"Fortune Faded" is a song by the

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. It was released in 2003 as a single, to coincide with the release of their ''

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'' album. The song, along with "Save the Population" (another song from their ''Greatest Hits''), was recorded at

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and produced by

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. A music video was also produced. One of the single's B-sides, "Bunker Hill" was originally recorded for ''

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'', while the other, "Eskimo", was written during ''

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''. The second version of the single, with blue printing instead of red on the cover art, was never released in the UK due to last minute complications, as the second release was too long to be classed as a single. UK chart singles must not last over 20 minutes in length. "Tuesday Night in Berlin" was a live jam recorded in Berlin and features

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producing sound effects throughout the jam. Sometime into the jam, Flea switches to trumpet and Frusciante plays bass for the remainder of the jam. "Fortune Faded" was originally recorded for the ''By the Way'' album and was played live a few times in 2001 with a chorus that is different from the ''Greatest Hits'' version. The band did not like how the ''By the Way'' sessions version sounded, thus it was re-recorded for the ''Greatest Hits'' collection. After the chorus' change, the band performed the original version once in 2005. A rough mix with a guide vocal of the ''By The Way'' sessions version with the original chorus has surfaced online, but has never been officially released by the band.

Track list

CD single (2003) # "Fortune Faded" (album) – 3:23 # "Eskimo" (previously unreleased) – 5:31 # "Bunker Hill" (previously unreleased) – 3:29 CD version 2 (2003) # "Fortune Faded" (album) – 3:23 # "

" (remixed by Ekkehard Ehlers) – 5:57 # "Tuesday Night in Berlin" (live) – 14:22

Personnel

* Anthony Kiedis - lead vocals * John Frusciante - guitars, backing vocals * Flea - bass guitar * Chad Smith - drums

Chart performance

References

{{Authority control Red Hot Chili Peppers songs 2003 singles Songs written by Flea (musician) Songs written by Anthony Kiedis Songs written by Chad Smith Songs written by John Frusciante