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, “Encore” was initially a short instrumental jam session played onstage towards the end of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ live shows. Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer explained its origins in the track-by-track album commentary:
It’s just a beautiful, simple bassline that Flea would pla...
[Verse 1]
Listen to The Beatles and the sound of laughing Ed McMahon
We got high
Educated by a world so full of self and lost in space
Too much pride
Cosmonauts and dirty thoughts are juggling the juggernaut
Soviet Spy
Every now and then when I remember to befriend
The little things in life
[Chorus]
Hey, you're fine, I wanna listen to the radio
Driving down Calexico highway
And now I know the signs for sure
Hold my hand, I want to share it all with Mary
Results are gonna vary now
[Verse 2]
Later on, I'll read to you the things that I've been needing
To say goodbye
Walk away from mom and dad to find the love you never had
Tell no lies
Carry on and write a song that says it all and shows it off
'Fore you die
Take a little breath before you catch an early death there is
So much sky
[Chorus]
Hey, you're fine, I wanna listen to the radio
Driving down Calexico highway
And now I know the signs for sure
Hold my hand, I want to share it all with Mary
Results are gonna vary now
[Verse 3]
Skinny brains and little stains upon your face, teenage remains
Tell me more
Lifted in the Fifties when you really rather drifted through time
Let's soar
[Chorus]
Hey, you're fine, I wanna listen to the radio
Driving down Calexico highway
And now I know the signs, for sure, for sure
Hold my hand, I want to share it all with Mary
Results are gonna vary now
Encore was written by Josh Klinghoffer & Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith & Flea.
Encore was produced by Danger Mouse.
Red Hot Chili Peppers released Encore on Fri Jun 17 2016.
In the track-by-track album commentary, guitarist Josh Klinghoffer explained how the song was originally an instrumental piece of music played at the end of the band’s live shows:
It’s just a beautiful, simple bassline that Flea would play backstage, on stage, everywhere. We were always hearing him...
Josh Klinghoffer explained how the song matured from an upbeat track to a more subdued, atmospheric ballad:
The chorus to that song took a long time to really settle. We had the chords but for a while it was an upbeat, disco-ey, poppy, it went up. Once Brian [Danger Mouse] got involved and we were...