PLEASURE AND PAIN
Writers: Holly Knight/ Mike Chapman
Lover lover why do you push
Why do you push why do you push
Baby baby did you forget about me
I’ve been standing in the back of your life
Back row center just above the ice
Please don’t ask me how I’ve been getting off
No please don’t ask me how I’ve been getting off
Break my body with the back of your hand
Doesn’t make sense from where I stand
Baby baby why you wanna mess it up
Sooner or later I’ll find my place
Find my body better fix my face
Please don’t ask me how I’ve been getting off
No please don’t ask me how I’ve been getting off
It’s a fine line between pleasure and pain
You’ve done it once you can do it again
Whatever you done don’t try to explain
It’s a fine fine line between pleasure and pain
It’s all the same It’s all the same
It’s all the same
Break my body with the back of your hand
Doesn’t make sense from where I stand
Please don’t ask me how I’ve been getting off
No please don’t ask me how I’ve been getting off
It’s a fine line between pleasure and pain
You’ve done it once you can do it again
Whatever you done don’t try to explain
It’s a fine fine line between pleasure and pain
It’s all the same It’s all the same
It’s all the same
1. PLEASURE AND PAIN
‘Mike Chapman was the first one to tell me about Divinyls and I instantly fell in love with them. Chrissy had such a unique and amazing voice and image, and in years to come I think she inspired many other singers, I’m even guessing Shirley Manson and Lacey Mosley.
I had already written the beginnings of Pleasure and Pain with Mike, who was going to produce two or three tracks for them. Mike thought we should see if they wanted to finish the tune with us because, like many bands, they were not used to recording any outside tunes and we thought they would be more open if they were at least involved in the writing. I was visiting a friend at a hotel and asked them if they wanted to come up there so we could all meet. I thought it would be a relaxed atmosphere, but that turned out to be a mistake because Chrissy stood up after being there for five minutes and said she was going to go for a ‘walk’. But she never came back, and somehow I knew she wasn’t going to. The next thing I knew Chrysalis records called me and said, ‘What did you say to her because she said she ‘left’. I was baffled – it turned out she just wanted to leave, no explanation.
Mike couldn’t figure it out either, so we finished the tune ourselves and it came out great. Chrissy loved the song, they recorded it and it became a worldwide hit. Years later we got together in NYC and I asked her about it and she had no clue what I was talking about. I told her she’s a crazy Ozzie rock star and we had a good laugh about it. Pleasure and Pain is another favorite of mine and has to go in my top ten or personal favorites that I wrote’. –HK
- Featured in the movie, “Hysterical Blindness”.
- Featured in the Season3, Episode 4 of the Netflix show “Wentworth”.
