Under the Covers: Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Under the Covers: Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers is a compilation CD
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 released on 31 March 1998 by 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...

. All the songs on the album are covers
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Track listing

  1. "They're Red Hot
    They're Red Hot
    "They're Red Hot" is a song originally performed and written by blues musician Robert Johnson. Notably, it is one of very few songs recorded by the bluesman that is not based around twelve bar blues. It is based on a common ragtime chord progression...

    " (Originally by Robert Johnson)
  2. "Fire" (originally by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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    )
  3. "Subterranean Homesick Blues
    Subterranean Homesick Blues
    "Subterranean Homesick Blues" is a song by Bob Dylan, originally released in 1965 as a single on Columbia Records, catalogue 43242. It appeared 19 days later as the lead track to the album Bringing It All Back Home. It was Dylan's first Top 40 hit, peaking at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also...

    " (originally by Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan
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    )
  4. "Higher Ground" (originally by Stevie Wonder
    Stevie Wonder
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    )
  5. "If You Want Me to Stay
    If You Want Me to Stay
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    " (originally by Sly and the Family Stone)
  6. "Why Don't You Love Me" (originally by Hank Williams)
  7. "Tiny Dancer
    Tiny Dancer
    "Tiny Dancer" is a 1971 song by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin. It appears on John's fourth album, Madman Across the Water, and was released as a single in 1972...

    " (Live) (originally by Elton John
    Elton John
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    )
  8. "Castles Made of Sand
    Castles Made of Sand (song)
    "Castles Made of Sand" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and released by The Jimi Hendrix Experience on their second studio album, Axis: Bold as Love, in 1967 in the UK and 1968 in the U.S. It was available in two different stereo mixes and a mono mix....

    " (Live) (originally by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    The Jimi Hendrix Experience were an English-American psychedelic rock band that formed in London in October 1966. Comprising eponymous singer-songwriter and guitarist Jimi Hendrix, bassist and backing vocalist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, the band was active until June 1969, in which...

    )
  9. "Dr. Funkenstein
    Dr. Funkenstein
    "Dr. Funkenstein" is a song by the funk band Parliament. It was the second single released from their 1976 album, The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein, and reached number 46 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart. It features newcomer Renny Jones on bass, who also played on two other songs on the album...

    " (Live) (originally by Parliament
    Parliament (band)
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    )
  10. "Hollywood (Africa)
    Hollywood (Africa)
    "Hollywood " is a song by The Red Hot Chili Peppers, released as a single from their 1985 album, Freaky Styley. It is a cover of the song "Africa" by The Meters, from their album Rejuvenation....

    " (originally by The Meters
    The Meters
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    )
  11. "Search and Destroy
    Search and Destroy (song)
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    " (originally by Iggy Pop
    Iggy Pop
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     and The Stooges
    The Stooges
    The Stooges are an American rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan first active from 1967 to 1974, and later reformed in 2003...

    )
  12. "Higher Ground" (Daddy-O Mix)
  13. "Hollywood (Africa)
    Hollywood (Africa)
    "Hollywood " is a song by The Red Hot Chili Peppers, released as a single from their 1985 album, Freaky Styley. It is a cover of the song "Africa" by The Meters, from their album Rejuvenation....

    " (Extended Dance Mix)

Sources

  1. 'They're Red Hot' from Blood Sugar Sex Magik
  2. 'Fire' from Mother's Milk
  3. 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' from The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
  4. 'Higher Ground' from Mother's Milk
  5. 'If You Want Me To Stay' from Freaky Styley
  6. 'Why Don't You Love Me' from The Red Hot Chili Peppers
  7. 'Tiny Dancer (Live)' previously unreleased
  8. 'Castles Made Of Sand (Live)' from Mother's Milk
  9. 'Dr. Funkenstein (Live)' previously unreleased
  10. 'Hollywood (Africa)' from Freaky Styley
  11. 'Search And Destroy' from Live Rare Remix Box
  12. 'Higher Ground (Daddy-O Mix)' from Out In L.A.
  13. 'Hollywood (Africa) (Extended Dance Mix)' from Out In L.A.
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