"Sucker for Pain" is a song by American rappers

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and

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and American band Imagine Dragons, with fellow American rapper

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and American singer

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featuring fellow American band

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. The song was released as a single for the motion picture soundtrack for ''

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'' (2016) on June 24, 2016, by Atlantic Records. On the same day, the official music video was uploaded Atlantic's

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channel.

Critical reception

Elias Leight of ''

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'' 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". Carly Mallenbaum of ''

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'' felt that the song is "sexy".

Commercial performance

In North America, the song reached number 15 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and number 3 on the

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