Year Released: 2000
Label: Warner Bros
Year Bought: 2000
Taken from the album of the same name, this single was further confirmation Red Hot Chili Peppers were back on track after the disappointment of One Hot Minute. John Frusciante was once again on guitar duties after the band's experiment with Janes Addiction's Dave Novarro, and everything was a bit more melodic.
You all know this tune. It was huge at the time, as was the whole album. I've never been a huge fan of the Chilis, but the Californication album does have some great songs - 'Scar Tissue' and 'Otherside' in particular.
This single got to number 16 on the UK chart in 2000, although it feels like it was a much bigger hit as the video was seemingly constantly on MTV2.
B-sides on this CD are a live version of 'I Could Have Lied' from Blood Sugar Sex Magik and an 8 minute track called 'End of Show Brisbane' which I assume is just that. It's mainly just Flea playing something on his bass while the band jam around it. Insert Alan Partridge shrug gif here.
3/5
(Ratings for singles are out of 5 and based on everything on the release, not just the lead track.)
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