“Otherside” is the song of the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers , the third single from the Californication album. The lyrics of the song are dedicated to the fight against drug addiction, a close topic for the group's vocalist - Anthony Kiedis , then an addict . The song achieved good results in the charts: it reached the 14th position in the Billboard Hot 100 (the fourth result from all the singles of the group); and reached the pinnacle of Modern Rock Tracks , the fifth single of the Chili Peppers, who achieved similar success. The song was the leader on this chart for 13 consecutive weeks, which is one of the best results in the history of the charts.
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| Released | January 11, 2000 [1] |
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| Format | 7 " CD |
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| Genre | Alternative rock |
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| Duration | 4:15 |
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| Producer | Rick Rubin |
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| Songwriter | Red hot chili peppers |
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| Label | Warner bros Records |
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" Around the World "
(1999) | "Otherside"
(2000) | " Californication "
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Content
The song is dedicated to one of the former members of the group - Hillel Slovak , who died from an overdose of heroin on June 25, 1988. The song says about the fight against drug addiction: "I scream / That it is not my friend / I destroy everything to the ground / But it is born again." The name of the composition is “Otherside” ( “The Other Side” ), can also be interpreted as “Afterlife”.
The Gothic style of the video clip was inspired by the feature film “ Dr. Caligari's Study ” (1920) by Robert Wien . The band members are dressed in black, and musical instruments are presented in a surreal way: John Fruscante climbs a rope through a long corridor, as if playing the guitar; Flea plays with telephone wires - they play the role of bass strings, and Chad Smith sits on a medieval tower with a rotating clock that personifies the drum kit [2] .
- CD version 1 (2000)
- Otherside (album) - 4:16
- How Strong - 4:43
- CD version 2 (2000)
- Otherside (album) - 4:16
- My Lovely Man (live) - 5:18
- “ Around the World ” (music video)
- CD version 3 (2000)
- Otherside (album)
- “How Strong” (previously unreleased)
- "My Lovely Man" (live)
- 'Road Trippin' ”(without strings)
- Scar Tissue (music video)
- “Around the World” (music video)
- CD version 4 (2000)
- Otherside (album)
- “How Strong” (previously unreleased)
- "My Lovely Man" (live)
- 'Road Trippin' ”(without strings)
- CD version 5 (2000)
- Otherside (album)
- “How Strong” (previously unreleased)
- Road Trippin ' (without strings) - 3:25
- Otherside (music video)
- Record (2000)
- Otherside (album)
- “How Strong” (previously unreleased)
Weekly Charts| Chart (2000) | Higher
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| Australian Singles Chart [3] | 31 | | Canadian RPM Singles Chart [4] | 32 | | Canadian RPM Rock Report [5] | one | | Dutch Singles Chart [3] | 24 | | German Singles Chart [6] | 44 | | Italian Singles Chart [3] | 17 | | New Zealand Singles Chart [3] | five | | Polish Singles Chart [7] | one | | Swedish Singles Chart [3] | nineteen | | Swiss Singles Chart [3] | 65 | | UK Singles Chart [8] | 33 | | Billboard Adult Top 40 [9] | eleven | | Billboard Hot 100 [9] | 14 | | Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks [9] | 2 | | Billboard Modern Rock Tracks [9] | one | | Billboard Top 40 Mainstream [9] | 26 |
| Annual, Final Chart| Chart (2000) | Position |
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| US Billboard Hot 100 [10] | 59 |
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- German pop singer Mandy Capristo has recorded a cover for this song for her album Grace .
- ↑ [ Otherside on the AllMusic Otherside website] (neopr.) . www.allmusic.com. Date of treatment November 3, 2008.
- ↑ Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - OTHERSIDE (SONG) (unspecified) . australian-charts.com . Date of treatment March 3, 2010.
- ↑ Top Singles - Volume 71, No. 3, May 22, 2000 (unopened) (inaccessible link) . RPM Date of treatment March 3, 2010. Archived February 10, 2010.
- ↑ Rock / Alternative - Volume 70, No. 20, March 20, 2000 (neopr.) . RPM Date of appeal October 18, 2010. (unavailable link)
- ↑ Red Hot Chili Peppers: Otherside (Single) (unopened) (inaccessible link) . musicline.de . Date of treatment March 3, 2010. Archived November 28, 2009.
- ↑ Polish Singles Chart | (unspecified) .
- ↑ Otherside (unopened) (inaccessible link) . chartstats.com . Date of treatment March 3, 2010. Archived July 7, 2007.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 [ Otherside on the AllMusic Billboard Singles website] (unspecified) . allmusic.com . Date of treatment March 3, 2010.
- ↑ Billboard Top 100 - 2000 (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 31, 2010.
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