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"Pure Grinding" is a song by Avicii, released as a single in 2015. The track appears on his album Stories and on his two-track EP Pure Grinding / For a Better Day. It was written by Tim Bergling (Avicii), Kristoffer Fogelmark, Albin Nedler and Earl Johnson. The song was previously leaked on the Internet with the title "Nothing to Lose". It is also part of the official soundtrack for the 2015 reboot of Need for Speed.[2]

"Pure Grinding"
Single by Avicii
from the album Stories and Pure Grinding / For a Better Day
A-side	"For a Better Day"
Released	28 August 2015 (2015-08-28)
Genre	Funktronica trap[1]
Length	2:51
Label	PRMD
Songwriter(s)	Tim Bergling Albin Nedler Earl Johnson Kristoffer Fogelmark
Producer(s)	Avicii Albin Nedler Kristoffer Fogelmark
Avicii singles chronology
"Waiting for Love" (2015) "Pure Grinding" / "For a Better Day" (2015) "Broken Arrows" (2015)

Reception

"Pure Grinding" received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. Will Hermes of Rolling Stone described the song as "duty-free trap music cut with polyester funk",[3] while Marcus Dowling of Insomniac noted that a "more power synth- and heavy drop-loving producer" would have benefited the song.[4]

Music video

The music video was released September 3, 2015. The video displays two lives of men: one man works in the sweaty heat of the desert working in a quarry pick-axing and piling stone bricks on his truck. When the man returns home he finds overdue bills, and an argumentative wife or mother. The other man is a rich and criminal man. He and his gang head out and rob a gas station and even shoot and kill the owner. They next attempt to rob a bank. The men use their guns to scare the employees and hold a few against their will so they rob the safe. When the man and his partners reach the safe they start stacking their money until the alarm sounds and the men flee. As the gang escapes, one man locks the boss in the safe with the money and the video ends with the man enranged and begins to wait for his arrest.

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5]	71
Germany (Official German Charts)[6]	94
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[7]	19
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[8]	30

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[9]	Gold	45,000
Sweden (GLF)[10]	Platinum	8,000,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

References

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