Aeroplane (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)

"Aeroplane" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 1995 album One Hot Minute. It was the third single released from the album and a music video accompanied its release. Although the song was left off the band's Greatest Hits CD, the music video was included on the accompanying DVD.

Despite its dark lyrical themes it is one of the more accessible and upbeat songs on One Hot Minute, with a funk slap bass line and child choral vocals from Flea's daughter Clara and her classmates. The song refers to American band Mazzy Star with the lyrics "The star of Mazzy must/push her voice inside of me".

On the CD single the live B-sides "Backwoods" and "Me and My Friends" incorrectly list John Frusciante as one of the song writers. Both songs were written with Hillel Slovak before John Frusciante joined the band.

"Aeroplane" has not been performed live since Navarro's final show in 1997. Anthony Kiedis and Chad Smith discussed performing songs from the album in a 2011 interview and both acknowledged "Aeroplane" being one of the songs that was fun to play however Kieids said the album's songs didn't really fit in with the new songs being performed on the upcoming tour.

Track listing

CD single 1

1. "Aeroplane" (clean edit)
2. "Backwoods" (live)
3. "Transcending" (live)
4. "Me and My Friends" (live)

• Live tracks recorded in Rotterdam, Holland 1995

Limited Edition CD single 2

1. "Aeroplane" (album version)
2. "Suck My Kiss" (live)
3. "Suffragette City" (David Bowie) (live)

• Live tracks recorded in Rotterdam, Holland 1995

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