Heavy (Anne-Marie song)

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"Heavy"
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Single by Anne-Marie
from the album Speak Your Mind
Released22 September 2017
Genre Pop [1]
Length2:52 [2]
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Anne-Marie singles chronology
"Besándote"
(2017)
"Heavy"
(2017)
"Then"
(2017)

"Heavy" is a song recorded by English singer Anne-Marie. It was released on 22 September 2017 [3] as the third single from her debut studio album, Speak Your Mind (2018). [4] A lyric video was released the same day. [5]

Contents

Composition

"Heavy" is a pop song that was compared to her previous single, "Ciao Adios". [1] The song contains tropical-influenced beats that are found in much of the singer's recent work. [6] The song was produced by The Invisible Men, Nana Rogues, [7] Nevada, Team Salut, [8] and MNEK. [9]

Critical reception

Steph Evans of Earmilk wrote that the song "follows the punchy pop of "Ciao Adios," with this single giving more life to Anne-Marie's vocal power." [10]

Track listing

Taken from iTunes. [3]

No.TitleLength
1."Heavy"2:52

Personnel

Adapted from Tidal. [8]

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [11] 31
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [12] 12
Ireland (IRMA) [13] 51
Scotland (OCC) [14] 33
UK Singles (OCC) [15] 37

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] Silver200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Various22 September 2017 Digital download
  • Major Tom's
  • Asylum
[3] [8]
United Kingdom29 September 2017 Contemporary hit radio
  • Warner
  • Asylum
[17]

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