My Friends (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)

"My Friends"
Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers
from the album One Hot Minute
B-side	"Let's Make Evil" "Stretch"
Released	October 9, 1995 (1995-10-09)
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:02
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Anthony Kiedis Flea Dave Navarro Chad Smith
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology
"Warped" (1995) "My Friends" (1995) "Aeroplane" (1996)
Music video
"My Friends" on YouTube

Weekly charts Chart (1995–1996) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [5] 15 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [6] 11 Canada Rock/Alternative ( RPM ) [7] 1 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [8] 70 France (SNEP) [9] 40 Germany (GfK) [10] 81 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [11] 4 Netherlands (Single Top 100 Tipparade) [12] 17 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [13] 20 Scotland (OCC) [14] 35 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 50 UK Singles (OCC) [16] 29 US Radio Songs ( Billboard ) [17] 27 US Adult Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [18] 4 US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [19] 1 US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [20] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1995) Position Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM) [21] 4 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [22] 99 US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard) [23] 37 Chart (1996) Position Canada Top Singles (RPM) [24] 99 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [25] 85 US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard) [26] 18 US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard) [27] 56

Release history

Region	Version	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref(s).
United States	"My Friends"	September 26, 1995	Rock contemporary hit radio	Warner Bros.	[28] [29]
United Kingdom		October 9, 1995	12-inch vinyl CD cassette		[30]
Japan	"Warped" / "My Friends"	October 10, 1995	CD		[31]

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31. "ワープト | レッド・ホット・チリ・ペッパーズ" [Warped | Red Hot Chili Peppers] (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved January 31, 2024.