"Heavy" is a song recorded by English singer
Anne-Marie
Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson (born 7 April 1991) is an English singer. She has attained charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, including Clean Bandit's "Rockabye (song), Rockabye", which peaked at number one, as well as "Alarm (Anne-Marie song ...
. It was released on 22 September 2017
as the third single from her debut studio album, ''
Speak Your Mind
''Speak Your Mind'' is the debut studio album by English singer Anne-Marie, released on 27 April 2018 by Major Tom's and Asylum Records. Anne-Marie announced the album on 21 February 2018 and it was made available for pre-order two days late ...
'' (2018). A lyric video was released the same day.
Composition
"Heavy" is a
pop song that was compared to her previous single, "
Ciao Adios
"Ciao Adios" is a song by English singer Anne-Marie. After performing it live in preview at KOKO, on 28 November 2016, it was released as the second single from her debut studio album, '' Speak Your Mind'' (2018) on 10 February 2017. Primarily a ...
".
The song contains tropical-influenced beats that are found in much of the singer's recent work. The song was produced by
The Invisible Men
The Invisible Men is a songwriting and music production trio consisting of Jason Pebworth, George Astasio and Jon Shave. Invisible Men's songs have so far achieved over 7 billion Spotify streams, 30 million record sales worldwide and the trio ...
, Nana Rogues, Jonathan White, Team Salut,
and
MNEK
Uzoechi Osisioma "Uzo" Emenike (born 9 November 1994), professionally known by his stage name MNEK (, ), is a British singer, songwriter and record producer. He has been nominated for a Grammy and a Brit Awards, Brit Award, and has received the ...
.
Critical reception
Steph Evans of ''
Earmilk
''EARMILK'', sometimes stylized in all caps, is a North American online music publication. Launched in the late 2000s by Montrey Whittaker, Blake Edwards and Eric DeFazio, ''Earmilk'' publishes on a variety of music genres, often covering hip h ...
'' wrote that the song "follows the punchy pop of "Ciao Adios," with this single giving more life to Anne-Marie's vocal power."
Track listing
Taken from iTunes.
Personnel
Adapted from Tidal.
*
Anne-Marie Nicholson – lead vocals, songwriting
*
The Invisible Men
The Invisible Men is a songwriting and music production trio consisting of Jason Pebworth, George Astasio and Jon Shave. Invisible Men's songs have so far achieved over 7 billion Spotify streams, 30 million record sales worldwide and the trio ...
– songwriting, production, keyboard, programmer
* Tash Phillips – songwriting
*
Iain James
Iain James Farquharson, more commonly known as Iain James or Sparx, is a British singer, songwriter and vocal producer from Bristol, but based in London. He started as part of the British boyband Triple 8 in 2003 as their lead singer and known ...
– songwriting
*
MNEK
Uzoechi Osisioma "Uzo" Emenike (born 9 November 1994), professionally known by his stage name MNEK (, ), is a British singer, songwriter and record producer. He has been nominated for a Grammy and a Brit Awards, Brit Award, and has received the ...
– production, engineering, programmer
* Jonathan White – production, guitar, bass guitar, programmer
* Team Salut – production, guitar
* Nana Rogues – production, bass guitar, programmer
* Cameron Gower Poole – backing vocals, production, engineering
* Stuart Hawkes – mastering engineer
* Dylan Cooper – programmer
*
Phil Tan Phil Tan is a Malaysian-American music and audio engineer.
Early life and education
Tan was born in Malaysia. He attended Full Sail University in Florida in the U.S., where he attained a degree in Recording Arts in 1990. Afterwards he moved to Atla ...
– mixer
Charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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2017 singles
British pop songs
2017 songs
Songs written by George Astasio
Songs written by Iain James
Songs written by Jason Pebworth
Songs written by Jon Shave
Song recordings produced by the Invisible Men
Asylum Records singles
Anne-Marie (singer) songs
Songs written by Anne-Marie (singer)