Fortune Faded

Single infobox
Name = Fortune Faded


Border = yes
Artist = Red Hot Chili Peppers
from Album = Greatest Hits
Released = December 23 2003
B-side = "Eskimo"
"Bunker Hill"
Format = CD
Recorded = 2003 at The Mansion in Los Angeles, California
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 3:21
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Rick Rubin
Certification = Gold (ARIA) [ [http://aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2004.htm "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2004 Singles"] . Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved June 7, 2007.]
Last single = "Universally Speaking"
(2003)
This single = "Fortune Faded"
(2003)
Next single = "Dani California"
(2006)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Live in Hyde Park
Type = live
prev_track = "By the Way"
prev_no = 5
this_track = "Fortune Faded"
track_no = 6
next_track = "I Feel Love"
next_no = 7

"Fortune Faded" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was released in 2003 as a single, to coincide with the release of their "Greatest Hits" album. The song, along with "Save the Population" (another song from their "Greatest Hits"), was recorded at The Mansion and produced by Rick Rubin. A music video was also produced.

One of the single's B-sides, "Bunker Hill" was originally recorded for "Californication", while the other, "Eskimo," was written during "By the Way". The second version of the single, with blue printing instead of red on the cover art, was never released in the UK due to last minute complications, as the second release was too long to be classed as a single. UK Chart singles must not last over 20 minutes in length. "Tuesday Night in Berlin" was a live jam recorded in Berlin and features Ekkehard Ehlers producing sound effects throughout the jam. Sometime into the jam, Flea switches to trumpet and Frusciante plays bass for the remainder of the jam.

"Fortune Faded" was originally recorded for the "By the Way" album and was played live a few times in 2001 with a chorus that is different from the "Greatest Hits" version. The band did not like how the "By the Way" sessions version sounded, thus it was re-recorded for the "Greatest Hits" collection.

Track list

CD single (2003)
# "Fortune Faded" (Album) – 3:23
# "Eskimo" (Unreleased) – 5:31
# "Bunker Hill" (Unreleased) – 3:29

CD version 2 (2003)
# "Fortune Faded" (Album)" – 3:23
# "Californication" (Remix By Ekkehard Ehlers) – 5:57
# "Tuesday Night in Berlin" (Live) – 14:22

Chart positions

* #8 (US Modern Rock)
* #11 (UWC)
* #16 (Australia)
* #20 (Irish Singles Chart)
* #22 (US Mainstream Rock)
* #28 (UK Singles Chart)

References