Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
As its title suggests, the song is a tribute to Detroit, the most populous city in the state of Michigan. Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith spent most of his childhood in Bloomfield Hills, a city in Detroit’s northern suburbs. Chad described the song by saying:
It’s a love letter to Detroit....
[Verse 1]
Find me in the suburbs and the shadow of decay
Rolling rings of rubber and the band begins to play
Am I on the right side of the left side of your brain?
Can you see the rising of old yesterday's remains?
Funkadelic said it best I think you know the rest
Time don't stand a chance against this motor madness
[Chorus]
Don't you worry, baby, I'm like
Detroit, I'm crazy
Don't you worry, baby, I'm like
Detroit, I'm crazy, I'm like
Detroit, I'm crazy
Don't you worry, baby, I'm like
[Verse 2]
The Stooges and J Dilla, yeah, they tore this town apart
Put me back together, well, I guess that's quite an art
Henry won the war you see but not with pen or sword
He did it with the little thing I think it's called a Ford
Funkadelic said it best I think you know the rest
Time don't stand a chance against this motor madness
[Chorus]
Don't you worry, baby, I'm like
Detroit, I'm crazy
Don't you worry, baby, I'm like
Detroit, I'm crazy, I'm like
Detroit, I'm crazy
Don't you worry, baby, I'm like
Detroit, I'm crazy, I'm like
Detroit, I'm crazy
[Outro]
Everything's so hazy, I'm like
Detroit, I'm crazy, I'm like
Detroit, I'm crazy
Everything's so hazy
Detroit was written by Josh Klinghoffer & Chad Smith & Flea & Anthony Kiedis.
Detroit was produced by Danger Mouse.
Red Hot Chili Peppers released Detroit on Fri Jun 17 2016.
Anthony Kiedis and Chad Smith talk about the making of “Detroit” in these interviews here: