• "It's the Hard Knock Life" is a song from the musical Annie with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin. The song is sung by the eponymous...
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  • Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life is the third studio album by American rapper Jay-Z. It was released on September 29, 1998, by Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam...
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  • sample of the song "It's the Hard Knock Life" from the 1977 musical Annie. The song was produced by The 45 King and at the time of its release was the most...
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  • Hard Knock Life may refer to: "It's the Hard Knock Life", a song from the musical Annie Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life, a 1998 album by Jay-Z "Hard Knock Life...
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  • Hard Knocks may refer to: Hard Knocks (1924), a comedy short by James Parrott Hard Knocks (1979 film), a 1979 American film Hard Knocks (1980 film), a...
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    The School of Hard Knocks (also referred to as the University of Life or University of Hard Knocks) is an idiomatic phrase meaning the (sometimes painful)...
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  • Hard Knocks is a reality sports documentary television series produced by NFL Films and HBO. First broadcast in 2001, the show typically follows a National...
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  • Annie (musical) (category Fiction set in the 1930s)
    seven Tony Awards, including for Best Musical. The musical's songs "Tomorrow" and "It's the Hard Knock Life" are among its most popular musical numbers....
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  • "Tomorrow" and "It's the Hard Knock Life". The songs were rearranged with a percussive, pop-inspired style: in particular, "It's the Hard Knock Life" — whilst...
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    Jay-Z (redirect from Life + Times)
    in the United States. In 1998, Jay-Z released Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life which spawned the biggest hit of his career at the time, "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto...
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  • scrub the floors, even though by this time it is 4 in the morning. They perform "It's the Hard-Knock Life" and Annie sneaks into the cart which the laundry...
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    Michael Price and Dan Walsh. "Hard Knock Life (The Ghetto Anthem)" contains an interpolation of "It's the Hard Knock Life", written by Charles Strouse and Martin...
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    Amil (section Early life)
    all-female group. The group met Jay-Z, who was looking for a woman to provide vocals on his third album, Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life. Jay-Z asked Amil to...
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    first number-one album in the United States. The album featured the international hits "Can I Get A..." and "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)", which both...
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  • are—"(It's the) Hard Knock Life" from Annie (2014), "Welcome to the Jungle" by the hard rock band Guns N' Roses and "The Power" by Snap!. The soundtrack...
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  • Replay featuring the vocals of former member Faye Hamlin, was originally performed by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. "It's the Hard Knock Life" was recorded...
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  • Animals, and Pilegaard. It samples the song "It's the Hard Knock Life" from the musical Annie. The track is written in the key of B-flat major in common time...
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  • at the end of the film, rather than after the song itself. "Overture" "Maybe" - Annie "It's the Hard Knock Life" - Annie and Orphans "It's the Hard Knock...
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  • the 1999 film of the same name. "Overture / Main Titles" - Instrumental "Maybe" - Alicia Morton "It's the Hard Knock Life" - Paris Oliver "It's the Hard...
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  • Annie (1982 film) (category Films set in the 1930s)
    from the film in the correct aspect ratio. Erickson also called the music video of "It's the Hard-Knock Life" by Play "pretty dreary" and attacked the other...
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    Memphis Bleek (Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life, 1998) "It's Hot (Some Like It Hot)" (Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter, 1999) "It's Like That" Featuring Kid...
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    Charles Strouse (category The Interviews name ID same as Wikidata)
    quadruple platinum Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) by artist Jay-Z (which sampled "It's The Hard Knock Life" from Annie) was the winner of a Grammy for...
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  • with children and adolescents. Annie (1982 soundtrack to film): It's The Hard-Knock Life, Sandy, Maybe (Reprise), You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile...
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    Cher Lloyd (category The X Factor (British TV series) contestants)
    "Just Be Good to Me" in the first of the live shows. In the second live show, she performed "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)." In the third live show, she...
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    Renamed Nash "It's the Hard Knock Life" "Tomorrow" "Little Girls" "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" In 1931, a radio adaptation of the comic strip...
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    on the chart until Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem). The next single "The City Is Mine was the most successful single of In My Lifetime, Vol. 1. The album...
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  • Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life. The Hits Collection, Volume One was Jay-Z's first greatest hits album to be released by Roc Nation, and is the only greatest...
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  • song "Anything", much like his use of the chorus from Annie's "It's the Hard Knock Life" in his song "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)". This song originally...
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  • about the Broadway revival of the musical Annie, It's the Hard Knock Life. Born in Schenectady, New York, Seftel graduated from Tufts University in the class...
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    the song's originator. In 1998, James produced "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" for Jay-Z. The song was a hit and featured a looped chorus from the original...
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