"Hard White (Up In the Club)" is the lead single from Yelawolf's debut

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''. The song features a chorus by fellow rapper

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. The song was leaked just days before the official release. Though it was released officially on August 8, 2011 the song was available on Yelawolf's official website.

Background

The first single of ''Radioactive'' was supposed to be "Gangsta of Love" which featured an outro speech by Cyhi Da Prynce and production from

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, but was not officially released by Yelawolf because it was leaked. On July 7, Yelawolf announced that the song would not make the final cut on the album. The song was recorded at

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, with Kawan "KP" Prather and Yelawolf's manager Jeremy "J Dot" Jones, production was handled by

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based production team Tha Hydrox, while the chorus features vocals by rapper

. The music video for the song was directed by Motion Family, filmed in

at 1260 Custer Avenue during August 26. On September 20 it was released through VEVO. Fellow rappers

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, Shawty Fatt and Trouble make cameo appearances in the music video. The official remix features T.I. and fellow

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label mates

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. The song can be playing in the background on FX series

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season 4 episode 10 hands.

Track listing

*Digital Download #"Hard White (Up In the Club)" (featuring

) – 3:24 *Remix #"Hard White (Remix)" (featuring T.I. and

) – 4:51

Credits and personnel

Songwriting credits and producers per Allmusic. *

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– Michael Wayne Atha, Alex Cartagena, Jonathan Smith, Lowell Grant, Michael Jackson *

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– Tha Hydrox

Charts

References

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