"The Drummer"
Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers
from the album Return of the Dream Canteen
ReleasedOctober 14, 2022 (2022-10-14)
Recorded2021
StudioShangri-La (Malibu, California)
GenreFunk rock, alternative rock
Length3:24
LabelWarner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rick Rubin
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology
"Tippa My Tongue"
(2022) 		"The Drummer"
(2022)
Music video
"The Drummer" on YouTube

"The Drummer" is a song by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and was the second single from the band's thirteenth studio album Return of the Dream Canteen. The single, along with a music video, was released on October 14, 2022.[1]

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Phillip R. Lopez. The music video features the Chili Peppers performing an intimate concert while breakdancers and others dance around them in an underground nightclub.

Chart performance

The single reached No. 10 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart and No. 21 on the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart.[2]

Live performances

The song made its live debut on January 14, 2023, at the iHeartRadio ALTer Ego music festival in Inglewood, CA.[3]

Personnel

Additional personnel

References

  1. ^ "Red Hot Chili Peppers' Synth-y New Single "The Drummer" Gets Video". exclaim.ca. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "Chart History: Red Hot Chili Peppers". billboard.com. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  3. ^ Shafer, Ellise (January 16, 2023). "Jack White, Fall Out Boy, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse Draw the Rock-Starved to iHeartRadio's ALTer EGO Fest on a Rainy L.A. Night". Variety.
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