Thinking Out Loud
Count:
32
Wall:
2
Level:
Intermediate
Choreographer:
Bracken Heidenreich (USA) - June 2014
Music:
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran : (iTunes)
Intro: 32 counts
BACK, BACK ROCK, TRIPLE HALF, QUARTER SWAY, SWAY, SIDE TOGETHER
1,2,3Step right back; rock left back; recover in place on right
4&5Make 1/4 turn right and step left to left side; make 1/4 turn right and lock right in front of left; step left back (6:00)
6,7Make 1/4 turn right and step right to right side swaying right, sway left (9:00)
8&Step right to right side; close left next to right
QUARTER STEP SWEEP, CROSS BACK, STEP SWEEP, CROSS BACK, SIDE, CROSS UNWIND, BASIC RIGHT
Let your body naturally rotate some during the next four counts.
1Make 1/4 turn right and step right forward while sweeping left from back to front (12:00)
2&Step left across (in front of) right; step right back
3Step left to left side while sweeping right from back to front
4&Step right across (in front of) left; step left back
5Make 1/4 turn right and step right forward (3:00)
6&Touch left over right; unwind 3/4 turn right transferring weight to left (12:00)
7,8&Step right to right side; step left slightly behind right; step right slightly across left
QUARTER, STEP HALF PIVOT, SIDE CROSS, BASIC RIGHT, QUARTER, QUARTER CROSS
1,2,3Make 1/4 turn left and step left forward; Step right forward; pivot half turn left transferring weight to left (3:00)
4&Step right to right side; step left across (in front of) right
5,6&Step right to right side; step left slightly behind right; step right slightly across left
7,8&Make 1/4 turn left and step left forward; make 1/4 turn left and step right to right side; step left across (in front of) right (9:00)
SWAY, SWAY, SWAY, CROSS ROCK, QUARTER, STEP, STEP, HALF, HALF
1,2,3Step right to right side swaying right; sway left; sway right
4&5Cross rock left in front of right; recover in place on right; make 1/4 turn left and step left forward (6:00)
6,7Step right forward; Step left forward
&8Pivot half turn right; in place, make half turn right and step on left (6:00)
*On walls 2, 6 and 8, to hit the syncopation in the music, you can change the above counts to 5&6&7 holding for count 8
5Make 1/4 turn left and step left forward
&6Step right forward; step left forward
&7Pivot half turn right; in place, make half turn right and step on left
8Hold
TAG: happens after walls 3 and 7. And is done three times in a row after wall 9 to end the dance.
BACK, BACK, BACK ROCK, STEP, STEP, HALF, HALF
1,2,3Step right back; step left back; rock right back; recover in place on left
5,6Step right forward; step left forward
7,8Pivot half turn right; in place, make half turn right and step on left
Contact: bracken@moveinline.com
Last Update - 21st Oct 2014
BACK, BACK ROCK, TRIPLE HALF, QUARTER SWAY, SWAY, SIDE TOGETHER
1,2,3Step right back; rock left back; recover in place on right
4&5Make 1/4 turn right and step left to left side; make 1/4 turn right and lock right in front of left; step left back (6:00)
6,7Make 1/4 turn right and step right to right side swaying right, sway left (9:00)
8&Step right to right side; close left next to right
QUARTER STEP SWEEP, CROSS BACK, STEP SWEEP, CROSS BACK, SIDE, CROSS UNWIND, BASIC RIGHT
Let your body naturally rotate some during the next four counts.
1Make 1/4 turn right and step right forward while sweeping left from back to front (12:00)
2&Step left across (in front of) right; step right back
3Step left to left side while sweeping right from back to front
4&Step right across (in front of) left; step left back
5Make 1/4 turn right and step right forward (3:00)
6&Touch left over right; unwind 3/4 turn right transferring weight to left (12:00)
7,8&Step right to right side; step left slightly behind right; step right slightly across left
QUARTER, STEP HALF PIVOT, SIDE CROSS, BASIC RIGHT, QUARTER, QUARTER CROSS
1,2,3Make 1/4 turn left and step left forward; Step right forward; pivot half turn left transferring weight to left (3:00)
4&Step right to right side; step left across (in front of) right
5,6&Step right to right side; step left slightly behind right; step right slightly across left
7,8&Make 1/4 turn left and step left forward; make 1/4 turn left and step right to right side; step left across (in front of) right (9:00)
SWAY, SWAY, SWAY, CROSS ROCK, QUARTER, STEP, STEP, HALF, HALF
1,2,3Step right to right side swaying right; sway left; sway right
4&5Cross rock left in front of right; recover in place on right; make 1/4 turn left and step left forward (6:00)
6,7Step right forward; Step left forward
&8Pivot half turn right; in place, make half turn right and step on left (6:00)
*On walls 2, 6 and 8, to hit the syncopation in the music, you can change the above counts to 5&6&7 holding for count 8
5Make 1/4 turn left and step left forward
&6Step right forward; step left forward
&7Pivot half turn right; in place, make half turn right and step on left
8Hold
TAG: happens after walls 3 and 7. And is done three times in a row after wall 9 to end the dance.
BACK, BACK, BACK ROCK, STEP, STEP, HALF, HALF
1,2,3Step right back; step left back; rock right back; recover in place on left
5,6Step right forward; step left forward
7,8Pivot half turn right; in place, make half turn right and step on left
Contact: bracken@moveinline.com
Last Update - 21st Oct 2014