| "Pain" | ||||
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| Single byJimmy Eat World | ||||
| from the albumFutures | ||||
| Released | September 14, 2004 | |||
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| Length | 2:51 | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
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| Producer | Gil Norton | |||
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"Pain" is a song by Americanrock bandJimmy Eat World. It was released in September 14, 2004 as the first single from their 2004 albumFutures and became their second number-one hit on theBillboardModern Rock Tracks chart.[3] Although its album is not their most successful and "Pain" is not the highest-charting single, the single has received Gold status by theRIAA, making "Pain" Jimmy Eat World's second best-selling single, after 2001's "The Middle".[4]
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The video, which was directed byPaul Fedor, features a young man who constantly does things which cause him pain (including submerging himself in water for extended periods of time, throwing himself down a flight of stairs, and draping himself in meat and lettingattack dogs maul him), but he doesn't appear to feel any of it. He is followed and constantly attacked by two twin children, dressed as Ari and UziTenenbaum, with baseball bats. At the end, the young woman featured in flashes through the rest of the video arrives by his side, and when the twins hit him again, he finally has a reaction to pain. At the end of the video they walk off together. The video also features footage of the band playing inside a garage, and at the end of the video frontman Jim Adkins throws his guitar out of the garage and then throws himself to the ground.
Christina McDowell, who plays the young woman in the video, would become a critically acclaimed author in 2015 with her memoirAfter Perfect: A Daughter's Memoir.
The song appears in the season 4 episode ofSmallville, "Transference". It also appears in the video gamesMidnight Club 3: DUB Edition,Tony Hawk's Underground 2,Guitar Hero: Van Halen and DLC forRock Band.
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Rock Top 30 (Radio & Records)[5] | 5 |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[6] | 38 |
| USBillboard Hot 100[7] | 93 |
| USAlternative Airplay (Billboard)[8] | 1 |
| Chart (2005) | Position |
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| US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[9] | 22 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[4] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
In 2006,Japanese singerKyosuke Himuro covered this song on his album.[10]
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