Tippa My Tongue Explained

Tippa My Tongue
Artist:Red Hot Chili Peppers
Album:Return of the Dream Canteen
Type:single
Recorded:2021
Studio:Shangri-La (Malibu, California)
Genre:
Length:4:20
Label:Warner
Producer:Rick Rubin
Prev Title:These Are the Ways
Prev Year:2022
Next Title:The Drummer
Next Year:2022

"Tippa My Tongue" is a song by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and the first single from the band's thirteenth studio album Return of the Dream Canteen.[1] The single, along with a music video, was released on August 19, 2022.

"Tippa My Tongue" became the band's fourth number-one single on the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart and made them the only band with two number-one singles on that chart in 2022, the other being "Black Summer". On the Alternative Airplay chart, the song reached the 15th number one and became the band's 27th top ten single on that chart, one shy of the record held by the Foo Fighters.[2]

Background

First mentioned onstage by Flea and Kiedis alongside the announcement of the full album in Denver, Colorado, "Tippa My Tongue" is an upbeat funk rock song. Drummer Chad Smith described the track's influences as: "It's got P-Funk in it. I hear George [Clinton in it], and some Hendrixy kind of licks."[3]

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Malia James.[4] The psychedelic imagery of the video was described as "trippy" by Louder[5] and NME.[6] Far Out Magazine described the setting as "a psychedelic world filled with geometric shapes and technicolour hues."[7]

Live performances

Nearly five months after its release, the song made its live debut on January 14, 2023, at the iHeartRadio ALTer Ego music festival in Inglewood, CA.

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Czech Republic Rock (IFPI)[8] 5
Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard Japan)[9] 1
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[10] 21
UK Singles Sales (OCC)[11] 71

Year-end charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Position
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[12] 26

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hussey . Allison . 2022-08-19 . Red Hot Chili Peppers Share Video for New Song "Tippa My Tongue" . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819040351/https://pitchfork.com/news/red-hot-chili-peppers-share-video-for-new-song-tippa-my-tongue-watch/ . 2022-08-19 . 2022-08-19 . . en-US.
  2. News: Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'Tippa My Tongue' Tops Rock & Alternative Airplay Chart. billboard.com. 2022-10-08.
  3. Graff . Gary . Gary Graff . 2022-08-19 . Red Hot Chili Peppers Lick New Release 'Tippa My Tongue': 'It's Got P-Funk In It' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819180916/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/red-hot-chili-peppers-tippa-my-tongue-1235128595/amp/ . 2022-08-19 . 2022-08-19 . Billboard.
  4. Web site: Brodsky . Rachel . 2022-08-19 . Red Hot Chili Peppers Share New Song "Tippa My Tongue": Listen . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819181644/https://www.stereogum.com/2196831/red-hot-chili-peppers-tippa-my-tongue/music/ . 2022-08-19 . 2022-08-19 . . en-US.
  5. Web site: Lewry . Fraser . 2022-08-19 . Watch trippy Red Hot Chili Peppers video for new single Tippa My Tongue . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819060506/https://www.loudersound.com/news/watch-red-hot-chili-peppers-psychedelic-video-for-new-single-tippa-my-tongue . 2022-08-19 . 2022-08-19 . . Loudersound . en.
  6. Web site: Aubrey . Elizabeth . 2022-08-19 . Listen to Red Hot Chili Peppers trippy new song, 'Tippa My Tongue' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819090328/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-red-hot-chili-peppers-trippy-new-song-tippa-my-tongue-3293632 . 2022-08-19 . 2022-08-19 . . en-GB.
  7. Web site: Kemp . Sam . 2022-08-19 . Red Hot Chili Peppers unveil new song 'Tippa My Tongue' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819175613/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/red-hot-chili-peppers-tippa-my-tongue/?amp . 2022-08-19 . 2022-08-19 . . en-US.
  8. Web site: CZ - Radio - Top 20 Modern Rock. hitparada.ifpicr.cz. August 20, 2022. select "Top 20 Modern Rock" into the search box, then select "202238".
  9. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Overseas – Week of August 31, 2022. Billboard Japan. ja. August 31, 2022. August 31, 2022.
  10. Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. August 29, 2022. August 27, 2022.
  11. Web site: Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100 . . August 27, 2022.
  12. Year-End Charts: Rock & Alternative Airplay (2022). Billboard. December 8, 2022.