Go Hard or Go Home (song)

"Go Hard or Go Home"
"Go Hard or Go Home" cover
Promotional single by Wiz Khalifa and Iggy Azalea from the album Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Released	February 17, 2015
Format	Digital download
Length	3:52
Label	Atlantic Records
Writer	Cameron Thomaz Amethyst Kelly The Featherstones
Producer	The Featherstones
Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack track listing
"Get Low" (DJ Snake and Dillon Francis) (4) "Go Hard or Go Home" (5) "My Angel" (Prince Royce) (6)

"Go Hard or Go Home" is a song by American rapper Wiz Khalifa and Australian rapper Iggy Azalea. It appears on the Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2015) and was available as an instant track upon pre-ordering the album via iTunes stores on February 17, 2015.^[1] The song was produced by The Featherstones. A second version entitled "Go Hard or Go Home Part 2" featuring Khalifa, French Montana, Trey Songz and Ty Dolla Sign was included as a bonus track on the deluxe version of the soundtrack.^[2]

Background and release

In February 2015, Atlantic Records announced Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the musical companion to Universal's action film Furious 7, which would be released in stores and at all online retailers on March 17, and with the movie opening in theaters and IMAX on April 3, 2015. The soundtrack became available for pre-order on February 17 with select pre-orders receiving instant gratification downloads of the collection's first promotional singles, including Khalifa and Azalea's "Go Hard or Go Home." The track had its exclusive debut on Warner Music Group's "Snapchat Discover" service, Atlantic's first audio premiere via the photo messaging application Snapchat's new portal.^[3][4][5][6] After the premiere, Khalifa tweeted Azalea about an upcoming video shoot for the track.^[7] In 2014, it had also been revealed by The Fast and the Furious actor Vin Diesel that Azalea would be making a cameo appearance on the seventh installment of the film series.^[8]

Commercial performance

"Go Hard or Go Home" debuted at number one hundred on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Khalifa's twenty-seventh charting title and Azalea's eighth, and at number thirty-seven on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for the week ending February 22, 2015. Digital sales of the track fueled its arrival on the charts, logging 40,000 downloads in its first week out, landing a number twenty-seven bow on Billboard's Digital Songs. Buzz around the release of the song also launched it onto the weekly Billboard Twitter Top Tracks chart, where it entered at number ten.^[9][10] The track re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 dated April 25, 2015, at number eighty-six, with a fairly equal split of rising sales (27,000, up 39 percent) and streams (1.7 million, up 68 percent).^[11]

Track listing

Digital download^[12]

1. "Go Hard or Go Home" [Album track] – 3:52

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2015) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[13] 60 Australian Urban (ARIA)[14] 12 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[15] 59 Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[16] 65 Belgium Urban (Ultratop Flanders)[17] 22 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[18] 65 France (SNEP)[19] 77 Germany (Official German Charts)[20] 47 Indonesia (Creative Disc Top 50)[21] 6 Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20)[22] 9 Sweden (Veckan Heatseeker)[23] 14 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 55 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[25] 110 UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[26] 19 scope="row" US Billboard Hot 100[27] 86 scope="row" US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[28] 29 scope="row" US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[29] 21

Year-end charts Chart (2015) Position Belgium Urban (Ultratop Flanders)[30] 88

References

1. "New Music: Wiz Khalifa & Iggy Azalea - “Go Hard Or Go Home”". wizkhalifa.com. 13 February 2015.
2. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/furious-7-original-motion/id1029607120
3. "Atlantic Records Gets Into Gear With "FURIOUS 7: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK"". marketwired.com. February 17, 2015.
4. "'Furious 7' Soundtrack Launches With 7 Singles". billboard.com. February 17, 2015.
5. "'Furious 7' Soundtrack Launches With 7 Singles". rap-up.com. February 13, 2015.
6. "Wiz Khalifa & Iggy Azalea’s “Go Hard Or Go Home” To Debut February 16". idolator.com. February 14, 2015.
7. "Cameron on Twitter: "@IGGYAZALEA i like your verse on go hard or go home. can't wait to do the video :)"". Twitter.com. February 16, 2015.
8. Peters, Mitchell (July 29, 2014). "Iggy Azalea to Make Cameo In 'Fast & Furious 7,' Vin Diesel Says". Billboard.
9. "Raheem DeVaughn Debuts at No. 1 on Top R&B Albums". billboard.com. February 26, 2015.
10. "Wiz & Iggy's "Go Hard or Go Home" Debuts on Hot 100; Sells 40K Weekly Copies". headlineplanet.com. February 26, 2015.
11. "Hot 100 Chart Moves: Fifth Harmony's Wait for Highest-Charting Hit 'Worth It'". billboard.com. April 17, 2015.
12. "iTunes - Music - Furious 7 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Various Artists". Itunes.apple.com. March 17, 2015.
13. Ryan, Gavin (April 18, 2015). "ARIA Singles: Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth Remain On Top". Noise11. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
14. "ARIA Australian Top 40 Urban Singles - ARIA Charts". ARIA Charts. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015.
15. "Austriancharts.at – Wiz Khalifa & Iggy Azalea – Go Hard Or Go Home" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
16. "Ultratop.be – Wiz Khalifa & Iggy Azalea – Go Hard Or Go Home" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
17. "Ultratop.be – Wiz Khalifa & Iggy Azalea – Go Hard Or Go Home" (in Dutch). Ultratop Urban.
18. "Wiz Khalifa – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Wiz Khalifa. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
19. "Lescharts.com – Wiz Khalifa & Iggy Azalea – Go Hard Or Go Home" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
20. "Offiziellecharts.de – Wiz Khalifa & Iggy Azalea – Go Hard Or Go Home". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
21. "Creative Disc Top 50 Chart – 13 Apr". Creative Disc. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
22. "The Official Lebanese Top 20 - Wiz Khalifa". The Official Lebanese Top 20. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
23. "Wiz Khalifa & Iggy Azalea - Go Hard or Go Home" (In the "Navigering" section press "Veckan Heatseeker" and select the chart issued for the access date to show the position) (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan.se. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
24. "Swisscharts.com – Wiz Khalifa & Iggy Azalea – Go Hard Or Go Home". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
25. Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart: CLUK Update 18.04.2015 (wk15)". Zobbel.de. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
26. "Archive Chart: 2015-04-18" UK R&B Chart. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
27. "Wiz Khalifa – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Wiz Khalifa.
28. "Wiz Khalifa – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Wiz Khalifa.
29. "Wiz Khalifa – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rap Songs for Wiz Khalifa.
30. "JAAROVERZICHTEN 2015: Urban" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2015.

External links

• "Go Hard or Go Home" Audio on YouTube