The Zephyr Song
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| Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers from the album By the Way |
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| B-side | "Body of Water" "Someone" "Out of Range" "Rivers of Avalon" |
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| Released | December 3rd 2002 | ||||
| Format | CD Single, vinyl | ||||
| Recorded | 2002 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 3:53 | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | ||||
| Producer | Rick Rubin | ||||
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"The Zephyr Song" was the second single released for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' eighth studio album By the Way. The song, as a single, was released in two parts. Both editions held two previously unheard-of B-sides, making it, collectively, hold four non-LP tracks. This is the largest amount of accumulated unreleased studio recorded B-sides any solitary single the Red Hot Chili Peppers have ever released. Coincidentally, it is also one of their rarest singles, regularly fetching prices above 100 dollars.
During the By the Way tour, the song was played extensively at virtually all live concerts. Since the release of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' newest album, Stadium Arcadium (and its subsequent tour), however, "The Zephyr Song" has since been completely removed and detached from any set lists. It has not been played once since 2005. It has also had a significant amount of online discussion in a few forums that the song is actually about the act of Dogging (sexual slang).
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[edit] Music video
The music video, released on December 3rd, 2002, was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The couple has collaborated with the band on numerous other videos. It is generally suggestive and reminiscent of a kaleidoscope, by utilizing the same circular and intertwining figures in order to illustrate the psychedelic feel the band was aiming for.
| “ | John [Frusciante] and Flea wanted something incredibly, just kind of obscure and psychedelic. Finding true psychedelia in this day and age is really hard to do, because everyone wants to rely on computers and all the stuff that really doesn't know how to find the core of psychedelia. So I had my reservations, but, uh, there are some moments in this video where I think it's captured[1] | ” |
[edit] Track listing
CD single
- "The Zephyr Song" – 3:52
- "Body of Water" (Previously Unreleased) – 4:41
- "Someone" (Previously Unreleased) – 3:24
CD single 2
- "The Zephyr Song" – 3:52
- "Out of Range" (Previously Unreleased) – 3:58
- "Rivers of Avalon" (Previously Unreleased) – 3:39
CD single 3
- "The Zephyr Song" – 3:52
- "Out of Range" (Previously Unreleased) – 3:58
7" vinyl
- "The Zephyr Song" – 3:52
- "Out of Range" (Previously Unreleased) – 3:58
[edit] Pressing error
There is a pressing error on the UK versions of The Zephyr Song CD1 and CD2 singles. The CDs and inlays have matching catalogue numbers but the b-sides listed on the inlay are on the opposite disc to the one included with the inlay. Retailers began to switch the CDs in the cases to correct the problem but the catalogue numbers on the CDs were then mismatched with the inlay numbers.
[edit] References
- ^ Anthony Kiedis - The Making Of; The Zephyr Song. Red Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits
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