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}} "Otherside" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, released in 2000. It was the third single from their album ''Californication'', and confronts the battles ex-junkies have with their prior addictions. The single was highly successful peaking at number 14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the fourth highest ever for the band; and number one on the US Modern Rock Tracks, which was, at the time, the fifth for the band. The song remained at number one on this chart for 13 consecutive weeks, one of the longest runs at the top of that chart. "Otherside" has remained a constant staple on the band's tours since 1999, making it one of their top ten most performed songs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Red Hot Chili Peppers Tour Statistics - setlist.fm )〕 ==Background== This song refers to one of the band members, Hillel Slovak who died of a heroin overdose on June 25, 1988. This song talks about his struggles from this addiction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=411MANIA - The 8 Ball 5.18.14: Top 8 Red Hot Chili Peppers Music Videos )〕 The name of the song, "Otherside" is also used to say "afterlife". Although it is sung by Anthony Kiedis, it is supposed to be Slovak’s voice and his perspective towards the situation. This song talks about how Slovak knows how much the drug has affected him and how he must kill himself to end his addiction. This song also shows his struggles to end this addiction by saying, “I yell and tell it (drugs) that it’s not my friend; I tear it down tear it down, and then it’s born again.” His constant struggle is also shown in the music video which shows a man waking up and then finding himself in the same position at the end of the video which means that it is a cycle that never changes and that never will change. The video also shows his struggles by having a scene where the man (Slovak) is fighting against his shadow which shows that he was initially fighting with himself due to the addiction. In general, this song is not only showing people Slovak’s struggles but also showing many other people’s struggles with the same problem. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Otherside」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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