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((short description|1992 single by Red Hot Chili Peppers))
((more citations needed|date=September 2013))
((Infobox song
| name       = Behind the Sun
| cover      = 
| alt        =
| type       = song
| artist     = [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
| album      = [[The Uplift Mofo Party Plan]]
| released   = ((start date|1987|9|29))
| format     =
| recorded   = 1987
| studio     = [[Capitol Studios|Capitol]] ([[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]])
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Funk rock]], [[psychedelic rock]]
| length     = 4:41
| label      = [[Manhattan Records|EMI Manhattan]]
| writer     = [[Flea (musician)|Flea]], [[Jack Irons|Irons]], [[Anthony Kiedis|Kiedis]], [[Hillel Slovak|Slovak]]
| producer   = [[Michael Beinhorn]]
| misc       = ((External music video|1="[http://redhotchilipeppers.com/videos/30-behind-the-sun Behind the Sun]" at RedHotChiliPeppers.com))
))
((Infobox song
| name       = Behind the Sun
| cover      = red_hot_chili_peppers_behind_the_sun.png
| alt        = 
| caption    = 
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
| album      = [[What Hits!?]]
| released   = ((start date|1992|11|9))<ref>((cite web|url=http://redhotchilipeppers.com/timeline|title=RHCP Timeline|publisher=Redhotchilipeppers.com|date=March 28, 2012|accessdate=September 28, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206002037/http://redhotchilipeppers.com/timeline|archivedate=February 6, 2015))</ref>
| format     = 
| recorded   = 
| studio     = 
| venue      =
| genre      =
| length     = 4:41
| label      = [[EMI]]/[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| writer     = 
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Breaking the Girl]]
| prev_year  = 1992
| next_title = [[If You Have to Ask]]
| next_year  = 1993
))

"'''Behind the Sun'''" is a song by the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] from their 1987 album, ''[[The Uplift Mofo Party Plan]]'' although was not released as a single until 1992 when it was used to promote the band's ''[[What Hits!?]]'' compilation album. The song charted at number 7 on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart and in New Zealand, as well as number 37 on the Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]].

==Background==
The band had originally wanted to release the song as a single back in 1987, however the label refused to release it because they felt it was too melodic and didn't represent the band's sound. It would not be released as a single until 1992 to promote the ''[[What Hits!?]]'' compilation album, a hits package EMI released to cash in on the band's newfound major label mainstream success thanks to their album ''[[Blood Sugar Sex Magik]]'' and the hit ballad, "[[Under the Bridge]]".

The song is the only song from the Slovak era to have made it to the charts (although it was released after his death). Slovak's brother (James Slovak) named Hillel's biography ''Behind the Sun''. During March 2012, [[The Weather Channel]] began using an instrumental demo version of the song as background music for its ''[[Local on the 8s]]'' segments.

==Music video==
The music video was released on November 9, 1992, and received heavy rotation on [[MTV]]. The video features a mixture of animation and footage of the band from their 1989 "[[Higher Ground (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)|Higher Ground]]" music video. [[John Frusciante]] and [[Chad Smith]] appear in the video even though they didn't play on the song and were not with the band at the time it was recorded.
 
==Live performances==
As of 2023 the song has never been performed live. In 1987, the band gave a lip-synched performance of "Behind the Sun" at the United Cerebral Palsy Telethon. 

Flea explained in an interview that the band wasn't pleased with how the song sounded live.((fact|date=May 2023)) However, despite it never being performed live, it has been teased by the band quite a few times over the years in their live performances, with its intro being teased on the band's [[One Hot Minute tour]] during "[[Give It Away (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)|Give It Away]]". On September 10, 2012, the song was once again teased while the band was performing in Tel Aviv for the first time. It was teased right before "Under the Bridge" was played.


==Track listing==
'''Promo 12" inch single (1987)'''
# "Behind the Sun" (Album)
# "Special Secret Song Inside" (Album)

'''Cassette single (1992)'''
# "Behind the Sun" (Album)
# "[[Higher Ground (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)|Higher Ground]]" (Pearly 12")

'''Promo CD single (1992)'''
# "Behind the Sun" (Edit)
# "Behind the Sun" (Album)

'''CD single (1992) (Also known as 'The Chili Digi' in Digipack)'''
# "Behind the Sun" (album)
# "Higher Ground" (Pearly 12")
# "If You Want Me to Stay" (Pink Mustang Mix)
# "[[Knock Me Down]]" (Album)

'''Promo Jukebox 7" single (1992)'''
# "Behind the Sun" (album)
# "[[Fire (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song)|Fire]]" (album)

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Chart (1992–1993)
!scope="col"|Peak<br>position
|-
((singlechart|Australia|37|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Behind the Sun|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 20, 2016))
|-
((singlechart|Canadatopsingles|73|chartid=1839|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 20, 2016))
|-
((singlechart|New Zealand|7|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Behind the Sun|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 20, 2016))
|-
((singlechart|Billboardbubbling100|24|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 14, 2019))
|-
((singlechart|Billboardalternativesongs|7|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 20, 2016))
|}

==References==
((Reflist))

((Red Hot Chili Peppers singles))

((authority control))

[[Category:Red Hot Chili Peppers songs]]
[[Category:1987 songs]]
[[Category:1992 singles]]
[[Category:EMI Records singles]]
[[Category:Capitol Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Hillel Slovak]]
[[Category:Songs written by Flea (musician)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Anthony Kiedis]]
[[Category:Songs written by Jack Irons]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Michael Beinhorn]]
[[Category:American psychedelic rock songs]]

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