“Hard Place” (song)

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“Hard Place” is a soulful R&B ballad by H.E.R. that showcases her emotive vocals and introspective songwriting about the struggles of love and loyalty.

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instanceOf single
song
artist H.E.R.
chartPerformance Billboard Hot 100 entry
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
surface form: Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart
composer H.E.R.
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre R&B
soul
hasLyric “I’d rather go blind than to see you with somebody else”
“I’m caught between your love and a hard place”
hasMusicVideo “Hard Place” (song) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hard Place (music video)
includedIn I Used to Know Her
instrumentation guitar-driven arrangement
language English
length approximately 3 minutes 30 seconds
lyricist H.E.R.
musicalStyle ballad
narrativeTheme emotional conflict
love and loyalty
romantic relationship struggles
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Record of the Year
Grammy Award for Song of the Year
partOf I Used to Know Her: Part 2 (EP)
surface form: I Used to Know Her: Part 2
performedAtEvent 61st Annual Grammy Awards
performedOnShow The Late Show
surface form: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show
surface form: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
performer H.E.R.
producer H.E.R.
Rodney Jerkins
recordLabel MBK Entertainment
RCA Records
releaseDate 2019-04-26
tempo slow
vocalStyle soulful vocals
writer Darius Scott
David “Swagg R’Celious” Harris
Rodney Jerkins
Ruby Amanfu
Sam Ashworth

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H.E.R. notableWork “Hard Place” (song)
“Hard Place” (song) hasMusicVideo “Hard Place” (song) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Hard Place
this entity surface form: Hard Place (music video)
Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson notableWork “Hard Place” (song)
this entity surface form: Hard Place (song)