History Music / BloodSugarSexMagik

It was the band's breakout album, propelling the four members to widespread success thanks to the singles "Under the Bridge" and "Give It Away", both of which are considered to be the band's [[SignatureSong signature songs]]. The album represents a fusion of the band's [[FunkRock funkier]], [[SexIsCool sex-filled]] elements along with a [[NewSoundAlbum new]], [[LighterAndSofter more melodic style]] that the band continued all the way from 1999's ''Music/{{Californication}}'' onward. In addition, the album is notable for each song [[FadingIntoTheNextSong fading into the next one]], making it the only Chili Peppers album (so far) do so.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The music video of "Give It Away" is in black-and-white.

"Under the Bridge" would hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, the band's best performer on the Hot 100 to this day, while "Give it Away" would top the Billboard US Alternative chart; both would also be Top 20 hits in the UK. Two more singles, "Suck My Kiss" and "Breaking the Girl", would also be Top 20 hits on the US Alternative chart. The song "Soul to Squeeze", which was recorded during the album sessions but not featured on the album (it was initially included as a BSide on the lead singles), was released as a single in 1993 and became a surprise Top 40 hit in the US.

"Under the Bridge" would hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, the band's best performer on the Hot 100 to this day, while "Give it Away" would top the Billboard US Alternative chart; both would also be Top 20 hits in the UK. Two more singles, "Suck My Kiss" and "Breaking the Girl", would also be Top 20 hits on the US Alternative chart.

* [[AbsenteeActor Absentee Musician]]: John Frusciante quit the band mid-1992, right as the Chilis were at the height of their fame (for the time being, at least; they became more popular in the following decade). Arik Marshall, a temporary guitarist who was let go almost immediately following touring, was thus featured in the music video for "Breaking the Girl" and the cameo the band had on WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons. The video for "Soul to Squeeze" (released as a single the following year) doesn't feature a guitarist at all, since the band struggled to find a guitarist for two years after Frusciante's departure.

It was the first Chili Peppers album produced by the legendary Music/RickRubin, who remained their producer until 2011, after the release of their tenth album ''I'm With You''. It has sold over 13 million copies and, along with Music/{{Nirvana}}'s ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' (which was released on the same day, to boot!) and Music/{{REM}}'s ''Music/OutOfTime'', is credited with bringing AlternativeRock to the mainstream. The band would cameo on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E22KrustyGetsKancelled "Krusty Gets Cancelled"]], and appear on Series/SaturdayNightLive.

''sometimes I feel like my only friend''\\
''is the city I live in, the [[UsefulNotes/LosAngeles City of Angels]]''\\

!!''I Could Have Troped''

''Girl please me, be my soul bride''[[note]]Clockwise, from left: Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith and Music/JohnFrusciante[[/note]].]]

[[caption-width-right:337:The Funky Monks themselves [[note]]Clockwise, from left: Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith and Music/JohnFrusciante[[/note]].]]

''Blood Sugar Sex Magik'' is the fifth studio album by the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers, released in 1991. It was the band's breakout album, propelling the four members to widespread success thanks to the singles "Under the Bridge" and "Give It Away", both of which are considered to be the band's [[SignatureSong signature songs]]. The album represents a fusion of the band's [[FunkRock funkier]], [[SexIsCool sex-filled]] elements along with a [[NewSoundAlbum new]], [[LighterAndSofter more melodic style]] that the band continued all the way from 1999's ''Music/{{Californication}}'' onward. In addition, the album is notable for each song [[FadingIntoTheNextSong fading into the next one]], making it the only Chili Peppers album (so far) do so.

Some people consider this to be the band's best, due to its [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly diverse musical style]] and varied subject matters. A documentary called ''Funky Monks'' showing the band working on the album in The Mansion, a recording studio now owned by Music/RickRubin, was released. The avant-garde music video for "Give It Away" won a couple of MTV video awards, and even beat out Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Smells Like Teen Spirit" for the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1993. The album was listed at nr. #310 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].

It was the first Chili Peppers album produced by the legendary Music/RickRubin, who remained their producer until 2011, after the release of their tenth album ''I'm With You''. It has sold over 13 million copies and is credited with having helped fuel the revival of AlternativeRock, along with albums such as Music/{{Nirvana}}'s ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' and Music/{{REM}}'s ''Music/OutOfTime'' (the album was released on the exact same day as ''Nevermind'' to boot). The band got cameos in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E22KrustyGetsKancelled "Krusty Gets Cancelled"]], and was featured on Series/SaturdayNightLive.

It was the first Chili Peppers album produced by the legendary Music/RickRubin, who remained their producer until 2011, after the release of their tenth album ''I'm With You''. It has sold over 13 million copies and is credited with having helped fuel the revival of AlternativeRock, along with albums such as Music/{{Nirvana}}'s ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' and Music/{{REM}}'s ''Music/OutOfTime''. The band got cameos in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E22KrustyGetsKancelled "Krusty Gets Cancelled"]], and was featured on Series/SaturdayNightLive.

It was the first Chili Peppers album produced by the legendary Music/RickRubin, who remained their producer until 2011, after the release of their tenth album ''I'm With You''. It has sold over 13 million copies and is credited with having helped fuel the revival of AlternativeRock, along with albums such as Music/{{Nirvana}}'s ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' and Music/GunsNRoses's ''Music/UseYourIllusion''. The band got cameos in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E22KrustyGetsKancelled "Krusty Gets Cancelled"]], and was featured on Series/SaturdayNightLive.

** Arguably also a case of SophisticatedAsHell and maybe also YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe - Elizabethan linguistics (e.g., Creator/WilliamShakespeare) allowed for two different -ed endings, seemingly largely for the purpose of making it easier to write in iambic pentameter. These are distinguished in modern editions of Shakespeare (and some of his contemporaries) with -'d and -èd. The -éd ending was pronounced as a separate syllable; the -'d ending was not. It has been written likewise above as Kiedis pronounces "wakèd" as two syllables. It's not clear if this is intended as a ShoutOutToShakespeare.

''Blood Sugar Sex Magik'' is the fifth studio album by the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers, released in 1991. It was the band's breakout album, propelling the four members to widespread success thanks to the singles "Under The Bridge" and "Give It Away", both of which are considered to be the band's [[SignatureSong signature songs]]. The album represents a fusion of the band's [[FunkRock funkier]], [[SexIsCool sex-filled]] elements along with a [[NewSoundAlbum new]], [[LighterAndSofter more melodic style]] that the band continued all the way from 1999's ''Music/{{Californication}}'' onward. In addition, the album is notable for each song [[FadingIntoTheNextSong fading into the next one]], making it the only Chili Peppers album (so far) do so.

# "The Power Of Equality" (4:03)
# "If You Have To Ask" (3:37)
# "Breaking The Girl" (4:55)

# "Mellowship Slinky In B Major" (4:00)
# "Righteous And The Wicked" (4:08)

# "Under The Bridge" (4:24)
# "Naked In The Rain" (4:26)

# "They're Red Hot" (1:12)

# "Little Miss Lover" (2:40)
# *Castles Made Of Sand" (3:21)

* BSide: Songs such as "Fela's Cock" [[note]]A reference to Music/FelaKuti[[/note]], "Castles Made Of Sand" and "Little Miss Lover" [[note]]Covers originally by The Music/JimiHendrix Experience from the album ''Music/AxisBoldAsLove''[[/note]], "Search And Destroy" [[note]]A cover from Music/TheStooges album ''Music/RawPower''[[/note]], and "Sikamikanico". "Search And Destroy" was featured on ''WesterAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' (along with "Breaking The Girl"), and "Sikamikanico" was featured on ''Film/WaynesWorld''.

If I should die before I waked\\

* EpicRocking: The ending funk jam of "Funky Monks", and the final solo in "Sir Psycho Sexy".

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Weirdly invoked in "Naked In the Rain", where a variety of animals in different biospheres are mentioned as being friendlier and nicer than the "social grace" humans pretend to share.

* GaiasLament: Lampshaded in "Righteous And The Wicked".

* IconicSongRequest: "Give it Away" has been performed live no less than 700 times since 1991. "Under the Bridge" has been performed about 600 times. In fact, during the ''Music/StadiumArcadium'' Tour, when the band sometimes left both songs out of some of their setlists, it created tension with many audiences.
* IntercourseWithYou: Subverted by "Give It Away", but played straight with "Funky Monks", "Suck My Kiss", "Apache Rose Peacock", "The Greeting Song", and "Sir Psycho Sexy". Very much so with the latter.

* LiteraryAllusionTitle: "If You Have To Ask" is a reference to a famous quote by Music/LouisArmstrong; when Armstrong was asked what jazz is, he replied, "If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know".

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: The band produced songs as diverse as the SexGod anthem "Sir Psycho Sexy" and the FunkMetal "Righteous And The Wicked" to the OdeToSobriety "Under The Bridge", the GriefSong "My Lovely Man" (dedicated to ex-guitarist Hillel Slovak, who died of a heroin overdose in 1988) and the BreakUpSong "I Could Have Lied".

** Music/WeirdAlYankovic spoofed both the songs and music videos of "Under The Bridge" and "Give It Away" as "Bedrock Anthem", a tribute to ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the episode ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E22KrustyGetsKancelled Krusty Gets Cancelled]]'' the band makes a guest appearance. Krusty wants the Red Hot Chili Peppers [[{{Bowdlerize}} to change one of their lyrics]] in "Give It Away". They refuse at first, but when Krusty suggests to change, "What I got/You gotta get/And put it in you" to "What I'd like/Is I'd like to/Hug and kiss you", they warm up to the idea. [[note]]This is a parody of an incident where [[Series/TheEdSullivanShow Ed Sullivan]] asked Music/TheRollingStones to change "Lets Spend The Night Together" (originally from the US version of ''Music/BetweenTheButtons'') to "Let's Spend Some Time Together" (as "spend the night" was seen as too sexually suggestive at the time). Music/MickJagger didn't warm up to the change, but he reluctantly accepted. During the performance however, Jagger and Bill Wyman were clearly shown eye-rolling when the chorus came. A similar incident occurred when Music/TheDoors appeared: Sullivan asked Morrison to change a line in "Light My Fire" (originally from ''Music/TheDoorsAlbum'') from 'girl, we couldn't get much higher' to 'girl, we couldn't get much better' fearing that the line "higher" would be seen as condoning drug use; unlike the Stones, Morrison sang the original lyrics on air. As a result, The Doors did not appear on the show again, prompting Morrison's reply of "[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoment We just did the Sullivan Show]]"[[/note]]

* TrashCanBand: The bridge for "Breaking The Girl" actually consisted of multiple takes of the band slamming garbage they found at a nearby dumpster.
* WordSaladTitle: "Mellowship Slinky In B Major." ''Mellowship'' isn't even a word, ''Slinky'' doesn't appear anywhere in the song, and the song is in D Minor.

It was the first Chili Peppers album produced by the legendary Music/RickRubin, who remained their producer until 2011, after the release of their tenth album ''I'm With You''. It has sold over 13 million copies and is credited with having helped fuel the revival of AlternativeRock, along with albums such as Music/{{Nirvana}}'s ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' and Music/GunsNRoses's ''Music/UseYourIllusion''. The band got cameos in Series/TheSimpsons episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E22KrustyGetsKancelled "Krusty Gets Cancelled"]], and was featured on Series/SaturdayNightLive.

* BSide: Songs such as "Fela's Cock" [[note]]A reference to Music/FelaKuti[[/note]], "Castles Made Of Sand" and "Little Miss Lover" [[note]]Covers originally by Music/TheJimiHendrixExperience from the album ''Music/AxisBoldAsLove''[[/note]], "Search And Destroy" [[note]]A cover from Music/TheStooges album ''Music/RawPower''[[/note]], and "Sikamikanico". "Search And Destroy" was featured on ''WesterAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' (along with "Breaking The Girl"), and "Sikamikanico" was featured on ''Film/WaynesWorld''.

*** He also references [[Film/{{Capote}} Truman Capote]], [[MikeTysonMysteries Mike Tyson]], {{Peanuts}}, Creator/RobertDeNiro, Literature/CharlesBukowski, and... you get the idea.

Some people consider this to be the band's MagnumOpus, due to its [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly diverse musical style]] and varied subject matters. A documentary called ''Funky Monks'' showing the band working on the album in The Mansion, a recording studio now owned by Music/RickRubin, was released. The avant-garde music video for "Give It Away" won a couple of MTV video awards, and even beat out Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Smells Like Teen Spirit" for the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1993. The album was listed at nr. #310 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].

'''''Blood Sugar Sex Magik''''' is the fifth studio album of Music/RedHotChiliPeppers, released in 1991. It was the band's breakout album, propelling the four members to widespread success thanks to the singles "Under The Bridge" and "Give It Away", both of which are considered to be the band's [[SignatureSong signature songs]]. The album represents a fusion of the band's [[FunkRock funkier]], [[SexIsCool sex-filled]] elements along with a [[NewSoundAlbum new]], [[LighterAndSofter more melodic style]] that the band continued all the way from 1999's ''Music/{{Californication}}'' onward. In addition, the album is notable for each song [[FadingIntoTheNextSong fading into the next one]], making it the only Chili Peppers album (so far) do so.

* AbsenteeMusician: John Frusciante quit the band mid-1992, right as the Chilis were at the height of their fame (for the time being, at least; they became more popular in the following decade). Arik Marshall, a temporary guitarist who was let go almost immediately following touring, was thus featured in the music video for "Breaking the Girl" and the cameo the band had on WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons. The video for "Soul to Squeeze" (released as a single the following year) doesn't feature a guitarist at all, since the band struggled to find a guitarist for two years after Frusciante's departure.

[[IfYouKnowWhatIMean She has one of those built in heaters]]''

* BreakawayPopHit: "Soul to Squeeze" was included as a BSide to "Under the Bridge" and "Give it Away", and was only released as a single in 1993 because ''One Hot Minute'' underwent a TroubledProduction and numerous delays. The song became a surprise superhit, and was even included in the band's ''Greatest Hits'' album years later.

She has one of those built in heaters''

* BannedInChina: Certain editions of the album sold in Asian countries have outright banned "Sir Psycho Sexy" from the tracklist, though the editions currently sold in those regions leave it in.

* ExecutiveMeddling: While Music/RickRubin gave the band huge artistic rein over the material, he made it clear that he very much wanted a song about driving around with girls in a Chevy, which led Anthony Kiedis to grudgingly write "The Greeting Song". Kiedis said that he hates the song to this day and even barred Chevrolet from using it in an ad. Rubin didn't like "The Power of Equality", and the band had to fight to keep the song in there.

*** He also references [[Film/{{Capote}} Truman Capote]], [[MikeTysonMysteries Mike Tyson]], {{Peanuts}}, RobertDeNiro, CharlesBukowski, and... you get the idea.