Pure Grinding

"Pure Grinding" is a 2015 song by Avicii released on Universal Music. The track appeared in 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. It 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
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

Will Hermes of Rolling Stone described the song as "duty-free trap music cut with polyester funk."[3]

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)[4]	71
Germany (Official German Charts)[5]	94
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[6]	19
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[7]	30

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF)[8]	Platinum	8,000,000
streaming-only figures based on certification alone

References

2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2015-10-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. Hermes, Will (2 October 2015). "Stories". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
4. "Austriancharts.at – Avicii – Pure Grinding" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
5. "Offiziellecharts.de – Avicii – Pure Grinding". GfK Entertainment Charts.
6. "Swedishcharts.com – Avicii – Pure Grinding". Singles Top 100.
7. "Avicii Chart History (Hot Dance/Electronic Songs)". Billboard.
8. "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 17, 2018 | Sverigetopplistan" (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Retrieved 10 July 2020.