Stop Making This Hurt Explained

Stop Making This Hurt
Type:	single
Artist:	Bleachers
Album:	Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night
Genre:	Pop rock^[1] alt-pop^[2]
Length:	3:19
Label:	RCA
Chronology:	Bleachers
Prev Title:	Chinatown
Prev Year:	2020
Next Title:	How Dare You Want More
Next Year:	2021

"Stop Making This Hurt" is a song by American indie pop act Bleachers. It released on May 18, 2021, as the third single from their third studio album Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night. The song was nominated for "Best Alternative" in 2021 MTV Video Music Awards.^[3]

A remix of the track by British electronic musician and founder of record label PC Music, A. G. Cook, was released in June 2022, alongside Verdine White's remix of "How Dare You Want More".^[4] American singer-songwriter and musician Alaska Reid provides additional vocals on Cook's remix.

Track listing

Stop Making This Hurt (A. G. Cook Remix) / How Dare You Want More (Verdine White of Earth, Wind & Fire Remix) - Single

• "Stop Making This Hurt" (A. G. Cook Remix) – 4:19
• "How Dare You Want More" (Verdine White of Earth, Wind & Fire Remix) – 3:00

Personnel

• Jack Antonoff – vocals, songwriting, production, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, electric guitar, percussion
• Patrik Berger – songwriting, production, tom toms
• Annie Clark – background vocals
• Blu DeTiger – bass
• Sounwave – programming
• Anna – saxophone
• Bobby Hawk – violin
• Evan Smith – saxophone, synthesizer
• Zem - saxophone
• Mikey Freedom Hart – bass, electric guitar
• Sean Hutchinson – congas, drums
• Laura Sisk – engineer
• Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer
• John Rooney – additional producer
• Michael Riddleberger – percussion
• Mike "Spike" Stent – mixing engineer
• Jon Sher – assistant engineer
• Matt Wolach – assistant engineer
• Rob Lebret – assistant engineer
• Will Quinnell – assistant engineer

Release history

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Date	Format	Version	Label
Various	May 18, 2021		Original
United States	May 24, 2021	Triple A radio			^[5]
	May 25, 2021	Alternative radio			^[6]
Various	June 16, 2022		A. G. Cook remix		^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bleachers – Stop Making This Hurt. August 11, 2021.
2. Web site: BLEACHERS Release Infectious New Single 'Stop Making This Hurt'. August 11, 2021.
3. Web site: THE 2021 VMA NOMINATIONS ARE HERE: JUSTIN BIEBER, MEGAN THEE STALLION, AND MORE. . August 11, 2021.
4. Web site: A. G. Cook remixes Bleachers' "Stop Making This Hurt" . 2023-11-28 . The Line of Best Fit . en-US.
5. Web site: Triple A Future Releases. All Access.
6. Web site: Alternative Future Releases.
7. Web site: Stop Making This Hurt (A.G. Cook Remix) / How Dare You Want More (Verdine White of Earth, Wind & Fire Remix) - Single by Bleachers. Apple Music. June 14, 2022.