unreleased until it featured as a bonus track on the 2002 reissue of Pleasant Dreams. Reception Brain Drain was originally intended to be a "comeback" album for the Ramones, following the belated success of "I Wanna Be Sedated"; however, despite some good reviews, the album failed to live up to commercial expectations, peaking at number 122 on the Billboard 200 chart. Nonetheless, the album's first single, "Pet Sematary", became the band's highest-charting hit in the US, peaking at number four on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Dee Dee appears as the bassist in both of the music videos for "Pet Sematary", while the videos for "I Believe In Miracles" and "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" feature his replacement, C.J. Ramone. Cover versions "I Believe in Miracles" was covered by Eddie Vedder and Zeke for the 2003 album We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones and is frequently covered by Pearl Jam at their shows. "Pet Sematary" was performed live by German industrial metal band Rammstein (in conjunction with Clawfinger) and was released as a B-side to their single "Ich will" in 2001. Rammstein was joined onstage by Marky Ramone, C.J. Ramone and Jerry Only of the Misfits when performing the song in New York as a tribute to Joey Ramone, who had died three months prior. The song was later covered by psychobilly band the Creepshow as a bonus track for their second album, Run For Your Life, in 2008. It was also performed by the Plain White T's for the 2012 film Frankenweenie (Unleashed). The end credits of the 2019 version of the film Pet Sematary include a cover version of the title track by the American punk rock band Starcrawler. "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" was covered by Joey Ramone on his second posthumous album, ...Ya Know?, and by artists such as Smash Mouth (2005), the Smithereens (2007), Cheap Trick (2017), Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul (2017), Mattiel (2019), L.A. Guns (2019), and Lucinda Williams (2020). Track listing Personnel Adapted from the album liner notes, except where noted. Ramones Joey Ramone – lead vocals (tracks 1–3, 5–13) Johnny Ramone – guitar Dee Dee Ramone – bass,backing vocals lead vocals (track 4) Marky Ramone – drums Additional musicians Daniel Rey – guitar, bass Andy Shernoff – bass Jean Beauvoir – guitar, bass, keyboards Artie Smith – additional guitar Robert