Hard Times (Plan B song)

"Hard Times"
Single by Plan B featuring Elton John and Paloma Faith
from the album The Defamation of Strickland Banks
Released May 19, 2011 (2011-05-19)
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded April 2011
Genre Soul, pop
Length 4:05
Label 679/Atlantic
Writer(s) Ben Drew
Producer Ben Drew, David McEwan, Eric Appapoulay (add.)
Plan B singles chronology
"Love Goes Down"
(2010)		 "Hard Times"
(2011)
Elton John singles chronology
"If It Wasn't for Bad"
(2010)		 "Hard Times"
(2011)
Paloma Faith singles chronology
"Smoke & Mirrors"
(2010)		 "Hard Times"
(2011)

"Hard Times" is the fifth single from Plan B's second album The Defamation of Strickland Banks. On May 19, 2011, it was released as a digital download, featuring newly recorded vocal parts by Elton John and Paloma Faith, recorded as a charity single with all the proceeds benefiting victims of the 2010 Pakistan floods and 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Hard Times" (Single Version Feat. Elton John & Paloma Faith) - 4:05
  2. "Hard Times" (Live Version Feat. Elton John & Paloma Faith) - 5:44
  3. "Hard Times" (Album Edit) - 3:48

Personnel

  • Plan B – vocals, producer[3]
Production[3]
  • David McEwan – producer
  • Eric Appapoulay – additional producer
  • Mark "Top" Rankin – engineer, mixing
Additional musicians (single version)
  • Elton John – piano, vocals
  • Paloma Faith – vocals
Additional musicians (album version)[3]
  • Tom Wright-Goss – guitar
  • Eric Appapoulay – bass, backing vocals
  • Richard Cassell – drums
  • Everton Newson – violin
  • Louisa Fuller – violin
  • Sally Herbert – violin
  • Warren Zielinski – violin
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Sonia Slany – viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello

Chart performance

Chart (2011) Peak
position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[4] 147

Release history

Region Date Label Format
United Kingdom 19 May 2011[5] 679 / Atlantic Digital download

References

  1. ^ http://www.time4planb.co.uk/story/charity_release_hard_times_ft._sir_elton_john_and_paloma_faith
  2. ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00536BFHI
  3. ^ a b c "Relationships for track: Hard Times". MusicBrainz. http://musicbrainz.org/recording/f2864e35-a7ed-4bf8-9d0a-ab960cd3524a/relationships. 
  4. ^ http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/110528cluk.txt
  5. ^ Hard Times (feat. Elton John & Paloma Faith) - Single by Plan B itunes.apple.com/gb/
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