Song · Faster Pussycat
“House of Pain” by Faster Pussycat
From the album Wake Me When It's Over (1989)
“House of Pain” by Faster Pussycat appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2002. It was first released in 1989 on the album Wake Me When It's Over. Its best result is #180 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #898 hard rock song of all time.
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"House of Pain" was the third and last single Faster Pussycat pulled from Wake Me When It's Over, their 1989 album, and it's a power ballad with a bruise at its center: Taime Downe singing about the hurt of growing up with an absent father. He wrote it with guitarist Greg Steele, who plays alongside Brent Muscat, with Eric Stacy on bass and Mark Michals on drums, and John Jansen produced and mixed it.
It turned out to be the band's most popular song, climbing to 28 on the Billboard Hot 100, and Michael Bay directed the video.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 180 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 2002 | 387 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
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