Red Hot Chili Peppers discography

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Red Hot Chili Peppers performing at Pinkpop Festival on June 5, 2006
Red Hot Chili Peppers performing at Pinkpop Festival on June 5, 2006

This is a comprehensive discography of Red Hot Chili Peppers, a Los Angeles, California based alternative rock band. As of April 2007, they have released nine studio albums, forty-three singles, one EP, and two box sets. This list does not include solo material performed by guitarist John Frusciante.

Red Hot Chili Peppers released their first three albums to virtually no commercial success during the mid to late 1980s.[1] It was not until their fourth album, 1989's Mother's Milk, that the band received critical attention when the album peaked at #52 on the Billboard Top 200.[2] After releasing Blood Sugar Sex Magik in 1991, the Chili Peppers broke into the mainstream. The album went on to sell over seven million copies in the United States, and became a foundation for alternative rock in the 1990s.[3][4][5] Frusciante quit the band shortly thereafter, and the band hired Dave Navarro and released One Hot Minute in 1995. Although moderately successful, it was both a commercial and critical disappointment in comparison to Blood Sugar Sex Magik.[3] Frusciante rejoined the Chili Peppers in 1998, and they released their seventh album, Californication, in 1999 which was followed by By the Way (2002) and Stadium Arcadium (2006). To date, Red Hot Chili Peppers have sold over 50 million albums worldwide.[6][7][8]

Contents

[edit] Albums

[edit] Studio albums

Released Title Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
U.S.
[2]
UK
[9]
FR
[10]
SWI
[11]
NLD
[12]
NZ
[13]
AST
[14]
GER
[15]
AUS
[16]
FN
[17]
Worldwide U.S. UK
August 10, 1984 The Red Hot Chili Peppers 300,000[18]
August 16, 1985 Freaky Styley 500,000[19]
September 29, 1987 The Uplift Mofo Party Plan 148 750,000[19] Gold[20]
August 16, 1989 Mother's Milk 52 2 million[18] Platinum[20]
September 24, 1991 Blood Sugar Sex Magik 3 25 71 10 28 5 17 12 1 16 12 million[21] 7x platinum[22] Platinum[23]
September 12, 1995 One Hot Minute 4 2 105 2 5 5 4 3 1 1 5 million[24] 2x platinum[20] Gold[25]
June 8, 1999 Californication 3 5 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 15 million[26] 5x platinum[27] 3x platinum[28]
July 9, 2002 By the Way 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 million[29] 2x platinum[20] 5x platinum[30]
May 5, 2006 Stadium Arcadium 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 million[31] 2x platinum[20] 2x platinum[32]

[edit] Compilation and live albums

Released Title Peak chart positions Certifications
U.S.
[2]
UK
[9]
AUS
[16]
FR
[10]
SWI
[11]
GER
[15]
NLD
[12]
NZ
[13]
AST
[14]
U.S. UK
September 29, 1992 What Hits!? 22 23 34 Platinum[20]
August 16, 1994 Out in L.A. 82 61 37 94 44
November 18, 2003 Greatest Hits 18 4 2 2 4 4 2 2 Platinum[20] 3x platinum[33]
July 26, 2004 Live in Hyde Park[I] 1 5 5 1 4 4 13 1 Gold[34]
  • I^ Live in Hyde Park was released only in Europe, Australia, Japan and New Zealand.[35]

[edit] Miscellania

Released Title Peak chart
NZ
[13]
December 1988 The Abbey Road E.P.[II]
August 1994 Plasma Shaft[III] 15
September 1994 Live Rare Remix Box[IV]
  • II^ The Abbey Road E.P. featured a cover of the Jimi Hendrix song "Fire", one song taken from their first album The Red Hot Chili Peppers, two from their second album Freaky Styley and one from their third album The Uplift Mofo Party Plan.[36]
  • III^ Plasma Shaft was a limited edition box set release of Blood Sugar Sex Magik, which included an additional CD containing B-sides, live tracks and demo outtakes.[37]
  • IV^ Live Rare Remix Box was a three disc box set, individually labeled "Live", "Rare", and "Remix". Each CD title represents the songs it features.

[edit] Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
U.S.
[38][39]
U.S.
Main

[38]
U.S.
Mod

[38]
UK
[9][40]
IRE
[41]
AUS
[42]
FR
[43]
SWE
[44]
SWI
[45]
NZ
[46]
U.S.
1984 "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes" The Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Get Up and Jump"
1985 "Jungle Man" Freaky Styley
"American Ghost Dance"
"Hollywood (Africa)"
1987 "Fight Like a Brave" The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
"Me and My Friends"
1989 "Knock Me Down" 6 Mother's Milk
"Higher Ground" 26 11 54 45 45
"Taste the Pain" 29
1990 "Show Me Your Soul" 10 Non-album single[V]
1991 "Give It Away" 73 1 9 19 41 49 Blood Sugar Sex Magik
"Under the Bridge" 2 2 6 13 20 1 Platinum[20]
1992 "Suck My Kiss"[VI] 15 8
"Breaking the Girl" 15 19 41 19 30
"Behind the Sun" 124 7 37 What Hits!?
1993 "If You Have to Ask" Blood Sugar Sex Magik
"Soul to Squeeze" 22 7 1 28 9 13 32 45 Non-album single[VII]
1995 "Warped" 13 7 31 12 24 33 4 One Hot Minute
"My Friends" 1 1 29 15 40 50 20
1996 "Aeroplane" 45 12 8 11 35 26
"Coffee Shop"[VIII]
"Shallow Be Thy Game"[VIII]
1999 "Scar Tissue" 9 1 1 15 16 15 29 6 15 3 Californication
"Around the World" 108 16 7 35 32 49 35
"Californication" 69 1 1 16 24 44 37 8
2000 "Otherside" 14 2 1 33 19 31 19 65 5
"Road Trippin'"[IX] 30 27 91 44
2002 "By the Way" 34 1 1 2 7 6 29 4 8 13 By the Way
"The Zephyr Song" 49 14 6 11 22 21 90 72 100 9
2003 "Can't Stop" 57 15 1 22 30 38 68 65 39 40
"Universally Speaking"[IX] 27
"Fortune Faded" 112 22 8 11 16 44 59 37 Greatest Hits
2006 "Dani California" 6 1 1 2 7 8 57 2 4 7 Platinum[20] Stadium Arcadium
"Tell Me Baby" 50 8 1 16 12 20 57 43 16
"Snow ((Hey Oh))" 22 3 1 16 13 35 19 9 10
2007 "Desecration Smile"[IX] 27 33
"Hump de Bump" 27 8 41 17 43

"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

  • V^ Originally a B-side, the song was released as a single after appearing on the Pretty Woman soundtrack.
  • VI^ "Suck My Kiss" was sold during the Australian leg of the Blood Sugar Sex Magik tour.[47]
  • VII^ Originally a B-side, the song was released as a single after it appeared on the Coneheads soundtrack.
  • VIII^ This single was released only in Australia.
  • IX^ This single was released internationally, excluding the United States.

[edit] Promotional singles

Year Title Airplay charts Album
U.S.
Main
[38]
U.S.
Mod
[38]
2000 "Parallel Universe"[X] 29 37 Californication
2003 "Dosed"[X] 13 By the Way
  • X^ "Parallel Universe" and "Dosed" were released in the United States and Canada only.

[edit] B-sides

Year A-side Song Comments
1985 "Hollywood (Africa)" "Nevermind" Appears on Freaky Styley
1987 "Fight Like a Brave" "Fire" Later appears on Mother's Milk
1989 "Knock Me Down" "Millionaires Against Hunger" Later appears on the remastered version of Freaky Styley
"Show Me Your Soul" Later released as a single in 1990
"Taste the Pain" "Castles Made of Sand" (live) Live cover of the Jimi Hendrix song
1991 "Give It Away" "Soul to Squeeze" Later released as a single in 1992
"Search and Destroy" (live) Live cover of the Iggy Pop and The Stooges song
"Under the Bridge" "Sikamikanico" Later released on the Live Rare Remix box set
"Search and Destroy" Studio cover of the Iggy Pop and The Stooges song
1992 "Suck My Kiss" "Fela's Cock" Later released on the Live Rare Remix box set
"Breaking the Girl" "Suck My Kiss" (live) Recorded live in Hamburg, Germany in 1992[48]
"I Could Have Lied" (live) Recorded live in Paris, France in 1992[48]
"Soul to Squeeze" "Nobody Weird Like Me" (live) Recorded live in Melbourne, Australia in 1991[49]
1995 "Warped" "Melancholy Mechanics"
"My Friends" "Let's Make Evil" Later released as bonus tracks on iTunes
"Stretch" Later released as bonus tracks on iTunes
1996 "Aeroplane" "Transcending" (live) Recorded live in Rotterdam, Holland in 1995[50]
"Suck My Kiss" (live) Recorded live in Rotterdam, Holland in 1995[50]
"My and My Friends" (live) Recorded live in Rotterdam, Holland in 1995[50]
"Coffee Shop" "Coffee Shop" (live) Recorded live in Sydney, Australia in 1996[51]
"Give It Away" (live) Recorded live in Sydney, Australia in 1996[51]
1999 "Scar Tissue" "Gong Li" Released on the Japanese version of Californication
"Instrumental #1"
"Around the World" "Parallel Universe" (demo)
"Teatro Jam" Recorded and mixed by Mark Howard.[52]
"Me and My Friends" Recorded live at Södra Teatern in Stockholm, Sweden in 1999[53]
"Yertle Trilogy" Recorded live for MTV Italy[54]
"Otherside" "How Strong"
"Road Trippin'" Demo version without strings section
"My Lovely Man" Recorded live in Paris, France in 1999[55]
2000 "Californication" "I Could Have Lied" (live) Recorded live in Dresden, Germany in 1999[56]
"End of Show Brisbane" Recorded live in Brisbane, Australia in 1999[56]
"Road Trippin'" "Californication" Recorded live in New York City in 2000[57]
"Under the Bridge" Recorded live in Toronto, Canada in 2000[58]
"Blood Sugar Sex Magik" Recorded live in Prague, Czech Republic in 2000[57]
"If You Have to Ask" Recorded live in Buffalo, New York in 2000[58]
2002 "By the Way" "Time" Released on the Japanese version of By the Way
"Teenager in Love" Cover of Dion and the Belmonts.
"Search and Destroy" (live) Audio version of the live track found on Off the Map
"The Zephyr Song" "Body of Water"
"Someone"
"Rivers of Avalon"
"Out of Range"
2003 "Can't Stop" "If You Have to Ask" (live) Recorded live in New York City in 2002[59]
"Christchurch Fireworks Music" End of live performance in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2002[59]
"Right on Time" (live) Recorded live in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2003[59]
"Nothing to Lose" (live) Previously unreleased B-side recorded live in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2002[59]
"Universally Speaking" "Slowly Deeply"
"Don't Forget Me" (live) Recorded live in London, England[60]
"By the Way" (live acoustic) Recorded live in London, England[60]
"Fortune Faded" "Eskimo" B-side of By the Way, recorded in 2002[61][62]
"Bunker Hill" B-side of Californication, recorded in 1999[61][62]
"Tuesday Night In Berlin" (live) Recorded live in Berlin, featuring electronic music artist Ekkehard Ehlers
"Californication" (remix) Remix of Californication by electronic music artist Ekkehard Ehlers
2006 "Dani California" "Million Miles of Water"
"Lately"
"Whatever We Want"
"Tell Me Baby" "Mercy Mercy"
"A Certain Someone"
"Lyon 06.06.06" (live) Recorded live in Lyon, France in 2006[63]
"Snow ((Hey Oh))" "Permutuation" (live) Recorded live in London, England in 2006[64]
"Funny Face"
"I'll Be Your Domino"
2007 "Desecration Smile" "Joe"
"Save This Lady"
"Funky Monks" (live) Recorded live in Camden, England in 2006[65]
"Hump de Bump" "An Opening" Concert intro from a 2007 performance in Orlando, Florida[66]

[edit] DVDs and videos

[edit] Music videos

Year Title Director[67]
1984 "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes" Graeme Whifler
1986 "Jungle Man" Lindy Goetz
"Catholic School Girls Rule" Dick Rude
1987 "Fight Like a Brave"
1989 "Higher Ground" Drew Carolan
"Knock Me Down"
1990 "Taste the Pain" Tom Stern and Alex Winter
"Show Me Your Soul" No director
1991 "Give It Away" Stéphane Sednaoui
1992 "Under the Bridge" Gus Van Sant
"Suck My Kiss" Compilation footage
"Breaking the Girl" Stéphane Sednaoui
"If You Have To Ask" Compilation Footage
"Behind the Sun" Charlie Paul
1993 "Soul to Squeeze" Kevin Kerslake
1995 "Warped" Gavin Bowden
"My Friends"[XI] Anton Corbijn
1996 "Aeroplane" Gavin Bowden
"Coffee Shop"
"Love Rollercoaster" Kevin Lofton
1999 "Scar Tissue" Stéphane Sednaoui
"Around the World"
2000 "Otherside" Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
"Californication"
"Road Trippin'"[XII]
2002 "By the Way"
"The Zephyr Song"
2003 "Can't Stop" Mark Romanek
"Universally Speaking"[XII] Dick Rude
"Fortune Faded" Laurent Briet
2006 "Dani California" Tony Kaye
"Tell Me Baby" Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
"Snow ((Hey Oh))" Nick Wickham
2007 "Desecration Smile"[XIII] Gus Van Sant
"Hump de Bump" Chris Rock
  • XI^ Initially filmed by Anton Corbijn, the band felt the video was too "artsy" and shot a more performance-oriented video after scrapping the original.[68]
  • XII^ Video was originally released internationally excluding the United States until it was featured on the Greatest Hits compilation.
  • XIII^ Video was not released in the United States.

[edit] Videos

Released Title Certifications Formats
RIAA
September 1991 Funky Monks[XIV] Gold[20] VHS, DVD
July 2001 Off the Map[XV] Gold[20] VHS, DVD
November, 2003 Live at Slane Castle[XVI] Gold[20] DVD, UMD
  • XIV^ Funky Monks was directed and compiled by Gavid Bowden, and recorded during the sessions of Blood Sugar Sex Magik.[69]
  • XV^ Off the Map was an amalgamation of concert footage of various shows from 1999 to 2001, and was compiled by Dick Rude.[70][71]
  • XVI^ Live at Slane Castle was directed and compiled by Nick Wickham at Slane Castle, County Meath, Ireland on August 23, 2003. Over 80,000 were in attendance.[72]

[edit] References

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  57. ^ a b "Road Trippin' single liner notes
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