"Jungle Man" is the first track from The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...

 1985 album, Freaky Styley

Freaky Styley

Freaky Styley is the second studio album by American funk rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on August 16, 1985 on EMI America. The album name holds its origins in a commonly used phrase in the 80's to describe anything as being "freaky styley". Freaky Styley marks founding guitarist Hillel...

. Singer Anthony Kiedis

Anthony Kiedis

Anthony Kiedis is an American vocalist/lyricist, and occasional actor best known as the lead vocalist of the Grammy-winning American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Kiedis spent his youth in Grand Rapids, Michigan with his mother before moving, shortly before his 12th birthday, to Hollywood,...

 wrote the lyrics because the track reminded him of his best friend, the band's bassist

Bassist

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 Michael "Flea" Balzary

Flea (musician)

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. It was released as a single, with a music video released in the same year. The band couldn't get a proper music video released so manager, Lindy Goetz decided to just piece together many different clips of live performances of the song edited together with the album version of the song playing on top.

Jungle Man has not been performed live since 1988 on the final tour with Hillel Slovak

Hillel Slovak

Hillel Slovak ‏ was an Israeli-American musician best known as the original guitarist and founding member of the Los Angeles rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers...

 and Jack Irons

Jack Irons

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although on October 19, 2011 the band teased playing it however did not play the entire song.

Track listing

12" Version

1. "Jungle Man (Album Version)"
2. "Nevermind (Album Version)"
3. "Stranded"
4. "Hollywood (Africa) (7" Version)"