SONG OF THE DAY
“Aeroplane” by Red Hot Chili Peppers (One Hot Minute, Warner Brothers Records, 1995).
INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)
– “Aeroplane” was the third single released from the album and a music video accompanied its release.
– Although the song was left off the band’s Greatest Hits CD, the music video was included on the accompanying DVD.
– Despite its dark lyrical themes it is one of the more accessible and upbeat songs on One Hot Minute, with a funk slap bass line and child choral vocals from Flea’s daughter Clara and her classmates.
– The song refers to American band Mazzy Star with the Lyrics “The Star of Mazzy Must/, Push her voice inside of me”.
– On the CD single the live B-sides ‘Backwoods’ and ‘Me and My Friends’ incorrectly list John Frusciante as one of the song writers. Both songs were written with Hillel Slovak before John Frusciante joined the band.