Play Hard

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"Play Hard"
Guetta - Play Hard single.jpg
Single by David Guetta featuring Ne-Yo and Akon
from the album Nothing but the Beat 2.0
Released15 March 2013 [1]
Recorded1 September 2012
Genre
Length
  • 3:21
  • 3:28 (new edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • David Guetta
  • Giorgio Tuinfort
  • Frédéric Riesterer
David Guetta singles chronology
"Just One Last Time"
(2012)		"Play Hard"
(2013)		"Right Now"
(2013)
Ne-Yo singles chronology
"Forever Now"
(2012)		"Play Hard"
(2012)		"Tonight"
(2013)
Digital download [7]
No.TitleLength
1."Play Hard"3:21
Digital download [8]
No.TitleLength
1."Play Hard" (New Edit)3:28
Digital download – EP [9]
No.TitleLength
1."Play Hard" (Albert Neve Remix)6:52
2."Play Hard" (R3hab Remix)4:06
3."Play Hard" (Maurizio Gubellini & Delayers in da House Remix)5:00
4."Play Hard" (Maurizio Gubellini Remix)5:11
5."Play Hard" (Spencer & Hill Remix)6:19
6."Play Hard" (Extended)5:12
German CD single [10]
No.TitleLength
1."Play Hard" (Albert Neve Remix)6:52
2."Play Hard" (R3hab Remix)4:06
3."Play Hard" (Maurizio Gubellini & Delayers in da House Remix)5:00
4."Play Hard" (Maurizio Gubellini Remix)5:11
5."Play Hard" (Spencer & Hill Remix)6:19
6."Play Hard" (Extended Version)5:12

Charts and certifications

Release history

RegionDateFormat
GermanyMarch 15, 2013
ItalyApril 5, 2013 [77] Contemporary hit radio
United StatesMay 7, 2013 [78] Rhythmic radio
United KingdomMay 20, 2013 [79] Digital remixes
United StatesJune 11, 2013 [80] Mainstream radio

Sampling controversy

The song prominently samples the synthesizer riff of the 1998 song "Better Off Alone" by Dutch Eurodance project Alice Deejay. Therefore, Sebastiaan Molijn and Eelke Kalberg, the writers of the song and members of the group, are credited as songwriters. However, the song's sample was the subject of plagiarism. In 2016, Julie Sprankles included the song on her list "31 songs you didn't know were (allegedly) plagiarized" for the magazine SheKnows, saying that the song "heavily" samples "Better Off Alone". [81] In her listing, she also stated that the song made her consider the question: "How much sampling is too much sampling?". [81]

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