"Own It" is a song by English rapper

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featuring English singer

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and Nigerian singer

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, released on 22 November 2019 through #Merky and

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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 "

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". 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 saligned to a

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-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

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Charts

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References

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