Scar Tissue
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- This is an article about a music album. For the biological process, see Scar.
| "Scar Tissue" | ||
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| Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||
| From the album Californication | ||
| Single Released | May 25, 1999 | |
| Single Format | CD, Cassette, Vinyl | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Song Length | 3:35 | |
| Record label | Warner Bros. | |
| Producer | Rick Rubin | |
| Chart positions | # 15 (UK) # 9 (USA) | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers single chronology | ||
| "Love Rollercoaster" (1996) | "Scar Tissue" (1999) | "Around the World" (1999) |
"Scar Tissue" is the Red Hot Chili Peppers first single from their album Californication. It was released in late 1999, peaking at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #15 on the UK charts. It won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in the year 2000.
The metaphorically rich "Scar Tissue" music video by Stephane Sednaoui can be viewed as an unofficial sequel to Sednaoui's classic "Give It Away" video. The latter captures the Red Hot Chili Peppers as an iconic young band prancing half-naked in the desert, projecting the playful, sexual physicality of their funk-rock music.
Eight long years later we again see them in the desert once again, but the sheen is gone. The opening shot is of John Frusciante driving, a metaphor for John's return and ascension to musical leadership of the band. (John does not drive in real life). But the 4 of them are battered, beaten, and bandaged. They are traveling in a rusty wreck and playing broken instruments on the comeback trail. The video ends after an emotional 30 second John guitar solo at the moment of sunset, with John tossing the broken guitar from the moving car in defiance.
-Record in Billboard Modern Rock Chart for most week at n.1 with 16
'Scar Tissue' is also the title of Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis' memoirs.
Track list
CD single (1999)- "Scar Tissue (Album)" – 3:37
- "Gong Li (Unreleased)" – 3:43
- "Instrumental #1 (Unreleased)" – 2:48
- "Scar Tissue (Album)"
- "Gong Li (Unreleased)"
Sample clip
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