"
Don't" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter
Ed Sheeran for his second studio album,
x (2014). Written by Sheeran and
Benny Blanco and produced by Blanco and
Rick Rubin, the song samples "
Don't Mess with My Man" by
Lucy Pearl. It was initially planned as the album's lead single, but was passed over in favour of "
Sing". It was instead released to
iTunes on 13 June 2014 as the second "instant grat" promotional single from x. "Don't" officially impacted US
contemporary hit radio on 15 July 2014 and was released independently on 24 August 2014 as the album's second single.