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"'''Scar Tissue'''" is the first single from the [[United States|American]] [[alternative rock]] band [[Red Hot Chili Peppers|Red Hot Chili Peppers']] seventh studio album ''[[Californication (album)|Californication]]'', released in 1999. It is one of their most successful songs, spending a then-record 16 weeks on top of the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Modern Rock Tracks]] chart, as well as 10 weeks at the top of the [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks]] chart and reached #8 on [[Billboard Hot 100 Airplay]]<ref>http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/radio-songs?chartDate=1999-10-09</ref>. It peaked at #9 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>[[Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]] (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 523.</ref> In the UK, the song reached #15 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. It won a [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song]] in 2000. The song is notable for its mellow intro [[guitar riff]] and for its [[slide guitar|slide]] [[guitar solos]] throughout. ''[[Guitar World]]'' placed the guitar solo 63rd in its list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Solos".
"'''Scar Tissue'''" is the first single from the [[United States|American]] [[alternative rock]] band [[Red Hot Chili Peppers|Red Hot Chili Peppers']] seventh studio album ''[[Californication (album)|Californication]]'', released in 1999. It is one of their most successful songs, spending a then-record 16 weeks on top of the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Modern Rock Tracks]] chart, as well as 10 weeks at the top of the [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks]] chart and reached #8 on [[Billboard Hot 100 Airplay]]<ref>http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/radio-songs?chartDate=1999-10-09</ref>. It peaked at #9 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>[[Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]] (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 523.</ref> In the UK, the song reached #15 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. It won a [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song]] in 2000. The song is notable for its mellow intro [[guitar riff]] and for its [[slide guitar|slide]] [[guitar solos]] throughout. ''[[Guitar World]]'' placed the guitar solo 63rd in its list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Solos".The song is currently listed at #2945 on [http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/Current/1948-02s.htm acclaimedmusic.net's "All Time Top 3000 Songs"].


==Meaning==
==Meaning==

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This article is about the single. For the regenerative process, see Scar. For the autobiography of band leader Anthony Kiedis, see Scar Tissue (book).
"Scar Tissue"
Song
B-side"Gong Li"
"Instrumental #1"

"Scar Tissue" is the first single from the American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers' seventh studio album Californication, released in 1999. It is one of their most successful songs, spending a then-record 16 weeks on top of the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, as well as 10 weeks at the top of the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and reached #8 on Billboard Hot 100 Airplay[1]. It peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] In the UK, the song reached #15 on the UK Singles Chart. It won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2000. The song is notable for its mellow intro guitar riff and for its slide guitar solos throughout. Guitar World placed the guitar solo 63rd in its list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Solos".The song is currently listed at #2945 on acclaimedmusic.net's "All Time Top 3000 Songs".


Meaning

"Scar Tissue" is considered to be representative of the new, more melodic rock sound the band experimented with on Californication (in contrast to the psychedelic One Hot Minute, and dry funk of Blood Sugar Sex Magik).

It's about Anthony Kiedis and his battles with drugs, as well as the quarrels he had. "Sarcastic Mister know it all" was directed at Dave Navarro, who he referred to as the "king of sarcasm." "Make it to the moon if I have to crawl" is a reference to his heroin addiction, which made him desperate to get high.

Kiedis told that "Scar Tissue" came to him in a precise moment when he heard the other band members play the music and he felt as if an exterior influx had succeeded in merging the melody and apparent words suddenly came to his unconscious mind.

John Frusciante has stated that the guitar playing on his first solo record inspired the song's technique of taking two notes that are far apart and playing them in a rhythm.

Song

"Scar Tissue" was written by Anthony Kiedis, probably because of the return of guitar player John Frusciante. Frusciante left the Peppers in 1992 because of a severe heroin addiction (which almost cost him his life in 1997), but he returned in 1998 to work together to make the album Californication. The theme of this song is often referred to as "life and resurrection". "Scar Tissue" is remarkably melodic, which contrasts with the earlier work of the Peppers. This was typical of the new style the band embraced since Californication.

Book

In 2004 Anthony Kiedis published Scar Tissue. Co-written by Larry Sloman, it was an autobiography with the principal theme of sex, drugs and rock-'n-roll. In the song he talks about the consequences of drugs (especially heroin) and in which way this can destroy somebody's life.

Music video

The music video for "Scar Tissue" was directed by Stéphane Sednaoui, who also directed the video for "Give It Away".

The opening shot is of John Frusciante driving, a metaphor for Frusciante's return to band (he does not drive in real life). But the four 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 thirty second Frusciante guitar solo at the moment of sunset, with John tossing the broken guitar from the car. The car Frusciante drove for the video was a 1967 Pontiac Catalina convertible.[3] A very similar concept was considered, then scrapped, for the earlier "Soul to Squeeze" video.

Track list

CD single (1999)

  1. "Scar Tissue" (Album) – 3:37
  2. "Gong Li" (Unreleased) – 3:42
  3. "Instrumental #1" (Unreleased) – 2:48

CD Single (Slipcase) (1999)

  1. "Scar Tissue" (Album) – 3:37
  2. "Gong Li" (Unreleased) – 3:42

Cassette single (1999)

  1. "Scar Tissue" (Album)
  2. "Gong Li" (Unreleased)

Jukebox single

  1. "Scar Tissue" (Album) – 3:37
  2. "Gong Li" (Unreleased) – 3:42

Chart position

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/radio-songs?chartDate=1999-10-09
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 523.
  3. ^ The music video on woodstock.com
  4. ^ a b c d e "RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - SCAR TISSUE (SONG)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Red Hot Chili Peppers - Billboard Singles". allmusic. Retrieved 2010-03-06. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 70, No. 4, November 15, 1999". RPM. Retrieved 2010-03-06. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 69, No. 14, July 26, 1999". RPM. Retrieved 2010-05-25. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ "Scar Tissue (single)". musicline.de. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  9. ^ "Search the Charts". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  10. ^ "Scar Tissue". charstats.com. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  11. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  12. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 70, No. 8, December 13 1999". RPM. Retrieved 2010-10-18. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 70, No. 8, December 13 1999". RPM. Retrieved 2010-10-18. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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