| "Pain" | ||||
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| Single by Three Days Grace | ||||
| from the album One-X | ||||
| Released | September 19, 2006 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock [1] | |||
| Length | 3:22 | |||
| Label | Jive | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Adam Gontier | |||
| Producer(s) | Howard Benson | |||
| Three Days Grace singles chronology | ||||
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"Pain" is a song by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. It was released on September 19, 2006, as the second single from their second studio album, One-X . [2]
"Pain" was written by Adam Gontier and was produced by Howard Benson. The song came together when the group was in Bancroft, Ontario, at their friend's cottage in Stiemer's Lake. [3] It was influenced from Gontier's rehab stint in 2005 after struggling with addiction to OxyContin. [4] According to Gontier, the song describes "feeling like you're constantly numb to things around you, thanks to your own actions, and it's about being sick of that feeling." He also stated that the chorus has "one of the strongest lyrics" on the album. [3]
There are three versions of the song "Pain". The first version is the album version of song. The second version is an acoustic version of "Pain" that is available for download along with an acoustic version of "Animal I Have Become" on most online music stores including iTunes. [5] The third version runs 3:28 long and is titled "Pain (Pleasure Mix)". [6] The song was serviced to contemporary hit radio on June 3, 2008. [7]
"Pain" peaked at number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for four consecutive weeks. [8] It stayed on the chart for 30 weeks where the prior single "Animal I Have Become" and next single, "Never Too Late" stayed longer on the chart at 41 weeks and 43 weeks respectively. [8] On the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, it reached number one and stayed there for thirteen consecutive weeks. [9] It also hit number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their first single to chart in the top 50 of the Hot 100 and their highest-charting single to date. [10]
"Pain" also peaked at number one on the Canadian rock chart for two weeks. [11] It was the most-requested song ten weeks in a row. It also reached number one on the MuchMusic Countdown. [12]
The music video for "Pain" was directed by Tony Petrossian and was shot in August 2006. [13] It was released on September 18, 2006. [14] The video features the band playing the song in what looks to be an abandoned mansion or warehouse, and it also features shots of troubled youths who are lip-syncing to the song. At the end of the song, everyone (youths and the band members alike) is shown to be tattooed with a red "X" on the back of their necks, signifying the name of the parent album, One-X.
The Pain EP is a digital exclusive. It features the main version of "Pain" along with stripped acoustic versions of both "Pain" and "Animal I Have Become". [5]
"Pain" was nominated for "Best International Video By A Canadian" at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards and won the BMI Awards in 2006 along with their other single "Animal I Have Become". [15] [16] The song won a BDS Certified Spin Award based on the 100,000 spins it received. [17] Billboard ranked the song at number 25 on their "Greatest of All Time Mainstream Rock Songs" list. [18]
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
All-time charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada) [26] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA) [27] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Region | Date | Format | Version | Label | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | September 19, 2006 | Digital download | Main | Jive | [2] |
| United States | September 25, 2006 | Alternative radio | [28] | ||
| Mainstream rock | [29] | ||||
| Various | February 25, 2007 | Digital download | Acoustic EP | [5] | |
| United States | June 8, 2008 | Contemporary hit radio | Main | [7] | |
| Various | October 14, 2008 | Digital download | Pleasure Mix | [6] | |
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