Me and My Friends

"Me and My Friends"
Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers
from the album The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
Released	September, 1987
Format	airplay only
Genre	Funk rock, rap rock, funk metal
Length	3:09
Label	EMI/Capitol Records
Writer(s)	Flea, Irons, Kiedis, Slovak
Producer	Michael Beinhorn
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology
"Fight Like a Brave" (1987) "Me and My Friends" (1987) "Knock Me Down" (1989)

"Me and My Friends" is a song by The Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 1987 album, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan. It is the third song on the album and it was released as an airplay only single. The song is an ode to friends and in it Anthony sings of his friends, especially former guitarist Hillel Slovak. The band has played this song throughout their career as they've released new albums, it is one of the most played tracks pre-Blood Sugar Sex Magik.

This is not to be confused with another Red Hot Chili Peppers song, "My Friends" (from 1995's One Hot Minute).

"Me and My Friends" has been performed on every tour since 1986 making the band's fifth most performed song behind only "Give It Away", "Under the Bridge", "Scar Tissue" and "Right On Time". ^[1] The song is one of the very few pre-Blood Sugar Sex Magik tracks that the Red Hot Chili Peppers continue to play in concert on a regular basis.

References

1. ^ http://theside.free.fr/tour/tourHistory.php3