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Ed Sheeran's new song 'Brother's Blood' can only be heard in 'Grimsby'.
The 25-year-old singer won't be making the song available for download or streaming, and it won't even feature on the movie's soundtrack.
Instead, fans will only get to hear it if Ed's friend Sacha Baron Cohen plays the song while promoting his new movie, or if fans visit cinemas to see the comedy.
Of the pairing, a source told The Sun newspaper: "Sacha and Ed have become big pals over the past few years.
"During Ed's early days Sacha wasn't really familiar with his work. He had no idea who he was when they were introduced.
"But they're both creative geniuses and have an obvious connection on that front, agreeing to help each other out where possible."
And 44-year-old Sacha - who plays Nobby in the comedy movie - has a lot of praise for the flame-haired singer but joked that he's surprised he doesn't have a "disabled badge" on his motor because of the colour of his hair.
He quipped: "He's [Ed] a good lad. Impressive that he chooses not to have a disabled badge on his car despite having ginger hair."
The track is likely to be the only chance fans of the multi-award-winning star will get to hear new material in the forseeable future, as he doesn't plan on releasing the follow-up to 2014's 'x' until much later this year.

Rihanna has beaten Michael Jackson's record for the artist to chart the third-most US number one hits of all time.
The 28-year-old R&B superstar's latest single 'Work' has become her 14th track to top the Billboard Hot 100, overtaking the late King of Pop's 13 chart-topping records.
Taking to her twitter account in excitement, she said: "#WORK tops Billboard #Hot100!! Navy you killed it this week! #NavyRDie (sic)"
And Billboard confirmed: "The song becomes Rihanna's 14th leader, lifting her past Michael Jackson for the third-most No. 1s all-time.(sic)"
However, the Bajan beauty is still some way behind the record for the most US number ones, with The Beatles leading the way with 20 chart-topping tracks, just ahead of Mariah Carey, who has scored 18 number ones in her career.
Meanwhile, the sexy singer has touched down in London ahead of her eagerly-anticipated performance at the BRIT Awards - which are sponsored by MasterCard - tomorrow night (24.02.16).
It was speculated whether or not the 'Only Girl In The World' hitmaker will make it to the prestigious awards ceremony at London's The O2 after she cancelled a number of dates of her ANTI World Tour and her performance at the Grammys due to bronchitis, as well as pulling out of last year's Brits.
However, hosts Ant & Dec are certain she'll show up.
Ant told The Sun newspaper: "Rihanna's plane has touched down so we are fairly certain she will be performing. She didn't even get on it last year, so at least she is physically in the country."

Kendrick Lamar will induct hip hop crew N.W.A. into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The ceremony is set to take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on April 8, where the 'Compton' rapper will honour the surviving N.W.A members; Ice Cube, MC Ren, Yella and Dr. Dre.
Speaking in December when the list of inductees was announced Ice Cube, 42, said it shows people "understand what the group did and what it means to modern music".
He said: "It's hard to sum up exactly what it means. It means a lot of things. It means that the group's mark is kind of solidified. It's all legitimised in a way because the whole music industry has to honour the group in a way ... It's everything that kind of eluded us in a lot of ways when we were coming up. So many people were opinionated about N.W.A. I think everyone now at this point, no matter how you feel about us, understands what the group actually did and what it means to modern music."
The 'You Can Do It' hitmaker thinks late N.W.A member Eazy E - who died in March 1995 - will be thrilled with the recognition.
He said: "I think he'd be real excited because he was always fighting for legitimacy, whether it was trying to get out of the dope gang and become a legitimate, productive person in society."
As well as N.W.A., this year will also see Cheap Trick - who will be inducted by Kid Rock - Chicago, Deep Purple and Steve Miller added to the Hall of Fame.

Charli XCX thinks her new album will be "really groundbreaking for pop music".
The 'Boom Clap' hitmaker admits there is still a lot of work to do on her latest record but she already has high hopes for how it will be received by the world.
She said: "Yeah it's done but there's still a lot of stages to go. You know mixing and all of that, but it's written and that's great and I think it's the best thing I've done and I think it's going to be really groundbreaking for pop music."
The 23-year-old singer thinks it is important for artists to "shake things up" from time to time and admits she has been incredibly inspired by some of her collaborators.
She added to MTV News: "I think it always needs a shake up and I think multiple artists do that but I want to push it.
"I've been collaborating with people from PC Music so that's been very inspiring for me - the way they think about music and the way that they create music and transferring that into like a more pop realm is something that is cool and yeah, it's next level! I'm not really saying too much about it right now because I just want it to talk for itself. And it will."

Tonight Alive were inspired by Bring Me The Horizon to create their "own genre".
The 'Drive' singer Jenna got "goosebumps" when she heard the popular Sheffield band picked up the Innovation Award at the NME awards last week and said the 'Happy Song' hitmaker's transformation from a heavy metal band to their own sound made them want to do the same.
Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz, Jenna, 23, said: "We are totally inspired by Bring Me The Horizon. I got goosebumps when I heard they won the NME Innovation Award. It inspired us to want to create our own genre too."
The blonde beauty went on to say how music fans are "trained" to believe a pop song has to be a "top 40 record", but insists it is not true because pop music simply means "popular".
She added: "Bring Me The Horizon is pop. The sentence sounds wrong coming out of our mouths because we are trained to believe that pop is a top 40 record. They are a metal band but now they are a metal band who sings. Pop just means popular music."
Tonight Alive are currently on tour in the UK in support of their LP 'Limitless', which will be released via Sony Records on March 4.

All Saints have announced their first headline concert in over 10 years.
The girl group - Melanie Blatt, Shaznay Lewis and Nicole and Natalie Appleton - will be celebrating their huge comeback with a very special show at London's KOKO venue on Monday April 4.
In a post on their official Twitter account, the band said: "SO excited to announce our first headline show in over 10 years at @KokoLondon on Apr 4! Tickets on sale Fri at 9am. (sic)"
The news comes in the wake of the multi-million record selling girl group announcing their return to music this year with their first studio album release for a decade.
'Red Flag' - which comes 10 years after 2006's 'Studio 1' - is released on April 8 and single 'One Strike' drops on February 26.
The track was written by Shaznay and is inspired by Nicole's painful split from ex-husband Liam Gallagher in August 2013.
Shaznay said: "When I write, I just think about what's on my mind. The lyrics came from somewhere very real. Nic was going through a lot of things at that time. That was at the forefront of my mind because it was the heaviest thing going on."
Recalling their conversations, Nicole - who has 14-year-old son Gene with Liam - added: "We spoke for hours and hours on the phone."
Tickets go on sale for All Saints' show at www.gigsandtours.com from 9am on Friday (26.02.16).

Richard Ashcroft has announced he is releasing a new solo album 'These People'.
The former Verve frontman is returning with his first solo release since 2006's 'Keys To The World' and has unveiled debut single 'This Is How It Feels'.
Revealing the inspiration behind his first solo album for a decade, Ashcroft has shared it is a mix of tracks about "personal" dark times and world events.
He told NME: "It takes in some personal and world events [taking] a dark turn leading to a sense of urgency and a clearing of the mind.
"Over the period I wrote this we've lived through incredible times. Highly contentious wars were going into the pot. There were grassroots movements that were then turning into semi-revolutions, there was Tahrir Square. There was everything kicking off all over the globe, people being divided. Pepper spray everywhere, tear gas ... We're in a very nihilistic age, we're in death-ridden, world war times and I like to reflect the society we're in but I also want to possibly project something that gives us a sense of hope."
'This Is How It Feels' has already garnered the support of former Oasis star Liam Gallagher - who became close friends with Ashcroft when the two singers' bands ruled the charts in the 90s.
Praising the track on his Twitter account, Liam posted: "Richard Ashcroft good to hear your voice again new tune sounding good LG x (sic)"
'These People' will be released on May 20.

Richard Ashcroft's 'These People' tracklisting:

1. Out Of My Body
2. This Is How It Feels
3. They Don't Own Me
4. Hold On
5. These People
6. Everybody Needs Somebody To Hurt
7. Picture Of You
8. Black Lines
9. Ain't The Future So Bright
10. Songs Of Experience

The Strokes' guitarist Nick Valensi has been reunited with his long lost guitar.
The 'Last Nite' rockers launched an appeal with a reward of $5,000 (£3,500) last month anyone who could find the Epiphone guitar, after it was misplaced while being transported from New York City to Los Angeles.
The rockers' appeal paid off as Nick's wife Amanda de Cadanet, has now posted a photograph of him with the 1995 Riviera model on her Instagram account confirming it's back in his hands, albeit "damaged" and without strings.
Taking to the photo sharing app on Sunday night (21.02.16), she wrote: "Mr V got his beloved guitar back . Sadly it is severely water damaged, and covered in rust , with no strings. Just maybe it can survive after some TLC. Nick wanted to thank each and every one of you who helped hunt for his guitar. #StrokesFans really are the best !! #nickvalensi #guitar (sic)"
The band - also including Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond, Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti - are yet to reveal how the precious instrument was found.
The indie rockers first offered the sum of $1,000 (approximately £700) and then upped the reward after they got no leads.

Johnny Marr will join Hans Zimmer on upcoming European tour.
The 52-year-old former Smiths guitarist will join forces with the award-winning German composer-and-producer to perform live as a guest on his tour, which will start in April in the UK in London and continue to Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France.
A post from Johnny's official Twitter account read: "Johnny announces he will play select live dates with @RealHansZimmer as guest performer (sic)"
The pair have worked together on the soundtracks for movies such as 'Inception' - which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy - 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' and most recently gay rights story 'Freeheld', which stars Julianne Moore and Ellen Page.
Speaking about working and playing with Hans, 58, Johnny said: "Playing with Hans is always great, all that great music, and the orchestra. On the stage it goes to another level."
The pair collaborated at Hans' 2014 Hammersmith Apollo last year, and at the 'Inception' premiere in 2010 and are rumoured to extend their working partnership on Johnny's next solo album.

Hans Zimmer's tour dates:
April 6-7, London, Wembley
April 20, Berlin, Mercedes Benz Arena
May 26, Manchester, Manchester Arena
May 29, Dublin, 3 Arena
June 5, Orange, Theatre Antique d'Orange