"Go Hard" | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Single by DJ Khaled featuring Kanye West and T-Pain | ||||||||||||||||||||
from the album We Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
Released | November 19, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
Format | Digital download | |||||||||||||||||||
Recorded | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
Genre | Hip hop | |||||||||||||||||||
Length | 4:32 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Producer(s) | The Runners | |||||||||||||||||||
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"Go Hard" is the second single from DJ Khaled's third studio album, We Global. The track features American rappers Kanye West and T-Pain. They both used the auto-tune effect. The song is produced by The Runners and it samples Madonna's 1985 song "Angel". It first charted on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip Hop chart on September 9, 2008, debuting at #25, where it peaked at #15, and has started chart on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs debuting at #85 and then rising to #53 so far. It also debuted at #69 on the Billboard Hot 100 the same week the album We Global was released due to digital downloads, also at #19 on the Hot Rap Tracks.
"Go Hard" is featured in the 2009 video game expansion pack, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, and can be found on the in-game radio station The Beat 102.7.
The official video (directed by Hype Williams) was released on November 7. The low budget music video features cameos from Ace Hood (Wearing a shirt promoting his new album, Gutta), Rick Ross, Tyson Beckford, Tay Dizm and DJ Clue among others. DJ Khaled and T-Pain shot this video and the video for T-Pain's song "Karaoke" on the same day.