Pretty Little Ditty

"Pretty Little Ditty"
Instrumental by Red Hot Chili Peppers
from the album Mother's Milk
ReleasedAugust 16, 1989 (1989-08-16)
RecordedNovember 1988 – March 1989
GenreFunk rock, alternative rock
Length1:35 (original)
3:07 (2003 remaster)
LabelEMI America
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Michael Beinhorn

"Pretty Little Ditty" is an instrumental track by the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, from their 1989 album Mother's Milk. Recognized as one of the best examples of the eclecticism the band experimented with in this album, the track was written by guitarist John Frusciante and bassist Flea.

It is one of the few tracks on the album not to feature any guitar layering; music journalist Jeff Apter defined the song "a dreamy, sweetly stoned instrumental featured deft picking and strumming from Frusciante, intertwined with blasts of trumpet from Flea".[1][full citation needed]

  1. ^ Apter, 2004, p. 194.