2step (song)

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"2step"
Single by Ed Sheeran featuring Lil Baby
from the album = (Tour Edition)
Released22 April 2022 (2022-04-22)
Genre
Length
  • 2:43 (single version)
  • 2:33 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bell
  • Watt
Ed Sheeran singles chronology
"Sigue" / "Forever My Love"
(2022) 		"2step"
(2022) 		"For My Hand"
(2022)
Lil Baby singles chronology
"In a Minute"
(2022) 		"2step"
(2022) 		"Frozen"
(2022)
Music video
"2step" on
YouTube

"2step" is a song by English singer-songwriter

hot adult contemporary radio in the United States three days later.[2] On 2 May 2022, Sheeran released a version of the song featuring Ukrainian pop-rock band Antytila,[3] and later released an additional 12 "global remixes" of the song, with artists from Finland, India, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Brazil.[4]

Background

Sheeran said that he wrote this song from the "lowest point of confidence" telling Dev: "Every song I did, I would send in and just get a lukewarm reaction. I went into the studio and just wrote about being really low on confidence and I think that's probably one of my favorite songs on the album.”[5]

Promotion and release

On 19 August 2021, Sheeran announced his fifth studio album, = in which the song is listed number ninth on the tracklist.[6] On 29 October 2021, "2step" was released alongside other album tracks that appeared on the album =.

Lyric video

A lyric video for the song was uploaded on Sheeran's YouTube account on 29 October 2021 along with the other lyric videos of the songs that appeared on the tracklisting of =.[7]

Music video

The music video for the single version of the song, filmed in

February 2022 invasion
, and all revenue from YouTube streams are earmarked for Ukraine.

Track listing

  • Digital download, streaming and CD – Single
  1. "2step" (featuring Lil Baby) – 2:43
  • Digital download and streaming – The Remixes
  1. "2step" (featuring Lil Baby) – 2:43
  2. "2step" (featuring Ultimo) – 2:34
  3. "2step" (featuring Potter Payper) – 2:33
  4. "2step" (featuring Antytila) – 2:33
  5. "2step" (featuring Leto) – 2:34
  6. "2step" (featuring Ellinoora) – 2:33
  7. "2step" (featuring 1.Cuz) – 2:33
  8. "2step" (featuring Budjerah) – 2:33
  9. "2step" (Star.One Remix) – 3:25
  10. "2step" (featuring Chefin) – 2:44
  11. "2step" (featuring reezy) – 2:33
  12. "2step" (featuring
    Quevedo
    ) – 2:33
  13. "2step" (featuring Denise Chaila) – 2:33
  • Digital download and streaming – Single
  1. "2step" (featuring Armaan Malik) – 2:33

Credits and personnel

Charts

Certifications

‹See Tfd›
Certifications and sales for "2step"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[58] Gold 15,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[59] 2× Platinum 160,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[60] Gold 45,000‡
France (
SNEP)[61]
 Platinum 200,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[62] Platinum 100,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[63] Gold 25,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[64] Platinum 600,000‡
Streaming
Sweden (GLF)[65] Platinum 8,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "2step"
Region Date Format(s) Version Label Ref.
Various 22 April 2022
Single version
[66]
United States 25 April 2022
Hot adult contemporary
 Album version Atlantic [2]
26 April 2022 Contemporary hit radio Single version [67]
Various 2 May 2022
featuring Antytila
[68]
4 May 2022 featuring Ellinoora [69]
6 May 2022 featuring Ultimo [70]
9 May 2022 featuring 1.Cuz [71]
11 May 2022 featuring Budjerah [72]
12 May 2022 featuring Star.One [73]
13 May 2022 featuring Leto [74]
16 May 2022 featuring Chefin [75]
18 May 2022 featuring reezy [76]
20 May 2022 featuring Potter Payper [77]
23 May 2022 featuring
Quevedo
 [78]
25 May 2022 featuring Denise Chaila [79]
3 June 2022 featuring 1.Cuz [80]

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