Complete List Of Red Hot Chili Peppers Songs From A to Z

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers, a renowned American rock band, were formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The founding members included Anthony Kiedis (vocals), Flea (bass), Hillel Slovak (guitar), and Jack Irons (drums). Over the years, the band’s lineup has changed multiple times, with Flea and Kiedis being the consistent core members. Notably, guitarist John Frusciante and drummer Chad Smith became key contributors to the band’s signature sound, which blends funk, rock, punk, and psychedelic influences.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have released thirteen studio albums, beginning with their self-titled debut in 1984. Their breakthrough came with Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991), which included hits like “Under the Bridge” and “Give It Away.” Subsequent albums, such as Californication (1999), By the Way (2002), and Stadium Arcadium (2006), solidified their position as one of the most successful and influential bands in modern rock. Stadium Arcadium debuted at No. 1 in multiple countries and earned the band seven Grammy Award nominations.

The band has received numerous accolades, including six Grammy Awards and an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Their global record sales exceed 120 million, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. Chart success includes chart-topping singles like “Scar Tissue,” “Dani California,” and “Californication,” with many songs becoming staples of alternative and mainstream rock radio.

This overview sets the stage for an A-to-Z exploration of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ extensive song catalog, celebrating their dynamic contributions to music and their lasting influence across generations.

Complete List Of Red Hot Chili Peppers Songs From A to Z

A – C

“21st Century” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Aquatic Mouth Dance” – Unlimited Love (2022)
“Aeroplane” – One Hot Minute (1995)
“The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie” – I’m with You (2011)
“Afterlife” – Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)
“American Ghost Dance” – Freaky Styley (1985)
“An Opening” – B-side of “Hump de Bump” (2007)
“Animal Bar” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Annie Wants a Baby” – I’m with You (2011)
“Apache Rose Peacock” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
“Around the World” – Californication (1999)
“Baby Appeal” – The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)
“Bag of Grins” – Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)
“Backwoods” – The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
“Bastards of Light” – Unlimited Love (2022)
“Battleship” – Freaky Styley (1985)
“Bella” – Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)
“Behind the Sun” – The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
“Beverly Hills” – The Bridge School Collection, Vol.1 (2006)
“Bicycle Song” – By the Way (deluxe edition) (2006)
“Black Cross” – Live in Hyde Park (2004)
“Brandy” – Live in Hyde Park (2004)
“Black Summer” – Unlimited Love (2022)
“Blackeyed Blonde” – Freaky Styley (1985)
“Blood Sugar Sex Magik” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
“Blues for Meister” – Out in L.A. (1994)
“Bob” – One Hot Minute (deluxe edition) (2006)
“Body of Water” – B-side of “The Zephyr Song” (2002)
“Brave from Afar” – I’m with You Sessions (2013)
“Breaking the Girl” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
“Brendan’s Death Song” – I’m with You (2011)
“The Brothers Cup” – Freaky Styley (1985)
“Buckle Down” – The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)
“Bunker Hill” – B-side of “Fortune Faded” (2003)
“By the Way” – By the Way (2002)
“C’mon Girl” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Cabron” – By the Way (2002)
“Californication” – Californication (1999)
“Can’t Stop” – By the Way (2002)
“Carry Me Home” – Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)
“Castles Made of Sand” – Out in L.A. (1994)
“Catch My Death” – I’m with You Sessions (2013)
“Catholic School Girls Rule” – Freaky Styley (1985)
“A Certain Someone” – B-side of “Tell Me Baby” (2006)
“Charlie” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Christchurch Fireworks Music” – B-side of “Can’t Stop” (2002)
“Coffee Shop” – One Hot Minute (1995)
“Copperbelly” – Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)
“Crosstown Traffic” – Mother’s Milk (2003 remastered edition)

D – G

“Dance, Dance, Dance” – I’m with You (2011)
“Dani California” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Dark Necessities” – The Getaway (2016)
“Death of a Martian” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Deck the Halls” – Out in L.A. (1994)
“Deep Kick” – One Hot Minute (1995)
“Desecration Smile” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Detroit” – The Getaway (2016)
“Did I Let You Know” – I’m with You (2011)
“Don’t Forget Me” – By the Way (2002)
“Dosed” – By the Way (2002)
“Dreams of a Samurai” – The Getaway (2016)
“Drum Homage Medley” – Live in Hyde Park (2004)
“The Drummer” – Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)
“Dr. Funkenstein” – Under the Covers: Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers (1998)
“Easily” – Californication (1999)
“Eddie” – Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)
“Emit Remmus” – Californication (1999)
“Encore” – The Getaway (2016)
“End of Show Brisbane” – B-side of “Californication” (2000)
“End of Show State College” – B-side of “Californication” (2000)
“Eskimo” – B-side of “Fortune Faded” (2003)
“Especially in Michigan” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Ethiopia” – I’m with You (2011)
“Even You Brutus?” – I’m with You (2011)
“Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP (2012)
“Factory of Faith” – I’m with You (2011)
“Fake as Fu@k” – Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)
“Falling into Grace” – One Hot Minute (1995)
“Fat Dance” – Californication (deluxe edition) (2006)
“Feasting on the Flowers” – The Getaway (2016)
“Fela’s Cock” – B-side of “Breaking the Girl” (1992)
“Fight Like a Brave” – The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
“Fire” – Mother’s Milk (1989)
“Flea Fly” – Out in L.A. (1994)
“Flea’s Trumpet Treated by John” – Live in Hyde Park (2004)
“Fortune Faded” – Greatest Hits (2003)
“Freaky Styley” – Freaky Styley (1985)
“F.U.” – Out in L.A. (1994)
“Funky Crime” – The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
“Funky Monks” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
“Funny Face” – B-side of “Snow (Hey Oh)” (2006)
“Get on Top” – Californication (1999)
“Get Up and Jump” – The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)
“The Getaway” – The Getaway (2016)
“Give It Away” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
“Go Robot” – The Getaway (2016)
“Gong Li” – B-side of “Scar Tissue” (1999)
“Good Time Boys” – Mother’s Milk (1989)
“Goodbye Angels” – The Getaway (2016)
“Goodbye Hooray” – I’m with You (2011)
“Grand Pappy du Plenty” – The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)
“The Great Apes” – Unlimited Love (2022)
“Green Heaven” – The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)
“The Greeting Song” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik

H – L

“Hanalei” – I’m with You Sessions (2013)
“Handful” – Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)
“Happiness Loves Company” – I’m with You (2011)
“Hard to Concentrate” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Havana Affair” – We’re a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones (2003)
“The Heavy Wing” – Unlimited Love (2022)
“Here Ever After” – Unlimited Love (2022)
“Hey” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Higher Ground” – Mother’s Milk (1989)
“Hollywood (Africa)” – Freaky Styley (1985)
“Hometown Gypsy” – I’m with You Sessions (2012)
“How It Ends” – I’m with You Sessions (2013)
“How Strong” – B-side of “Otherside” (2000)
“Hump de Bump” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“The Hunter” – The Getaway (2016)
“I Could Die for You” – By the Way (2002)
“I Could Have Lied” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
“I Feel Love” – Live in Hyde Park (2004)
“I Found Out” – Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon (1995)
“I Get Around” – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP (2012)
“I Just Want to Have Something to Do” – The Bridge School Collection, Vol.1 (2006)
“I Like Dirt” – Californication (1999)
“I’ll Be Your Domino” – B-side of “Snow (Hey Oh)” (2006)
“If” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“If You Have to Ask” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
“If You Want Me to Stay” – Freaky Styley (1985)
“In Love Dying” – I’m with You Sessions (2013)
“In the Snow” – Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)
“Instrumental #1” – B-side of “Scar Tissue” (1999)
“Instrumental #2” – Californication (Australian edition) (1999)
“It’s Only Natural” – Unlimited Love (2022)
“Joe” – B-side of “Desecration Smile” and “Hump de Bump” (2007)
“Johnny, Kick a Hole in the Sky” – Mother’s Milk (1989)
“Jungle Man” – Freaky Styley (1985)
“Knock Me Down” – Mother’s Milk (1989)
“La La La La La La La La” – Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)
“Lately” – B-side of “Dani California” (2006)
“Let ‘Em Cry” – Unlimited Love (2022)
“Let’s Make Evil” – B-side of “My Friends” (1995)
“Leverage of Space” – Live in Hyde Park (2004)
“Little Miss Lover” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (deluxe edition) (2006)
“Look Around” – I’m with You (2011)
“Long Progression” – I’m with You Sessions (2012)
“The Longest Wave” – The Getaway (2016)
“Love of Your Life” – I’m with You Sessions (2012)
“Love Rollercoaster” – Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (soundtrack) (1996)
“Love Trilogy” – The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
“Lovin’ and Touchin'” – Freaky Styley (1985)
“Lyon 6.6.06” – B-side of “Tell Me Baby” (2006)

M – R

“Make You Feel Better” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Magic Johnson” – Mother’s Milk (1989)
“Magpies on Fire” – I’m with You Sessions (2012)
“Me and My Friends” – The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
“Meet Me at the Corner” – I’m with You (2011)
“Mellowship Slinky in B Major” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
“Melancholy Mechanics” – B-side of “Warped” (1995)
“Mercy Mercy” – B-side of “Tell Me Baby” (2006)
“Midnight” – By the Way (2002)
“Million Miles of Water” – B-side of “Dani California” (2006)
“Millionaires Against Hunger” – B-side of “Higher Ground” (1989)
“Mini-Epic (Kill for Your Country)” – Cardiff, Wales: 6/23/04 (2015)
“Minor Thing” – By the Way (2002)
“Mommy Where’s Daddy?” – The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)
“Monarchy of Roses” – I’m with You (2011)
“My Cigarette” – Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)
“My Friends” – One Hot Minute (1995)
“My Lovely Man” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
“Naked in the Rain” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
“Nerve Flip” – Unlimited Love (Japanese bonus track) (2022)
“Never Is a Long Time” – I’m with You Sessions (2012)
“Nevermind” – Freaky Styley (1985)
“No Chump Love Sucker” – The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
“Nobody Weird Like Me” – Mother’s Milk (1989)
“Not the One” – Unlimited Love (2022)
“Nothing to Lose” – B-side of “Can’t Stop” (2003)
“On Mercury” – By the Way (2002)
“One Big Mob” – One Hot Minute (1995)
“One Hot Minute” – One Hot Minute (1995)
“One Way Traffic” – Unlimited Love (2022)
“Open/Close” – I’m with You Sessions (2013)
“Organic Anti-Beat Box Band” – The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
“Otherside” – Californication (1999)
“Out in L.A.” – The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)
“Out of Range” – B-side of “The Zephyr Song” (2002)
“Over Funk” – Californication (deluxe edition) (2006)
“Parallel Universe” – Californication (1999)
“Party on Your Pussy” – The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
“Peace and Love” – Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)
“Permutation” – B-side of “Snow (Hey Oh)” (2006)
“Pink as Floyd” – I’m with You Sessions (2013)
“Pea” – One Hot Minute (1995)
“Police Helicopter” – The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)
“Police Station” – I’m with You (2011)
“Politician (Mini Rap)” – B-side of “Higher Ground” (1989)
“Porcelain” – Californication (1999)
“Poster Child” – Unlimited Love (2022)
“The Power of Equality” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
“Pretty Little Ditty” – Mother’s Milk (1989)
“Punk Rock Classic” – Mother’s Milk (1989)
“Purple Stain” – Californication (1999)
“Quixoticelixer” – Californication (deluxe edition) (2006)
“Reach Out” – Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)
“Readymade” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Right on Time” – Californication (1999)
“The Righteous & the Wicked” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
“Rivers of Avalon” – B-side of “The Zephyr Song” (2002)
“Road Trippin'” – Californication (1999)
“Rolling Sly Stone” – Live in Hyde Park (2004)
“Roulette” – Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)
“Runaway” – By the Way (deluxe edition) (2006)

S – Z

“Salute to Kareem” (demo) – Mother’s Milk (2003 remastered edition) (2003)
“Save the Population” – Greatest Hits (2003)
“Save This Lady” – B-side of “Desecration Smile” (2007)
“Savior” – Californication (1999)
“Scar Tissue” – Californication (1999)
“Search and Destroy” – B-side of “Give It Away” (1991)
“Sex Rap” – Freaky Styley (1985)
“Sexy Mexican Maid” – Mother’s Milk (1989)
“Shallow Be Thy Game” – One Hot Minute (1995)
“The Shape I’m Takin'” – Return of the Dream Canteen (Japanese CD bonus track) (2022)
“She Looks to Me” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“She’s a Lover” – Unlimited Love (2022)
“She’s Only 18” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Shoot Me a Smile” – Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)
“Show Me Your Soul” – Pretty Woman (soundtrack) (1990)
“Sick Love” – The Getaway (2016)
“Sikamikanico” – B-side of “Under the Bridge” (1992)
“Sir Psycho Sexy” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
“Skinny Sweaty Man” – The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
“Slow Cheetah” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Slowly Deeply” – B-side of “Universally Speaking” (2002)
“Snow (Hey Oh)” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“So Much I” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Someone” – B-side of “The Zephyr Song” (2002)
“Song That Made Us What We Are Today” (demo) – Mother’s Milk (2003 remastered edition) (2003)
“Soul to Squeeze” – Coneheads (soundtrack) (1993)
“Stadium Arcadium” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Stone Cold Bush” – Mother’s Milk (1989)
“Storm in a Teacup” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Stranded” – Out in L.A. (1994)
“Strange Man” – I’m with You Sessions (2012)
“Stretch” – B-side of “My Friends” (1995)
“Strip My Mind” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Subterranean Homesick Blues” – The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
“Subway to Venus” – Mother’s Milk (1989)
“Suck My Kiss” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
“Suffragette City” – B-side of “Aeroplane” (1995)
“The Sunset Sleeps” – I’m with You Sessions (2012)
“Tangelo” – Unlimited Love (2022)
“Taste the Pain” – Mother’s Milk (1989)
“Tear” – By the Way (2002)
“Tearjerker” – One Hot Minute (1995)
“Teatro Jam” – B-side of “Around the World” (1999)
“Teenager in Love” – B-side of “By the Way” (2002)
“Tell Me Baby” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“These Are the Ways” – Unlimited Love (2022)
“They’re Red Hot” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
“Thirty Dirty Birds” – Freaky Styley (1985)
“This Is the Kitt” – I’m with You Sessions (2013)
“This Is the Place” – By the Way (2002)
“This Velvet Glove” – Californication (1999)
“This Ticonderoga” – The Getaway (2016)
“Throw Away Your Television” – By the Way (2002)
“Time” – B-side of “By the Way” (2002)
“Tiny Dancer” – Under the Covers: Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers (1998)
“Tippa My Tongue” – Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)
“Torture Me” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Transcending” – One Hot Minute (1995)
“True Men Don’t Kill Coyotes” – The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)
“Tuesday Night in Berlin” – B-side of “Fortune Faded” (2003)
“Turn It Again” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Under the Bridge” – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
“Universally Speaking” – By the Way (2002)
“Venice Queen” – By the Way (2002)
“Veronica” – Unlimited Love (2022)
“Victorian Machinery” – I’m with You Sessions (2013)
“Walkabout” – One Hot Minute (1995)
“Walkin’ on Down the Road” – The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
“Warlocks” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“Warm Tape” – By the Way (2002)
“Warped” – One Hot Minute (1995)
“We Believe” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“We Turn Red” – The Getaway (2016)
“Wet Sand” – Stadium Arcadium (2006)
“What Is Soul?” – B-side of “By the Way” (2002)
“What It Is” – Out in L.A. (1994)
“Whatchu Thinkin'” – Unlimited Love (2022)
“Whatever We Want” – B-side of “Dani California” (2006)
“White Braids & Pillow Chair” – Unlimited Love (2022)
“Why Don’t You Love Me” – The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)
“Yertle the Turtle” – Freaky Styley (1985)
“Yertle Trilogy” – B-side of “Around the World” (1999)
“You Always Sing the Same” – The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)
“Your Eyes Girl” – I’m with You Sessions (2013)
“The Zephyr Song” – By the Way (2002)