Song · Three Days Grace
“Painkiller” by Three Days Grace
From the album Human (2015)
“Painkiller” by Three Days Grace appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations in 2014. It was first released in 2015 on the album Human. Its best result is #15 on the KILO 2014 Top 40 Rock Countdown. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #308 alternative song of 2014.
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"Painkiller" was the sound of Three Days Grace starting over. On March 28, 2014, the Canadian band confirmed Matt Walst as the permanent replacement for Adam Gontier and promised new music within a week; on March 31 they premiered this one on their YouTube channel, and iTunes had it the next day. It was their first single with Walst out front and the opening shot from Human, their fifth album, which didn't arrive until 2015.
Gavin Brown produced it for RCA, and it's alternative metal with the hooks filed sharp. Drummer Neil Sanderson explained that the song is about how everyone gets hooked on something, and it's sung from the vice's point of view: the drug cast as the villain, needling you to come back for more. It went to number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, the band's eleventh.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 15 | 94.3 KILO Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO | KILO 2014 Top 40 Rock Countdown | 40 |
| 2014 | 46 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2014 | 88 |
| 2014 | 15 | SiriusXM Octane National (SiriusXM satellite radio) | SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2014 | 30 |
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