Pain (Jimmy Eat World song)

"Pain"
File:Pain single.jpg
Single by Jimmy Eat World
from the album Futures
Released	October 11, 2004 (UK)
Format	CD
Genre	Alternative rock, emo
Length	2:51
Label	Interscope
Writer(s)	Jim Adkins, Rick Burch, Zach Lind, Tom Linton
Producer(s)	Gil Norton
Certification	Gold (RIAA)
Jimmy Eat World singles chronology
"A Praise Chorus" (2002) "Pain" (2004) "Work" (2005)

"Pain" is a song by the American rock band Jimmy Eat World. It was released as the first single from their 2004 album Futures and became their second #1 hit on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was featured on video games Tony Hawk's Underground 2, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, Guitar Hero: Van Halen, Karaoke Revolution Party and the Rock Band series. It was also featured on the Smallville episode "Transference." The 7" was pressed on clear vinyl. Although its album is not their most successful, the Single has received Gold status by the RIAA, making "Pain" Jimmy Eat World's highest selling digital single.

Track list

CD

1. Pain (album version)
2. Shame (demo)
3. Yer Feet (live acoustic) (Mojave 3 cover)
4. Pain (video)

7"

1. Pain (2:51)
2. Shame (5:40)

Video

The video, which was directed by Paul 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 stairs and draping himself in meat and letting attack dogs maul him), but he doesn't appear to feel any of it. He is followed and constantly attacked by two twin children 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 featured footage of the band playing from the inside of a garage. For undisclosed reasons, the twins in the video bear a striking resemblance to Ari and Uzi Tenenbaum from the 2001 film The Royal Tenenbaums.

Cover

In 2006, Japanese singer Kyosuke Himuro covered this song on his album.

Charts

Chart	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	93
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	1
U.K. Singles	38

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Vertigo" by U2

Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single December 4, 2004

Succeeded by "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day