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Single by Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy | |||||
Released | November 22, 2019 | ||||
Genre(s) | Dancehall | ||||
Length | 3:37 | ||||
Label(s) | #Merky, Atlantic | ||||
Producer(s) | Fred Again, Jay Weathers | ||||
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Own It is a song recorded by Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy. It was released on 21 December 2020 through #Merky, 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".
The song was written by Stormzy, Sheeran, Burna Boy and Fred Again, and was produced by Fred Again and Jay Weathers.
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".
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.