Blood Sugar Sex Magik

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Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1991 (1991-09-24)
RecordedApril – June 1991
StudioThe Mansion (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length73:42
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerRick Rubin
Red Hot Chili Peppers chronology
Mother's Milk
(1989)
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
(1991)
What Hits!?
(1992)
Singles from Blood Sugar Sex Magik
  1. "Give It Away"
    Released: September 4, 1991
  2. "Under the Bridge"
    Released: March 10, 1992
  3. "Suck My Kiss"
    Released: May 1, 1992
  4. "Breaking the Girl"
    Released: July 30, 1992
  5. "If You Have to Ask"
    Released: February 1993

Blood Sugar Sex Magik is the fifth studio album by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band. The album was released by Warner Bros. Records on September 24, 1991. The album was produced by Rick Rubin. It had five singles: "Under the Bridge," "Give It Away," "Suck My Kiss," "Breaking the Girl" and "If You Have to Ask."

The album went to the number three spot on the Billboard 200 music chart.[6][7] The album made the band very popular around the world. Because of this, John Frusciante left the band in 1992. He did not like being very famous.[8] He joined the band again in 1998. Many people think Blood Sugar Sex Magik helped make alternative rock very popular in the 1990s.[9][10][11][12]

Track listing[change | change source]

All songs written and composed by Red Hot Chili Peppers, except where noted. 

Blood Sugar Sex Magik
No. Title Length
1. "The Power of Equality"   4:03
2. "If You Have to Ask"   3:36
3. "Breaking the Girl"   4:55
4. "Funky Monks"   5:22
5. "Suck My Kiss"   3:36
6. "I Could Have Lied"   4:04
7. "Mellowship Slinky in B Major"   3:59
8. "The Righteous & the Wicked"   4:07
9. "Give It Away"   4:42
10. "Blood Sugar Sex Magik"   4:31
11. "Under the Bridge"   4:24
12. "Naked in the Rain"   4:25
13. "Apache Rose Peacock"   4:41
14. "The Greeting Song"   3:13
15. "My Lovely Man"   4:39
16. "Sir Psycho Sexy"   8:16
17. "They're Red Hot"   1:09
Total length:
73:42

References[change | change source]

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  7. "Blood Sugar Sex Magik charting". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved July 23, 2007.
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