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“Pain” by Three Days Grace

From the album One-X (2006)

“Pain” by Three Days Grace appears on 21 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 2006 and 2023. It was first released in 2006 on the album One-X. Its best result is #11 on the CHOI Top 101 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #71 alternative song of 2007 and #3,337 alternative song of all time.

21countdowns
13stations
#11best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
2006–2023years charted

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"Pain" was the second single Three Days Grace pulled from One-X in 2006, and it grew out of a rough stretch: Adam Gontier's 2005 stint in rehab for an OxyContin addiction. The Canadian band worked it up at a friend's cottage in Bancroft, Ontario, and it's about the numbness you bring on yourself, and finally getting sick of it, a sharper idea than most post-grunge heartache.

Howard Benson produced it and added keyboards, Chris Lord-Alge mixed it to a hard sheen, and the band keeps it lean: Gontier and Barry Stock's guitars grinding under a chorus made for arenas, Brad Walst's bass shoving from below. It went to number one on the Canadian rock chart and on both the US Mainstream Rock and Alternative Airplay charts, and by 2025 the RIAA had certified it 4× Platinum.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2006 85 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2006 89
2006 58 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2006 102
2006 46 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2006 107
2006 42 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006 106
2006 62 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2006 88
2007 74 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2007 107
2007 80 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2007 91
2007 96 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007 106
2007 56 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 101
2007 45 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2007 89
2007 37 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2007 102
2007 11 CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC CHOI Top 101 Songs of 2007 101
2007 76 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2007 88
2008 69 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2008 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2009 118 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) 200
2010 82 94.1 The Zone 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade 210
2011 82 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of the 2000s 102
2014 277 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 312 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 360 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2023 402 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500

Charting alongside it in 2007

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