"Sucker for Pain" is a song by American rappers

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and

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and American pop rock band

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with fellow American rapper

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and American singer

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featuring fellow American pop rock 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

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. On the same day, the official music video was uploaded to Atlantic Records'

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channel.

Critical reception

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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 the United States, the song reached number 15 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and number 3 on the

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. It also reached the top 20 overseas, peaking at number 11 on the UK singles chart, making it Lil Wayne's highest charting hit as a lead artist, although his highest charting UK top hit overall would later be a guest appearance on

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's " I'm the One".

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