2019Released
3:33

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Interesting facts and trivia about Painkiller. By Songfacts®.

Ruel Van Dijk grew up in the Australian city of Sydney. The teenage singer-songwriter penned this tune with songwriter Sarah Aarons and producer M-Phazes during a writing trip in LA when he was missing his life back home. Window seats as the plane starts leavin' Miss those streets where my knees were bleedin' Homesick veteran I left my bed again Speaking on Australian radio, Ruel explained how he used Sydney as his metaphorical painkiller: "I was writing a couple of verses just about home and just about wanting to be home and things that reminded me of it. And kinda just saying that it was my painkiller, it was my stress reliever."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Painkiller.
FKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
129BPM

Album

The album Painkiller is released on.
PainkillerRuel
2019Single

Released By

The record label that has released Painkiller.
RCA Records Label
(P) 2019 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

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