| "Harder Than You Think" | ||||
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| Single by Public Enemy | ||||
| from the album How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul? | ||||
| Released | August 13, 2007 (vinyl) August 18, 2012 (digital download) | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:10 (album version) 3:10 (UK radio edit) | |||
| Label | SLAMjamz Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Gary G-Wiz | |||
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"Harder Than You Think" is the first single from Public Enemy's 20th anniversary album How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul? released in 2007. It was produced by Gary G-Wiz.
The song attained popularity during late summer 2007, and became Public Enemy's highest-charting single on the UK Singles Chart in August 2012. The track borrows from Shirley Bassey's 1972 track "Jezahel",[1] a cover of the song "Jesahel" by the Italian prog rock band Delirium. On November 25, 2023, the authors of ''Jesahel'' (Ivano Fossati and Oscar Prudente) together with Universal Music Group sued Public Enemy for plagiarism, since Fossati and Prudente are not recognized as co-authors of "Harder Than You Think"[2] [3]
- ^ Richman, Simmy (2 September 2012). "Public Enemy:Hero or villain?". London: Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 22 Sep 2012.
- ^ Michele, Bovi (2023-11-25). ""Jesahel di Sanremo 1972 plagiata dai Public Enemy" (di M. Bovi)". HuffPost Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ Dario, Freccero (2023-12-01). "Musica, la Universal fa causa ai Public Enemy per il plagio di "Jesahel" dei Delirium (che la portarono a Sanremo su un bus del Genoa)". Il Secolo XIX (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-01-23.