Hard Times " is the seventh single from British rapper and songwriter Plan B 's second studio album , '' The Defamation of Strickland Banks '' . On 19 May 2011 , it was released as a digital download , featuring newly recorded vocal parts by Elton John and Paloma Faith , recorded as a charity single with all the proceeds benefiting victims of the 2010 Pakistan floods and 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Hard Times (Plan B song)