{{For|comedian Chris Rock's television special|Chris Rock: Bring the Pain}} {{short description|1994 single by Method Man}} {{Infobox song | name = Bring the Pain | cover = MethodManBringThePain.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Method Man]] | album = [[Tical (album)|Tical]] | B-side = P.L.O. Style | released = October 25, 1994 | recorded = 1994 | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|[[East Coast hip hop]]|[[hardcore hip hop]]}} | length = 3:09 | label = {{hlist|[[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]|[[PolyGram]]}} | writer = * [[Method Man|Clifford Smith]] * [[RZA|Robert Diggs]] | producer = [[RZA]] | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = [[Release Yo' Delf]] | next_year = 1995 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|T0BlXy3Roj4|"Bring the Pain"}}}} }}
"'''Bring the Pain'''" is a song recorded by American rapper [[Method Man]], released as the first [[Single (music)|single]] from his debut album, ''[[Tical (album)|Tical]]'' (1994).
Comedian [[Chris Rock]] named his 1996 tour and television special "[[Chris Rock: Bring the Pain|Bring the Pain]]" after this song. Method Man is credited in the special's closing credits. The song was also featured in the 2002 film [[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]].<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/more-music-from-8-mile-mw0002037888|title=More Music from 8 Mile|access-date=September 6, 2021|website=AllMusic}}</ref>
[[Industrial music]] band [[Mindless Self Indulgence]] [[cover version|covered]] it on their 1999 album, ''[[Tight (Mindless Self Indulgence album)|Tight]]'', as did [[Candiria]] on their album [[The COMA Imprint]]. The beat was [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] by [[Timbaland]] for a song of the same name on [[Missy Elliott]]'s ''[[Under Construction (Missy Elliott album)|Under Construction]]'', which features Method Man. [[Tupac Shakur]] did an Interpolation of the song on his 1996 album ''[[All Eyez on Me]]'' on the track ''No More Pain'', and even gave Method Man and RZA credits in the album's liner notes.
[[The Chemical Brothers]]' remix was included in [[Pitchfork Media]]'s 2010 list of "twenty-five great remixes" of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7856-a-feature-about-nothing-the-1990s-in-lists/2/ | title=A Feature About Nothing: The 1990s in Lists - Page 2 | website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date=7 September 2010 }}</ref>
==Music video== The music video was released for the week ending on October 23, 1994.
==Track listing==
#"Bring the Pain" (LP version) #"Bring the Pain" (Radio edit) #"Bring the Pain" (Instrumental) #"P.L.O. Style" (LP version) #"P.L.O. Style" (Instrumental) #"P.L.O. Style" (Acappella)
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1994–1995) ! style="text-align:center;"|Peak<br>position |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|45|artist=Method Man|date=December 24, 1994}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|30|artist=Method Man|date=December 24, 1994}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrapsongs|4|artist=Method Man|date=December 24, 1994}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1994) ! style="text-align:center;"|Position |- |US Maxi-Singles Sales (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA50|title=The Year in Music: Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=106|issue=52|page=YE-76|date=December 24, 1994|access-date=June 3, 2025}}</ref> |align="center"|39 |} {{col-end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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