You Need Me, I Don't Need You
"[9] Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave a 4/5 rating of song, stating: 'I sing, I write my own tune/ And I write my own verse, hell/ Don't need another wordsmith to make the tune sell,' he sing-speaks over an acoustic hip-hop beat complete with head-nodding guitar riff - marking a swift departure from the saccharine singer-songwriter sound of his heart-tugging debut.'They say I'm up and coming like I'm f**king in an elevator,' he quips with steely conviction, prompting the response, 'We know you're a real artiste now, but there's no need to be cocky!Sheeran also performed the track at the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards on 9 October 2011 at Wembley Arena.However he has also played the song at various local concerts before making it as a mainstream artist, the very first performance is believed to be at a gig where Sheeran was supported by a band named We Can't Dance.Sheeran used the song to close the encore sets of approximately 97% of shows on his Divide Tour, which concluded in 2019.