Song · Stabbing Westward
“Sometimes It Hurts” by Stabbing Westward
From the album Darkest Days (1998)
“Sometimes It Hurts” by Stabbing Westward appears on 8 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1998 and 2005. It was first released in 1998 on the album Darkest Days. Its best result is #75 on the DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #357 alternative song of 1998 and #5,635 alternative song of all time.
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"Sometimes It Hurts" comes from Darkest Days, the third album from industrial rockers Stabbing Westward, recorded in L.A. during 1997 and issued by Columbia on April 7, 1998. The writing is credited to the band as a whole, and they produced and mixed it with Ulrich Wild, who recorded it alongside Bryan Carlstrom, with Milton Chan, Annette Cisneros, Steve Durkee and Steve Mixdorf assisting.
The record is a concept album in four acts, each one a different stage of getting over a break-up: wrecking the relationship, then lust, hope and longing, then rock bottom, and finally recovery and self-respect. It didn't match the success of Wither Blister Burn & Peel, but it drew good reviews and is often called the band's best; Columbia dropped them in 2000.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 75 | DC101 Washington, D.C. | DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1910 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1910 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1911 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1896 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1859 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1861 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1849 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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