He said that Anthony Kiedis was inspired by the Beatles 1969 rooftop performance. Klasfeld spoke about the concept behind the video, saying it was simple and iconic. The band decided to go with the Marc Klasfeld-directed video rather than the Kreayshawn version, and it is unknown why they opted to use a different director when re-shooting the video. Chad played the bouncer, Flea played the bartender while Anthony and Josh play paramedics. Each band member also played different characters in the video. She said she also heard animation was going to be added later. Nelson said the geek character's drink gets laced with something so there were fantasy scenes involving a goat and it raining inside the club. Nelson said the video took place in a 1990s underground setting where she played a girl who knows everyone and features many antics with a geek-type character. Nelson was told by a Warner Bros representative that the video is unlikely to be released and that the band was going in a different direction. Nelson discussed the concept of the Kreayshawn video. On July 30, 2011, the band took to the rooftop of a building in Venice Beach, California to shoot a second version of the music video with director Marc Klasfeld.
In the end, her footage was not used as the band did not think the video related to the meaning of the song. She said she went to film school but never thought it would translate to something this big.
Kreayshawn told MTV that she was shocked when the band's label contacted her management about directing the video. On June 23, 2011, it was announced that hip hop artist Kreayshawn had been picked to direct the music video. Flea stated that the band wrote 70 songs so not even necessarily all the best songs made it onto the album, just the ones that occupy their own space. He described the song as a cool, simple, funky little jam but being completely different from the rest of the songs on the album and nothing else sounds like it. There's two Maggies, actually." įlea was asked about the single and said that he was not really good at picking singles and really did not know which song was good to be released first. Although there is a Maggie, I realized later. "Names have been changed to protect the innocent. "It's just a collection of memories and people along the way that had maybe left my consciousness until I heard that music, and then they kind of came dancing back into my consciousness, and out the old pen onto the paper. When asked about who exactly Maggie is, Kiedis said that he is not about to reveal his inspirations. Let's put it on as a B-side, hour long.' And then, as fate would have it, people heard it, and they were like, 'Oh, that's your best thing right there. I had no idea that it would even be a song, I just thought, 'Oh, this is a great dance track. I took it home and it felt so fun to listen to at length that I literally left it on in my driveway, opened the door and danced with the tree next to me for quite a while.
Anthony Kiedis notes that "When I first heard, I didn't know it would be a single. The song's bassline was conceived in bassist Flea's kitchen. It also peaked at number 38 on the Hot 100 chart, giving them their last Top 40 hit on that chart to date. The single became the band's record-holding 12th number-one single on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart where it spent four straight weeks atop the chart.
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The download was made available on July 18 while the CD single was released four days later. The song was released to radio on July 15, 2011, three days earlier than expected, due to an accidental release. It was their first single since " Hump de Bump" in 2007, and their first with new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer. " The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, released as the first single from their tenth album I'm with You (2011). "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" on YouTube Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, Josh Klinghoffer