The Hard Road (song)

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"The Hard Road"
Single by Hilltop Hoods
from the album The Hard Road
Released 3 August, 2006
Recorded 2003 - 2005
X Bred Production Studios, Adelaide, South Australia
Genre Australian hip hop
Length 4:06
Label Obese Records
Producer MC Suffa
Hilltop Hoods singles chronology
"Clown Prince"
(2006)		 "The Hard Road"
(2006)		 "What a Great Night"
(2006)

"The Hard Road" is a song by Australian hip hop band Hilltop Hoods. It is the second single taken from on their 2006 album of the same name. The theme of the song relates to growing up and living in a city, having no direction in life and dealing with the troublesome life associated with urban culture. The song contains a sample of "Out in the Woods", originally by Leon Russell.[1]

It was released by Obese Records[2] in 2006 as a CD and a 12" vinyl single.[3] The CD single also included the music video for the song.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Matthew Lambert (Suffa), Daniel Smith (Pressure), Barry Francis (DJ Debris) and L Lambert, except track 3 which was written by Lambert, Smith, Francis and Leigh Ryan.[4]. 

The Hard Road
No. Title Length
1. "The Hard Road"   4:07
2. "The Hard Road" (Suffa Remix) 4:05
3. "The Hard Road" (Plutonic Lab Remix) 3:43
4. "Recapturing the Vibe" (Sesta Remix) 3:09
5. "The Hard Road" (Instrumental) 4:09
6. "The Hard Road" (Suffa Instrumental Remix) 4:04

Personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalogue
Australia 3 August 2006 Obese CD OBR 047
1 October, 2006 12" vinyl OBR 047-2

References

  1. ^ "Hilltop Hoods - The Hard Road". WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/4054/Hilltop%20Hoods-The%20Hard%20Road_Leon%20Russell-Out%20in%20the%20Woods/. Retrieved 28 July 2010. 
  2. ^ "Obese Records discography". Obese Records. http://www.obeserecords.com/discog.htm. Retrieved 28 July 2010. 
  3. ^ "Hilltop Hoods - The Hard Road". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/Hilltop-Hoods-The-Hard-Road/master/25214. Retrieved 28 July 2010. 
  4. ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) search engine". APRA. http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt. Retrieved 28 July 2010.  Note: requires user to input song title e.g. THE HARD ROAD
Hilltop Hoods
Suffa · Pressure · DJ Debris
DJ Next
Studio albums
A Matter of Time (1999)  · Left Foot, Right Foot (2001)  · The Calling (2003)  · The Hard Road (2006)  · State of the Art (2009)  · Drinking From the Sun (2012)
Remix albums
EPs
Singles
DVDs
The Calling Live · The City of Light · Parade Of The Dead
Mixtapes
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