Aeroplane (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)

For the Reamonn single, see Aeroplane (Reamonn song).

For the musician, see Aeroplane (musician).

"Aeroplane"
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Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers
from the album One Hot Minute
Released	March 1, 1996
Format	CD
Recorded	1995
Genre	Funk rock, alternative rock
Length	4:45
Label	Warner Bros.
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. The song was last performed live in 1997.

Background

Despite its dark lyrical themes it is one of the more accessible and upbeat songs 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.

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)

• Live tracks recorded in Rotterdam, Holland on October 16, 1995 by Veronica (Kink FM)

Limited Edition CD single 2

1. "Aeroplane" (Album Version)
2. "Suck My Kiss" (Live)
3. "Suffragette City" (David Bowie) (Live)

• Live tracks recorded in Rotterdam, Holland on October 16, 1995 by Veronica (Kink FM)

Chart positions

Charts	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	35
Canadian RPM Singles Chart	48
Canadian RPM Alternative 30	1
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	12
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	8
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	30
UK Singles Chart	11

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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