South of the Border (Ed Sheeran song) explained

South of the Border
Cover:Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B – South of the Border.png
Border:yes
Type:single
Artist:Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B
Album:No.6 Collaborations Project
Recorded:June 2019
Length:3:24
Chronology:Ed Sheeran singles
Prev Title:Blow" / "Best Part of Me
Prev Year:2019
Antisocial
Title2:South of the Border
Next Title:Take Me Back to London
Next Year:2019

"South of the Border" is a song by English singer 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).[1]

The song was written by the artists alongside Pardison Fontaine, Steve Mac, and Fred Again, with the latter two producing it with Sheeran.[2] It reached the top ten in eight countries and is certified Gold or higher in eleven countries.

Background

"South of the Border" was initially released as the second track of Ed Sheeran's compilation album No. 6 Collaborations Project. In September 2019, Sheeran's manager, Stuart Camp, replied to a fan's tweet on Twitter, suggesting that it would be his next single. A few days later, Sheeran posted a picture of the exchange on an Instagram story.[3] On 28 September, Cabello posted a poster for the music video.[4]

Composition

Musically, "South of the Border" is a three-minute and twenty-four-second long 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.[5]

Music video

On July 12, 2019, the lyric video for "South of the Border" was released on Sheeran's YouTube channel. The official music video for the song was released on October 4, also on Sheeran's YouTube channel. In the music 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 May 2024, it has received over 250 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 to download and stream with the release of the album in the United States.[6] It received 10.2 million streams in the first week it was available to streaming services, according to Rolling Stone.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]

Publishing

Recording

Personnel

Charts

Original version

Weekly charts

Chart (2019–2020)Peak
position
Brazil (Top 100 Brasil)[10] 98
Croatia (HRT)[11] 6
Estonia (Eesti Ekspress)[12] 13
Euro Digital Songs (Billboard)[13] 12
France (SNEP)[14] 75
Greece (IFPI Greece)[15] 16
Iceland (Tonlist)[16] 23
Ireland (IRMA)[17] 6
Israel (Media Forest)[18] 4
Italy (FIMI)[19] 52
Latvia (LAIPA)[20] 12
Lithuania (AGATA)[21] 23
Mexico (Billboard Ingles Airplay)[22] 11
Romania (Airplay 100)<--Please do not change this to Romanian Top 100 or Media Forest. The Airplay 100 is Romania's national singles chart from 2012 onwards. For further information, see WP:GOODCHARTS-->[23] 13
Singapore (RIAS)[24] 9
Slovenia (SloTop50)[25] 13
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[26] 61
US Rolling Stone Top 100[27] 14
Venezuela Anglo (Record Report)[28] 27
Venezuela Pop (Record Report)[29] 45

Year-end charts

Chart (2019)Position
Australia (ARIA)[30] 54
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[31] 87
Ireland (IRMA)[32] 50
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[33] 69
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[34] 99
UK Singles (OCC)[35] 55
Chart (2020)Position
Australia (ARIA)[36] 90
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[37] 42
Romania (Airplay 100)[38] 42
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[39] 86
UK Singles (OCC)[40] 77
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[41] 43

Cheat Codes remix

Release history

RegionDateFormatVersionLabel
Various12 July 2019Original
AustraliaContemporary hit radio[43]
Various27 September 2019Cheat Codes remix
United Kingdom4 October 2019Contemporary hit radioOriginal[44]
Various11 October 2019Sam Feldt remix
Italy18 October 2019Contemporary hit radioOriginalWarner[45]
Cheat Codes remix
Sam Feldt remix
Various29 November 2019Acoustic
ItalyContemporary hit radioAcousticWarner[46]
No rap version
United States3 December 2019OriginalAtlantic[47]

Notes and References

  1. Ed Sheeran Drops 'South of the Border' Lyric Video With Camila Cabello & Cardi B . 13 July 2019 . Ashley. Iasimone. Billboard .
  2. Web site: Ed Sheeran – No.6 Collaborations Project Credits and Streams. 12 July 2019 . Darren . Gooden . istandard .
  3. .@edsheeran's instagram story.. CCUpdater. Camila Updater. 1174763127860322305. 20 September 2019. 22 September 2019.
  4. South of the Border video out soon @edsheeran @iamcardib. Camila_Cabello. Cabello. Camila. 1177652698507890688. 28 September 2019. 4 October 2019.
  5. Web site: South of the Border. 2019-07-16. Musicnotes.com. 2019-12-07.
  6. Web site: Eminem, Camila Cabello, Cardi B And Justin Bieber Help Ed Sheeran Dominate This Week's Hot 100 . Forbes . Hugh . McIntyre. 24 July 2019 .
  7. RS Charts: Ed Sheeran Unseats Drake Atop Artists 500. Rolling Stone. 23 July 2019.
  8. Digital Song Sales . Billboard . 27 July 2019 .
  9. . Ed Sheeran . 2019 . . 0190295427894 . liner notes .
  10. Web site: Ranking: 14/10/2019 - 18/10/2019. Crowley Broadcast Analysis. March 22, 2020. pt. registration .
  11. Web site: Croatia ARC TOP 100. HRT. 12 November 2019. 12 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191112014434/https://radio.hrt.hr/clanak/arc-100-datum-11-studenoga-2019/213276/. dead.
  12. Web site: EESTI TIPP-40 MUUSIKAS: Kuulajad kannatavad Ed Sheerani ja Metallica kontsertide kõrvalmõjude all. . et . 21 October 2019.
  13. Chart History: Euro Digital Song Sales Billboard. . 6 November 2019.
  14. Web site: Top Singles (Week 2, 2020). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. fr. 14 January 2020.
  15. Web site: Greece Official IFPI Charts Digital Singles. IFPI Charts. 24 November 2019.
  16. Web site: TÓNLISTINN – Vika 46 – 2019; Plötutíðindi.
  17. Web site: IRMA – Irish Charts. Irish Recorded Music Association. 26 October 2019.
  18. Web site: Media Forest Charts - Israel - International. Media Forest Israel. 6 November 2019.
  19. Web site: Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 49. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. it. 10 January 2020.
  20. Web site: Mūzikas Patēriņa Tops/ 29. nedēļa. lv. LAIPA. 28 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191010115041/https://www.parmuziku.lv/muzikas-zinas/latvija/muzikas-paterina-tops-29-nedela-8054. 10 October 2019.
  21. Web site: Savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100). lt. AGATA. 22 July 2019. 2 December 2019.
  22. Ed Sheeran Chart History (Mexico Ingles Airplay). Billboard. 6 November 2019.
  23. Web site: Airplay 100 – 23 februarie 2020. Kiss FM. ro. 24 February 2020. 23 February 2020.
  24. Web site: RIAS International Top Charts Week 29. Recording Industry Association (Singapore). https://web.archive.org/web/20190725220336/https://www.rias.org.sg/rias-top-charts/. 25 July 2019.
  25. Web site: SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart. slotop50.si. 13 January 2020. 9 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200809071422/https://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2020&week=1. dead.
  26. Web site: Top 100 Canciones: Semana 29. Productores de Música de España. 23 July 2019.
  27. Top 100 Songs. Rolling Stone. 26 July 2019. 2019-07-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20190726042156/https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/2019-07-12/. dead.
  28. Web site: Anglo . . 2 May 2020. 1 May 2020 . es.
  29. Web site: Pop . . 2 May 2020 . 1 May 2020 . es.
  30. Web site: ARIA End of Year Singles Chart 2019. Australian Recording Industry Association. 10 January 2020.
  31. Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2019. Billboard. 6 December 2019.
  32. Web site: Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest songs of 2019. Official Charts Company. White. Jack. 9 January 2020. 11 January 2020.
  33. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2019. Dutch Top 40. 31 December 2019.
  34. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 2019. dutchcharts.nl. 5 January 2020.
  35. Web site: End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2019. Official Charts Company. 4 January 2020.
  36. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2020. Australian Recording Industry Association. 15 January 2021.
  37. Web site: Rádiós Top 100 - hallgatottsági adatok alapján - 2020. 16 February 2021. Mahasz.
  38. Web site: Airplay 100 Topul Anului 2020. Kiss FM. ro. 28 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201227150920/https://www.kissfm.ro/airplay100. 27 December 2020. dead.
  39. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2020. hitparade.ch. 28 December 2020.
  40. Web site: End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2020. Official Charts Company. 5 January 2021.
  41. Adult Pop Songs – Year-End 2020. Billboard. 4 December 2020.
  42. Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. 7 October 2019. 5 October 2019.
  43. Web site: Singles To Radio. The Music Network. 7 September 2019.
  44. Web site: BBC Sounds Mixes - Radio 1 Playlist, Listen and subscribe to the entire Radio 1 playlist. 4 October 2019 . BBC Radio 1. 2019-10-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20200318141422/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07q08cp. March 18, 2020. live.
  45. Web site: South Of The Border: ED SHEERAN FEAT. CAMILA CABELLO & CARDI B. Radio Monitor. 19 October 2019.
  46. Web site: South Of The Border: ED SHEERAN FEAT. CAMILA CABELLO. Radio Monitor. 17 June 2020.
  47. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20191123015243/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases. Top 40/M Future Releases Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates .... December 3, 2019. 23 November 2019. 24 November 2019.