Californication (song)
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| "Californication" | ||
|---|---|---|
| Image:Californicationsingle.jpg | ||
| Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||
| from the album Californication | ||
| Released | June 19 2000 | |
| Format | CD, Cassette, Vinyl | |
| Recorded | 1999 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 5:22 | |
| Label | Warner Bros. | |
| Producer(s) | Rick Rubin | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology | ||
| "Otherside" (2000) | "Californication" (2000) | "Road Trippin'" (2000 |
"Californication" is the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 4th single from their hit album, Californication. It was released in 2000, the song reached #61 in the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA, and #16 in the UK charts, though it remains as one of Red Hot Chili Pepper's best known songs, and is played at nearly every concert since its release.
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[edit] Track list
Californication Single CD1
- "Californication (Album Version)" – 5:21
- "I Could Have Lied (Live)" – 4:26
- "End Of Show Brisbane (Live)" – 8:11
- This version of I Could Have Lied (Live) is also on CD2 of the single
Californication Single CD2
- "Californication (Album Version)"
- "I Could Have Lied (Live)"
- "End Of State College (Live)"
[edit] Other Info
The track makes references to the decline in western society, and other topics such as pornography and plastic surgery and even some pop culture references including Star Wars, the Apollo conspiracy theory, Celebrity Skin magazine (this could also be a reference to Hole's song, "Celebrity Skin"), Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, and David Bowie's Station to Station. One line ("Tidal waves couldn't save the world from Californication") is a possible reference to either the late comedian Bill Hicks, or the Tool song Ænema, which references the work of Bill Hicks.
[edit] Music video
Californication is a unique video in that it takes the form of a video game from the point of view of the player. The video itself bears resemblance to many games, including Tomb Raider, Grand Theft Auto, Crazy Taxi, SSX, Resident Evil and the railcar level of Donkey Kong 64.
Whenever a character (they all have different journeys) picks up the Chili Pepper's Logo, the scene cuts to a full view of the members playing.
John starts off on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He bumps into a celebrity, and jumps over three security guards, then picks up an asterisk.
Chad is seen snowboarding down a hill (although he has never ridden a snowboard in real life). He falls into a ravine, but lands on a train.
Anthony starts off swimming in an ocean, passing sharks and swimmers and picks up an asterisk. He gets out riding a shark and lands in his car. The registration plate on the car says "GERMS", which is a reference to The Germs, the band that Kiedis listened to as he grew up.
Flea is seen in Muir Woods, and is about to pick up an asterisk, but he can't get past a bear guarding it, although he helps it out by kicking down a hunter about to shoot it. He goes on a mine-cart ride, and goes to another asterisk, but it's guarded by a pregnant teen. He then gets surrounded by a horde of lumberjacks, but he jumps on top of a tree and sees all the other trees fall.
Meanwhile, John goes to a movie set, and ducks and weaves through a sci-fi film, a porno, and stops in a set apparently filming a biographical film about Leonardo da Vinci (John has an interest in da Vinci and his works). He sees a theorised flying machine being used.
Chad is meanwhile seen snowboarding on the Golden Gate Bridge, using it as a grind rail.
Anthony is in the same scene, driving around San Francisco. He drives underwater, and then jumps through the hole of a giant doughnut. His car falls off a cliff and he lands on a giant dragonfly, being harnessed by Flea, who rides it to the sky, where John is riding a da Vinci flying machine, and Chad is doing snowboarding tricks. Anthony eventually falls off, and lands in a poppy field, and the flowers grow huge, but he finds an asterisk.
Much later, there is a big earthquake, and a city is falling apart. All the band members narrowly escape death from falling buildings and car crashes. The video ends with all the band members falling into the center of the earth, finding a cube, touching it, and turning from computer graphics to real people.
[edit] Sample clip
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- Sample of "Californication" from Californication
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