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“Funky Monks” by Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
“Funky Monks” by Red Hot Chili Peppers appears on 14 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2014. It was first released in 1991 on the album Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Its best result is #498 on the CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,357 alternative song of all time.
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"Funky Monks" sits on Blood Sugar Sex Magik, the fifth Red Hot Chili Peppers album, which Warner Bros. put out on September 24, 1991. Rick Rubin produced it, Brendan O'Brien engineered, and the writing credit is split four ways among Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante and Chad Smith.
It belongs to the record where the Chili Peppers eased off the heavy metal riffing of 1989's Mother's Milk and gave Frusciante's melodic instincts room to lead, an album soaked in lust, drugs, death and plain exuberance. That album took the band to a worldwide audience, and it cost them their guitarist: uneasy with the fame it brought, Frusciante quit during the 1992 tour and did not come back until 1998.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1512 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1512 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1516 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1514 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1518 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1518 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1517 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 518 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 508 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 506 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 498 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 514 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 533 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 546 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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