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
2010 Pakistan floods
2010 Pakistan floods
Hard Times (Plan B song)