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Statistics
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Artists:
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6,825
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Albums:
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34,379
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Lyrics:
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288,632
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Song Views:
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43,940,701
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Reviews:
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10,300
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Comments:
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155,539
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Total Users:
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20,076
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Online Users:
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121
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Usage Statistics
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Baby Appeal
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Submitted By: blackbird.
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"Baby Appeal" came to fruition when Anthony Kiedis and Flea went to New York and tried to get themselves booked by playing their demo tape for the managers of clubs. Unable to get a single gig booked, they went to the park and put in the tape. As Anthony said in his autobiography, "We wanted someone to hear this fucking tape." They noticed that every kid that heard it completely loved it. This caused Anthony to realize that they had "baby appeal." He wrote the song when he got back to Los Angeles.
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Charlie
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Submitted By: Big D
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Despite many rumors that the song is a reference to cocaine (Charlie is a name given to the drug), Kiedis has stated in interviews that the song is about a person's imaginative spark or inspiration.
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Dani California
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Submitted By: Big D
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In the song, lyricist Anthony Kiedis laments the early death of Dani, a poor, young girl from Mississippi who became a bank robber and lived a hard, fast life. The character Dani also appeared in the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 2002 single "By the Way", as well as the song "Californication" as it alludes to a "Teenage bride with a baby inside/Gettin' high on information"; although there is no mention of her. The character's story comes to an end in "Dani California", with her death.
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Death Of A Martian
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Submitted By: Big D
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The song is about bassist Flea's dog, Martian, who died during the recording of the album. Martian was a big part of the band, the huge dog attended most of the band's practices and had grown to be a part of their family. Anthony Kiedis' dog, Buster, died during the recording of the CD, too. The song ends with a poem that Kiedis chose from a book of poems. This poem is spoken, not sung and was an experiment. Kiedis has stated that the poem was not written for the song but it was by chance that it fit in with the song and was the right length on the first try.
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Desecration Smile
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Submitted By: Big D
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The song was first heard by fans when it was played at the Bridge School Benefit in 2004. The song was bootlegged and can be found on the internet. However, the structure and chorus of the song are different to the version released on Stadium Arcadium.
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Desecration Smile
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Submitted By: Big D
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The music video was shot and released in February 2007 and directed by "Under the Bridge" director Gus Van Sant. It was shot entirely in one take with one camera and featured the band huddled together singing all the way through.
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Especially In Michigan
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Submitted By: Big D
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Omar Rodríguez-López of The Mars Volta performed the guitar solo for "Especially In Michigan."
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Hard To Concentrate
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Submitted By: blackbird.
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Anthony Kiedis wrote "Hard to Concentrate" about bassist Flea's relationship with his girlfriend and mother of his second daughter, Frankie Rayder, model.
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Hump De Bump
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Submitted By: Big D
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Originally expected to be the 4th single for the US, Canada and Australia, ("Desecration Smile" was the 4th single released internationally) the Peppers decided to make the single and video a worldwide release thanks to the positive feedback on the video.
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Hump De Bump
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Submitted By: Big D
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The video was shot in late December 2006, and was directed by Chris Rock. The video takes place at a city block party (On the set of Everybody Hates Chris) with Chris Rock as himself, being kept out of his own block party by a security guard (Craig Robinson), while the band is playing the song at the party. Rock agreed to direct to video only if "They were the only white people in it."
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I Could Have Lied
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Submitted By: blackbird.
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Anthony Kiedis wrote "I Could Have Lied" about his short and bittersweet relationship with singer Sinead O'Connor.
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Million Miles Of Water
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Submitted By: Big D
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The lyrics are about singer Anthony Kiedis' ex-girlfriend Yohanna Logan, referred to in newer editions of his autobiography as Claire Essex.
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Out In L.A.
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Submitted By: blackbird.
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"Out In L.A." was the first song the Red Hot Chili Peppers ever wrote.
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Scar Tissue
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Submitted By: blackbird.
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Anthony Kiedis, lead singer and lyricist of RHCP, took the song title Scar Tissue as the title of his 2004 published autobiography.
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Snow (Hey Oh)
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Submitted By: Big D
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Anthony Kiedis stated in an interview for Stadium Arcadium that the song is "about the repeated failure to start your life anew and how difficult it can be to get rid of old ways of thinking, and destructive ideas we become so attached to."
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Tearjerker
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Submitted By: blackbird.
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Although "Tearjerker" seems to be about a girl, its actually in fact about Kurt Cobain.
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Tell Me Baby
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Submitted By: ground_folds
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The music video for Tell Me Baby was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris.
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Tell Me Baby
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Submitted By: Big D
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The song incorporates both the old funk sound from their Blood Sugar Sex Magik days in the verses of the song, and the chorus focuses on the more melodic sound found on the more recent Chili Peppers albums.
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Transcending
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Submitted By: blackbird.
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"Transcending" is about the life and death of actor River Phoenix, a good friend of the band's.
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Warlocks
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Submitted By: Big D
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The late soul musician Billy Preston played the clavinet on "Warlocks."
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