True Men Don't Kill Coyotes
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| "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes" | ||
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| Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||
| from the album Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||
| Released | August 10, 1984 | |
| Recorded | April 1984 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3:40 | |
| Label | EMI | |
| Writer(s) | Anthony Kiedis/Flea/Jack Sherman/Cliff Martinez | |
| Producer(s) | Andy Gill | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology | ||
| True Men Don't Kill Coyotes (1984) | Get Up and Jump (1984) | |
"True Men Don't Kill Coyotes" was the first song the Red Hot Chili Peppers ever released as a single. It is the first track from their 1984 debut album Red Hot Chili Peppers.
This song was written by Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Jack Sherman and Cliff Martinez, rather than the original line-up (Anthony and Flea with Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons).
It was included on the band's What Hits!? collection on CD and DVD.
[edit] Video
A video was made for "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes". However, as few people heard the song, few people saw the video.
The (camp by today's standards) clip, which used a lot of fluorescent colours, showed the band playing the song on a cartoonish desert-like scenario. In the beginning of the video, an unknown farmer-type character pours an unknown liquid substance into a patch of desert in front of a crudely assembled Hollywood sign. From this the entire band burst from the ground, and they begin to perform the song.
The video can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUEfJ1r2Cfk
