"Own It" | ||||
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Single by Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy | ||||
from the album Heavy Is the Head | ||||
Released | 22 November 2019 | |||
Genre | Dancehall | |||
Length | 3:37 | |||
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"Own It" on YouTube |
"Own It" is a song by English rapper Stormzy featuring English singer Ed Sheeran and Nigerian singer Burna Boy,released on 22 November 2019 through #Merky and Atlantic Records as the fourth single from Stormzy's second studio album, Heavy Is the Head . [1] It is Stormzy and Ed Sheeran's second collaboration of 2019,following Sheeran's "Take Me Back to London". [2] It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in January 2020,becoming Stormzy's third UK number one,and second as a lead artist,as well as Sheeran's ninth. It was also the first number one of the 2020s.
A press release described "Own It" as "another supremely slick release" from Stormzy,writing that his "South London flow [is] aligned to a dancehall-tinged production,[...] with his word play empowering and uplifting a female love interest". [3]
The video was released on 22 November 2019,the same day as the song. [4] It was directed by Nathan James Tettey and shot in various locations around London. [3]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [36] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [37] | Gold | 20,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [38] | Platinum | 90,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [39] | Gold | 5,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [40] | 3× Platinum | 1,800,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | 22 November 2019 |
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Australia | Contemporary hit radio |
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United Kingdom |
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Urban contemporary radio | [44] | |||
Italy | 6 December 2019 | Contemporary hit radio | Warner | [45] |
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