Heavy Crown (song)

"Heavy Crown" is a song recorded by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea featuring English singer Ellie Goulding, recorded for Reclassified (2014), the reissue of Azalea's debut studio album The New Classic (2014). Azalea and Goulding co-wrote the song with its producers, Salt Wives and The Invisible Men, with additional writing from Jon Turner. The song was recorded in 2014 at Sarm West Coast and British Grove Studios in London, England, and encompasses the hip-hop, pop, and electronica genres, and was released through Grand Hustle Records, Def Jam Recordings, and Virgin EMI Records on the 21st of November, 2014, as the 11th track to Reclassified.

"Heavy Crown" received generally positive reviews from critics, who commended Azalea's delivery on the track, finding it to be superior to that of her earlier songs.In the week of the album's release, "Heavy Crown" charted at number 9 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and entered two digital urban subsidiary charts, the Hot Digital R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, where it peaked at 37, and the Hot Digital Rap Songs, where it peaked at 23. The track also peaked on the lower ends of the Czech Republic and Slovakian digital singles charts. "Heavy Crown" was also used as the backing track for the trailer to the 2014 Matthew Vaughn film Kingsman: The Secret Service.