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"Own It"
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
Label	#Merky Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Michael Omari Ed Sheeran Fred Gibson Damini Ogulu
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. It is Stormzy and Ed Sheeran's second collaboration of 2019, following Sheeran's "Take Me Back to London". 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 aligned to a dancehall-tinged production, with his word play empowering and uplifting a female love interest".

Music video

The video was released on 22 November 2019, the same day as the song. It was directed by Nathan James Tettey and shot in various locations around London.

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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• 2019 singles
• 2019 songs
• Atlantic Records singles
• Stormzy songs
• Burna Boy songs
• Ed Sheeran songs
• Songs written by Ed Sheeran
• Songs written by Fred Again
• Songs written by Stormzy
• UK singles chart number-one singles
• Songs written by Burna Boy