"All on My Mind" is a 2017 single by Anderson East, lead single of his 2017 album Encore. It was his first release since his 2015 album Delilah. The single reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Adult Alternative Songs[1] and made it to number 34 on the U.S. Adult Top 40[2] chart.

"All on My Mind"
Single by Anderson East
from the album Encore
ReleasedAugust 10, 2017 (2017-08-10)
Length3:42
LabelLow Country Sound
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Anderson East singles chronology
"Devil in Me"
(2016)
"All on My Mind"
(2017)
"Girlfriend"
(2018)

The song was first written by Ed Sheeran and Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid, the songwriting duo behind top-hit "Shape of You". Erik Eger, McDaid's manager, presented the demo version of the song to Gregg Nadel, Elektra Records president. Nadel, who's in charge of Sheeran's U.S. marketing, then pitched it to Anderson East, who adapted it with his longtime collaborator Aaron Raitiere. Several revisions went back and forth,[3] and hearing the final result, Ed Sheeran "loved it," and "could not have been happier with how it turned out."[4]

The song was nominated at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in the Best American Roots Performance category, but lost to Brandi Carlile's "The Joke."[5]

Rolling Stone magazine reviewed the song, saying it "sounds like pure East. Marching along with stabs of strings and swells of electric piano, 'All on My Mind' is a showcase for East’s rugged, raspy vocals as he ponders his obsession with a rule-breaking woman."[6]

Chart performance

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Chart Peak
position
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[7] 1
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[8] 34
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[9] 35
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[10] 31
Rock Digital Song Sales[11] 17

References

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  1. ^ "Adult Alternative Songs Chart for the week of December 23, 2017". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  2. ^ "Adult Pop Songs Chart for the week of March 24, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  3. ^ hannahjessica31 (2018-03-14). "Interview: Roll Tide! Anderson East talks college football, Otis Redding, Steve Cropper and writing with Ed Sheeran". Building Our Own Nashville. Retrieved 2020-07-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Gensler, Andy (2017-08-21). "How Ed Sheeran Came to Co-Write Anderson East's New Single 'All On My Mind'". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  5. ^ "Anderson East". GRAMMY.com. 2020-05-19. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  6. ^ Gage, Jeff (2017-08-15). "Hear Anderson East's New Song 'All on My Mind,' Co-Written by Ed Sheeran". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  7. ^ "Anderson East Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Anderson East Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Anderson East Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Anderson East Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard.
  11. ^ "Rock Digital Song Sales Chart for the week of March 4, 2017". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-07-20.