50 Red Hot Chili Peppers Songs Never Released As Singles That Every Fan Must Hear

10. She Looks To Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVU2mNOvXAY Album: Stadium Arcadium (2006) She Looks To Me tells the story of an abandoned girl who turns to drug use and dies while the song's speaker is trying to resuscitate her, presumably from an overdose. As is usual from the Chilis, although clearly telling this story, the words remain cryptic and truly lyrical. The song is archetypal of Stadium Arcadium's themes and sound, summing up the expansion of the band's musicality and expression over the years, and the lyrics and music complement each other in a way familiar to Chilis fans across the years.

9. Easily

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKapVmknD74 Album: Californication (1999) Just as She Looks To Me demonstrates Stadium Arcadium as an album, Easily does for Californication. Including the singing and more rap-focused sides of Kiedis' voice along with a signature varying and solid bassline from Flea, the song clearly shows the change in style after the return of Frusciante to guitar, both in tone and his trademark solo. Due to the songs (again) cryptic lyrics, it has been the subject of many interpretations, including a comparison and rejection of the major organised religions and the destruction of materialism and singularity. Please share your own interpretations in the comments below!

8. Tear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW0JjfqR1-s Album: By The Way (2002) One of the more mellow on the album, Tear (as in rip, not a drop of water) once again draws on Flea's trumpet playing this time for a simple trumpet solo as well as one from John's guitar. The song bring in other signature Chilis ideas such as the multi-layered vocals, bringing in the new features of By The Way such as Frusciante doubling up on keyboard in this track, to make a new sort of Chili Peppers song. Tear pulls focus back onto Frusciante by featuring his mellow moods, guitar solo, backing vocals and keyboard playing to truly reflect his massive impact on By The Way, having taken the reins more than on Californication. It's clear through the music that the band is writing and playing as one, consistently delivering a high standard for a second album with the same line-up.

7. Charlie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNvOUkRTkz8 Album: Stadium Arcadium (2006) Notable for being one of the band's favourite songs on Stadium Arcadium, Charlie was (obviously) never released as a single, however the band launched a competition for fan-made videos - the winner is featured above. The song was split into three parts, each ending with the repetition of the chorus, with the third being called a "straight love song" by Kiedis, and the two preceding it being about "the power of not having to be right all the time" and making love work. Who is Charlie then? It could be a lover of one of the band members, or alternatively a fictitious figure designed to represent the love that the band feels for each other, having given interviews saying how brilliantly they were all working together in unison throughout the recording process.

6. Stadium Arcadium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjxcxS1uTkQ Album: Stadium Arcadium (2006) The eponymous track of the Chilis' ninth studio album, Stadium Arcadium is one of the few songs initiated by Chad Smith, with the song then growing from a jam between Smith and Frusciante. Flea's bass and Kiedis' lyrics were added later, with the final lyrics concerning the reflection of light from the heavens out onto the rest of the world, asking the listener to use music and other aspects of their life to radiate more light into the world. With the song sounding like a lament, some fans have posited that it could again reference Kiedis' friendship with Cobain, notably in the line "I never thought I'd be in bloom / But this is where I start", although there is no evidence to support this. Stadium Arcadium is also one of the eight tracks across the double-album to have its title begin with the letter 'S'. Interesting, eh?