"Heavy Is the Head" is a song recorded by American country music group Zac Brown Band.

It features vocals from Chris Cornell, and was released to rock radio, rather than country.

[2] The song was used as the theme for the 2015 Major League Baseball season and has also appeared in the video game WWE 2K16.

[1] "Heavy Is the Head" debuted at number 50 on the Billboard Rock Airplay chart and at number 37 on the Mainstream Rock airplay chart for the week ending March 21, 2015.

Its number one peak on the Mainstream Rock airplay chart has made Zac Brown Band only the second musical act after Bon Jovi to have a number one single on both that chart and the Country Airplay chart.