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| Single by Wiz Khalifa | ||||
| from the album O.N.I.F.C. | ||||
| Released | April 23, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:40 | |||
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"Work Hard, Play Hard" is a song by American rapper Wiz Khalifa, released as the lead single from his fourth studio album, O.N.I.F.C. (2012). The track features production from Benny Blanco and Stargate.
The music video was directed by Bill Paladino and was released on May 23, 2012. It was filmed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at multiple locations, including a ballet studio, the city suburbs, a private party at a bar, and a soccer field. It features a ballerina played by Katie Schurman, a construction worker played by Michael Major and a soccer player working in each of these roles, and later celebrating at the bar. Wiz Khalifa appears wearing clothes as a hippie, paying tribute to Jimi Hendrix. Multiple Taylor Gang members make cameo appearances as well.
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Steve Breaston, who graduated from Woodland Hills High School just outside Pittsburgh, also appears in the video.
The official remix featuring Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy was revealed through his Twitter page on August 25, 2012. [2] Drake was originally supposed to have a verse on the remix but that didn't come to fruition as he never submitted his verse. [3]
Marco Rubio mentioned the song during March 2013 Rand Paul Filibuster of CIA Director. Rand Paul's filibuster tried to block President Obama's choice of John O. Brennan as CIA chief. Calling Wiz Khalifa a modern poet, Rubio mentioned the rapper by name and stated that he was reminded of his song "Work Hard, Play Hard. "You look at the time, I think it's a time when many of our colleagues expected to be home, back in the home state playing hard," Rubio said, "but I'm happy we're here still working hard on this issue." [4]
The song was featured in a commercial for the beverage Canada Dry in 2017. [5] The song was also featured in the first trailer for The Boss Baby: Family Business, and in the movie Arthur The King.
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada) [16] | Gold | 40,000* |
| United States (RIAA) [17] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Country | Date | Format | Label |
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| United States | April 25, 2012 [1] | Digital download | Atlantic Records |
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The discography of American rapper Wiz Khalifa consists of seven studio albums, one compilation album, one soundtrack album, three extended plays (EP), two collaborative albums, 84 singles, seventeen promotional singles, twenty-one mixtapes, and 82 music videos. After signing to the Pittsburgh-based independent label Rostrum Records as a teenager, Khalifa released his first mixtape Prince of the City: Welcome to Pistolvania, and his first studio album, Show and Prove (2006). Following the release of Show and Prove, Warner Bros. Records signed Khalifa in 2007 as part of a joint deal with Rostrum. At Warner, Khalifa released the singles "Youngin' on His Grind" and "Say Yeah". The latter became his first song to appear on a Billboard chart, peaking at number 20 on the US Hot Rap Songs. Disagreements with Warner over the release of a purported major-label debut album led Khalifa to part ways with the label, and release his second studio album Deal or No Deal in 2009 on Rostrum Records alone.
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