Listen to the song
Choose a player to listen here, or open the song in your music service.
About Play Hard by David Guetta & Ne-Yo & Akon
Play Hard is credited to David Guetta & Ne-Yo & Akon on Nothing But the Beat Ultimate. This catalogue edition runs 3:21 and lists the song as track 6 of 17 on disc 1. The linked edition is dated 2011-08-26.
Catalogue artist credit: David Guetta & Ne-Yo & Akon.
Catalogue title: Play Hard (feat. Ne-Yo & Akon). Genre: Dance. The date above belongs to the linked edition; it is not a claim about the original release or the video upload date.
Recording & video versions
Also represented from Nothing But the Beat Ultimate: Titanium, Without You. Follow the related song pages to compare the recordings and their selected videos.
Selected video: David Guetta - Play Hard ft. Ne-Yo, Akon (Official Video). Published by David Guetta. Video length: 4:02.
Playback checked on 2026-10-19. Video edits and album recordings can have different running times.
Artist Information
David Guetta
Titanium and She Wolf place a prominent lead vocal against electronic builds. Memories and Sexy Bitch offer a different rhythmic emphasis, while When Love Takes Over and Without You provide contrasting melodic starting points. Each song page identifies the credited collaborators and selected recording.
Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo is an R&B singer and songwriter whose albums include In My Own Words and Year of the Gentleman.
Akon
Akon is a Senegalese-American singer and producer whose albums include Trouble, Konvicted and Freedom.
Metadata and cover artwork: Apple Music catalogue. Music and artwork remain the property of their respective rights holders. No audio files or song lyrics are hosted here.
![She Wolf (Falling to Pieces) — She Wolf (Falling to Pieces) [feat. SIA] - Single cover](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fis1-ssl.mzstatic.com%2Fimage%2Fthumb%2FMusic%2Fv4%2Fd3%2Fe0%2Ffc%2Fd3e0fc4f-06b5-239c-f0c7-f163a95df9d1%2F5099997824855_1495x1495_300dpi.jpg%2F600x600bb.jpg&w=3840&q=75)