My Friends (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)

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"My Friends"
Red hot chili peppers my friends.jpg
Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers
from the album One Hot Minute
B-side
  • "Let's Make Evil"
  • "Stretch"
ReleasedOctober 9, 1995 (1995-10-09)
Genre Alternative rock
Length4:02
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Rick Rubin
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology
"Warped"
(1995)
"My Friends"
(1995)
"Aeroplane"
(1996)
Music video
"My Friends" on YouTube

Release history

RegionVersionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
United States"My Friends"September 26, 1995 Warner Bros. [27] [28]
United KingdomOctober 9, 1995
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[29]
Japan"Warped" / "My Friends"October 10, 1995CD [30]

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