Aeroplane (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)

For the Reamonn single, see Aeroplane (Reamonn song).
For the musician, see Aeroplane (musician).
"Aeroplane"
Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers
from the album One Hot Minute
Released March 14, 1996[1]
Format CD
Recorded 1995
Genre Funk rock, alternative rock
Length 4:45 (Album Version)
4:10 (Single Edit)
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Dave Navarro, Chad Smith
Producer(s) Rick Rubin
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology
"My Friends"
(1995)		 "Aeroplane"
(1996)		 "Shallow Be Thy Game"
(1996)
Music video
"Aeroplane" on YouTube

"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 album, the music video was included on the accompanying DVD.

Background

Despite its dark lyrical themes it is regarded as the most accessible and upbeat song on One Hot Minute, with a funk slap bass line and child choral vocals from Flea's daughter Clara and her classmates. The second verse of the song refers to American band Mazzy Star's song "Into Dust" and its lead singer Hope Sandoval with the lyrics "Hey girl, I'm turning into dust again/My melancholy baby/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 and Chad Smith as co-writers of the songs. Both songs were written with Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons before John Frusciante and Chad Smith joined the band.

The single peaked number 8 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart where "My Friends" hit number 1 and "Warped" hit number 7. It was the only crossover hit from the album hitting number 30 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart where the other 2 singles failed to do. It was also the highest charting single in the UK from the album, peaking at number 11.

On February 6, 2016, at Pier 70 in San Francisco, the song was performed for the first time since 1997. While the song didn't make a full return to the band's shows, it was performed a few times on The Getaway World Tour. "Aeroplane" marked the first time a song from One Hot Minute (other than Flea's solo song "Pea") was performed in nineteen years.

Track listing

CD single 1
  1. "Aeroplane" (clean edit)
  2. "Backwoods" (live) (contains intro tease of "Come As You Are")
  3. "Transcending" (live) (contains intro tease of "Hey Joe")
  4. "Me and My Friends" (live)
Limited edition CD single 2
  1. "Aeroplane" (album version)
  2. "Suck My Kiss" (live)
  3. "Suffragette City" (David Bowie) (live)

Chart positions

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 35
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[3] 48
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[4] 1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] 26
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[6] 11
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[7] 30
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[8] 12
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[9] 8

References

  1. ↑ "RHCP Timeline". Redhotchilipeppers.com. 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  2. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Red Hot Chili Peppers – Aeroplane". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2939." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 2931." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Red Hot Chili Peppers – Aeroplane". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Red Hot Chili Peppers: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Red Hot Chili Peppers – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for Red Hot Chili Peppers. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Red Hot Chili Peppers – Chart history" Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs for Red Hot Chili Peppers. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Red Hot Chili Peppers – Chart history" Billboard Alternative Songs for Red Hot Chili Peppers. Retrieved November 19, 2016.

External links

Preceded by
"Zero" by The Smashing Pumpkins		 Canadian RPM Alternative 30 number-one single
April 1, 1996 		Succeeded by
"Big Bang Baby" by Stone Temple Pilots
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