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2018-Number 8 single.

Best Bit-At 0.47.According to a 2019 survey by Co-Op Funeral care, this song is the sixth most popular funeral song.’My Way’ by Frank Sinatra remains at Number 1 for the 53rd year in a row.

‘Supermarket Flowers’ was co-written by Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, and Benny Blanco (see also best songs 373) who also produced the song.It is the final track on Sheeran’s third studio Album ‘Divide.’ released in 2017.

The song is a tribute to Sheeran’s late grandmother.He said,’She was in hospital near my house where I was making the Album, so I saw her quite a lot, and she passed away while I was in the studio.’Explaining the songs title, Sheeran also said,’My gran passed away,and we were clearing out her hospital room, and the supermarket flowers from the windowsill, and having that moment.

‘Sheeran has said it was his grandmother (Anne) who inspired him, and his brother Matthew, who is a classical composer, to pursue a career in music.He said that she was the musical one in the family.Although the lyrics were written by Sheeran,they are actually written from the viewpoint of his mother.

‘Dad always told me,’don’t you cry when you’re down,’ but mum, there’s a tear every time that I blink.’