Tenerife Sea in which Sheeran's vocals are multi-tracked. Randall Roberts of the "Los Angeles Times" likened the song to that of Eric Clapton's 1977 ballad "Wonderful Tonight" and Ginuwine's "In Those Jeans". The song's title is a reference to Tenerife in the Canary Islands of Spain. According to Sheeran, the hue of his girlfriend's eyes are as blue as the seas in Tenerife, "seriously blue, like electric blue". The lyrics speaks of Sheeran's girlfriend who he sees "really pretty" in her dress. "Tenerife Sea" was released on 20 June 2014 as part of Sheeran's second studio album, "x", serving as its eighth
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