"Californication"
Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers from the album Californication
Released	June 19, 2000
Format	CD, Cassette, Vinyl
Recorded	1999
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	5:21
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Rick Rubin
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology
"Otherside" (2000) "Californication" (2000) "Road Trippin'" (2000)

"Californication" is the Red Hot Chili Peppers' fourth single from their seventh studio album, Californication. Released in 2000, the song reached #69 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA, and #16 on the UK charts, and hit #1 on both US Modern Tracks and US Mainstream Rock Tracks. It is notable for its sparse combination of guitar and bass notes in the intro, and its unique music video. Image File history File links Californicationsingle. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. ... Californication is the seventh studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on June 8, 1999 on Warner Bros. ... is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... CD redirects here. ... Typical 60-minute Compact Cassette. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Alternative music redirects here. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Warner Bros. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Frederick Jay (Rick) Rubin (born March 10, 1963 in Lido Beach, New York) is an American record producer and is currently the co-head of Columbia Records. ... Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. ... For articles with similar titles, see The Other Side. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Road Trippin is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 1999 album, Californication. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. ... Californication is the seventh studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on June 8, 1999 on Warner Bros. ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ...

Song info

The song is mainly about the dark side of Hollywood. The song opens to the "Psychic spies from China try to steal your mind's elation." Kiedis says in his book Scar Tissue" that he got the inspiration for the lyric from when he was in New Zealand and her heard a woman on the street ranting about there being psychic spies in China.'The track also 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 ("Alderaan's not far away"), Star Trek, ("Space may be the final frontier, but it's made in a Hollywood basement"), Celebrity Skin magazine ("Celebrity Skin is this your chin", although this could also be a reference to Hole's song, "Celebrity Skin"), Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain ("Cobain can you hear the spheres"), and David Bowie's Station to Station ("Songs off Station to Station"). The line "teenage bride with a baby inside" refers to the fictional character Dani California, who is also mentioned in later songs By the Way and the eponymous Dani California. The song's riff closely resembles the song "Elevation" off of "Marquee Moon" by Television. Porn redirects here. ... For the album by The Huntingtons, see Plastic Surgery (album). ... Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ... This article is about the series. ... In the fictional Star Wars universe, Alderaan is the home of Princess Leia, Bail Organa and also, in 4000 BBY, Ulic Qel Droma who fought in the Great Sith War. ... This article is about the entire Star Trek franchise. ... | Celebrity Skin is a pornographic magazine which specializes in showcasing naked or semi naked celebrities; it shouldnt be confused with its rival Celebrity Sleuth. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Celebrity Skin is a song by Hole from the Celebrity Skin album. ... This article is about the American grunge band. ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. ... David Bowie (IPA: []) (born David Robert Jones on 1947 January 8) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ... For the David Bowie album, click here. ... Singles from By the Way Released: 2002 Released: December 3, 2002 Released: February 17, 2003 Released: 2003 Released: 2003 By the Way is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on July 9, 2002 on Warner Bros. ... Dani California is the first single from the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers ninth studio album, Stadium Arcadium. ... Marquee Moon was Televisions 1977 (see 1977 in music) debut album. ...

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, Panzer Dragoon, SSX, Resident Evil, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and the railcar level of Donkey Kong 64. A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ... For the movie staring Angelina Jolie, see Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. ... Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is a video game series created and primarily developed by Scottish developer Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design), published by Rockstar Games and debuted in 1998. ... Crazy Taxi is a video game developed by Hitmaker and published by Sega. ... Panzer Dragoon is a series of video games by SEGA, created first by its internal Team Andromeda and later, the Smilebit development team. ... This article is about the first installment in the series of video games. ... Resident Evil, known in Japan as Biohazard ), is a survival horror video game by Capcom and is the inaugural title and 1st installment in the Resident Evil series. ... Tony Hawks Pro Skater (THPS), released as Tony Hawks Skateboarding in Europe, is a skateboarding video game, and the first in the Tony Hawks series. ... A railcar (not to be confused with a railway car) is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers. ... Donkey Kong 64 is a 3D platformer video game developed by Rare for the Nintendo 64. ...

The following statistics are presented for each member of the band at the beginning of the video.

Guitarist John Frusciante starts off on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He bumps into a celebrity, and jumps over three security guards, then picks up an asterisk. The action pauses and cuts to a shot of the band playing on top of a hill for a few seconds. This happens each time a band member picks up an asterisk, which is the logo of the band. John Anthony Frusciante (IPA pronunciation: ) (born March 5, 1970) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer. ... Buskers perform on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... This article is about the typographical symbol. ...

Chad Smith, the Chili Peppers' drummer, 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. For other persons named Chad Smith, see Chad Smith (disambiguation). ... Snowboarder in a half-pipe Snowboarder riding off cornice Snowboarding contributes greatly to the economies of ski resorts Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a snow-covered slope on a snowboard that is attached to ones feet using a boot/binding interface. ...

Lead singer Anthony Kiedis 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. Anthony Kiedis (born November 1, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter. ... Animated map exhibiting the worlds oceanic waters. ... For other uses, see Shark (disambiguation). ... The Germs are a punk rock band from Los Angeles formed in the late 1970s. ...

Flea, the bassist, 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 (Dani of Dani California and By the Way, also mentioned in this song as "getting high on information"). He then gets surrounded by a horde of lumberjacks, but he jumps on top of a tree and sees all the other trees fall. Michael Balzary aka Flea Flea (born Michael Peter Balzary on October 16, 1962 in Burwood, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia) is the bassist for the alternative funk band Red Hot Chili Peppers. ... Muir Woods National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service in Marin County, California, 12 miles (19 km) north of San Francisco. ... For other uses, see Bear (disambiguation). ... Teenage pregnancy refers to the controversial social issue of teenage girls getting pregnant. ... Dani is the name of a fictional girl appearing in several songs by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. ... Dani California is the first single from the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers ninth studio album, Stadium Arcadium. ... By the Way is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their eighth studio album, By the Way. ... Lumberjack is the traditional name of a person, almost always a man, who makes his living cutting down trees. ...

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 theorized flying machine being used. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... “Da Vinci” redirects here. ...

Chad is meanwhile seen snowboarding on the Golden Gate Bridge, using it as a grind rail. The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. ...

Anthony is in the same scene, driving around San Francisco. He drives underwater, and then jumps through the hole of a giant doughnut (A reference to Randy's Donuts shop in LA) 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 the 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. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Look up Hole in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Randys Donuts is a landmark building in Inglewood, California near Los Angeles International Airport that dates back to a period during the mid-20th Century that saw a proliferation of kitschy buildings throughout Southern California that were made in the shape of the products they sold. ... Randys Donuts is a landmark building in Inglewood, California near Los Angeles International Airport that dates back to a period during the mid-20th Century that saw a proliferation of kitschy buildings throughout Southern California that were made in the shape of the products they sold. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... “Precipice” redirects here. ... This article is about the insect. ... For other uses, see Sky (disambiguation). ... This article is about the plant. ...

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. (Flea falls through an asterisk while falling to the center of the Earth) This article is about the scientific discipline of computer graphics. ...

The video is directed by the prolific husband-wife directorial team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Dayton and Faris during the making of Little Miss Sunshine Jonathan Dayton (born 7 July 1957 in Alameda County, California) and Valerie Faris (born 20 October 1958 in Los Angeles County, California) are an award-winning team of music video directors who have also moved into directing theatrical films. ...

There is a link between this video clip and the experience of relapsing into a drug addiction that Anthony describes in his book, Scar Tissue: Scar Tissue is the autobiography of Red Hot Chili Peppers vocalist Anthony Kiedis. ...

"... The chase is always exciting. There are cops and bad guys and freaks and hookers. You're diving into a big insidious video game, but again, you're being tricked into thinking that you're doing something cool, since the price is always bigger than the payoff. You immediately give up your love and your light and your beauty, and you become a dark black hole in the universe, sucking up bad energy and not walking around putting a smile on someone's face..."

Track list

CD Single 1

1. "Californication" - 5:21
2. "I Could Have Lied" (Live) - 4:26
3. "End Of Show Brisbane" (Live) - 8:11

CD Single 2

1. "Californication" - 5:21
2. "I Could Have Lied" (Live) - 4:26
3. "End Of Show State College" (Live) - 9:27

Ep. 1

1. "Californication" - 5:21
2. "End Of Show Brisbane" (Live) - 8:11
3. "I Could Have Lied" (Live) - 4:26
4. "End Of Show State College" (Live) - 9:27

Sample clip

Californication Image File history File links Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers_-_Californication. ...

Sample of "Californication" from Californication

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