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"Own It"
Single by Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy
from the album Heavy Is the Head
Released22 November 2019
Genre Dancehall
Length3:37
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • FRED
  • Jay Weathers
Stormzy singles chronology
" Wiley Flow"
(2019)
"Own It"
(2019)
" Audacity"
(2019)
Ed Sheeran singles chronology
" Take Me Back to London"
(2019)
"Own It"
(2019)
" Those Kinda Nights"
(2020)
Burna Boy singles chronology
"All In"
(2019)
"Own It"
(2019)
"Money Play"
(2019)
Music video
"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.

Background

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]

Music video

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]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Own It"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
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.

Release history

Release history and formats for "Own It"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various 22 November 2019
[41]
Australia Contemporary hit radio
[42]
United Kingdom
  • #Merky
  • Atlantic
[43]
Urban contemporary radio [44]
Italy 6 December 2019 Contemporary hit radio Warner [45]

References

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