Songfacts®:

• Originally written by Stevie Wonder, The Red Hot Chili Peppers covered this song and re-worked the music to fit a smaller band than Stevie Wonder worked with. The keyboard part was replaced with Flea's powerful slap bass, and John Frusciante has a different guitar medley than played in the original.
• This song, and "Knock Me Down" were The Red Hot Chili Peppers first two hits, and helped them achieve more mainstream success.
• The Chilis version of this song is a favorite among bass players because of its prominent slap bass line.
• Lead singer Anthony Kiedis joked that the reason they covered this song was because it was between this song, and covering the New Kids on the Block's "Hangin' Tough."
• This was featured in Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie. >>>

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  Bert - Pueblo, NM, for all above
• This is used in the "Rockin' Space Mountain" attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. It is also a playable song in the Playstation 2 game Guitar Hero. >>>

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  Bertrand - Paris, France