Painkillr

Not to be confused with Painkiller.

"Painkillr" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Erika Jayne.^[1] It reached number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart in 2014. "Painkillr" was written by Erika Jayne and Christopher Rodriguez. Erika Jayne has described the song by saying: "The idea came to me one night from a darker place. It was how I was feeling at the time. Obviously, with that type of material, it's not set very high in the register. So we set it low, made it yummy, sexy and 1930-ish."^[2]

"Painkillr"
Single by Erika Jayne
Released	August 26, 2014 (2014-08-26)
Recorded	2014
Length	3:16
Label	Pretty Mess
Songwriters	Erika Jayne Christopher Rodriguez
Erika Jayne singles chronology
"Get It Tonight" (2013) "Painkillr" (2014) "You Make Me Wanna Dance" (2014)

Music video

The black-and-white music video shows Jayne in bed wearing a revealing bodysuit and heels.^[3] It was produced by Jayne herself and shot in half a day. "I had a photoshoot in the morning, and then shot it in the afternoon. That's how tight that video was," she told People magazine.^[4] The music video was directed by her long-time collaborator Mikey Minden.^[5] Minden described that the music video was intended to be "edgy, dark, gritty, in-your-face, provocative, super-sexy, super-stylized, and very theatrical."^[6]

Television personality Bethenny Frankel criticized the music video in an episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in 2016.^[7][8][9]

Track listing

Over twenty different remixes and radio edits were created specifically for the digital download release of "Painkillr";

Digital download^[10]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Painkillr"	3:16
2.	"Painkillr" (DJLW Radio Edit)	3:18
3.	"Painkillr" (Cole Plante Radio Edit)	3:52
4.	"Painkillr" (DJ-Spin Radio Edit)	3:46
5.	"Painkillr" (Oliver Twizt Radio Edit)	2:26
6.	"Painkillr" (Dem Slackers Radio Edit)	3:24
7.	"Painkillr" (Victor Dinaire & Bissen Radio Edit)	3:01
8.	"Painkillr" (Casey Alva Radio Edit)	3:40
9.	"Painkillr" (Mike Cruz Tribal EDM Mix)	8:00
10.	"Painkillr" (DJLW Remix)	4:33
11.	"Painkillr" (DJLW Dub)	4:33
12.	"Painkillr" (Cole Plante Remix)	6:00
13.	"Painkillr" (DJ-Spin Remix)	6:09
14.	"Painkillr" (DJ-Spin Dub)	5:54
15.	"Painkillr" (Oliver Twizt Remix)	4:00
16.	"Painkillr" (Oliver Twizt Dub)	4:00
17.	"Painkillr" (Dem Slackers Club Mix)	6:03
18.	"Painkillr" (Dem Slackers Dub)	6:03
19.	"Painkillr" (Victor Dinaire & Bissen Remix)	6:30
20.	"Painkillr" (Victor Dinaire & Bissen Dub)	6:30
21.	"Painkillr" (Casey Alva Vicodin Remix)	6:10
22.	"Painkillr" (Mike Cruz Tribal EDM Mix)	8:00

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2014) Peak position US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[11] 1 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[12] 25

Year-end charts Chart (2014) Position US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[13] 46

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
United States	August 26, 2014	Digital download	Pretty Mess	[14]

See also

• List of number-one dance singles of 2014 (US)