Dosed

"Dosed"
"Dosed"
Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers
from the album By the Way
Released	May 19, 2003
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	5:11 (album version); 4:35 (single edit)
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Flea; John Frusciante; Anthony Kiedis; Chad Smith;
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology

"Dosed" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 2002 album, By the Way. It was released as the album's fourth single in the United States and Canada only, whilst "Universally Speaking" was released in the UK. It peaked at number 13 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart in 2003. No music video was made for the single.

Background[]

The song features four guitars, played by John Frusciante and Flea, all playing completely different riffs. The chorus is sung by John Frusciante and Anthony Kiedis together in harmony. A ballad that clocks in at 5:11, it is the third-longest track on the album. It runs through stages, each time repeating the original verse until the song's completion. In between the verses, guitar solos can be heard from the four guitars that play.

Live performances[]

While the song was a single and popular song, "Dosed" was never performed live with John Frusciante. "Dosed" was teased by Frusciante in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2006, and by Josh Klinghoffer in Athens, Greece and Istanbul, Turkey in 2012, and in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in 2013. On May 28, 2017 in Edmonton, "Dosed" was performed for the first time in its entirety during the band's The Getaway World Tour with opening act IRONTOM's Zach Irons, son of founding Chili Peppers' drummer Jack Irons, providing a second guitar to the song to honor a 17-year-old terminally ill fan, Maggie Schmidt.

Personnel[]

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Anthony Kiedis - lead vocals
John Frusciante - guitar, vocals, electric piano
Flea - bass, additional guitar^[1]
Chad Smith - drums

Charts[]

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)^[2]	13

References[]

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^ "Red Hot Chili Peppers Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved January 24, 2017.

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[sc_Billboardalternativesongs_Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers-2] "Red Hot Chili Peppers Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved January 24, 2017.

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show v t Red Hot Chili Peppers singles discography
The Red Hot Chili Peppers	"Get Up and Jump"
Freaky Styley	"Jungle Man" "Hollywood (Africa)"
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan	"Fight Like a Brave"
Mother's Milk	"Higher Ground" "Knock Me Down" "Taste the Pain"
Blood Sugar Sex Magik	"Give It Away" "Under the Bridge" "Suck My Kiss" "Breaking the Girl" "If You Have to Ask"
One Hot Minute	"Warped" "My Friends" "Aeroplane" "Shallow Be Thy Game" "Coffee Shop"
Californication	"Scar Tissue" "Around the World" "Otherside" "Californication" "Road Trippin'" "Parallel Universe"
By the Way	"By the Way" "The Zephyr Song" "Can't Stop" "Dosed" "Universally Speaking"
Stadium Arcadium	"Dani California" "Tell Me Baby" "Snow ((Hey Oh))" "Desecration Smile" "Hump de Bump"
I'm with You	"The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" "Monarchy of Roses" "Look Around" "Brendan's Death Song"
The Getaway	"Dark Necessities" "Go Robot" "Sick Love" "Goodbye Angels"
What Hits!?	"Behind the Sun"
Greatest Hits	"Fortune Faded"
I'm with You Sessions	"Strange Man / Long Progression" "Magpies on Fire / Victorian Machinery" "Never Is a Long Time / Love of Your Life" "The Sunset Sleeps / Hometown Gypsy" "Pink as Floyd / Your Eyes Girl" "In Love, Dying" "Catch My Death / How It Ends" "This Is the Kitt / Brave From Afar" "Hanalei / Open/Close"
Non-album singles	"Show Me Your Soul" "Soul to Squeeze" "Love Rollercoaster"
Other songs	"True Men Don't Kill Coyotes" "Catholic School Girls Rule" "Me and My Friends" "For the Thrashers" "Good Time Boys" "Pretty Little Ditty" "Circle of the Noose" "Charlie" "Did I Let You Know"