Hard Times (Run-D.M.C. song)

"Hard Times"
Single by Run–D.M.C.
from the album Run–D.M.C.
B-side"Jam-Master Jay"
ReleasedDecember 11, 1983
Recorded1983
GenreNew school hip hop
Length3:52
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Run–D.M.C. singles chronology
"It's Like That"
(1983)
"Hard Times"
(1983)
"Rock Box"
(1984)

"Hard Times" is a rap song written by Jimmy Bralower, J.B. Moore, Russell Simmons, Larry Smith and William Waring originally recorded by Kurtis Blow for his 1980 eponymous debut album.

A 1983 cover by rap group Run–D.M.C. was issued as their second single, and is the first track on their eponymous debut album Run–D.M.C..