Song · Linkin Park
“Heavy” by Linkin Park
From the album One More Light (2017)
“Heavy” by Linkin Park appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2017 and 2020. It was first released in 2017 on the album One More Light. Its best result is #48 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #81 alternative song of 2017.
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"Heavy" opened the campaign for One More Light, Linkin Park's seventh studio album: the lead single, out as a download on February 16, 2017, with Kiiara singing as a guest. Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson wrote it with Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter, two writers whose earlier credits included Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and Gwen Stefani, and Shinoda and Delson produced.
The song grew out of the band members talking through what was dragging them down and discovering that each of them was carrying something heavy. Bennington said life was hard for him even on a good day, and that the song's opening line described him around the clock. It became the last commercial single Linkin Park released in his lifetime.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 49 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 48 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 92 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s | 102 |
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