Under the Bridge

"Under the Bridge"
Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers
from the album Blood Sugar Sex Magik
B-side	"Sikamikanico" "Search and Destroy" "Soul to Squeeze" "Fela's Cock"
Released	March 2, 1992 (1992-03-02)
Recorded	1991
Studio	The Mansion (Los Angeles)
Genre	Alternative rock[1]
Length	4:24
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Anthony Kiedis Flea John Frusciante Chad Smith
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology
"Give It Away" (1991) "Under the Bridge" (1992) "Suck My Kiss" (1992)
Music video
"Under the Bridge" on YouTube

"Under the Bridge" is a song by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and the eleventh track on their fifth studio album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991). Vocalist Anthony Kiedis wrote the lyrics while reflecting on loneliness and the struggles of being clean from drugs, and almost did not share it with the band. Released in March 1992 by Warner Bros. Records, "Under the Bridge" was praised by critics and fans for its emotional weight. The song was a commercial success and the band's highest-charting single, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, number one on the Cash Box Top 100 and certified platinum. It was also a success in other countries, mostly charting within the top 10. Gus Van Sant directed the song's music video, which was filmed in Los Angeles.

"Under the Bridge" helped the Red Hot Chili Peppers enter the mainstream. David Fricke of Rolling Stone said that the song "unexpectedly drop-kicked the band into the Top 10". The song has become an inspiration to other artists, and remains a seminal component of the alternative rock movement of the early-to-mid 1990s. In April 1998, English girl group All Saints released a cover version that topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in May 1998.