Song · St. Vincent
“Pay Your Way in Pain” by St. Vincent
From the album Daddy’s Home (2021)
“Pay Your Way in Pain” by St. Vincent appears on 12 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2021 and 2024. It was first released in 2021 on the album Daddy’s Home. Its best result is #6 on the WYEP Top 91 Songs of 2021. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #117 alternative song of 2021.
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"Pay Your Way in Pain" was the first taste of Daddy's Home, St. Vincent's sixth album, out in 2021 through Loma Vista and Concord, and it struts in like it owns the place. She wrote and produced it with Jack Antonoff, and the two of them built it as synth-driven funk steeped in the 1970s: a sleazy, glittering groove wrapped around lyrics drawn from her own hard times.
Critics mostly liked what they heard, singling out the songwriting and her vocal, and more than a few reached for David Bowie and Prince as reference points. Bill Benz directed the '70s-styled video, which puts her on the dance floor under strobing disco lights.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 169 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2021 | 200 |
| 2021 | 39 | Impact 89FM Lansing, MI | Impact 89FM Top 89 Songs of 2021 | 89 |
| 2021 | 78 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2021 | 103 |
| 2021 | 61 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2021 | 89 |
| 2021 | 50 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2021 | 89 |
| 2021 | 79 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2021 | 107 |
| 2021 | 64 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2021 | 90 |
| 2021 | 8 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2021 | 100 |
| 2021 | 35 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2021 | 90 |
| 2021 | 6 | WYEP Pittsburgh, PA | WYEP Top 91 Songs of 2021 | 91 |
| 2021 | 36 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Most Played Songs of 2021 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 540 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
Also listed as: Pay Your Way In Pain.
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