Red Hot Chili Peppers Playlist

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have been an influential, front and center band for over twenty years. They first formed in 1984. They fused hip hop, rock, funk and punk together in a unique, volatile blend that no one had tried before or could recreate since. Five of their albums are certified multiplatinum in the US (rockhall.com). The current lineup is of Michael Balzary AKA Flea, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith, and Josh Klinghoffer. I'm compounding a list of some of their best songs as an introductory playlist to those who have not discovered their particular music mojo. All the songs are by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and though the list spans quite a lot of time, it leans more towards more recent releases. I hope you enjoy it.

1) Yertle the Turtle
2) My Lovely Man
3) Funky Monks
4) The Zephyr Song
5) Road Trippin
6) Breaking the Girl
7) Charlie
8) Scar Tissue
9) By The Way
10) Californication
11) Dani California
12) Aeroplane
13) Soul to Squeeze
14) Can't Stop
15) Otherside
16) Hard to Concentrate
17) Ethiopia
18) Around the World
19) Cabron
20) Throw Away your Television
21) Universally Speaking
22) Animal Bar
23) Snow (Hey Oh)
24) Warlocks
25) Hey
26) Desecration Smile
27) Turn it Again
28) 21st Century
29) Tell Me Baby
30) Look Around

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