Taste the Pain

"Taste the Pain"
Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers
from the album Mother's Milk
B-side	"Millionaires Against Hunger" "Show Me Your Soul"
Released	1989
Format	CD
Recorded	1989
Genre	Funk rock
Length	4:32
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Flea, Frusciante, Kiedis
Producer	Michael Beinhorn
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology
"Higher Ground" (1989) "Taste the Pain" (1989) "Show Me Your Soul" (1990)
12" Pop Out Sleeve Single This version of the single features a popout logo and band picture. Music video "Taste the Pain" on YouTube

"Taste the Pain" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from the album Mother's Milk, and was the third and final single from that album. The music video was filmed with the band playing in an art room, where artists are in the middle of painting a mural artwork, directed by Tom Stern and Alex Winter. A slightly longer version of the song also appeared on the soundtrack for the film Say Anything.... The song was recorded prior to Chad Smith's joining the band; drums are played by Fishbone's Philip "Fish" Fisher. When the song is played backwards, the voice heard at the start is Anthony Kiedis clearly singing the chorus. This song also features a trumpet solo by Flea.

"Show Me Your Soul" was recorded during the Mother's Milk sessions and was also later released as a single in 1990. "Millionaires Against Hunger" was recorded during the 1985 Freaky Styley sessions. The song was featured on the film Say Anything... starring Kiedis' girlfriend at the time, Ione Skye.

The single reached number twenty-nine in the UK—the highest position for the band up to that point.

Despite being a popular single for the band they rarely performed it live and the song hasn't been performed live since the Mother's Milk tour.

Track listing

1989 Limited Edition CD Single (also called "Unbridled Funk and Roll 4 Your Soul!")

1. "Taste the Pain" (Album Version)
2. "Millionaires Against Hunger" (Unreleased / written by Kiedis/Balzary/Slovak/Martinez)
3. "Castles Made of Sand" (Live / originally written by J. Hendrix)
4. "Higher Ground" (Daddy-O Mix) (originally written by Stevie Wonder)

1990 CD Single

1. "Taste The Pain" (Album Version)
2. "Show Me Your Soul" (Unreleased)
3. "If You Want Me To Stay"
4. "Nevermind"

12" Pop-Out Sleeve

1. "Taste The Pain" (Album Version)
2. "Show Me Your Soul" (Unreleased)
3. "If You Want Me To Stay"
4. "Nevermind"

UK 1990 CD Single

1. "Taste The Pain" (single version)
2. "Taste The Pain" (lp version)
3. "Show Me Your Soul" (Unreleased)
4. "Nevermind"