. "Ray Davies" . . "The Kinks songs" . "false"^^ . . "The Hard Way" . "The Knack songs" . . "english" . "12-inch single" . "1976-01-23"^^ . "Song recordings produced by Ray Davies" . "Ray Davies" . . . . "The Hard Way" . . . "1"^^ . . . . . . "0.748614"^^ . . "RCA Records" . "162000.0"^^ . "1976 songs" . . . "84309811" . "eng" . "%22The Hard Way%22 is a song written by Ray Davies and first released by The Kinks on their 1976 album Schoolboys in Disgrace. It was also released on The Kinks live album One for the Road and on several greatest hits collections. The Knack covered the song on their 1980 album ...But the Little Girls Understand." . . . "2014-09-09"^^ . . . "0.371459"^^ . . . "1979 songs" . "587fb640-4dd8-4835-a197-78108ac6c2cb" . "-13.9"^^ . "0"^^ . "1415" . . . "PT162.22147392S"^^ . "USQX91401322" . . "-0.478844"^^ . "Song recordings produced by Mike Chapman" . "Songs written by Ray Davies" . "258858"^^ . "false"^^ . "--09-22" . "false"^^ . "5714dee825ac0d8aee544b6b" . . . . . .