Feel the Pain

Written by Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis, "Feel the Pain" was recorded for the band's 1994 album Without a Sound. The track originated from a riff that Mascis had written while on tour; he recalled the song's creation in an interview, saying: When interviewed by Billboard, Dinosaur Jr. producer and mixer John Agnello explained that he attempted to achieve a "dry" sound on "Feel the Pain," saying, "That song is bone dry, except for a little plate reverb on the vocals. Because it is so dry, it jumps out more. I think you reap the benefits of sounding good on music television when you do that." The song opens with the sound of a cork being popped. ==Release==

In addition to its release on Without a Sound, "Feel the Pain" was released as a single in 1994. The B-side was Without a Sound album track "Get Out of This." The song was a moderate hit for the band, reaching number 25 in the UK and number 4 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks. "Feel the Pain" was accompanied by a music video that saw success on music television upon its release. Mascis later claimed the video was intended to be more violent but had been edited to be more MTV-friendly. J Mascis attributed the song's success to the song's video, explaining, "Right around when 'Feel the Pain' came out, it was on MTV, which was still happening then. If you had a video on, suddenly you were way bigger than you had been. So yeah, you could definitely tell. It was cool at the time. We weren't huge but we'd gotten a bit bigger." ==Reception and legacy==

"Feel the Pain" has since seen positive reception from music critics. Matt Diehl of Rolling Stone wrote that the song "demonstrates how Dinosaur Jr at their best can make three chords played at deafening volume sound as stirring as Leonard Cohen." Despite criticizing Without a Sound as a whole, "Feel the Pain" was one of the two songs (the other being "I Don't Think So") that music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine felt was a success. Emily Costa of Medium called it a "a song I'd always loved" and praised the song's "insane guitar performance," Timothy and Elizabeth Bracy of Stereogum called the song "infectious." The song is featured in the films Houseguest and Young Adult. The song is a playable track in Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour as well as a downloadable track for Rocksmith 2014. The video was later featured on Beavis and Butt-Head. The song was also featured in the second episode of Dexter: New Blood, "Storm of Fuck." ==Charts==