"Go Hard or Go Home" is a song by American rapper

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and Australian rapper Iggy Azalea. It appears on the '' Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2015) and was available as an instant track upon

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ing the album via

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on February 17, 2015. The song was produced by

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. A second version entitled "Go Hard or Go Home Part 2" featuring Khalifa,

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and Ty Dolla Sign was included as a bonus track on the deluxe version of the soundtrack.

Background and release

In February 2015, Atlantic Records announced ''Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'', the musical companion to

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'' 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

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Discover" service, Atlantic's first audio premiere via the photo messaging application Snapchat's new portal. After the premiere, Khalifa tweeted Azalea about an upcoming video shoot for the track. In 2014, it had also been revealed by ''

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'' actor Vin Diesel that Azalea would be making a

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on the seventh installment of the film series.

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 ''

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. Buzz around the release of the song also launched it onto the weekly ''Billboard''

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chart, where it entered at number ten. 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).

Track listing

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{authority control 2015 songs Wiz Khalifa songs Iggy Azalea songs Songs written by Wiz Khalifa Songs written by Iggy Azalea Atlantic Records singles Songs written for films