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This article is about the Red Hot Chilli Peppers song. For the documentary by the same band, see Funky Monks.
Funky Monks is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 1991 album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik. It is the fourth song on the album and has a very Western yet still funky riff. The song is about five minutes long and has two breakdowns from the original riff. The chorus is sung in a very high-pitched fashion by John Frusciante. This is the only song ever recorded by Flea with a 5-string bass. The song may be a reference to the recording process for the Red Hot Chili Pepper's Blood Sugar Sex Magik album, in that the band members (excluding Chad Smith, who left every night) were secluded in a house by themselves, literally living like monks who played music using elements from the funk genre. It was played twice on the Stadium Arcadium World Tour, one being released as a b-side to the single, Desecration Smile.
| Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Anthony Kiedis | John Frusciante | Flea | Chad Smith |
| Hillel Slovak | Dave Navarro | Cliff Martinez | Jack Sherman | Arik Marshall | Jesse Tobias | D. H. Peligro | Jack Irons |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984) | Freaky Styley (1985) | The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987) | Mother's Milk (1989) | Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) | One Hot Minute (1995) | Californication (1999) | By the Way (2002) | Stadium Arcadium (2006) |
| EPs, Live albums and compilations: The Abbey Road E.P. (1988) | What Hits!? (1992) | Live Rare Remix Box (1994) | Out in L.A. (1994) | Under the Covers: Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers (1998) | The Best of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1998) | Greatest Hits (2003) | Live in Hyde Park (2004) |
| Singles: 1984: True Men Don't Kill Coyotes, Get Up and Jump | 1985: Jungle Man, American Ghost Dance, Catholic School Girls Rule, Hollywood (Africa) | 1987: Fight Like a Brave, Me & My Friends | 1989: Knock Me Down, Higher Ground, Taste the Pain | 1990: Show Me Your Soul | 1991: Give It Away | 1992: Under the Bridge, Suck My Kiss, Behind the Sun, Breaking the Girl | 1993: If You Have to Ask, Soul to Squeeze | 1995: Warped, My Friends | 1996: Aeroplane, Coffee Shop, Shallow Be Thy Game, Love Rollercoaster | 1999: Scar Tissue, Around the World | 2000: Otherside, Californication, Road Trippin', Parallel Universe | 2002: By the Way, The Zephyr Song | 2003: Can't Stop, Dosed, Universally Speaking, Fortune Faded | 2006: Dani California, Tell Me Baby, Snow ((Hey Oh)) | 2007: Desecration Smile, Hump de Bump |
| Other pages: Videography | Songs | B-sides Compilation |
| Related articles |
| Chain Reaction | What Is This? | Jane's Addiction | Pearl Jam | Fear | The Mars Volta | Rick Rubin | "Krusty Gets Kancelled" |
| Categories: Red Hot Chili Peppers | Red Hot Chili Peppers Songs |
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