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This article is about the Red Hot Chili Peppers song. For the Stereophonics song, see My Friends (Stereophonics song). For other uses, see My Friends (disambiguation).
"My Friends" Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers from the album One Hot Minute B-side "Let's Make Evil"
"Stretch"Released September 19, 1995 Format CD, 12" vinyl Recorded 1995 Genre Alternative rock Length 4:02 Label Warner Bros. Producer Rick Rubin Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology "Warped"
(1995)"My Friends"
(1995)"Aeroplane"
(1996)Music video "My Friends" on YouTube Music video "My Friends (Version 2)" on YouTube "My Friends" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the fourth track on their 1995 album One Hot Minute. It is a melodic ballad and was released as the second single from the album. It is the only song from One Hot Minute to be included on their Greatest Hits compilation, though the music video for "Aeroplane", appears on the DVD. It became the band's third #1 single on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart where it remained for 4 consecutive weeks, and their first #1 single on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart.[1] Lyrically, "My Friends" is one of the moodier and more introspective songs on the album, exploring the loneliness and emptiness people feel. Singer Anthony Kiedis then stresses that those people "hurt by the cold" are not alone and are loved. The song is about the difficult times Flea went through; he was going through a painful divorce with his first wife and felt even more depressed because the writing and recording of One Hot Minute was a painstakingly slow and disappointing process that took almost a year and a half.
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Music video
The surreal music video depicts the band in many incarnations on a small boat, stranded in a large stretch of treacherous water. This video was directed by Anton Corbijn. Anthony Kiedis admits that he thought this video was not very good, as it was not realistic. They had a second video recorded for the song, directed by Gavin Bowden, where they were in a studio. The latter can be seen on their Greatest Hits DVD and on the band's YouTube account.
Trivia
- The chorus was used as part of "Weird Al" Yankovic's polka medley "The Alternative Polka" on his Bad Hair Day album.
- The Red Hot Chili Peppers appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman shortly after the release of the album to perform "My Friends", as seen here.
Track list
- CD single (1995)
- "My Friends" (album)
- "Coffee Shop" (album)
- "Let's Make Evil" (previously unreleased)
- "Stretch" (previously unreleased)
- CD version 2 (1995)
- "My Friends" (album)
- "Coffee Shop" (album)
- "Let's Make Evil" (previously unreleased)
- 12" single (1995)
- "My Friends" (album)
- "Coffee Shop" (album)
- "Let's Make Evil" (previously unreleased)
- "Stretch" (previously unreleased)
Preceded by
"Name" by Goo Goo DollsBillboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
November 18 – December 9, 1995Succeeded by
"Glycerine" by BushPreceded by
"Name" by Goo Goo DollsBillboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number-one single
December 9 – December 30, 1995Succeeded by
"Cumbersome" by Seven Mary ThreePreceded by
Bullet with Butterfly Wings by The Smashing PumpkinsCanadian RPM Alternative 30 number-one single
December 4 – 18, 1995Succeeded by
"One of Us" by Joan OsbourneReferences
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 522.
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles discography The Red Hot Chili Peppers Freaky Styley The Uplift Mofo Party Plan Mother's Milk Blood Sugar Sex Magik One Hot Minute Californication "Scar Tissue" · "Around the World" · "Otherside" · "Californication" · "Road Trippin'" · "Parallel Universe"By the Way Stadium Arcadium I'm with You What Hits!? Greatest Hits Non-album singles Categories:- 1995 singles
- Red Hot Chili Peppers songs
- Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks number-one singles
- Billboard Alternative Songs number-one singles
- Music videos directed by Anton Corbijn
- Songs produced by Rick Rubin
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