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| "Fortune Faded" | ||||
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| Single byRed Hot Chili Peppers | ||||
| from the albumGreatest Hits | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | November 3, 2003 (2003-11-03) | |||
| Recorded | 2001 | |||
| Studio | The Mansion,Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock,funk rock | |||
| Length | 3:21 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriters | Flea,Frusciante,Kiedis,Smith | |||
| Producer | Rick Rubin | |||
| Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Fortune Faded" onYouTube | ||||
"Fortune Faded" is a song by theRed Hot Chili Peppers. It was released in 2003 as a single, to coincide with the release of theirGreatest Hits album. The song, along with "Save the Population" (another song from theirGreatest Hits), was recorded atThe Mansion and produced byRick Rubin. A music video was also produced.
One of the single's B-sides, "Bunker Hill" was originally recorded forCalifornication, while the other, "Eskimo", was written duringBy the Way. The second version of the single, with blue printing instead of red on the cover art, was never released in the UK due to last minute complications, as the second release was too long to be classed as a single. UK chart singles must not last over 20 minutes in length. "Tuesday Night in Berlin" was a live jam recorded in Berlin and featuresEkkehard Ehlers producing sound effects throughout the jam. Sometime into the jam, Flea switches to trumpet and Frusciante plays bass for the remainder of the jam.
"Fortune Faded" was originally recorded for theBy the Way album and was played live a few times in 2001 with a chorus that is different from theGreatest Hits version. The band did not like how theBy the Way sessions version sounded; as such, it was re-recorded for theGreatest Hits collection. After the chorus' change, the band performed the original version once in 2005. A rough mix with a guide vocal of theBy The Way sessions version with the original chorus has surfaced online, but has never been officially released by the band.
CD single (2003)
CD version 2 (2003)
| Chart (2003–04) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[1] | 16 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] | 68 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[3] | 14 |
| Croatia (HRT)[4] | 3 |
| Germany (GfK)[5] | 46 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[6] | 20 |
| Italy (FIMI)[7] | 24 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] | 34 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] | 61 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10] | 37 |
| Scotland Singles (OCC)[11] | 8 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[12] | 44 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] | 59 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[14] | 11 |
| UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[15] | 1 |
| USBubbling Under Hot 100 (Billboard)[16] | 23 |
| USAlternative Airplay (Billboard)[17] | 8 |
| USMainstream Rock (Billboard)[18] | 22 |
