Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released: September 12, 1995

Songwriter: Chad Smith Dave Navarro Flea Anthony Kiedis

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Verse 1]
I was riding
Riding on my bike
Me with my friend
We're so alike
Am I all alone

[Verse 2]
She said all we
Have is this
We just had to stop
And share a kiss
Am I all alone

[Bridge]
One hot minute
And I'm in it, come and get it
One hot minute
And I'm in it, come and get it
One hot minute
And I'm in it, come and get it
If I chase it
I might waste it, come and spit it

[Prechrous]
Am I all alone
Am I all alone

[Chorus]
Sitting in the fire
Get along and have some fun
Floating to be higher
Maybe I'm your special one
Silent testifier
Breathe the moon and eat the sun
Sitting in the fire

[Verse 3]
Close your eyes
And click your heels
Can you believe
How good it feels
Am I all alone

[Bridge]
One hot minute
And I'm in it, come and get it
One hot minute
And I'm in it, come and get it
One hot minute
And I'm in it, come and get it
If I chase it
I might waste it, come and spit it

[PreChorus]
Am I all alone
Am I all alone

[Chorus]
Sitting in the fire
Get along and have some fun
Floating to be higher
Maybe I'm your special one
Silent testifier
Breathe the moon and eat the sun
Sitting in the fire

[Bridge]
Say goodbye to where you got it now
Pay your father, pay your twenty, take a bow
Say goodbye to where you buy you got it now
Pay your mama, pay your father take a bow
Say goodbye to where you buy you got it now
Pay your father, pay your twenty, take a bow

[Interlude]
Three pounds of love inside my skull
A million more lives, it's never dull
Just a few times spun, spun around the sun
A couple more or less and then we're done

[Chorus]
Sitting in the fire
Get along and have some fun
Floating to be higher
Or maybe I'm your special one
Silent testifier
Breathe the moon and eat the sun
Sitting in the fire

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a rock band based in Los Angeles, CA that incorporates elements of rap, funk, punk, and rock into their work, mainly classified as an alternative rock band. They made it mainstream off the success of their 1991’s fifth studio album Blood Sugar Sex Magik, led by singles “Give it Away” and “Under the Bridge.” After losing guitarist John Frusciante and losing popularity following the release of the less successful One Hot Minute, the band reunited for 1999’s Californication. The title track and hit singles “Around the World,” “Scar Tissue” and “Otherside” propelled them back to the fame. After 2002’s solid release By the Way and 2006’s double-disc Stadium Arcadium, Frusciante once again left the band to further pursue his solo career. The band added Josh Klinghoffer to help fill his void, and released I’m With You in 2011.

In December 2019, the band announced via Instagram that Klinghoffer had left after 10 years, and Frusciante would be rejoining.

Their lyrical content was mostly centered around sex, drugs, and the Los Angeles lifestyle, and lead singer Anthony Kiedis mostly rapped them as he wasn’t confident as vocalist. Most members of the band also suffered from drug addiction, as Kiedis and Frusciante had to check themselves into rehab for heroin addiction at various points in their lives. But Californication marked a change in the band’s content matter and lifestyle. The band was sober for the most part, and the lyrics had shifted to songs about love and the pains of addiction, the title even criticized the city they loved so much. In addition, Kiedis had started to sing his lyrics much more often as he finally felt comfortable with his voice. That change has allowed the band to stick around for over 20 years despite multiple changes to their lineup and is part of why they remain relevant.

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