Sucker for Pain explained

Sucker for Pain
Cover:Sucker for Pain.jpg
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Type:single
Artist:Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons with Logic and Ty Dolla Sign featuring X Ambassadors
Album:Suicide Squad: The Album
Recorded:2016
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Producer:Alex da Kid
Chronology:Lil Wayne
Prev Title:No Problem
Prev Year:2016
Next Title:Running Back
Next Year:2017

"Sucker for Pain" is a song by American rappers Lil Wayne and Wiz Khalifa and American rock band Imagine Dragons with fellow American rapper Logic and American singer Ty Dolla $ign featuring fellow American band X Ambassadors. The song was released as a single for the motion picture soundtrack for Suicide Squad (2016) on June 24, 2016, by Atlantic Records. On the same day, the official music video was uploaded to Atlantic Records' YouTube channel.

Critical reception

Elias Leight of Rolling Stone called the song "loopy" and praised Lil Wayne's contribution to the song, saying "Wayne shines during his verse, delivering self-destructive rhymes while skipping nimbly around the plodding beat".[2] Carly Mallenbaum of USA Today felt that the song is "sexy".[3]

Commercial performance

In the United States, the song reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016–2017)Peak
position
Italy (FIMI)[4] 19
Latvia (Latvijas Top 40)[5] 6
Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20) [6] 4
Russia (Tophit)[7] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (2016)Position
Australia (ARIA)[8] 54
Australia Urban (ARIA)[9] 6
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10] 37
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[11] 64
Denmark (Tracklisten)[12] 83
Germany (Official German Charts)[13] 46
Italy (FIMI)[14] 87
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 94
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 78
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[17] 71
US Billboard Hot 100[18] 68
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[19] 25
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[20] 8
Chart (2017)Position
Australia Urban (ARIA)[21] 41
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[22] 8

Decade-end charts

Notes and References

  1. News: Rap rock song of the year: 'Heathens' or 'Sucker for Pain'? . TyIt . 9 September 2020 . September 27, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200927062002/https://thetylt.com/entertainment/rap-rock-song-of-the-year-heathens-or-sucker-for-pain . dead .
  2. Hear Lil Wayne, Imagine Dragons' Loopy 'Sucker For Pain' . Leight, Elias . June 23, 2016 . . July 2, 2016.
  3. Web site: 'Sucker for Pain' video has new 'Suicide Squad' awesomeness . Mallenbaum, Carly . June 26, 2016 . . July 2, 2016.
  4. Web site: Top Digital - Classifica settimanale WK 36. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. September 10, 2016.
  5. Web site: Latvijas Top 40 . . September 24, 2016 . September 24, 2016 . dead . http://www.freezepage.com/1489089596BBQBKTPUYN?url=http://www.pieci.lv/lv/lr5/top40 . March 9, 2017.
  6. Web site: Lil Wayne Lebanese Chart Top 20 History. The Official Lebanese Top 20. August 29, 2016.
  7. Web site: Official Russia Top 100 Airplay Chart (week 38). Tophit. September 14, 2016. ru. January 18, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118052436/https://www.tophit.ru/ru/chart/common/week. dead.
  8. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Singles 2016. Australian Recording Industry Association. January 6, 2017.
  9. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Urban Singles 2016. Australian Recording Industry Association. January 6, 2017.
  10. Web site: Ö3 Austria Top 40 - Single-Charts 2016 . oe3.orf.at . December 29, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161228174302/http://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/2749413/ . December 28, 2016.
  11. Canadian Hot 100 Year End 2016. Billboard. December 9, 2016.
  12. Web site: Track Top-100, 2016 . Hitlisten.NU . December 31, 2016.
  13. Web site: Top 100 Jahrescharts 2016 . de . . viva.tv . January 1, 2017 . January 26, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170126235349/http://www.viva.tv/charts/274-top-100-jahrescharts-2016 . dead .
  14. Web site: Classifiche "Top of the Music" 2016 FIMI-GfK: La musica italiana in vetta negli album e nei singoli digitali . it . . February 23, 2017 . Click on Scarica allegato to download the zipped file containing the year-end chart PDF documents . January 9, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170109194427/http://fimi.it/news/top-of-the-music-fimi-gfk-2016-le-uniche-classifiche-annuali-complete . dead .
  15. Web site: Årslista Singlar – År 2016. Sverigetopplistan. sv. October 8, 2019.
  16. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2016 – hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. January 2, 2017.
  17. Web site: End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2016. Official Charts Company. December 31, 2016.
  18. Hot 100 Songs - Year-End 2016. Billboard. December 8, 2016.
  19. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2016. Billboard. September 3, 2019.
  20. Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2016. Billboard. September 3, 2019.
  21. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Urban Singles Chart 2017. PDF. Australian Recording Industry Association. November 25, 2018.
  22. Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2017. Billboard. May 21, 2020.
  23. Decade-End Charts: Hot Rock Songs. Billboard. December 18, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191216120649/https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/hot-rock-songs. December 16, 2019. live.

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