"Around the World" | ||||
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Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||||
from the album Californication | ||||
B-side | "Teatro Jam" | |||
Released | August 23, 1999 | |||
Length | 3:58 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Rick Rubin | |||
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Around The World" on YouTube |
"Around the World" is a song by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, appearing as the opening track on their seventh studio album Californication (1999). The song was released as the album's second single on August 23, 1999. The single peaked at number seven on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 16 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
In 2007, the song was heavily edited and used as a new soundtrack for the Rockin' California Screamin' ride at Disney California Adventure, as part of their "Rockin' Both Parks" campaign. The song was also used as the opening theme for the 2010 live-action film adaptation of Beck.[1] In 2011, a live version was one of the thirty songs by thirty different artists featured on the Songs for Japan charity album.[2]