Hard Place

"Hard Place" is a song by American singer H.E.R. released on April 4, 2019 (2019-04-04) as the first single from her fifth EP I Used to Know Her: Part 2 and the second single from her second compilation album I Used to Know Her. It was written by H.E.R., Sam Ashworth, David “Swagg R’Celious” Harris, and Ruby Amanfu and produced by Rodney Jerkins.

"Hard Place"
Single by H.E.R.
from the album I Used to Know Her and I Used to Know Her: Part 2
Released	April 4, 2019 (2019-04-04)
Genre	R&B
Length	3:32 (single version) 4:32 (EP version)
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Gabriella Wilson Sam Ashworth David “Swagg R’Celious” Harris Ruby Amanfu
Producer(s)	Rodney Jerkins
H.E.R. singles chronology
"Could've Been" (2018) "Hard Place" (2019) "Slide" (2019)
Music video
"Hard Place" on YouTube

Music video

The music video for "Hard Place" was released on April 26, 2019. It features H.E.R. and a love interest who make music together until a promoter wants to recruit H.E.R. without her partner.^[1] The rest of the music video shows their relationship and the difficulties that they face as the singer's career rises.^[2]

Accolades

Year	Ceremony	Category	Result	Ref.
2019	BET Awards	BET Her Award	Won	[3]
	Soul Train Music Awards	The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter of the Year Award	Nominated	[4]
2020	Grammy Awards	Record of the Year	Nominated	[5]
		Song of the Year	Nominated
	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Song - Contemporary	Nominated	[6]
		Outstanding Music Video	Nominated

Live performances

H.E.R. first performed "Hard Place" on NPR's Tiny Desk, in an episode released on YouTube on December 13, 2018.^[7] She also performed it at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.^[8] She performed it again the following month on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.^[9] She also performed it on Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That on September 28, 2019.^{[citation needed]}

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Canada Hot Digital Songs (Billboard)[10]	17
Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard)[11]	12
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[12]	29
US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Song (Billboard)[13]	10
US Digital Songs (Billboard)[14]	16
US Hot R&B Songs (Billboard)[15]	15
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[16]	39
US R&B Digital Songs (Billboard)[17]	2
US R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs (Billboard)[18]	5
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[19]	34

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[20]	Gold	20,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[21]	Gold	40,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[22]	Gold	15,000‡
United States (RIAA)[23]	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.