High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Work Hard, Play Harder" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country artist Gretchen Wilson. It was released in October 2009 as the lead-off single for her fourth studio album, I Got Your Country Right Here, which was released on March 30, 2010. Additionally, "Work Hard, Play Harder" serves as the first single release from Wilson`s own Redneck Records. Wilson co-wrote the song with John Rich and Vicky McGehee (a team responsible for writing her 2005 hit "All Jacked Up").