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{{Infobox song
| name       = Hard Times
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Run–D.M.C.]]
| album      = [[Run–D.M.C. (album)|Run–D.M.C.]]
| B-side     = Jam-Master Jay
| released   = December 11, 1983
| recorded   = 1983
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[New school hip hop]]
| length     = 3:52
| label      = {{hlist|[[Profile Records|Profile]]|[[Arista Records|Arista]]}}
| writer     = {{hlist|Jimmy Bralower|J.B. Moore|[[Russell Simmons]]|[[Larry Smith (producer)|Larry Smith]]|William Waring}}
| producer   = {{hlist|[[Jam Master Jay]]|[[Russell Simmons]]|Larry Smith}}
| prev_title = [[It's like That (Run–D.M.C. song)|It's Like That]]
| prev_year  = 1983
| next_title = [[Rock Box]]
| next_year  = 1984
}}
"'''Hard Times'''" is a [[rap]] song written by Jimmy Bralower, J.B. Moore, [[Russell Simmons]], [[Larry Smith (producer)|Larry Smith]] and William Waring originally recorded by [[Kurtis Blow]] for his 1980 [[Kurtis Blow (album)|eponymous debut album]].
A 1983 cover by rap group [[Run–D.M.C.]] was issued as their second single, and is the first track on their eponymous debut album ''[[Run–D.M.C. (album)|Run–D.M.C.]]''.
==Track listing==
; 12" Profile - PRO-7036 (US)
# "Hard Times" (D. McDaniels, J. Simmons, L. Smith, W. Warring) - 5:10
# "Jam-Master Jay" (D. McDaniels, J. Mitzell, J. Simmons, L. Smith, R. Simmons) - 3:21
# "Hard Times (Instrumental)" (D. McDaniels, J. Simmons, L. Smith, W. Warring) - 3:51
# "Jam-Master Jay (Instrumental)" (D. McDaniels, J. Mitzell, J. Simmons, L. Smith, R. Simmons) - 3:51
==Chart positions==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1984)
!Peak<br>position
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|US ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Black Singles]]<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|title=Run-D.M.C. Chart Positions|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=run-dmc-p121003/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=November 19, 2010}}</ref>
|align="center"| 11<sup>1</sup>
|-
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'''Notes:'''
* <sup>1</sup> - Charted with "Jam Master Jay"
==References==
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