Lay Your Head on Me should not be confused with Lay Your Hands on Me.
| Lay Your Head on Me | |
| Cover: | LayYourHeadonMe.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Major Lazer featuring Marcus Mumford |
| Album: | Music Is the Weapon |
| Released: | March 26, 2020 |
| Length: | 3:19 |
| Label: | Mad Decent |
| Producer: | |
| Chronology: | Major Lazer singles |
| Prev Title: | Rave de Favela |
| Prev Year: | 2020 |
| Next Title: | Oh My Gawd |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
"Lay Your Head on Me" is a song by American music project Major Lazer, featuring vocals from British musician and lead singer of the band Mumford & Sons, Marcus Mumford. It was released as the fifth single from Major Lazer's fourth studio album, Music Is the Weapon, on March 26, 2020.[1] [2] [3] The song was written by Henry Agincourt Allen, Karen Marie Aagaard Ørsted Andersen, Jasper Helderman, Mumford, Thomas Pentz and Bas van Daalen.
According to a press release, the collaboration came about after Marcus Mumford and Diplo became friends and started experimenting in the studio together. Danish pop star MØ, who has previously worked with Major Lazer on "Lean On", "Lost" and "Cold Water", also co-wrote the song.[4]
The single became Major Lazer’s third number one, as well as Mumford’s first, to reach Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart in its August 22, 2020 issue.[5]
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Iceland (Plötutíðindi)[6] | 33 |
| Mexico Airplay (Billboard)[7] | 15 |
| Chart (2020) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] | 69 | |
| US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[9] | 41 | |
| US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[10] | 23 |