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"Scar Tissue" is the first single from American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers' seventh studio album, Californication (1999). Released on May 25, 1999, the song spent a then-record 16 consecutive weeks atop the US Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart as well as 10 weeks atop the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and it reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also successful in Iceland, New Zealand, and Canada, reaching numbers one, three, and four, respectively. In the United Kingdom, it charted at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Scar Tissue" is considered to be representative of the new, more melodic rock sound the band experimented with on Californication (in contrast with the psychedelic One Hot Minute, and dry funk of Blood Sugar Sex Magik). The song is notable for its mellow intro guitar riff and for its slide guitar solos throughout. Guitar World placed the guitar solo 63rd in its list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Solos". "Scar Tissue" won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2000. In 2004, lead vocalist Anthony Kiedis published an autobiography titled after the song.




Music video


The music video for "Scar Tissue" was directed by Stéphane Sednaoui, who also directed the video for "Give It Away". The opening shot is of John Frusciante driving down a strip of desert highway, a metaphor for Frusciante's return to the band (he does not drive in real life). But the four of them are battered, beaten and bandaged. They are traveling in a rusty wreck and playing broken instruments on the comeback trail. The video ends after an emotional thirty second Frusciante guitar solo at the moment of sunset, with John tossing the broken, stringless guitar from the car. The car Frusciante pretended to drive for the video was a 1967 Pontiac Catalina convertible. A very similar concept was considered, then scrapped, for the earlier "Soul to Squeeze" video. Prior to the video shoot, Kiedis had his hair cut and bleached his brown hair to platinum blond, a look he kept throughout the promotion and tour for Californication. It was filmed in California's Mojave Desert.




Reception


"Scar Tissue" is widely regarded as one of the band's best songs. In 2021, Kerrang ranked the song number three on their list of the 20 greatest Red Hot Chili Peppers songs, and in 2022, Rolling Stone ranked the song number two on their list of the 40 greatest Red Hot Chili Peppers songs.




Live performances


"Scar Tissue" has been a live staple in the band's setlists since its first performance in 1998 making it the band's fifth most performed song overall. American band Mr. Bungle performed a mock version of the song in 1999, as part of a halloween concert parodying Red Hot Chili Peppers.




Track listings


CD single (1999) (Catalogue Number 9 16913–2)

"Scar Tissue" (album) – 3:37
"Gong Li" (previously unreleased) – 3:42
"Instrumental #1" (previously unreleased) – 2:48
CD single (Slipcase) (1999)

"Scar Tissue" (album) – 3:37
"Gong Li" (previously unreleased) – 3:42
Cassette single (1999)

"Scar Tissue" (album)
"Gong Li" (previously unreleased)




Personnel


Red Hot Chili Peppers

Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals
John Frusciante – lead, slide, and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Flea – bass, backing vocals
Chad Smith – drums, shaker




Charts






Certifications






Release history






See also


List of number-one mainstream rock hits (United States)
Number one modern rock hits of 1999
List of RPM Rock/Alternative number-one singles




References

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Scar tissue may refer to:




Medicine


Scar, an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after injury
Granulation tissue, a product of healing in major wounds




Film and television


Scar Tissue (1975 film), or Wanted: Babysitter, a film by René Clément
Scar Tissue (2002 film), a television movie starring Roberta Maxwell
Scar Tissue (2012 film), a film featuring Helen George
"Scar Tissue" (The Punisher), a television episode
"Scar Tissue" (The Shield), a television episode




Literature


Scar Tissue (autobiography), a 2004 autobiography by Anthony Kiedis
Scar Tissue (novel), a 1993 novel by Michael Ignatieff




Music


Scar Tissue (band), an American electro-industrial group
"Scar Tissue", a song by Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1999
"Scar Tissue", a song by Camila Cabello from Camila, 2018
"Scar Tissue", a song by Five Finger Death Punch from F8, 2020

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