One Big Mob

Album: One Hot Minute (1995)
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Songfacts®:

  • The line, 'ek bara mela' in the chorus is a nearly literal Hindi translation for "One Big Mob."
  • The crying baby vocals were provided by Dave Navarro's little brother Gabriel James Navarro. >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Radhika - Melbourne, Australia, for above 2
  • This song was part of a 12-minute movement the band was working on, and the ending was taken from the intro of another song they were working on called "Stretch You Out," which they decided not to release on the album.

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