Blood Sugar Sex Magik (album)

Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Release date	September 24, 1991
Recorded date	May – June 1991
Studio	The Mansion in Los Angeles, CA, USA
Length	73:55
Label	Warner Bros.
Produced by	Rick Rubin
Chronology
Previous	Mother's Milk (1989)
Next	One Hot Minute (1995)

Blood Sugar Sex Magik is the band's fifth studio album, released in 1991. It is the band's best-selling album in America with 7 million copies sold in the U.S. alone.

Track Listing

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 & 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 – 3:13
15. My Lovely Man – 4:39
16. Sir Psycho Sexy – 8:17
17. They're Red Hot – 1:12

iTunes Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks:

1. Little Miss Lover - 2:40
2. Castles Made of Sand - 3:21

Singles

Give It Away

Under the Bridge

Suck My Kiss

Breaking the Girl

If You Have to Ask

B-Sides and Outtakes

In addition to "Little Miss Lover" and "Castles Made of Sand" by Jimi Hendrix, the band also recorded a cover of Iggy Pop's "Search and Destroy" (which appears in the Beavis and Butthead's Experience CD) as well as three original songs that did not make the final album cut; "Soul to Squeeze" (later released as a single in 1993 for the Coneheads movie soundtrack) , "Sikamikanico" (used in the movie Wayne's World) and "Fela's Cock" (an instrumental jam). They were all released multiple times as B-sides to various singles from the album and on several compilations such as Live Rare Remix Box and The Plasma Shaft.

Personnel

• Anthony Kiedis: Lead vocals, percussion on "Breaking the Girl"
• John Frusciante: Lead and rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, percussion on "Breaking the Girl"
• Flea: Bass, backing vocals, piano on "Mellowship Slinky in B Major", trumpet on "Apache Rose Peacock", percussion on "Breaking the Girl"
• Chad Smith: Drums, percussion on "Breaking the Girl" and "Give It Away"

Extra Musicians:

• Brendan O'Brien: Mellotron on "Breaking the Girl" and "Sir Psycho Sexy", B3 Organ on "Suck My Kiss" and "Give It Away", toy celeste on "Apache Rose Peacock"
• Pete Weiss: Jew's Harp on "Give It Away"
• Gail Frusciante and her friends: Choir vocals on "Under the Bridge"