Weight of the World is a song by alternative rock band Young Guns. Initially recorded and released on their debut EP Mirors in 2009, the band re-recorded it for their debut album, All Our Kings Are Dead the following year, and released as its fourth single. The song was a modest success, peaking at number 27 on the UK Rock Chart.

The song was initially written and recorded for the band's first studio release, the EP Mirrors, in 2009. With reviewers praising it for being a standout track, the band chose to re-record it for their first full-length album, All Our Kings Are Dead in 2010. The song was released as the fourth single for the album on November 1, 2010. The single release received even further re-recordings, with frontman Gustav Wood explaining that the band still hadn't quite been happy with either of the prior versions, stating

Now, we love our album to death, but we, like most bands, are perfectionists and knew that we could do the song a little more justice if we only had a tiny bit more time (especially if we were to release it as a single). We went back into the studio with Dan Weller once again and just tweaked, nipped, and tucked a bit so that we were a bit happier with where the song was at."

The band also performed an acoustic version of the song on Belgium television in 2011.

"Weight of the World" has been described as a "highly melodic" and high energy "adrenaline-charged" rock song, containing a "stadium sized chorus and angsty yet sing-along lyrics.

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