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Cover of The Getaway by Red Hot Chili Peppers
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“Dark Necessities” by Red Hot Chili Peppers

From the album The Getaway (2016)

“Dark Necessities” by Red Hot Chili Peppers appears on 23 radio countdowns from 21 stations between 2016 and 2025. It was first released in 2016 on the album The Getaway. Its best result is #5 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #2 alternative song of 2016, #6,963 alternative song of all time and #121 of the '10s.

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#5best position
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6top 10 finishes
2016–2025years charted

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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dark Necessities [Official Music Video]

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"Dark Necessities" opened the book on The Getaway, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' eleventh album, arriving as its first single in 2016 with Danger Mouse in the producer's chair. It's funk with the lights turned low, dressed in a string section of Briana Bandy on viola, Sharon Jackson and Peter Kent on violin and Armen Ksajikian on cello, and mixed by Nigel Godrich with a hushed, late-night sheen. Flea, Anthony Kiedis, Josh Klinghoffer and Chad Smith wrote it with Danger Mouse (credited as Brian Burton), and Kiedis supplied the words.

It set records: the band's 13th number one and 25th top ten on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, both bests for anyone, and only the fourth song ever to hit number one on the Alternative, Mainstream Rock and Adult Alternative charts alike.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2016 5 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2016 91
2016 5 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 25 Songs of 2016 26
2016 15 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2016 103
2016 10 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016 99
2016 27 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO 90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2016 90
2016 41 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2016 103
2016 28 SiriusXM Alt Nation National (SiriusXM satellite radio) SiriusXM Alt Nation's 36 Biggest Alternative Songs of 2016 36
2016 27 WERS 88.9 Boston, MA WERS Top 88 Songs of 2016 88
2016 9 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2016 104
2016 17 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2016 117
2016 22 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2016 50
2016 9 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2016 88
2016 23 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2016 107
2016 23 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2016 96
2016 18 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2016 50

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2019 55 103.3 The Edge 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade 103
2019 16 93X 93X Top 93 Songs of the Decade (2010s) 93
2019 498 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 39 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s 102
2020 87 The Buzz The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade 99
2021 5 KISW KISW 25 Greatest Rock Songs from the '10s 25
2023 443 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2025 707 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714

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