"Party Hard" | ||||
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Single by Andrew W.K. | ||||
from the album I Get Wet | ||||
B-side | "Violent Life" (7") | |||
Released | October 29, 2001 | |||
Recorded | 2001 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:06 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Andrew W.K. | |||
Andrew W.K. singles chronology | ||||
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"Party Hard" is a song by Andrew W.K., first released as a single in 2001 and included on his first album I Get Wet. The song provided Andrew W.K. with his first mainstream hit, reaching number 19 of the UK Singles Charts upon release.[1][2]
The UK single contained one previously released track ("Make Sex"), one previously unreleased track ("Violent Life") and the video for "Party Hard". A promo single for this song was released to radio stations in the US in 2002. The promo single had the title song, the video for the song and a track titled "Andrew W.K.".
"Party Hard" was named the 89th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[3]
Pitchfork Media ranked the song #129 on its list of the Top 500 tracks of the 2000s. Reviewer Mark Richardson wrote: "Before Red Bull and vodka became fashionable and sports drink companies made the decade all about the pursuit of eXtreme energy, the movement already had its anthem."[4]
The video starts with Andrew WK grooming himself and tying his shoes in a bathroom. He looks in a mirror, revealing that he has an incision on his forehead in the position of his Third Eye. Then, he turns on a light switch that turns on lights in a warehouse that has a stage on it. Afterwards, the band performs the song on stage.
The song appeared in notable films, web shows and video games including Stealing Harvard, The Smash Brothers,[5] Pro Evolution Soccer 2010, The Secret Life of Pets and Madden NFL 2003[6] in addition to the TV spot for the film Monsters University.
"Party Hard" appeared as downloadable content in the video game Rock Band 3.
Party Hard is used as the walk-on music for Professional Darts Corporation darts player Steve Hine[7] It was formerly played by the now-defunct ECHL's San Francisco Bulls after scoring a goal during home games at the Cow Palace.
This was song was featured in a commercial for Google's Android operating system, titled "And You", on October 15, 2014, as part of its "Be Together. Not the Same." campaign, as well as having been used on a trailer for Disney and Pixar's 2013 CGI film Monsters University a year earlier.[8]
Beginning on October 29, 2015 and following a fan petition, Party Hard is the goal song for the Pittsburgh Penguins.[9] The Penguins have, coincidentally, won back-to-back Stanley Cups as NHL Champions with "Party Hard" as their official goal song.[10] The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, also began using the goal song full-time during the 2017-18 AHL season. In response, the Texas Revolution began using the song after touchdowns during the 2016 season.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Party Hard" | 3:06 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Violent Life" | 3:56 |
Mercury 588 813 7[11]
All tracks are written by Andrew W.K..
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Party Hard" | 3:06 |
2. | "Make Sex [AWKGOJ version]" | 0:32 |
3. | "Violent Life" | 3:56 |
4. | "Party Hard (Video)" |
Mercury 588 813-2[12]
Chart (2001–02) | Peak position |
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Germany (Official German Charts)[13] | 92 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[14] | 57 |
Scotland (OCC)[15] | 15 |
UK Singles (OCC)[16] | 19 |
UK Rock and Metal (OCC)[17] | 3 |