On my mind

Story of Song

It’s a fun song, a commercial hit. Although fans speculated that this song is about ex boyfriend Ed Sheeran, especially the lyric (You wanted my heart but I just liked your tattoos) given that Sheeran has a lion tattoo in his chest. Goulding denied that it’s about anyone and explained that it is just a fun song. In an interview with MTV News, Ellie said: “I probably walked in the studio and I was like ‘Oh, I’ve got this verse on my mind’ and then another writer goes ‘I’ve got this verse on my mind’ and it’s so annoying. And so we kind of formed the song out of all of our different experiences. That’s the beauty of song writing, there’s no rules, it doesn’t have to be about one person or one subject. It all came together perfectly.”  Goulding then continued about speculations that this song in about someone, she said:”It’s fun to do that. I would do the same, But I’m sorry to all the people who want it to be about someone, it’s not, it’s like a myth. There’s no one to think about. It’s just a fun song.”

Release date

Released on September 17, 2015

Songwriter/s

Ellie Goulding – Max Martin – Savan Kotecha – Ilya Salmazadeh

Label

Polydor

Chart Rankings

US – 13

UK – 5

GERMANY  – 9

This fun hit was number 4 in Croatia & New Zealand; it peaked at number 3 in Australia, Indonesia & Slovakia, and reached number 1 on the charts in Poland. “On My Mind” was certified Silver in the UK selling over 200 thousand copies. In Denmark it was certified Gold selling over 30 thousand copies and 25 thousand copies in Italy. Goulding’s hit reached peaked at number 13 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and The Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it Platinum for sales over 1 million copies. It is Platinum in Australia, New Zealand and Sweden. The song was in the top 10 charts in 18 countries. It sold over 78 thousand copies reaching number 5 on the Digital Song, and was streamed 4.6 million times reaching number 44 on Streaming Songs.

Artist’s age on release date

Ellie Goulding was 28 years of age.

Cover Versions

Amateur artists covered this song on Youtube.