A complete list of known songs written and recorded by the Red Hot Chili Peppers that have been released or have gone unreleased.
All songs that appear on albums by Red Hot Chili Peppers. (166)
Members of Red Hot Chili Peppers from 1989–2006 (except 1995) are Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, and John Frusciante, except where noted.
Current members of Red Hot Chili Peppers from 2011–present are Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, and Josh Klinghoffer.
All songs that do not appear on albums, and their releases. (71)
| Song | Releases | Recording Sessions |
|---|
| "Bicycle Song" | iTunes By the Way bonus track | By the Way |
| "Blues for Meister" | Out in L.A. | Recorded in 1988 with DeWayne McKnight and D.H. Peligro |
| "Bob" | iTunes One Hot Minute bonus track | One Hot Minute |
| "Body of Water" | B-Side of "The Zephyr Song" | By the Way |
| "Brave From Afar" | I'm With You Sessions | I'm With You |
| "Bunker Hill" | B-Side of "Fortune Faded" | Californication |
| "Castles Made of Sand" | iTunes Blood Sugar Sex Magik bonus track | Blood Sugar Sex Magik |
| "Catch My Death" | I'm With You Sessions | I'm With You |
| Certain Someone|A Certain Someone}}" | B-Side of "Tell Me Baby" | Stadium Arcadium |
| "Deck the Halls" | Out in L.A. |
| "Eskimo" | B-Side of "Fortune Faded" | By the Way |
| "Fat Dance" | iTunes Californication bonus track | Californication |
| "Fela's Cock" | B-Side of "Under the Bridge", "Suck My Kiss" and "Breaking the Girl" | Blood Sugar Sex Magik |
| "Fortune Faded" | Greatest Hits | By the Way |
| "Freaky Styley" (Original Long Version) | Freaky Styley 2003 Remastered Re-release | Freaky Styley |
| "Funny Face" | B-Side of "Snow ((Hey Oh))" | Stadium Arcadium |
| "Gong Li" | B-Side of "Scar Tissue"
Californication - Australia and Japan Release | Californication |
| "Hanalei" | I'm With You Sessions | I'm With You |
| "Havana Affair" | We're a Happy Family - A Tribute to Ramones
iTunes Stadium Arcadium bonus track
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP | We're a Happy Family - A Tribute to Ramones |
| "Hometown Gypsy" | I'm With You Sessions | I'm With You |
| "How It Ends" | I'm With You Sessions | I'm With You |
| "How Strong" | B-Side of "Otherside"
Music for Our Mother Ocean
Californication(Australian bonus CD) | Californication |
| "I Found Out" | A Tribute to John Lennon | A Tribute to John Lennon |
| "I'll Be Your Domino" | B-Side of "Snow ((Hey Oh))" | Stadium Arcadium |
| "In Love, Dying" | I'm With You Sessions | I'm With You |
| "Instrumental #1" | B-Side of "Scar Tissue" | Californication |
| "Instrumental #2" | iTunes Californication bonus track
Californication (Australian bonus CD), working title for the song was called 'Blondie', which was leaked in its rough mix form in 2015 | Californication |
| "Joe" | B-Side of "Desecration Smile" and "Hump de Bump" | Stadium Arcadium |
| "Knock Me Down" (Original Long Version) | Mother's Milk 2003 Remastered Re-release | Mother's Milk |
| "Lately" | B-Side of "Dani California" | Stadium Arcadium |
| "Let's Make Evil" | B-Side of "My Friends"
iTunes One Hot Minute bonus track | One Hot Minute |
| "Little Miss Lover" | iTunes Blood Sugar Sex Magik bonus track | Blood Sugar Sex Magik |
| "Long Progression" | I'm With You Sessions | I'm With You |
| "Love of Your Life" | I'm With You Sessions | I'm With You |
| "Love Rollercoaster" | Beavis and Butthead Do America Soundtrack | Post-One Hot Minute session |
| "Magpies on Fire" | I'm With You Sessions | I'm With You |
| "Melancholy Mechanics" | B-Side of "Warped"
Twister Soundtrack
One Hot Minute - Japan Release | One Hot Minute |
| "Mercy Mercy" | B-Side of "Tell Me Baby" | Stadium Arcadium |
| "Million Miles of Water" | B-Side of "Dani California" | Stadium Arcadium |
| "Millionaires Against Hunger" | B-Side of "Knock Me Down", "Higher Ground", and "Taste the Pain"
Freaky Styley 2003 Remastered Re-release | Freaky Styley |
| "Never is a Long Time" | I'm With You Sessions | I'm With You |
| "Open/Close" | I'm With You Sessions | I'm With You |
| "Out of Range" | B-Side of "The Zephyr Song" | By the Way |
| "Over Funk" | iTunes Californication bonus track | Californication |
| "Pink as Floyd" | I'm With You Sessions | I'm With You |
| "Politician (Mini Rap)" | B-Side of "Higher Ground" | Mother's Milk |
| "Quixoticelixer" | iTunes Californication bonus track | Californication |
| "Rivers of Avalon" | B-Side of "The Zephyr Song" | By the Way |
| "Runaway" | iTunes By the Way bonus track | The band had recorded an album's worth of songs during the Greatest Hits sessions and this was one of them |
| "Salute to Kareem" | Mother's Milk 2003 Remastered Re-release | Mother's Milk |
| "Save the Population" | Greatest Hits | The band had recorded an album's worth of songs during the Greatest Hits sessions and this was one of them |
| "Save This Lady" | B-Side of "Desecration Smile" and "Hump de Bump" | Stadium Arcadium |
| "Search and Destroy" | B-Side of "Give It Away" and "Under the Bridge"
The Beavis and Butt-head Experience
Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers
We Will Fall: The Iggy Pop Tribute
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP | Blood Sugar Sex Magik |
| "Sexy Mexican Maid" (Original Long Version) | Mother's Milk 2003 Remastered Re-release | Mother's Milk |
| "Sikamikanico" | B-Side of "Under the Bridge"
Wayne's World Soundtrack
Live Rare Remix Box | Blood Sugar Sex Magik |
| "Show Me Your Soul" | Pretty Woman Soundtrack
B-Side of "Knock Me Down" and "Taste The Pain"
What Hits!? | Post-Mother's Milk session |
| "Slowly Deeply" | B-Side of "Universally Speaking" | By the Way |
| "Someone" | B-Side of "The Zephyr Song" | By the Way |
| "Song That Made Us What We Are Today" | Mother's Milk 2003 Remastered Re-release | Mother's Milk |
| "Soul to Squeeze" | B-Side of "Give It Away" and "Under the Bridge"
Coneheads Soundtrack
Greatest Hits | Blood Sugar Sex Magik |
| "Strange Man" | I'm With You Sessions | I'm With You |
| "Stretch You Out" | B-Side of "My Friends"
iTunes One Hot Minute bonus track | One Hot Minute |
| "The Sunset Sleeps" | I'm With You Sessions | I'm With You |
| "Taste the Pain (Original Long Version)" | Longer version of the Mother's Milk song that was featured on the Say Anything... soundtrack" | Say Anything... |
| "Teatro Jam" | B-Side of "Around the World" | Californication |
| "Teenager in Love" | B-Side of "By the Way"
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP | By the Way |
| "This Is the Kitt" | I'm With You Sessions | I'm With You |
| "Time" | B-Side of "By the Way"
By the Way - Japan Release | By the Way |
| "Victorian Machinery" | I'm With You Sessions | I'm With You |
| "Whatever We Want" | B-Side of "Dani California" | Stadium Arcadium |
| "Your Eyes Girl" | I'm With You Sessions | I'm With You |
Any song that has not been studio recorded by Red Hot Chili Peppers, but recorded live and released. (30)
| Song | Background | Releases |
|---|
| "An Opening" | Jam | B-Side of "Hump de Bump" |
| "Black Cross" | 45 Grave cover | Live in Hyde Park |
| "Brandy" | Looking Glass cover | Live in Hyde Park |
| "Beverly Hills" | Circle Jerks cover | The Bridge School Collection, Vol.1 |
| "By the Way" (Acoustic) | Original | B-Side of "Universally Speaking" |
| "Californication" (Acoustic) | Original | The Bridge School Collection, Vol.1 |
| "Castles Made of Sand" | Jimi Hendrix cover | Mother's Milk 2003 Remastered Re-release
Out in L.A. |
| "Christchurch Fireworks Music" | Jam | B-Side of "Can't Stop" |
| "Crosstown Traffic" | Jimi Hendrix cover | Mother's Milk 2003 Remastered Re-release |
| "Dr. Funkenstein" | Parliament cover | Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| "Drum Homage Medley" | Jam | Live in Hyde Park |
| "End of Show Brisbane" | Jam | B-Side of "Californication" |
| "End of Show State College" | Jam | B-Side of "Californication" |
| "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere" | Neil Young cover | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP |
| "Flea's Trumpet Treated by John" | Jam | Live in Hyde Park |
| "F.U." | Thelonious Monster cover | Out in L.A. |
| "I Feel Love" | Donna Summer cover | Live in Hyde Park |
| "I Get Around" | Beach Boys cover | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP |
| "I Just Want to Have Something To Do" | Ramones cover | The Bridge School Collection, Vol.1 |
| "Leverage of Space" | Original | Live in Hyde Park |
| "Lyon 6.6.06" | Jam | B-Side of "Tell Me Baby" |
| "Mini-Epic (Kill for Your Country)" | Original | 6/23/04 |
| "Nothing to Lose" | Original | B-Side of "Can't Stop" |
| "Permutation" | Jam | B-Side of "Snow ((Hey Oh))" |
| "Rolling Sly Stone" | Original | Live in Hyde Park |
| "Suffragette City" | David Bowie cover | B-Side of "Aeroplane"
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP |
| "Tiny Dancer" | Elton John cover | Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| "Tuesday Night in Berlin" | Jam | B-Side of Fortune Faded |
| "What Is Soul?" | George Clinton cover | B-Side of "By the Way" |
| "Yertle Trilogy" | Original/Jam | B-Side of "Around the World" |
Demo versions of songs by Red Hot Chili Peppers. (44)
| Song | Releases |
|---|
| "50/Fifty" | Unreleased instrumental recorded during 2003 Greatest Hits sessions. This song was leaked to the internet in 2014 |
| "Andaman & Nicobar" | Unreleased demo recorded during the Californication sessions. This song was leaked to the internet in 2014 |
| "Behind the Sun" (Instrumental Demo) | The Uplift Mofo Party Plan 2003 Remastered Re-release |
| "Blender" | Unreleased song from the One Hot Minute sessions. At one point thought to be "One Big Mob/Stretch" however it is a separate song. This song has never surfaced anywhere[1][2] |
| "Boatman" | Unreleased demo recorded during the Californication sessions. This song was leaked to the internet in 2014 |
| "Bone" (Demo) | Unreleased song recorded during the Freaky Styley sessions. The song was leaked to the internet |
| "Californication (Alternate version)" | Unreleased reggae influenced alternate version recorded during the Californication sessions. This version was leaked to the internet in 2014 |
| "Circle of the Noose" | Unreleased and intended for follow-up album to One Hot Minute. It is considered to be the last song to feature Dave Navarro prior to his departure in April 1998. Navarro said it was his favorite song he recorded with the band.[3][4] The rough mix of the completed song, which was recorded on March 16, 1998, leaked to the internet on February 3, 2016[5] |
| "Desiree" | Unreleased song mentioned by Flea in 2006 to have been recorded during the band's 2003 Greatest Hits sessions[6] |
| "Dum Chuck A Willie" (Demo) | Unreleased song recorded during the Freaky Styley sessions. The song was leaked to the internet |
| "Fall Water" | Unreleased song recorded during the By the Way sessions on 11/30/01. This song was leaked to the internet in 2014 |
| "Flea Fly" (Demo) | 1983 demo recorded under the name Tony Flow And The Miraculously Majestic Masters Of Mayhem and released on Out in L.A. |
| "Get Up and Jump" (Demo) | From the band's demo tape that eventually got them their first shows and signed to EMI. Appears on Out in L.A.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers 2003 Remastered Re-release |
| "Goldmine" | Unreleased song recorded during the By the Way sessions on 11/30/01. This song was leaked to the internet in 2014 |
| "Gong Li (Demo)" | Unreleased instrumental demo version recorded during the Californication sessions. This version was leaked to the internet in 2014. The released version appears on the "Scar Tissue" single |
| "Green Heaven" (Demo) | From the band's demo tape that eventually got them their first shows and signed to EMI. Appears on Out in L.A.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers 2003 Remastered Re-release |
| "Human Satellite" | Unreleased song written during sessions for debut album. Producer, Andy Gill suggested the band record the song because it could be a hit although the song was such a departure from the music the band was making and into. No version of the song has ever surfaced |
| "Instrumental Jam" | Unreleased 8 minute instrumental demo recorded during the Californication sessions. This song was leaked to the internet in 2014 |
| "Leverage of Space" | Unreleased studio version recorded during the band's 2003 Greatest Hits sessions. A studio version has yet to surface. Live version released on Live in Hyde Park |
| "Me and My Friends" (Instrumental Demo) | The Uplift Mofo Party Plan 2003 Remastered Re-release |
| "Millionaires Against Hunger" (Unfinished version) | Unfinished and longer version of the released version. This version contains some missing vocals and instrumentals and was leaked to the internet in 2014. The released version appeared on the "Knock Me Down", "Higher Ground" and "Taste the Pain" singles along with the Freaky Styley 2003 Remastered Re-release |
| "Mini-Epic (Kill For Your Country)" | Unreleased studio version recorded during the band's 2003 Greatest Hits sessions. Originally intended for an anti-war album producer Rick Rubin was planning but never released. The studio version has yet to surface however it was performed live a few times and got its first official release in March 2015 on the live album, 6/23/04 |
| "Mommasan" | Unreleased demo recorded during the Californication sessions. This song was leaked to the internet in 2014 |
| "Nevermind" (Demo) | From the band's demo tape that eventually got them their first shows and signed to EMI. Appears on Out in L.A.
Freaky Styley 2003 Remastered Re-release |
| "Out in L.A." (Demo) | From the band's demo tape that eventually got them their first shows and signed to EMI. Appears on Out in L.A.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers 2003 Remastered Re-release |
| "Parallel Universe" (Demo) | B-Side of "Around the World" |
| "Plate of Brown" | Unreleased instrumental recorded during the Californication sessions. This song was leaked to the internet in 2014 |
| "Police Helicopter" (Demo) | From the band's demo tape that eventually got them their first shows and signed to EMI. Appears on Out in L.A.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers 2003 Remastered Re-release |
| "Porcelain Alice" | Unreleased demo version of the song "Porcelain" from Californication sessions with original working title and alternate lyrics than on the released album version. This version leaked in 2014 |
| "Prince Of Sadness"(Demo) | Unreleased song recorded during the Freaky Styley sessions. This song has leaked to the internet |
| "Rock & Roll" | Unreleased song recorded during the By the Way sessions on 11/30/01. This song was leaked to the internet in 2014 |
| "Rolling Sly Stone" | Unreleased studio version recorded during the band's 2003 Greatest Hits sessions. A studio recording has yet to surface anywhere. A live version was released on Live in Hyde Park. |
| "Set It Straight" | Unreleased song recorded during the Freaky Styley sessions. The band can be seen briefly performing the song live in the 1986 movie, Tough Guys |
| "Sex Rap" (Demo) | From the band's demo tape that eventually got them their first shows and signed to EMI. Appears on Out in L.A.
Freaky Styley 2003 Remastered Re-release |
| "Starlight" | Unreleased instrumental recorded during 2003 Greatest Hits sessions. This song was leaked to the internet in 2014 |
| "Stranded" (Demo) | 1983 demo recorded under the name Tony Flow And The Miraculously Majestic Masters Of Mahyem and first released as a b'side to the 1985 Jungle Man" single and later on 1994's Out in L.A. |
| "Sugar Sugar" | Unreleased demo recorded during the Californication sessions. This song was leaked to the internet in 2014 |
| "Takin' Care of Business" | Unreleased 1990 cover of Bachman-Turner Overdrive song. Possibly recorded for a soundtrack. No recording of the song has ever surfaced |
| "Teatro Jam (Longer version with more vocals)" | Unreleased almost 8-minute-long version recorded during the Californication sessions. Mostly instrumental but containing some vocals. This version was leaked to the internet in 2014. Studio version was released as a b-side. |
| "Tellin' A Lie" | Unreleased demo recorded during the Californication sessions. This song was leaked to the internet in 2014 |
| "These Are Not My Dreams Of Bunker Hill (Demo)" | Unreleased demo recorded during the Californication sessions. This version was leaked to the internet in 2014. The song was later re-recorded as "Bunker Hill" during the Californication sessions and released as a b-side on the "Fortune Faded" single |
| "Trouble in the Pub" | Unreleased demo recorded during the Californication sessions. A instrumental version of the song was leaked to the internet in 2014 and a rough mix with vocals was leaked in 2015 |
| "Unknown Blood Sugar Sex Magik song" | A unknown song recorded during the Blood Sugar Sex Magik sessions was briefly heard during the VH-1 documentary, Ultimate Albums |
| "What It Is (aka Nina's Song)" (Demo) | Out in L.A.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers 2003 Remastered Re-release |
| "You Always Sing the Same (Demo) | From the band's demo tape that eventually got them their first shows and signed to EMI. Appears on Out in L.A. |
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