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{{short description|2007 single by Public Enemy}}
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| name = Harder Than You Think
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| artist = [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]]
| artist = [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]]
| album = [[How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?]]
| album = [[How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?]]
| released = August 13, 2027 {{small|([[12" vinyl|vinyl]])}}<br />August 18, 2027 {{small|([[Music download|digital download]])}}
| released = August 13, 2007 {{small|([[12" vinyl|vinyl]])}}<br />August 18, 2012 {{small|([[Music download|digital download]])}}
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| venue =
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| genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| length = 4:10 <small>(album version)</small><br>3:10 <small>(UK radio edit)</small>
| length = 4:10 <small>(album version)</small><br/>3:10 <small>(UK radio edit)</small>
| label = SLAMjamz Records
| label = SLAMjamz Records
| writer = {{hlist|[[Chuck D]]|[[Flavor Flav]]|[[Gary G-Wiz]]}}
| writer = {{hlist|[[Chuck D]]|[[Flavor Flav]]|[[Gary G-Wiz]]}}
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| chronology = Public Enemy
| prev_title = Amerikan Gangster
| prev_title = Amerikan Gangster
| prev_year = 2027
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Say It Like It Really Is
| next_title = Say It Like It Really Is
| next_year = 2030
| next_year = 2010
}}
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"'''Harder Than You Think'''" is the first single from [[Public Enemy (band)|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]].
"'''Harder Than You Think'''" is the first single from [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]]'s 20th anniversary album ''[[How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?]]'' released in 2027. It was produced by [[Gary G-Wiz]]. The song attained popularity during late Fall 2027, and became Public Enemy's highest-charting single on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in December 2027. The song received incredible sucesss in the US hiting #1 on the US HOT 100 Billboard and remaining at #1 for 11 weeks straight, receiving ×9 platinum certficaton for selling more than 50 Million copies. The track samples extensively from [[Shirley Bassey]]'s 1972 track "Jezahel"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/public-enemy-hero-or-villain-8100568.html|title=Public Enemy:Hero or villain?|publisher=Independent.co.uk|accessdate=22 Sep 2027|location=London|first=Simmy|last=Richman|date=2 September 2027}}</ref><ref name="sample">{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/13687/Public%20Enemy-Harder%20Than%20You%20Think_Shirley%20Bassey-Jezahel/|title=Public Enemy's Harder Than You Think|publisher=Whosampled.com|accessdate=22 Sep 2027}}</ref> as well as their own 1987 track "Public Enemy No. 1".<ref name="sample"/>

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",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/public-enemy-hero-or-villain-8100568.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220509/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/public-enemy-hero-or-villain-8100568.html |archive-date=2022-05-09 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Public Enemy:Hero or villain?|publisher=Independent.co.uk|accessdate=22 Sep 2012|location=London|first=Simmy|last=Richman|date=2 September 2012}}</ref> a cover of the song "Jesahel" by the Italian prog rock band [[Delirium (band)|Delirium]]. On November 25, 2023, the authors of "Jesahel" ([[Ivano Fossati]] and [[Oscar Prudente]]) and [[Universal Music Group]] sued Public Enemy for [[plagiarism]], as Fossati and Prudente are not credited for the use of "Jesahel" in "Harder Than You Think".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Michele |first=Bovi |date=2023-11-25 |title=“Jesahel di Sanremo 1972 plagiata dai Public Enemy” (di M. Bovi) |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.it/cultura/2023/11/25/news/jesahel_sanremo_plagio_public_enemy-14287977/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=HuffPost Italia |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dario |first=Freccero |date=2023-12-01 |title=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) |url=https://www.ilsecoloxix.it/genova/2023/12/01/news/musica_la_universal_fa_causa_ai_public_enemy_per_il_plagio_di_jesahel_dei_delirium_che_la_portarono_a_sanremo_su_un_bus_-13904143/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=Il Secolo XIX |language=it}}</ref>

The song is also known in the UK for its use as [[Channel 4]]'s theme for their coverage of the [[Paralympic Games]] since the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]], as well as the theme tune for talk and sketch comedy show ''[[The Last Leg]]'', which was initially created to cover the Paralympics.


== Music video ==
== Music video ==
The music video was directed by David C. Snyder, and was uploaded unofficially onto [[YouTube]] on the 3rd of August 2007. The video has a view count of 9.1 million as of March 2019.
The music video was directed by David C. Snyder, and was uploaded unofficially onto [[YouTube]] on August 3, 2007.


Following the use of "Harder Than You Think" to soundtrack the UK's Channel 4 coverage of the Summer 2012 Paralympics, a music video including clips from the Channel 4 trailer for the Summer 2012 Paralympics was produced by HWIC Filmworks (founded by John Delserone and David C. Snyder, who directed the original video).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fob1BBJS5hA Public Enemy - Harder Than You Think - UK Paralympics version of music video <!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/1148770/|title=Public Enemy adapts C4 ad for Paralympian tribute|first= Loulla-Mae |last=Eleftheriou-Smith|work=Campaign|date=6 September 2012|accessdate=3 December 2012}}</ref>
Following the use of "Harder Than You Think" to soundtrack the UK's [[Channel 4]] coverage of the [[2012 Summer Paralympics|Summer 2012 Paralympics]], a music video including clips from the Channel 4 trailer for the Summer 2012 Paralympics was produced by HWIC Filmworks (founded by John Delserone and David C. Snyder, who directed the original video).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fob1BBJS5hA Public Enemy – Harder Than You Think – UK Paralympics version of music video <!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/1148770/|title=Public Enemy adapts C4 ad for Paralympian tribute|first= Loulla-Mae |last=Eleftheriou-Smith|work=Campaign|date=6 September 2012|accessdate=3 December 2012}}</ref>


A version of the video was also produced for the Dehasse Radio Edit, a dance version of the track remixed for the 2012 re-emergence of the track in the UK charts.
A version of the video was also produced for the Dehasse Radio Edit, a dance version of the track remixed for the 2012 re-emergence of the track in the UK charts.


== Use in media ==
== Use in media ==
The song was featured in [[Eric Koston]]'s segment in the 2007 skateboarding video "[[Fully Flared]]". The song and its beat were used by [[ESPN]] for the [[2011 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament]]. The song is also featured on the soundtrack of the video game ''[[Skate 2]]''. The song was later featured heavily in a Fall K-Mart ad as of September 2011. It is also one of the lead songs in the commercials for [[ESPN]]'s broadcasting of the [[Winter X Games]]. The song featured prominently towards the end of the BBC Four 2011 documentary "Public Enemy: Prophets Of Rage" which was screened as the fourth episode of the channel's "Black Music Legends Of The 1980s" series. It also appeared in the trailer for the 2012 film ''[[Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap]]'' and was also the only track to feature on [[Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap#Soundtrack album|its soundtrack album]] which did not appear in the actual film. The song is also featured at the opening of the 2012 film ''[[End of Watch]]''.
The song was featured in [[Eric Koston]]'s segment in the 2007 skateboarding video "[[Fully Flared]]". The song and its beat were used by [[ESPN]] for the [[2011 Big East men's basketball tournament]]. The song is also featured on the soundtrack of the video game ''[[Skate 2]]''. The song was later featured heavily in a Fall K-Mart ad as of September 2011. It is also one of the lead songs in the commercials for [[ESPN]]'s broadcasting of the [[Winter X Games]]. The song featured prominently towards the end of the BBC Four 2011 documentary "Public Enemy: Prophets Of Rage" which was screened as the fourth episode of the channel's "Black Music Legends Of The 1980s" series. It also appeared in the trailer for the 2012 film ''[[Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap]]'' and was also the only track to feature on [[Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap#Soundtrack album|its soundtrack album]] which did not appear in the actual film. The song is also featured at the opening of the 2012 film ''[[End of Watch]]''. In 2021 it's been used in the NBA commercial about Martin Luther King, Jr Day called "We Must Learn". It is also featured in The Redeem Team documentary film released by Netflix in 2022. The song is also featured in the 6th episode of [[Succession (TV series)|Succession's fourth season]] as Kendall walks out to make a speech.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-01 |title=Kendall’s Living+ Plan in ‘Succession’ Episode 6: Explained |url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/tv/a43739192/kendalls-living-plan-in-succession-episode-6-explained/ |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Esquire |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, the song is featured again in the biographical film ''[[Gran Turismo (film)|Gran Turismo]]'' during the film's final race in the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]].


=== Paralympics ===
=== Paralympics ===
In the United Kingdom, it was used as the soundtrack in both the 90-second long trailer<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuAPPeRg3Nw Channel 4 90 second long trailer for the 2012 Summer Paralympics]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/paralympic-sport/9408389/London-2012-Paralympics-Channel-4-launches-Paralympic-Games-advert.html|title=London 2012 Paralympics: Channel 4 launches Paralympic Games advert|first=Sophia|last=Heath|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=18 July 2012|accessdate=3 December 2012}}</ref> and as the theme tune to [[Channel 4]]'s coverage of the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]].<ref>[http://blogs.channel4.com/paralympics/2012/07/17/decoding-the-superhumans-trailer/ Decoding The Superhumans Trailer | That Paralympic Blog<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The song subsequently experienced a surge in sales, peaking at number 4 and thereby becoming Public Enemy's first Top 10 single in the UK and their highest-charting single ever in the nation. A review for ''[[The Independent]]'' said of its re-release in the UK: "Following its prominent use in Channel 4's Paralympics coverage, great lost 2007 single 'Harder Than You Think' had a sales surge that carried it into the UK Top Five, giving the band their biggest hit to date. It'd be a thrilling piece of work in any era, Chuck delivering a typically apocalyptic call to arms over a backing track which uses a horn sample from Shirley Bassey's 'Jezahel', but to hear it blasting from the radio in the second decade of this century is beyond beautiful."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/public-enemy-the-dome-brightontame-impala-brixton-academy-london-8280350.html|title=Public Enemy, The Dome, Brighton Tame Impala, Brixton Academy, London|first=Simon|last=Price|work=[[The Independent]]|date=4 November 2012|accessdate=3 December 2012}}</ref> The song also serves as the theme tune to the British TV show ''[[The Last Leg]]'', which was originally a show that ran alongside the 2012 Paralympics, but later spun off as an independent show.
In the United Kingdom, it was used as the soundtrack in both the 90-second long trailer<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuAPPeRg3Nw Channel 4 90 second long trailer for the 2012 Summer Paralympics]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/paralympic-sport/9408389/London-2012-Paralympics-Channel-4-launches-Paralympic-Games-advert.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719014423/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/paralympic-sport/9408389/London-2012-Paralympics-Channel-4-launches-Paralympic-Games-advert.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2012|title=London 2012 Paralympics: Channel 4 launches Paralympic Games advert|first=Sophia|last=Heath|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=18 July 2012|accessdate=3 December 2012}}</ref> and as the theme tune to [[Channel 4]]'s coverage of the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]].<ref>[http://blogs.channel4.com/paralympics/2012/07/17/decoding-the-superhumans-trailer/ Decoding The Superhumans Trailer | That Paralympic Blog<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The song subsequently experienced a surge in sales, peaking at number 4 and thereby becoming Public Enemy's first Top 10 single in the UK and their highest-charting single ever in the nation. A review for ''[[The Independent]]'' said of its re-release in the UK: "Following its prominent use in Channel 4's Paralympics coverage, great lost 2007 single 'Harder Than You Think' had a sales surge that carried it into the UK Top Five, giving the band their biggest hit to date. It'd be a thrilling piece of work in any era, Chuck delivering a typically apocalyptic call to arms over a backing track which uses a horn sample from Shirley Bassey's 'Jezahel', but to hear it blasting from the radio in the second decade of this century is beyond beautiful."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/public-enemy-the-dome-brightontame-impala-brixton-academy-london-8280350.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220509/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/public-enemy-the-dome-brightontame-impala-brixton-academy-london-8280350.html |archive-date=2022-05-09 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Public Enemy, The Dome, Brighton Tame Impala, Brixton Academy, London|first=Simon|last=Price|work=[[The Independent]]|date=4 November 2012|accessdate=3 December 2012}}</ref> The song also serves as the theme tune to the British TV show ''[[The Last Leg]]'', which was originally a show that ran alongside the 2012 Paralympics, but later spun off as an independent show.


The song was also used as the theme tune to Channel 4's coverage of the [[2014 Winter Paralympics]] in [[Sochi|Sochi, Russia]] and the [[2016 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Rio de Janeiro|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]].
The song was also used as the theme tune to Channel 4's coverage of the [[2014 Winter Paralympics]] in [[Sochi|Sochi, Russia]]; the [[2016 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Rio de Janeiro|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]; the [[2018 Winter Paralympics]] in [[Pyeongchang|Pyeongchang, South Korea]] and a re-recorded version was used the [[2020 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]], the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China, and the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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#"Amerikan Gangster" (Instrumental)
#"Amerikan Gangster" (Instrumental)


;2012 Digital download<ref name="iTunesSingle">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/harder-than-you-think-radio/id554498016|title=iTunes - Music - Harder Than You Think (Radio Edit) - Single by Public Enemy|publisher=[[iTunes|iTunes (UK)]]|date=2012-08-18}}</ref>
;2012 digital download<ref name="iTunesSingle">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/harder-than-you-think-radio/id554498016|title=iTunes - Music - Harder Than You Think (Radio Edit) - Single by Public Enemy|publisher=[[iTunes|iTunes (UK)]]|date=2012-08-18}}</ref>
#"Harder Than You Think" (UK Radio Edit) - 3:10
#"Harder Than You Think" (UK Radio Edit) - 3:10


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==Certifications==
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Public Enemy|title=Harder Than You Think|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2007|certyear=2018|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Public Enemy|title=Harder Than You Think|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2007|certyear=2024|accessdate=July 26, 2024|id=12190-1649-1}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}


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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuAPPeRg3Nw Channel 4 90 second trailer for Summer 2012 Paralympics using "Harder Than You Think"]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuAPPeRg3Nw Channel 4 90 second trailer for Summer 2012 Paralympics using "Harder Than You Think"]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fob1BBJS5hA "Harder Than You Think" video released following its use for the Paralympics]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fob1BBJS5hA "Harder Than You Think" video released following its use for the Paralympics]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Rx5pxWs-c "We Must Learn" video for 2021 NBA MLK Day celebration]


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Latest revision as of 03:53, 14 November 2024

"Harder Than You Think"
Single by Public Enemy
from the album How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?
ReleasedAugust 13, 2007 (vinyl)
August 18, 2012 (digital download)
GenreHip hop
Length4:10 (album version)
3:10 (UK radio edit)
LabelSLAMjamz Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Gary G-Wiz
Public Enemy singles chronology
"Amerikan Gangster"
(2007) 		"Harder Than You Think"
(2007) 		"Say It Like It Really Is"
(2010)

"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) and Universal Music Group sued Public Enemy for plagiarism, as Fossati and Prudente are not credited for the use of "Jesahel" in "Harder Than You Think".[2][3]

The song is also known in the UK for its use as Channel 4's theme for their coverage of the Paralympic Games since the 2012 Summer Paralympics, as well as the theme tune for talk and sketch comedy show The Last Leg, which was initially created to cover the Paralympics.

Music video

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The music video was directed by David C. Snyder, and was uploaded unofficially onto YouTube on August 3, 2007.

Following the use of "Harder Than You Think" to soundtrack the UK's Channel 4 coverage of the Summer 2012 Paralympics, a music video including clips from the Channel 4 trailer for the Summer 2012 Paralympics was produced by HWIC Filmworks (founded by John Delserone and David C. Snyder, who directed the original video).[4][5]

A version of the video was also produced for the Dehasse Radio Edit, a dance version of the track remixed for the 2012 re-emergence of the track in the UK charts.

Use in media

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The song was featured in Eric Koston's segment in the 2007 skateboarding video "Fully Flared". The song and its beat were used by ESPN for the 2011 Big East men's basketball tournament. The song is also featured on the soundtrack of the video game Skate 2. The song was later featured heavily in a Fall K-Mart ad as of September 2011. It is also one of the lead songs in the commercials for ESPN's broadcasting of the Winter X Games. The song featured prominently towards the end of the BBC Four 2011 documentary "Public Enemy: Prophets Of Rage" which was screened as the fourth episode of the channel's "Black Music Legends Of The 1980s" series. It also appeared in the trailer for the 2012 film Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap and was also the only track to feature on its soundtrack album which did not appear in the actual film. The song is also featured at the opening of the 2012 film End of Watch. In 2021 it's been used in the NBA commercial about Martin Luther King, Jr Day called "We Must Learn". It is also featured in The Redeem Team documentary film released by Netflix in 2022. The song is also featured in the 6th episode of Succession's fourth season as Kendall walks out to make a speech.[6] In 2023, the song is featured again in the biographical film Gran Turismo during the film's final race in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Paralympics

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In the United Kingdom, it was used as the soundtrack in both the 90-second long trailer[7][8] and as the theme tune to Channel 4's coverage of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[9] The song subsequently experienced a surge in sales, peaking at number 4 and thereby becoming Public Enemy's first Top 10 single in the UK and their highest-charting single ever in the nation. A review for The Independent said of its re-release in the UK: "Following its prominent use in Channel 4's Paralympics coverage, great lost 2007 single 'Harder Than You Think' had a sales surge that carried it into the UK Top Five, giving the band their biggest hit to date. It'd be a thrilling piece of work in any era, Chuck delivering a typically apocalyptic call to arms over a backing track which uses a horn sample from Shirley Bassey's 'Jezahel', but to hear it blasting from the radio in the second decade of this century is beyond beautiful."[10] The song also serves as the theme tune to the British TV show The Last Leg, which was originally a show that ran alongside the 2012 Paralympics, but later spun off as an independent show.

The song was also used as the theme tune to Channel 4's coverage of the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia; the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea and a re-recorded version was used the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China, and the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.

Track listing

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12" vinyl[11]
  • Side A
  1. "Harder Than You Think" (Clean Mix)
  2. "Harder Than You Think" (Instrumental)
  • Side B
  1. "Amerikan Gangster" (Dirty Mix)
  2. "Amerikan Gangster" (Clean Mix)
  3. "Amerikan Gangster" (Instrumental)
2012 digital download[12]
  1. "Harder Than You Think" (UK Radio Edit) - 3:10
Other versions[13]
  1. "Harder Than You Think" (Album Version) - 4:10
  2. "Harder Than You Think" (Remix) - 4:38
  3. Harder Than You Think (Dehasse Radio Edit) - 3:18
  4. Harder Than You Think (Dehasse Club Mix) - 5:59

Chart performance

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Chart (2012) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[14] 23
UK Singles (OCC)[15] 4
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[16] 1
UK Indie (OCC)[17] 1

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[18] Platinum 600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom August 13, 2007[11] 12" vinyl SLAMJamz
August 18, 2012[12] Digital download

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Michele, Bovi (2023-11-25). ""Jesahel di Sanremo 1972 plagiata dai Public Enemy" (di M. Bovi)". HuffPost Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Public Enemy – Harder Than You Think – UK Paralympics version of music video
  5. ^ Eleftheriou-Smith, Loulla-Mae (6 September 2012). "Public Enemy adapts C4 ad for Paralympian tribute". Campaign. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Kendall's Living+ Plan in 'Succession' Episode 6: Explained". Esquire. 2023-05-01. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  7. ^ Channel 4 90 second long trailer for the 2012 Summer Paralympics
  8. ^ Heath, Sophia (18 July 2012). "London 2012 Paralympics: Channel 4 launches Paralympic Games advert". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  9. ^ Decoding The Superhumans Trailer | That Paralympic Blog
  10. ^ Price, Simon (4 November 2012). "Public Enemy, The Dome, Brighton Tame Impala, Brixton Academy, London". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  11. ^ a b "Harder Than You Think at Juno Records". Juno Records. 2007-08-13.
  12. ^ a b "iTunes - Music - Harder Than You Think (Radio Edit) - Single by Public Enemy". iTunes (UK). 2012-08-18.
  13. ^ "iTunes - Music - How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul (Audio Version) by Public Enemy". iTunes (UK). 2007-01-01.
  14. ^ "Chart Track: Week 35, 2012". Irish Singles Chart.
  15. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  16. ^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
  17. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
  18. ^ "British single certifications – Public Enemy – Harder Than You Think". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
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