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\"i knew that i wanted to make a proper rock song for [the movie], a proper driving song. something you'd wanna turn up to the fullest amount whilst driving,\" Sheeran wrote in the caption of an Instagram post Friday.

He noted that he co-wrote the song with Mayer and songwriter Blake Slatkin, and that Grohl and musician Pino Palladino, a session bassist, were \"the final jigsaw pieces of the song.\"

\"pure dream team for the genre of rock, and i really feel what we created fits the scene in the movie so well,\" he continued. \"i LOVE making songs for movies, ever since i did 'I See Fire' for The Hobbit. it really lets me as a movie fan, behind the curtain, help create the perfect song for a scene in a movie.\"

In the accompanying music video, Sheeran sings on a racetrack while Formula One cars whiz by him and fly through the air.

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PHOTO: Ed Sheeran is shown in a scene from his video for "Drive."
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At the end, he gets behind the wheel of what looks like a super-charged dune buggy and drives through the desert and onto a beach.

\"Movies and art are the only hobbies outside of music i really have, and i love my time at [F1 events] whenever i get to go play there. so this was like a match made in heaven,\" Sheeran wrote in his Instagram post Friday. \"i'm so honored to work with such great musicians on it, and hope you guys love the end result.\"

\"F1\" follows veteran racer Sonny Hayes (Pitt), who is recruited by Ruben Cervantes, played by Javier Bardem, to join his Formula One team and race alongside Joshua Pearce, played by Damson Idris.

The movie and the soundtrack are both out June 27.

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