RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - A CERTAIN SOMEONE

A CERTAIN SOMEONE

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

SONGWRITER: ANTHONY KIEDIS

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: TELL ME BABY

LABEL: WARNER RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 2006

 

       The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983. Their music incorporates elements of alternative rock, funk, punk rock and psychedelic rock. The band consists of vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist John Frusciante. With over 80 million records sold worldwide, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of the best-selling bands of all time. They are the most successful band in the history of alternative rock, with the records for most number-one singles (13), most cumulative weeks at number one (85) and most top-ten songs (25) on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. and in 2012 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

    The Red Hot Chili Peppers were formed in Los Angeles by Kiedis, Flea, guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons. Because of commitments to other bands, Slovak and Irons did not play on the band's 1984 self-titled debut album, which instead featured guitarist Jack Sherman and drummer Cliff Martinez. Slovak rejoined for their second album, Freaky Styley (1985), and Irons for their third, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan(1987). Slovak died of a drug overdose on June 25, 1988; Irons, devastated, left the band.

     With new recruits Frusciante and Smith, the Red Hot Chili Peppers recorded Mother's Milk(1989) and their first major commercial success, Blood Sugar Sex Magik(1991). Frusciante was uncomfortable with their newfound popularity and left abruptly on tour in 1992; he was replaced by Dave Navarro, who appeared on the group's sixth album, One Hot Minute(1995). Although successful, the album failed to match the critical or popular acclaim of its predecessor. Frusciante and Kiedis struggled with drug addiction throughout the 1990s.

      In 1998, following Navarro's departure, Frusciante rejoined the band. Their seventh album, Californication(1999), became their biggest commercial success, with 16 million copies sold worldwide. By the Way(2002) and Stadium Arcadium(2006) were also successful; Stadium Arcadium was their first album to reach number one on the Billboard 200 chart. Frusciante left again in 2009 to focus on his solo career; he was replaced by Josh Klinghoffer, who appeared on I'm with You(2011) and The Getaway(2016), before Frusciante rejoined in 2019.

When it will come around

The wind that... will inspire

 

When will it make a sound

The sound... I desire

 

'Cause we all need something to do

A certain something... that's true

 

Floating upstream I've seen

The spider and the snake

A trip without pause when

I saw... my mistake

 

'Cause we all need something to do

A certain something... that's true

 

All my life... I have known who I am

A troubled man but I stand

 

All my life I have seen what it means

To be myself in this dream

 

'Cause we all need something to do

A certain someone... that's you.