2006Released
5:14

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Interesting facts and trivia about Stadium Arcadium. By Songfacts®.

This song is about how music can bring people together. In Rolling Stone magazine, lead singer Anthony Kiedis said: "This is from the cup of love - not just love for the individual but for the act of reflecting the light from the heavens back into the world."

This is one of the few Red Hot Chili Peppers songs that drummer Chad Smith initiated the writing process of. He started a drum beat, and guitarist John Frusciante simply followed. When Kiedis arrived at the studio to Smith and Frusciante jamming, he was blown away by what he heard. "The sound was so big. And sometimes Chad and John have this weird brotherly connection that's very strong. You know, they can get inside of each other, and I heard that happening and I was like, 'Wow,'" he recalled in the album commentary. "It had that sort of reverberating massiveness of the guitar and I just knew it was a song."

After nearly hitting the apex of the US albums chart with their previously release, By The Way, the Chili Peppers landed their first #1 with Stadium Arcadium. Kiedis told Billboard the album's success was due to their more inclusive approach to songwriting, explaining that "the chemistry when it comes to writing is better than ever. Always in the past, there was a little bit of struggle between Flea, John or myself as contributing writers - a struggle to dominate. But we are now confident enough in who we are, so everybody feels more comfortably contributing more and more valuable, quality stuff."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Stadium Arcadium.
AKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
113BPM

Album

The album Stadium Arcadium is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Stadium Arcadium.
Warner Records
© 2006 Warner Records Inc.
℗ 2006 Warner Records Inc.

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