Blood Sugar Sex Magik

This article is about the Red Hot Chili Peppers album. For the song by the same band, see Blood Sugar Sex Magik (song).

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Blood Sugar Sex Magik (sometimes written BloodSugarSexMagik or BSSM) is the fifth album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, released in September of 1991 and written and recorded at a mansion in Laurel Canyon, now owned by the album's producer Rick Rubin and known also as Damie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research. Rubin utilized his signature method of stripping down the sound on the album, resulting in dry, groove-laden funk tracks. This approach was a vast contrast to their previous album Mother's Milk, which emphasized epic power. Many of the lyrics in the album concern sex, one of the major focuses of Anthony Kiedis's life. It also focuses topics on poverty, alcohol, loneliness, and homelessness, which are topics never mentioned before in previous RHCP albums, yet the themes were to become recurring topics in succeeding albums. To date, the album has sold 12 million copies worldwide, and is the second biggest Red Hot Chili Peppers album, behind only "Californication".

With Blood Sugar Sex Magik the Chili Peppers experienced a taste of success they had never-before seen, with hits such as "Give It Away" and "Under the Bridge". At the time it was the band's highest charting album at #3 though it did not reach that high until 1992, almost a year after its release. It was voted the 4th greatest album of all time by readers of Total Guitar magazine. In 1998 Q magazine readers voted it the 72nd greatest album of all time. Template:RS500 In 2003, fans on MTV voted Blood Sugar Sex Magik as one of the ten greatest albums of all time.

The album was re-released through the iTunes Store in 2006 featuring additional bonus tracks previously unreleased which are exclusive to the store. The original tracks, as with all the other re-released albums are not remastered, leaving only the bonus tracks remastered.

There were 25 songs recorded for this album, with 17 tracks on the album and 6 others released in various ways, there are 2 songs from these sessions still unreleased.

Track listing

All tracks written by Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante and Chad Smith unless otherwise stated.

1. "The Power of Equality" – 4:03
2. "If You Have to Ask" – 3:37
3. "Breaking the Girl" – 4:55
4. "Funky Monks" – 5:23
5. "Suck My Kiss" – 3:37
6. "I Could Have Lied" – 4:04
7. "Mellowship Slinky in B Major" – 4:00
8. "The Righteous and the Wicked" – 4:08
9. "Give It Away" – 4:43
10. "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" – 4:31
11. "Under the Bridge" – 4:24
12. "Naked in the Rain" – 4:26
13. "Apache Rose Peacock" – 4:42
14. "The Greeting Song" – 3:14
15. "My Lovely Man" – 4:39
16. "Sir Psycho Sexy" – 8:17
17. "They're Red Hot" (Robert Johnson) – 1:11

B-sides, outtakes and non-album tracks

Song	Length	Release(s)
"Soul to Squeeze"	4:50	B-side of "Give It Away" and "Under the Bridge" Coneheads soundtrack Funky Monks soundtrack Greatest Hits Live Rare Remix Box
"Search and Destroy" (Iggy Pop, James Williamson)	3:34	B-side of "Give It Away", "Under the Bridge", and "Suck My Kiss" The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience Live Rare Remix Box We Will Fall: The Iggy Pop Tribute Under the Covers: Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Sikamikanico"	3:23	B-side of "Under the Bridge" Wayne's World movie soundtrack Live Rare Remix Box
"Fela's Cock"	5:10	B-side of "Under the Bridge", "Suck My Kiss", and "Breaking the Girl" Live Rare Remix Box
"Little Miss Lover" (Hendrix)	2:38	iTunes exclusive bonus track
"Castles Made of Sand" (Hendrix)	3:18	iTunes exclusive bonus track

Credits

• Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals, percussions
• John Frusciante – guitar, background vocals
• Michael "Flea" Balzary – bass, trumpet, background vocals, piano, percussions
• Chad Smith – drums, percussions
• Brendan O'Brien – keyboards, engineer
• Gail Frusciante – background vocals
• Pete Weiss – juice harp
• Rick Rubin – producer
• Gus Van Sant – photographer

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1992	Billboard 200	#3

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1991	"Give It Away"	Modern Rock Tracks	#1
1992	"Give It Away"	The Billboard Hot 100	#2
1992	"Under the Bridge"	The Billboard Hot 100	#2
1992	"Under the Bridge"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	#2
1992	"Under the Bridge"	Modern Rock Tracks	#6
1992	"Breaking the Girl"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	#15
1992	"Breaking the Girl"	Modern Rock Tracks	#19
1992	"Suck My Kiss"	Modern Rock Tracks	#15

External links

• RHCP discussion forums