Snow ((Hey Oh))
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| Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers from the album Stadium Arcadium |
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| B-side | "Funny Face" "I'll Be Your Domino" |
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| Released | November 20, 2006 | ||||
| Format | CD single, vinyl Digital Download |
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| Recorded | March - December 2005 at The Mansion in Los Angeles, California | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 5:34 | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Kiedis/Frusciante/Flea/Smith | ||||
| Producer | Rick Rubin | ||||
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"Snow ((Hey Oh))" is a single by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, originally released on the band's double album Stadium Arcadium on May 9, 2006.
It is a softer, more melodic song, much like the songs from By the Way. The song is driven by a rapid guitar riff by John Frusciante, and makes use of double stops on the bass by Flea.
Frusciante.net revealed that this was going to be the third of seven songs released as a single from Stadium Arcadium. Before even being released as a single, it climbed to number fifty-three in the UK iTunes top 100 on May 13.
In an interview, Tony Kaye, who also directed the video for "Dani California," told MTV he would be directing the video for the song. However, his footage wasn't used (pictures of this shoot can be seen here). Instead, Warner commissioned director Nick Wickham to shoot a new video showing the band at the 17 October and 18 October 2006 shows at Izod Center in New Jersey, along with black and white film of fans at the parking lot and lines at the live show. This video, which premiered early November 2006, can be watched on the band's official YouTube channel, here.
On January 17, 2007, "Snow ((Hey Oh))" became the band's record breaking 11th number one Modern Rock single in the United States and is the third consecutive chart-topping Modern Rock single from Stadium Arcadium.
The song is played during the credits of the second Death Note movie, Death Note: The Last Name. It was also used by ESPN in commercials for the X Games. During the summer of 2007, the song was used in a promotion for the new season of PBS's news-magazine program Frontline. It was even used in some TV Spots for the 2006 film Happy Feet.
Anthony Kiedis stated in an interview for Stadium Arcadium that the song is "about the repeated failure to start your life anew and how difficult it can be to get rid of old ways of thinking, and destructive ideas we become so attached to."[citation needed]
The song served as a theme song for the World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view, WrestleMania XXIV.[1]
[edit] Track listings and formats
CD-single
- "Snow ((Hey Oh))" – 5:34
- "Permutation" (Live) – 3:43
Maxi-single
- "Snow ((Hey Oh))" – 5:34
- "Funny Face" – 4:46
- "I'll Be Your Domino" – 3:54
International CD-single
- "Snow ((Hey Oh))" – 5:34
- "Funny Face" – 4:46
UK Picture disk
- "Snow ((Hey Oh))" – 5:34
- "Funny Face" – 4:46
iTunes Version Single
- "Snow ((Hey Oh))" – 5:34
- "Funny Face" – 4:46
- "I'll Be Your Domino" – 3:54
- "Permutation" (Live) – 3:43
[edit] References
| Preceded by "Anna-Molly" by Incubus |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single January 27, 2007 - February 24, 2007 |
Succeeded by "Pain" by Three Days Grace |
