Under the Bridge
“Under the Bridge” is a song by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. It is the eleventh track on the group’s fifth studio album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Vocalist Anthony Kiedis wrote the lyrics to express feelings of loneliness and despondency. It was released as its second single on March 10, 1992, and received a platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
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“Under the Bridge” is a song by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. It is the eleventh track on the group’s fifth studio album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Vocalist Anthony Kiedis wrote the lyrics to express feelings of loneliness and despondency. The song became a critical and commercial success, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. It has become an inspiration to other artists, and remains a seminal component of the alternative rock movement of the early and mid-1990s. The single’s success was widened with the release of its accompanying video, which was frequently played on music television channels. It won the viewer’s Choice Award and Breakthrough Video Award at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards. It was one of the few tracks completed prior to the band moving into the Mansion, where they recorded the album. After the song was recorded, guitarist John Frusciante invited his mother, Gail, and her friend, both of whom sang in a choir, to perform in the song. The chorus produced the chorus: “I don’t ever want to feel as lonely as I did when I was using drugs all the time” It was released as its second single on March 10, 1992, and received a platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) The song has been covered by numerous artists, including U2, The Rolling Stones, The Police, and U2’s Brian McKnight, who recorded a cover of the song for his album “Thriller” The song was written during a period when he felt distraught and emotionally drained, and he felt that the city of Los Angeles was his only companion.
He believed that his life was better without drugs: “No matter how sad or lonely I got, things were a million percent better than they were two years earlier when they were using drugs” The band’s songwriting process began when producer Rick Rubin found a poem titled “Under The Bridge” and suggested that the band use it on their next album. The rest of the band was receptive to the lyrics and wrote the music. The band recorded the song at the Mansion in Los Angeles, California, where the band lived for the next three years until they moved to New York City in 1998. The group’s last album was released in 1998, and it was the first time the band had played in public since the 1990s. They have since played at the Coachella music festival and sold more than 100,000 albums and sold over one million copies of their first two albums. They also performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in 1998 and the Superbowl halftime show the following year, and have played at numerous other major music festivals since. The Chili Pepper’s last show was in New York in February 2000. They played at a club called the Viper Room, which is located in the heart of downtown L.A. and is home to the club’s famous California nightlife. They performed the song in front of a crowd of thousands.
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