Suck My Kiss
"Suck My Kiss" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was released as the third single from their fifth studio album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik. "Suck My Kiss" was released in 1992 as an airplay single in the United States and as a physical single in Australia and New Zealand. It reached the top 10 in the two latter countries and peaked at number 15 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. A music video was made for the song using footage from the Funky Monks documentary directed by Gavin Bowden. It also featured shots in shades of red of the American army returning from the Gulf War, revealed by Anthony Kiedis on the audio commentary in the band Greatest Videos compilation. The song was included on the band's Greatest Hits compilation.
"Suck My Kiss" | ||||
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Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||||
from the album Blood Sugar Sex Magik | ||||
B-side |
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Released | May 1, 1992[1] | |||
Recorded | 1991 | |||
Genre | Funk rock[2] | |||
Length | 3:37 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith | |||
Producer(s) | Rick Rubin | |||
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Suck My Kiss" on YouTube |
Track listings
CD single (1992) limited tour edition Australia
- "Suck My Kiss" (album version)
- "Search and Destroy" (non-LP track)
- "Fela's Cock" (non-LP track)
CD promo single/7" inch single (1992)
- "Suck My Kiss" (radio version)
- "Suck My Kiss" (album version)
Personnel
Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Anthony Kiedis – vocals
- Flea – bass
- John Frusciante – guitar
- Chad Smith – drums
Additional musicians
- Brendan O'Brien – Hammond B3 organ
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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In media and popular culture
The song was voted number five in a Rolling Stone readers' poll on Red Hot Chili Peppers songs.[8]
The song appears in episodes of Beavis and Butt-head and Hindsight, as well as the video games Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and NBA 2K15 "Yakkem Trailer" and the latter's soundtrack album. Along with the rest of the Blood Sugar Sex Magik album, the song was formerly a downloadable track in the Rock Band series. A remixed instrumental based on the song is often used as royalty free production music.
A line was used in the Japanese TV show Tamori Club, in a segment called "Soramimi Hour", in which non-Japanese songs are interpreted into Japanese, according to phonetics. The line "Should have been, could have been, would have been..." from the first verse was interpreted as 白便 黒便 和田勉 (Shiro ben, kuro ben, Wada Ben'), which translates to: "White excrement, black excrement, Ben Wada").
The song was covered by Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine on his 2000 album, Lounge Against the Machine.
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-02-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Picks and Pans Review: By the Way". People. Vol. 58 no. 3. July 15, 2002. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- "Australian-charts.com – Red Hot Chili Peppers – Suck My Kiss". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
- "Charts.nz – Red Hot Chili Peppers – Suck My Kiss". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
- "Red Hot Chili Peppers Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
- Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- "End of Year Charts 1992". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- "Readers' Poll: The Best Red Hot Chili Peppers Songs of All Time". Retrieved 15 June 2012.