{{short description|2013 single by Lily Allen}} {{pp-move|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2016}} {{for|the song by Raye|Hard Out Here (Raye song)}} {{Infobox song | name = Hard out Here | cover = Lily Allen - Hard Out Here.png | alt = | type = single | artist = Lily Allen | album = Sheezus | B-side = Somewhere Only We Know | released = {{start date|df=yes|2013|11|17}} | recorded = 2013 | studio = Echo Studio (Los Angeles) | venue = | genre = Synth-pop | length = {{duration|m=3|s=31}} | label = Parlophone | writer = {{hlist|Lily Allen|Greg Kurstin}} | producer = Greg Kurstin | prev_title = Somewhere Only We Know | prev_year = 2013 | next_title = Air Balloon | next_year = 2014 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|E0CazRHB0so|"Hard out Here"}}}} }}
"'''Hard out<!-- do not change this to upper case "Out". See the talk page --> Here'''" is a song by English singer Lily Allen, released on 17 November 2013 as the lead single from her third studio album, ''Sheezus'' (2014). Allen co-wrote the song with its producer, Greg Kurstin. Musically, "Hard out Here" is a synth-pop song with lyrics revolving around "body image pressures and misogyny in the entertainment industry".
"Hard out Here" was critically acclaimed; many critics praised its lyrical content and praised Allen's take on the industry, dubbing the song a "feminist anthem through and through". According to ''The Wire'', the title is a "thinly veiled reference" to Three 6 Mafia's Academy Award-winning 2005 song "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp".<ref name="thewire">{{cite web |last=Schonfeld |first=Zach |url=http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2013/11/everything-lily-allen-attacks-in-her-scathing-new-video/71514/ |title=Here's Everything Lily Allen Attacks in Her Scathing New Video |work=The Wire |date=12 November 2013 |accessdate=13 November 2013 |archive-date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321171721/http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2013/11/everything-lily-allen-attacks-in-her-scathing-new-video/71514/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The song topped the Austrian chart and reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland.
To promote the song, Allen performed at YoYos pod in London. The music video for the song was directed by Christopher Sweeney and premiered on Allen's website on 12 November 2013. The video depicts Allen receiving liposuction and twerking. The video received positive reviews from most critics, but also sparked minor controversy over the ethnicity of the backing dancers.
==Background== Allen released her second album ''It's Not Me, It's You'' in 2009, which saw a genre shift to synth-pop, rather than the ska and reggae influences used in her debut album, ''Alright, Still'' (2006). The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Australian Albums Chart and was well received by critics, noting the singer's musical evolution and maturity. It spawned the hit singles "The Fear" and "Fuck You", popular mostly in Europe. Allen and Amy Winehouse were credited with starting a process that led to the media-proclaimed "year of the women" in 2009 that has seen five female artists making music of "experimentalism and fearlessness" nominated for the Mercury Prize.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cairns |first=Dan |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6725104.ece |title=The rise of a new wave of female singers |work=The Sunday Times |date=25 July 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615071457/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6725104.ece |archivedate=15 June 2011 |accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref>
In 2009, Allen announced that she would be taking a hiatus from musical activities. The following year, she opened a fashion rental shop named Lucy in Disguise with her sister Sarah,<ref>{{cite web |last=Alexander |first=Ella |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2010/09/07/lily-allen-selfridges-pop-up-store |title=Lily Pops Up |work=Vogue UK |date=7 September 2010 |accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref> followed by the 2011 launching of her own record label.<ref>{{cite web |last=Michaels |first=Sean |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/21/lily-allen-launches-record-label |title=Lily Allen launches own record label |work=The Guardian |date=21 January 2011 |accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref>
In 2013, Allen revealed that she had begun working on her third studio album ''Sheezus''. On 20 June 2012, Allen tweeted that she was in the studio working with Greg Kurstin on new music.<ref>{{cite web |last=Nissim |first=Mayer |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a388583/lily-allen-back-in-the-studio-with-greg-kurstin.html |title=Lily Allen back in the studio with Greg Kurstin |work=Digital Spy |date=20 June 2012 |accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/lily-allen/357621-lily-allen-twitter-popjustice-studio-greg-kurstin-pro-green |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623185142/http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/lily-allen/357621-lily-allen-twitter-popjustice-studio-greg-kurstin-pro-green |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 June 2012 |title=Lily Allen Back in the Studio With Greg Kurstin |publisher=MTV UK |date=20 June 2012 |accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref> She changed her professional name from Lily Allen to Lily Rose Cooper.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lily-allen-changes-professional-name-to-lily-rose-cooper-20120802 |title=Lily Allen Changes Professional Name to Lily Rose Cooper |magazine=Rolling Stone |publisher= |date=2 August 2012 |accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref> In August 2013 she changed her professional name back to Lily Allen and tweeted new music would be arriving "soon".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/lily-allen-new-music-coming-soon-29536988.html |title=Lily Allen: new music coming soon? |work=The Belfast Telegraph |date=29 August 2013 |accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref>
==Composition and lyrical interpretation== "Hard out Here" was written by Allen and Greg Kurstin, with production handled by the latter. Lasting for three minutes and twenty two seconds, musically "Hard out Here" is a "typically outspoken, sweary" synth-pop song.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gill |first=Andy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/best-of-2014-pop-preview-9037356.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220509/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/best-of-2014-pop-preview-9037356.html |archive-date=9 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Best of 2014: Pop preview |work=The Independent |date=3 January 2014 |accessdate=25 January 2014}}</ref> Lyrically, it speaks about "body image pressures and misogyny in the entertainment industry".<ref>{{cite web |last=Lansky |first=Sam |url=http://www.idolator.com/7493118/lily-allen-hard-out-here |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131122181349/http://www.idolator.com/7493118/lily-allen-hard-out-here |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 November 2013 |title=Lily Allen Saves Pop Music With New Single 'Hard Out Here': Watch The Brilliant Video |publisher=Idolator |date=12 November 2013 |accessdate=5 December 2013 }}</ref> The song's verses introduce the concept of the song: "You should probably lose some weight 'cause we can't see your bones/ You should probably fix your face or you'll end up on your own."<ref name="digitalspyreview">{{cite web |last=Corner |first=Lewis |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/review/a531211/lily-allen-hard-out-here-single-review.html |title=Lily Allen: 'Hard Out Here' – Single review |work=Digital Spy |date=14 November 2013 |accessdate=14 November 2013}}</ref> The overall message of the song, as well as several individual lyrics, have been interpreted as a response to Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines", as well as Thicke and Miley Cyrus's performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards and Cyrus's music video "We Can't Stop".<ref name="NMEbehind">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/lily-allen/74077 |title=Lily Allen unveils behind the scenes video for 'Hard Out Here' |work=NME |date=26 November 2013 |accessdate=5 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Copsey |first1=Robert |last2=Corner |first2=Lewis |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a530960/lily-allens-hard-out-here-our-5-favourite-things-about-the-video.html |title=Lily Allen's 'Hard Out Here': Our 5 favourite things about the video |work=Digital Spy |date=13 November 2013 |accessdate=5 December 2013}}</ref> However, Allen has said with regard to people's description of "Hard out Here" as a "We Can't Stop" parody that "I never went on record saying the video was a direct pop at her—it wasn't."<ref name="NMEbehind"/>
==Critical reception== "Hard out Here" received critical acclaim upon release. ''Rolling Stone'' praised the song calling it a "feminist anthem through and through" and praised the subjects in which Allen tackles including "tired gender roles and expectations to double standards regarding sex and appearance for men and women".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/lily-allen-returns-with-a-smirk-in-hard-out-here-20131112 |title=Lily Allen Returns With a Smirk in 'Hard Out Here' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=12 November 2013 |accessdate=12 November 2013}}</ref> Lewis Corner of Digital Spy rated the song four out of five stars, calling it "a welcome return to music for Lily Allen" and stating, "Ever the ambassador for a social critique, [Allen] wasn't going to let 2013 end without having her say on the current objectification of women in pop—and that includes poking fun at that twerking malarky."<ref name="digitalspyreview"/> The Wire viewed the song's title as a "thinly veiled reference" to Three 6 Mafia's Academy Award-winning 2005 song "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp".<ref name="thewire"/>
==Commercial performance== "Hard out Here" debuted at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, selling 30,213 copies in its first week, giving Allen two simultaneous top ten singles (the other being Somewhere Only We Know which was at the peak of the chart that week).<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-robbie-lp-sells-108k-to-claim-uk-s-1-000th-official-no-1/056846 |title=Official Charts Analysis: Robbie LP sells 108k to claim UK's 1,000th Official No.1 |work=Music Week |date=25 November 2013 |accessdate=25 January 2014 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> The single was notably successful in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, where it peaked at number 1, 2, and 6 respectively. In these three countries, it was used as the title song for the eighth season of ''Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!'', the German-language version of the reality TV show ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deluxemusic.tv/specials/detail/lily-allens-hard-out-here-ist-der-hit-zum-dschungelcamp-2014.html |title=Lily Allens "Hard Out Here" ist der Hit zum Dschungelcamp 2014 |date=16 January 2014 |accessdate=7 February 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In Oceania the song made its debut on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number 30 on 25 November 2013, peaking at number 14 the following week.<ref name="nz"/>
==Music video==
===Background and synopsis=== The music video was directed by Christopher Sweeney.<ref>{{cite web |last=Phillips |first=Amy |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/52130-video-lily-allen-returns-with-hard-out-here/ |title=Video: Lily Allen Returns With "Hard Out Here" |work=Pitchfork |date=12 November 2013 |accessdate=12 November 2013}}</ref> The music video for the song was premiered on Allen's website on 12 November 2013, with fans being able to unlock it by answering questions. Allen asked for fans to give feedback with the hashtag #HOH. It starts with Allen undergoing liposuction wearing full makeup. Her male manager says "Letterman says no", a reference to David Letterman. She asks him about Kimmel. He asks, "Jesus, how could somebody let themselves get like this". She defends herself saying "Um, I had two babies" (a reference to the birth of Allen's daughters in 2011 and 2013), but he and a doctor ignore her and continue talking about her as if she is not there. Allen begins to mime and then jumps off the operating table. Then she removes her hospital gown and begins a synchronised dance routine with six scantily clad female dancers. Allen's manager appears, demonstrating to the women that they should twerk. The scene cuts to Allen in front of a kitchen sink, scrubbing a chrome rim as if it were a dish. The video later references the music video for Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines", with balloons spelling out "LILY ALLEN HAS A BAGGY PUSSY". The video was accompanied by a parental advisory explicit sign for sexually explicit content.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/lily-allen/73786 |title=Lily Allen mocks Robin Thicke video in new song 'Hard Out Here' – watch |work=NME |date=12 November 2013 |accessdate=12 November 2013}}</ref> On 26 November, Allen released a video featuring behind the scenes footage from the "Hard out Here" video of her learning to twerk and talking to the backing dancers.<ref name="NMEbehind"/>
===Reception and controversy=== {{Quote box| quote = The video is meant to be a lighthearted satirical video that deals with objectification of women within modern pop culture. It has nothing to do with race, at all. |source = <small>— Allen, commenting on the controversy surrounding the video.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hogan |first=Marc |url=https://www.spin.com/2013/11/lily-allen-hard-out-here-racism-response-twitter/ |title=Lily Allen Hits Back at 'Hard Out Here' Racism Claims |work=Spin |date=13 November 2013 |accessdate=22 November 2013}}</ref></small> | quoted = true | bgcolor = #FFFFF0 | salign = center | align = right | width = 30% | border = 1px | fontsize= 90% }}
The video received positive feedback on Twitter from celebrities Adele, Ellie Goulding, Tinie Tempah, Rebecca Ferguson, Professor Green,{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}<!-- WP:RS needed; removed link to WP:SPS (Twitter, FB, WP)--> Foxes,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/iamfoxes/status/400617719508135936 |title=Twitter / iamfoxes: This is incredible. I <3 |publisher=Twitter |accessdate=5 December 2013}}</ref> Caitlin Moran, Lena Dunham,<ref>{{cite web |last=Walker-Arnott |first=Ellie |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-11-13/lily-allens-hard-out-here---the-twitter-reaction |title=Lily Allen's Hard Out Here – the Twitter reaction |work=Radio Times |date=13 November 2013 |accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref> Lauren Laverne, Example, Piers Morgan, Kesha, Jake Shears, Charli XCX, Mark Ronson,{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}<!-- WP:RS needed; removed link to WP:SPS (Twitter, FB, WP)--> and Pink. It amassed 2.2 million views within two days of being uploaded.<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Lydia |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/going-out/music/lily-allen-hard-out-here-2790182 |title=Lily Allen's controversial Hard Out Here video gets over 2 MILLION views in two days |work=Daily Mirror |date=14 November 2013 |accessdate=14 November 2013}}</ref>
The video's use of black backing dancers was criticised on the grounds of racism. Allen responded to this with a long message called "Privilege, Superiority and Misconceptions", in which she refused to apologise, "because I think that would imply that I'm guilty of something". She said that "If I could dance like the ladies can, it would have been my arse on your screens; I actually rehearsed for two weeks trying to perfect my twerk, but failed miserably. If I was a little braver, I would have been wearing a bikini too, but I do not and I have chronic cellulite, which nobody wants to see."<ref>{{cite web |last=Battan |first=Carrie |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/52993-lily-allen-responds-to-criticism-of-hard-out-here-dancers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113210431/http://pitchfork.com/news/52993-lily-allen-responds-to-criticism-of-hard-out-here-dancers/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 November 2013 |title=Lily Allen Responds to Criticism Surrounding 'Hard Out Here' Dancers |work=Pitchfork |date=13 November 2013 |accessdate=13 November 2013 }}</ref> Jameela Jamil defended the video, saying that those who have discounted the white dancers in the video are "almost racist" themselves, saying, "It's just a bunch of women from all backgrounds dancing provocatively as they have for years" and opining that the "parody" video makes "the obvious point that women are exploited in music videos."<ref>{{cite web |last=Harris |first=Jamie |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a531732/jameela-jamil-defends-lily-allens-hard-out-here-music-video.html |title=Jameela Jamil defends Lily Allen's 'Hard Out Here' music video |work=Digital Spy |date=16 November 2013 |accessdate=18 November 2013}}</ref>
In response to criticism by "misogynistic, hipster, male bloggers", Allen wrote the song "URL Badman".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lily-allen-talks-motherhood-online-haters-and-her-new-lp-sheezus-246821/|title=Lily Allen Talks Motherhood, Online Haters and Her New LP 'Sheezus'|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=10 April 2014|accessdate=26 July 2022}}</ref>
In 2016, Allen apologized for the video, citing its cultural appropriation. She told BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac that her intention behind the video was to make a feminist statement but "I was guilty of thinking ― assuming ― that there was a one-size-fits-all where feminism is concerned."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ledbetter|first1=Carly|title=2016 Is The Year Of Celebrities Apologizing For Cultural Appropriation|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/2016-is-the-year-of-celebrities-apologizing-for-cultural-appropriation_us_581b9331e4b0aac62483017b|website=The Huffington Post|accessdate=27 November 2016|date=3 November 2016}}</ref> She added that the controversy encouraged her to "do more research and strive to keep putting out music."<ref>{{cite web|title=Lily Allen blasts 'offensive' X Factor contestant Honey G|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/02/lily-allen-blasts-offensive-x-factor-contestant-honey-g|website=The Guardian|accessdate=27 November 2016|date=2 November 2016}}</ref>
==Promotion== On 14 November 2013, Allen made her debut live performance of "Hard out Here" in the YoYos pod at the Red Bull Revolutions in Sound event on the London Eye.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} The song was chosen as the opening theme of the eighth season of the German reality television series ''Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!'', which premiered on 17 January 2014, the same date as the single's release in Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/musik/lily-allen-liefert-den-hit-zum-dschungelcamp-2014-366ef-b312-20-1765681.html |title=Lily Allen liefert den Hit zum Dschungelcamp 2014 |language=German |publisher=RTL Television |date=14 January 2014 |accessdate=16 January 2014}}</ref>
==Track listings== *;Digital download<ref name="itunes"/> #"Hard out Here" – 3:31
*;Germany, Austria and Switzerland CD single<ref name="cdsingle"/> #"Hard out Here" – 3:31 #"Somewhere Only We Know" – 3:28
==Personnel== Credits adapted from CD single liner notes.<ref>"Hard out Here" (CD single liner notes). Lily Allen. Parlophone. 2014. 8-2564-63368-5-2.</ref>
* Lily Allen – songwriting, vocals * Greg Kurstin – bass, drums, keyboards, mixing, piano, production, songwriting * Alex Pasco – assistant engineering * Geoff Pesche – mastering
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
=== Weekly charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for "Hard Out Here" ! scope="col"| Chart (2013–14) ! scope="col"| Peak<br>position |- {{single chart|Australia|14|artist=Lily Allen|song=Hard Out Here|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Austria|1|artist=Lily Allen|song=Hard Out Here|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|24|artist=Lily Allen|song=Hard Out Here|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia|29|artist=Lily Allen|song=Hard Out Here|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Czech Republic|17|year=2014|week=01|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Denmark|36|artist=Lily Allen|song=Hard Out Here|rowheader=true}} |- ! scope="row"| Europe (Euro Digital Songs)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ss_chart_search_title%3A%22Hard%20Out%20Here%22&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A846&refine=1 |title=Hard Out Here – Lily Allen: Euro Digital Songs |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=11 November 2017}}</ref> | 12 |- !scope="row"|Finnish Downloads (Latauslista)<ref name = "Finlandcharts"/> | 28 |- {{single chart|Finnishairplay|20|artist=Lily Allen|song=Air Balloon|access-date=8 February 2026|rowheader=true|refname="Finlandcharts"}} |- {{single chart|France|78|artist=Lily Allen|song=Hard Out Here|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Germany|2|songid=1214989|artist=Lily Allen|song=Hard Out Here|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 November 2017}} |- {{single chart|Ireland2|21|song=Hard Out Here|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 January 2020}} |- {{single chart|Italy|14|artist=Lily Allen|song=Hard Out Here|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 November 2017}} |- {{single chart|Billboardjapanhot100|92|artist=Lily Allen|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 November 2017}} |- {{single chart|Dutch40|32|year=2013|week=48|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|58|artist=Lily Allen|song=Hard Out Here|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 November 2017}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|14|artist=Lily Allen|song=Hard Out Here|rowheader=true|refname="nz"}} |- {{single chart|Scotland|12|date=20131124|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 November 2017}} |- {{single chart|Slovakia|50|year=2014|week=03|rowheader=true}} |- ! scope="row"| Slovenia (SloTop50)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2014&week=13|title=SloTop50: Slovenian official singles weekly chart|publisher=SloTop50|language=Slovenian|accessdate=30 March 2014|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401151020/https://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2014&week=13|url-status=dead}}</ref> | align=center|19 |- {{single chart|Spain|32|artist=Lily Allen|song=Hard Out Here|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|6|artist=Lily Allen|song=Hard Out Here|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|UK|9|date=20131124|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 November 2017}} |- {{single chart|Billboardbubbling100|6|artist=Lily Allen|accessdate=22 April 2014|rowheader=true}} |} {{col-2}}
=== Year-end charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Annual chart rankings for "Hard Out Here" !scope="col"|Chart (2014) !scope="col"|Position |- ! scope="row"| Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2014 |title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts – 2015 |language=German |publisher=GfK Entertainment |accessdate=10 August 2015}}</ref> | 52 |- !scope="row"|Italy (''Musica e dischi'')<ref>{{cite book|last=Racca|first=Guido|title=musica e dischi Top 100 Year-End 1960 - 2018|language=it|isbn=9781980329121|chapter=2014|pp=144–146}}</ref> |91 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.top40web.nl/jaarlijsten/jr2013.html|title=Jaarlijsten 2013|language=nl|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=11 May 2022}}</ref> |194 |} {{col-2}} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Lily Allen|title=Hard out Here|award=Platinum|type=single|certyear=2014|accessdate=12 April 2014}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Lily Allen|title=Hard out Here|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2013|accessdate=23 August 2014}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=Lily Allen|title=Hard out Here|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2013|certyear=2014|accessdate=7 September 2014}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Lily Allen|title=Hard Out Here|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2013|certyear=2016|certmonth=1|source=radioscope|access-date=28 October 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Lily Allen|title=Hard out Here|award=Silver|type=single|relyear=2014|certyear=2021|id=17100-724-1|accessdate=19 March 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row"| Australia | rowspan="5"| 17 November 2013 | rowspan="6"| Digital download | rowspan="2"| Warner | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/hard-out-here-single/743802748 |title=Hard Out Here – Single by Lily Allen |publisher=iTunes Store (AU) |access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Germany | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/hard-out-here-single/id743802748?l=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605183608/https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/hard-out-here-single/id743802748?l=en |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 June 2014 |title=Hard Out Here – Single by Lily Allen |publisher=iTunes Store (DE) |accessdate=25 January 2014}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Ireland | rowspan="3"| Parlophone | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/ie/album/hard-out-here-single/743802748 |title=Hard Out Here – Single by Lily Allen |publisher=iTunes Store (IE) |access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| United Kingdom | align="center"| <ref name="itunes">{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/hard-out-here-single/743802748 |title=Hard Out Here – Single by Lily Allen |publisher=iTunes Store (GB) |access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| United States | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GR0FD0O |title=Hard Out Here: Lily Allen: MP3 Downloads |website=Amazon |accessdate=30 April 2014}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| France | 18 November 2013 | rowspan="2"| Warner | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://fr.7digital.com/artist/lily-allen/release/hard-out-here-2 |title=Hard Out Here par Lily Allen |language=French |publisher=7digital (FR) |accessdate=25 January 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202155351/http://fr.7digital.com/artist/lily-allen/release/hard-out-here-2 |archivedate=2 February 2014}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Germany | 17 January 2014 | CD single | align="center"| <ref name="cdsingle">{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.de/Hard-Here-2-Track-Lily-Allen/dp/B00H3TC9YG |title=Hard Out Here (2track) |language=German |publisher=Amazon.de |accessdate=11 November 2017}}</ref> |}
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