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“Blood Sugar Sex Magik” by Red Hot Chili Peppers

From the album Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)

“Blood Sugar Sex Magik” by Red Hot Chili Peppers appears on 16 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1999 and 2023. It was first released in 1991 on the album Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Its best result is #363 on the CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,018 alternative song of all time.

16countdowns

3stations

#363best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1999–2023years charted

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The title track of Red Hot Chili Peppers' fifth album, "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" arrived with the rest of the record on Warner Bros. on September 24, 1991. The writing credit goes to Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante and Chad Smith, Rick Rubin produced, and Brendan O’Brien engineered.

The album as a whole marked a turn from Mother's Milk two years earlier: fewer heavy metal riffs, more room for Frusciante's melodic side, and lyrics soaked in sex, drugs, death, lust and plain exuberance. It also changed the band's fortunes, carrying them to worldwide popularity, and Frusciante, deeply uneasy with fame, quit during the 1992 tour; he didn't come back until 1998.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

#1,018 of all time

Indie & Adult Alternative

#1,142 of the '90s

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	1145	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	1148	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	1139	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	1138	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2002	1308	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)	2002
2003	1123	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2004	1123	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	1123	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	385	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	363	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	366	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	370	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	375	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	377	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	378	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013
2023	484	The Current	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s	893

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