2006Released
3:47

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Interesting facts and trivia about The Riddle. By Songfacts®.

This song, as with much of Five For Fighting's material, deals with mortality. However, on the official site of the band, primary member and songwriter, John Ondrasik states that while our fallibility is an underlying theme in the song, it is ultimately a love song from a father to his son. Ondrasik claims he took two and a half years to write it.

The video for the song retains its theme of paternity, as it features Ondrasik driving a blue Mustang that his father gave him.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of The Riddle.
A♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
119BPM

Album

The album The Riddle is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released The Riddle.
Aware/Columbia
(P) 2006 Aware Records LLC

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