About this song
- “Boat”, is a soft guitar track about being resilient and knowing you can’t be torn down after hard experiences. The track is the second single from Ed Sheeran’s studio album, - (Subtract), and was released on April 21, 2023. Additionally, the song was the first song written for the album, excluding “The Hills of Aberfeldy” which was written over 10 years ago. Rolling Stone states that the opening track was written “over a piano-and-drums bed” but then was re-recorded into “a raw guitar song”. ”Subtract Sundays – Boat – I wrote this by the English seaside, very extreme elements in the winter. It’s basically about feeling very low and not knowing how to make it feel better, but being determined it wasn’t gonna be the end. The waves won't break my boat.” and ”So “Boat” is basically a song about resilience, I guess. Feeling at your lowest, and wondering if you can get through it, basically. I wrote the song and finished it by the English seaside. Which is, I think very beautiful, it is quite a bleak and cold place in Winter. I was looking out at the sea, and we saw waves crashing down. I sort of felt like, that was a good metaphor of what was happening, at the time with me. And that’s where the line “The waves won't break my boat” came from.” – via Subtract Sundays . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. — lastfm
- "Boat" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was released on 21 April 2023 through Asylum and Atlantic Records as the second single from his fifth studio album, − ("Subtract"). Sheeran wrote the song with producer Aaron Dessner. — wikipedia
Chart history
Peak position and weeks on chart across Australian community countdowns.
| Chart | Peak | Most recent | Weeks on |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARIA Top 50 Singles | #48 | 2023-05-15 (#48) | 1 |
