Growing Up the Hard Way

"Growing Up the Hard Way" is the fifth and final single taken from the album Agent Provocateur by the band Foreigner, and subsequently released only in Europe in September 1985. The song was written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones, and the B-side, "She's Too Tough", a rock and roll Elvis Presley-type song, was also featured on the American single release of "Reaction to Action".

"Growing Up The Hard Way"
Single by Foreigner
from the album Agent Provocateur
B-side	"She's Too Tough"
Released	September 1985
Recorded	Early 1984
Genre	Hard rock
Length	4:18 (album version) 3:32 (single version)
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Lou Gramm Mick Jones
Producer(s)	Alex Sadkin Mick Jones
Foreigner singles chronology
"Reaction to Action" (1985) "Growing Up The Hard Way" (1985) "Down on Love" (1985)