Hard Times (Plan B song)
"Hard Times" is the seventh single from British rapper and songwriter Plan B's second studio album, The Defamation of Strickland Banks. On 19 May 2011, it was released as a digital download, featuring newly recorded vocal parts by Elton John and Paloma Faith, recorded as a charity single with all the proceeds benefiting victims of the 2010 Pakistan floods and 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The song was used by Sky Sports in the build up to Crystal Palace vs West Bromwich Albion in April 2010.
Track listing
Digital download- "Hard Times" – 4:05Promotional CD single
- "Hard Times" – 4:05
- "Hard Times" – 5:44
- "Hard Times" – 3:48
Personnel
- Plan B – vocals, producer
- David McEwan – producer
- Eric Appapoulay – additional producer
- Mark "Top" Rankin – engineer, mixing
- Elton John – piano, vocals
- Paloma Faith – vocals
- Tom Wright-Goss – guitar
- Eric Appapoulay – bass, backing vocals
- Richard Cassell – drums
- Everton Newson – violin
- Louisa Fuller – violin
- Sally Herbert – violin
- Warren Zielinski – violin
- Bruce White – viola
- Sonia Slany – viola
- Ian Burdge – cello