It's the Hard Knock Life
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"It's the Hard Knock Life" is a song from the musical Annie[1] with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin.[2][3][4]
In the 2014 film adaptation, the lyrics in the line "No one cares for you a smidge, when you're in an orphanage", have been changed to "no one cares for you a bit, when you're a foster kid".[citation needed] The song is about the hard times while living in an orphanage.
In popular culture
- The song is sampled in the Jay-Z song "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)."[5]
- Howard, Rajesh and Stuart sing this song in the 23rd episode of Season 8 of The Big Bang Theory.
- Dr. Evil and Mini Me sing a version in Austin Powers in Goldmember.
- Play covered the song in 2003 for their third studio album Don't Stop the Music which was later featured 20th Anniversary DVD release of Annie
- The song is sampled in Lukas Graham's 2014 single "Mama Said".[6]
- Cher Lloyd performed a cover of both the original version and Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) during the second live shows week of the seventh series of the British X Factor in 2010.
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