"Tippa My Tongue" is a song by American

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band

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and the first single from the band's thirteenth studio album ''

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''. The single, along with a music video, was released on August 19, 2022. "Tippa My Tongue" became the band's fourth number-one single on the

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chart and made them the only band with two number-one singles on that chart in 2022, the other being "

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". On the

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chart, the song reached number one and was the band's the 15th number one single and also became the band's 27th top ten single on that chart, one shy of the record held by the Foo Fighters. "Tippa My Tongue" is nominated for the "Best Rock" music video at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards.

Background

First mentioned onstage by Flea and Kiedis alongside the announcement of the full album in Denver, Colorado, "Tippa My Tongue" is an upbeat

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song. Drummer

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described the track's influences as: "It's got P-Funk in it. I hear George linton in it and some Hendrixy kind of licks."

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Malia James. The psychedelic imagery of the video was described as "trippy" by '' Louder'' and ''

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''. ''

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'' described the setting as "a psychedelic world filled with geometric shapes and technicolour hues."

Live performances

Nearly five months after its release, the song made its live debut on January 14, 2023, at the iHeartRadio ALTer Ego music festival in

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. The song has been performed 24 times since then however has been dropped during some of the band's shows in 2023 despite it being the lead single from ''Return of the Dream Canteen''.

Personnel

* Anthony Kiedis – vocals *

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– bass *

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– guitar, vocals *

– drums

Additional personnel

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– production *

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– engineering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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