House of Pain (Faster Pussycat song)

"House of Pain"
Single by Faster Pussycat
from the album Wake Me When It's Over
B-side"Slip of the Tongue"
ReleasedSeptember 1989
Recorded1988
GenreGlam metal[1][2]
Length5:47
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)John Jansen
Faster Pussycat singles chronology
"You're So Vain"
(1990)
"House of Pain"
(1989)
"Nonstop to Nowhere"
(1992)

"House of Pain" is a power ballad[3][4] by American heavy metal band Faster Pussycat. The song was released as the third and final single from the album Wake Me When It's Over. It is the most popular song by the band, peaking at No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5]

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  2. ^ Bowar, Chad. "Best 20 Hair Metal Ballads of the '80s and '90s". LiveAbout. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  3. ^ Huey, Steve. "Wake Me When It's Over - Faster Pussycat". AllMusic. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  4. ^ Smith 10/26/2014, Benjamin. "Power Ballads, Cult Bands And The Greatest One-Hit Wonders In Heavy Metal And Hard Rock". VH1 News. Archived from the original on August 12, 2022. Retrieved 2021-06-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Faster Pussycat - Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-05-31.