King of Pain

by Alanis Morissette

King of Pain cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 19 April 2000
  • Label: Maverick
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 16:43
  • Community rating: 3.41/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A live single from Alanis Morissette's MTV Unplugged session, 'King of Pain' recasts the Police song in a spare acoustic arrangement. Her reading slows the original's pulse, foregrounding the lyric's isolation against piano and acoustic guitar.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, female-vocals, cover, live, melodic

Tracklist

  1. King Of Pain (MTV Unplugged) (4:06)
  2. Thank U (MTV Unplugged) (4:35)
  3. Baba (MTV Unplugged) (4:37)
  4. Your House ( MTV Unplugged) (3:25)

Credits

  • David Campbell - arranged by [musical arranger], viola
  • Gary Novak - drums, percussion
  • Oscar Gaona - edited by [additional editing]
  • Deron Johnson - keyboards, backing vocals
  • Sting - written-by, composed by
  • Paul Pilsneniks - engineer [additional mix engineering - assistant]
  • Brent Clark - engineer [additional mix engineering]
  • Scott Welch - management
  • Don Bartley - mastered by
  • Chris Fogel - mixed by
  • Glen Ballard - music by
  • Frank Micelotta - photography by
  • Mark Hutchins - recorded by
  • Renato Petruzziello - recorded by

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