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South of the Border (Ed Sheeran song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = South of the Border
| cover = Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B South of the Border.png
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| type = single
| artist = Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B
| album = No.6 Collaborations Project
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| released =
| recorded = June 2019
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| length = 3:24
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| chronology = Ed Sheeran singles
| prev_title = Blow" / "Best Part of Me
| prev_year = 2019
| title = Antisocial
| title2 = South of the Border
| next_title = Take Me Back to London
| next_year = 2019
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"'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 04 October 2019, as one of the two sixth singles from Sheeran's fourth studio album, 'No.6 Collaborations Project' (2019), along with "Antisocial. The song was written by Sheeran, Cabello, Cardi B, Steve Mac, Fred Gibson and Jordan Thorpe, and produced by Sheeran, Mac and Gibson. It reached the top ten in eight countries and is certified Gold or higher in eleven countries.
Background
Sheeran's manager replied to fan's tweet that it would be his next single. A few days later Sheeran posted a picture of his manager replied on Instagram story. On 28 September, Cabello posted a poster for the music video.
Composition
Musically, "South of the Border" is a three minutes and twenty-four seconds Latin pop song. In terms of music notation, "South of the Border" was composed using 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.
Music video
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. As of April 2020, it has received over 100 million views.
Commercial performance
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". 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. It received 10.2 million streams in the first week it was available to streaming services, according to 'Rolling Stone'. Following its release as a single, the track re-entered the Hot 100 at No. 100. It has since risen to a new peak of No. 49 there, 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. 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 and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of 'No.6 Collaborations Project'.
'Publishing'
* Published by Ed Sheeran Limited and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Limited, Rokstone Music Limited administered under exclusive license to Universal Music Publishing Limited, Promised Land Music Ltd. / Universal Music Publishing Ltd., Milamoon Songs BMI published by Syco admin. by Sony ATV, Washpoppin Inc/Sony ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) and Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI). Used by permission. All rights reserved.
* Camila Cabello appears courtesy of Syco / Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
* Cardi B appears courtesy of KSR / Atlantic Recording Corporation
'Recording'
* Mixed at Mixstar Studios, Virginia Beach, Virginia
* Recorded at Rokstone Studios, London; Henson Studios, Los Angeles, California; Glenwood Recording Studios, Burbank, California; and Promised Land Music Studios, London
'Personnel'
*Ed Sheeran vocals, songwriter, producer, guitar
*Camila Cabello featured vocals, songwriter
*Cardi B featured vocals, songwriter
*Fred Gibson songwriter, producer, bass, drums, keyboards
* Steve Mac songwriter, producer, keyboards, synthesizer
*Pardison Fontaine songwriter
* Evan LaRay engineer
* John Hanes engineer
* Simone Torres engineer
* Stuart Hawkes mastering
* Serban Ghenea mixing
* Chris Laws programming
Track listing
Charts
Original version
Weekly charts{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
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! scope="row"| Brazil (Top 100 Brasil)
| 98
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! scope="row"| Croatia (HRT)
| 6
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! scope="row"| Estonia ('Eesti Ekspress')
| 13
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! scope="row" | Euro Digital Songs ('Billboard')
| 12
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! scope="row"| France (SNEP)
| 75
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! scope="row"| Greece (IFPI Greece)
| 16
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! scope="row"| Iceland (Tonlist)
| 23
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! scope="row"| Ireland (IRMA)
| 6
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! scope="row"| Israel (Media Forest)
| 4
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! scope="row"| Italy (FIMI)
| 52
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! scope="row" | Latvia (LAIPA)
| 12
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! scope="row"| Lithuania (AGATA)
| 23
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! scope="row"|Mexico Ingles Airplay ('Billboard')
| 11
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! scope="row"| Romania (Airplay 100)
| 13
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! scope="row"| Singapore (RIAS)
| 9
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! scope="row"| Slovenia (SloTop50)
| 13
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! scope="row"| Spain (PROMUSICAE)
| 61
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! scope="row"| US 'Rolling Stone' Top 100
| 14
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! scope="row"| Venezuela Anglo (Record Report)
| 27
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! scope="row"| Venezuela Pop (Record Report)
| 45
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Year-end charts
Cheat Codes remix
Certifications
Release history
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
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! scope="row"| Various
| rowspan="2" |12 July 2019
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| rowspan="2" |Original
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! scope="row"| Australia
|Contemporary hit radio
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! scope="row"| Various
|27 September 2019
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|Cheat Codes remix
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! scope="row" | United Kingdom
| 4 October 2019
|Contemporary hit radio
|Original
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! scope="row"| Various
|11 October 2019
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|Sam Feldt remix
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! scope="row" rowspan="3"| Italy
|rowspan="3"|18 October 2019
|rowspan="3"|Contemporary hit radio
|Original
|rowspan="3"|Warner
|rowspan="3"|
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|Cheat Codes remix
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|Sam Feldt remix
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! scope="row"| Various
|rowspan="3"|29 November 2019
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|Acoustic
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"| Italy
|rowspan="3"|Contemporary hit radio
|Acoustic
|rowspan="2"|Warner
|rowspan="2"|
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|No rap version
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! scope="row" | United States
|3 December 2019
|Original
|Atlantic
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References
Category:2019 singles
Category:2019 songs
Category:Ed Sheeran songs
Category:Camila Cabello songs
Category:Cardi B songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Ed Sheeran
Category:Songs written by Cardi B
Category:Songs written by Camila Cabello
Category:Songs written by Ed Sheeran
Category:Songs written by Fred Again
Category:Songs written by Pardison Fontaine
Category:Songs written by Steve Mac
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