Peaches revives her breakthrough hit song for Hellraiser: Revival

Peaches holding a Hellraiser puzzle box — (Image credit: Saber Interactive/Peaches)

Holy [BLEEP], they got [BLEEP]ing Peaches to do [BLEEP] the Pain Away for the Hellraiser game. Most opportunistic promotional crossovers leave me cold (or annoyed) but I have to admit, this one, to borrow the words of PC Gamer hardware writer (and Peaches fan) Jess Kinghorn, is legit a banger. Originally released in 2000, Fuck the Pain Away was Peaches' big hit, and it's been used in numerous movies and TV shows in the years since. But what makes it work so well here is that this remix and video doesn't come off as forced or awkwardly shoehorned in: This is pretty much (warning, NSFW) what Peaches would do anyway.

The new Fuck the Pain Away video for Hellraiser: Revival is also extraordinarily NSFW—so much so that it's not embeddable here. You have to go watch it on YouTube.

Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.