Pain (PinkPantheress song)

"Pain" is a song by English singer-songwriter PinkPantheress. It was released on 7 June 2021 through Elektra and Parlophone Records, as the second single from her debut mixtape To Hell with It. A snippet of the song went viral on TikTok months prior, and it subsequently peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart and at number 54 in Ireland.

"Pain"
Single by PinkPantheress
from the album To Hell with It
Released7 June 2021
GenreUK garage
Length1:38
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • PinkPantheress
  • Martin Green
  • Mike Powell
Producer(s)
  • PinkPantheress
PinkPantheress singles chronology
"Break It Off"
(2021)		 "Pain"
(2021)		 "Passion"
(2021)

Background and composition

In early 2021, PinkPantheress started recording one song a day, taking an hour a day after coming home from university to write and record 20-second loops, which she posted as short-form videos on the social media platform TikTok to reach a wider audience.[1] In January 2021, one of these loops, a 12-second snippet of her song "Pain", was posted to TikTok with the caption, "Day 11 of posting a song every day bc [sic] i have nothing else to do," and it quickly gained attention on the platform.[2][3]

Produced by PinkPantheress, "Pain" is a UK garage song which runs for one minute and 38 seconds and samples the 2000 single "Flowers" by UK garage duo Sweet Female Attitude.[1][2] On it, PinkPantheress addresses her longing for an ex over a "woozy", two-chord keyboard loop and a lofi hip hop beat, and sings "la la las" throughout the song, which were inspired by her writer's block.[4][2] The piano part is a sampled version of French pianist Erik Satie's "Trois Gymnopédies".[5][6]

Reception and commercial performance

Gigwise's Joe Smith described "Pain" as "a mish-mash of Britain's urban landscapes".[7]

"Pain" peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart and at number 54 in Ireland.

Credits and personnel
  • PinkPantheress – vocals, songwriting, production, programming, mastering

Charts
Chart performance for "Pain"
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[8] 54
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[9] 3
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 35

Certifications
Certifications for "Pain"
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Gold 400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Sundaresan, Mano (15 October 2021). "PinkPantheress reimagines garage music for a new generation". NPR. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  2. Mamo, Heran (15 October 2021). "Viral U.K. Pop Sensation PinkPantheress Talks Debut Mixtape 'To Hell With It,' Reinventing Classics and Writing Short". Billboard. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. Mukhtar, Amel (8 October 2021). "PinkPantheress On How She Became A Global Icon From Her Bedroom". British Vogue. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  4. Zhang, Cat. ""Passion" by PinkPantheress". Pitchfork. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  5. Press-Reynolds, Kieran. "How a 20-year-old student used TikTok to become the summer's breakout pop musician". Insider. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  6. PinkPantheress – Pain, retrieved 1 May 2022
  7. Smith, Joe (12 October 2021). "Mixtape Review: Pink Pantheress – To Hell With It". Gigwise. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  8. "Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  9. "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  10. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  11. "British single certifications – PinkPantheress – Pain". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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