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"Ed Sheeran has said that he owes Pharrell Williams a hat for his good advice.  In his upcoming documentary Nine Days and Nights Of Ed Sheeran, the singer discusses the decision to release &amp;#039;Sing&amp;#039; as the lead single from his forthcoming album.  Sheeran explained that he had other plans for his first X single and it was Pharrell who persuaded him otherwise. &amp;quot;I swear Pharrell has special foresight,&amp;quot; he recalled. &amp;quot;I said I wanted to release &amp;#039;Don&amp;#039;t&amp;#039; as the first single. He said it should be &amp;#039;Sing&amp;#039; and it would do over 100,000 in the US. &amp;quot;And sure enough it&amp;#039;s done 140,000. I owe him a hat or something.&amp;quot; &amp;#039;Sing&amp;#039; was produced by Pharrell, with the &amp;#039;Happy&amp;#039; singer contributing additional vocals and starring alongside Sheeran in the music video.  Sheeran also revealed that he was introduced to X producer Rick Rubin by Sir Elton John while dressed as a pirate. &amp;quot;Rick came to my birthday gig and I was dressed as a pirate,&amp;quot; he added. &amp;quot;I was summoned by Elton John to meet him, so it was us and Adele. &amp;quot;I felt awkward dressed as a pirate.&amp;quot; The documentary premieres on MTV Music next Wednesday (June 11) and will air on MTV on June 20 at 10pm. Watch the music video for Ed Sheeran&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Sing&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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