This disco-inflected song is the title track of The Red Hot Chili Peppers' The Getaway album. Many of Anthony Kiedis' lyrics for the record were inspired by the end of his two-year romantic relationship with supermodel Helena Vestergaard in late 2014. This cryptically written song appears to be about two lovers with a large age difference who realize they need to split up; Kiedis was 50 and Vestergaard only 19 when they began dating.
Kiedis told The Sun about The Getaway's lyric content: "It's about the end of a relationship and heartbreak. I was a mess for the last year of my life. To be so in love with somebody and then have it not work out even though you would have done anything to figure it out. I was definitely shaken and saddened. But I got through it and felt even more turned on by life and playing music and so I had something to write about." "Those two years of the relationship turned out to be a very valuable experience and material for singing about. One of my best mates said, 'Dude you got a record out of the deal so don't even sweat about it as she was worth all the aggravation."
Anna Waronker, best known for being the singer of 1990s rock band That Dog, provided the backing vocals on the song.
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