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"The Hard Road"
Single by Hilltop Hoods
from the album The Hard Road
Released3 August 2006
Recorded2003–2005
X Bred Production Studios, Adelaide, South Australia
Genre Australian hip hop
Length4:06
Label Obese Records
Songwriter(s)Barry Francis, Leon Russell, Matthew Lambert, Daniel Smith
Producer(s)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 group, Hilltop Hoods. It is the second single taken from the Australian group's 2006 album of the same name. It was released by Obese Records [1] in 2006 as a CD single and a 12" vinyl single. [2] The CD single also included the music video for the song.

Sampling

The song contains a sample from "Out in the Woods", a composition originally written by Leon Russell. [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written 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.TitleLength
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. ^ "Obese Records discography". Obese Records. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Hilltop Hoods - The Hard Road". Discogs. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Hilltop Hoods - The Hard Road". WhoSampled.com. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) search engine". APRA. Retrieved 28 July 2010. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. THE HARD ROAD