Hard Times (Paramore song)

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"Hard Times"
ParamoreHardTimes.jpg
Single by Paramore
from the album After Laughter
ReleasedApril 19, 2017 (2017-04-19)
Studio RCA Studio B (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre
Length3:02
Label Fueled by Ramen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Paramore singles chronology
"Ain't It Fun"
(2014)		"Hard Times"
(2017)		"Told You So"
(2017)
Music video
"Hard Times" on YouTube

Certifications

Certifications for "Hard Times"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [51] Platinum70,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [52] Gold25,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [53] Platinum675,000 [54]
United States (RIAA) [55] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

PublicationCountryAccoladeYearRank
Billboard United StatesThe 25 Best Rock Songs of 2017: Critics' Picks [56] 2017
2

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelRef.
WorldwideApril 19, 2017 Digital download Fueled by Ramen [6]
United StatesApril 25, 2017 Contemporary hit radio [57]

Legacy

The song was featured in a montage sequence in the 2019 film Happy Death Day 2U . [58]

The song was used as Jake Hart's ringtone in the Nickelodeon Comedy series Henry Danger.[ citation needed ]

David Byrne version

"David Byrne Does Hard Times"
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Single by Paramore and David Byrne
A-side "Burning Down the House"
ReleasedApril 20, 2024 (2024-04-20)
Studio Electric Lady Studios [59]
Length3:00
Label Atlantic Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) David Byrne
Paramore singles chronology
"Burning Down the House"
(2024)		"David Byrne Does Hard Times"
(2024)
David Byrne singles chronology
"Everybody's Coming To My House"
(2018)		"David Byrne Does Hard Times"
(2024)

Following the 2024 release of Paramore's cover of the Talking Heads song "Burning Down the House" for the tribute album Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense , [60] the group's former frontman David Byrne released a cover of "Hard Times". Byrne commented that the original song "was inspired by Talking Heads, so I learned it and recorded my version of [Paramore's] great song with a horn section. This was fun!" [61]

Both covers were released together on one twelve-inch single for Record Store Day 2024, [62] for which Paramore were the ambassadors. [63]

Personnel

Adapted from description notes given under both the song's official visualizer [59] and its official YouTube Music release. [64]

Additional personnel

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