"Medicine" is a song by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon. Produced by the band's vocalist Oliver Sykes and keyboardist Jordan Fish, it is featured on the group's 2019 sixth studio album Amo. The track was released as the third single from the album on 3 January 2019.
Composition and lyrics "Medicine" has been described as a pop, pop rock, electropop, alternative rock, and pop metal song. It has aggressive and directly angry lyrics, contrasting with romantic love songs like "Mother Tongue". The song centres around Oliver Sykes' last relationship with Hannah Snowdon. Their marriage ended in a messy divorce in early 2016. While Sykes has explained that the song "Ouch" also talks about that situation, keyboardist Jordan Fish revealed that "Medicine" is "connected to that too." Fish said of the song's lyrics:
Music video The music video for "Medicine" was released on the same day as the single was streamed. It is an effects-laden clip, courtesy of animator Extraweg and art director Oliver Latta. According to music website Consequence of Sound, the video shows "a statue-like bust of singer Oli Sykes' head as it is engorged by a plague of demon-like representations of himself". AltPress described it as "freaky, CGI".
Personnel Credits adapted from Tidal.
Bring Me the Horizon Oliver Sykes – lead vocals, production, composition Lee Malia – guitars, composition Matt Kean – bass, composition Matt Nicholls – drums, composition Jordan Fish – keyboards, synthesizers, programming, percussion, backing vocals, production, composition
Additional musicians Choir Noir – choir
Additional personnel Romesh Dodangoda – engineering Francesco Cameli – assistant engineering Alejandro Baima – assistant engineering Daniel Morris – assistant engineering Ted Jensen – mastering Rhys May – mixing Dan Lancaster – mixing
Charts + Chart performance for "Medicine" Chart (2019) Peakposition Japan Digital Singles Chart (Oricon) 33 Japan Download Songs (Billboard) 44 Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard) 13 New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) 20
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