 October 2019,becoming Sheeran's twenty sixth top 10,Cabello's fourth and Cardi B's fourth. It's also Cardi B's second highest-charting song in the UK,after her number one single "WAP". [9] On 10 January 2020,the song was certified platinum by BPI for surpassing sales of 600,000 units in the United Kingdom.
In the United States,the song debuted at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 14 on Rolling Stone Top 100 when it became available for download and stream on the release of the album in the United States. [10] It received 10.2 million streams in the first week it was available to streaming services,according to Rolling Stone. [11] Following its release as a single,the track re-entered the Hot 100 at No. 100. It rose to a new peak of No. 49,while reaching a high position of No. 16 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. It also reached No. 16 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart. [12] On 9 December 2019,the song was certified gold by the RIAA for surpassing sales of 500,000 units in the United States.
The song also debuted in the top 15 on official charts in Australia,Canada,New Zealand,Singapore,Slovakia and Sweden.
Credits adapted from the liner notes of No.6 Collaborations Project . [13]
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No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "South of the Border" (featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B) | 3:24 |
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1. | "South of the Border" (featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B) (Cheat Codes remix) | 3:15 |
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1. | "South of the Border" (featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B) (Sam Feldt remix) | 2:53 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "South of the Border" (featuring Camila Cabello) (acoustic) | 3:14 |
Original versionWeekly charts | Year-end charts
Cheat Codes remix
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [84] | 4× Platinum | 280,000‡ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [85] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
Belgium (BEA) [86] | Gold | 20,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [87] | Platinum | 40,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [88] | 6× Platinum | 480,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [89] | Platinum | 90,000‡ |
France (SNEP) [90] | Platinum | 200,000‡ |
Germany (BVMI) [91] | Gold | 200,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [92] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [93] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [94] | 2× Platinum | 100,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [95] | Platinum | 10,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [96] | Platinum | 60,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [97] | 2× Platinum | 1,200,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [98] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Version | Label | Ref. |
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Various | 12 July 2019 | Original | |||
Australia | Contemporary hit radio | [99] | |||
Various | 27 September 2019 |
| Cheat Codes remix | [14] | |
United Kingdom | 4 October 2019 | Contemporary hit radio | Original | [100] | |
Various | 11 October 2019 |
| Sam Feldt remix | [15] | |
Italy | 18 October 2019 | Contemporary hit radio | Original | Warner | [101] |
Cheat Codes remix | |||||
Sam Feldt remix | |||||
Various | 29 November 2019 |
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Italy | Contemporary hit radio | Acoustic | Warner | [102] | |
No rap version | |||||
United States | 3 December 2019 | Original | Atlantic | [103] | |
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