THE SHAPE I’M TAKIN’

Recorded during: Unlimited Love/Return of the Dream Canteen sessions
Length: 3:35
Performers: Anthony Kiedis (vocals), Flea (bass), John Frusciante (guitar), Chad Smith (drums).
Live performances.

Anthony had this to say about the song in a Sirius XM feature:

“Sounds like nothing else on either of these records. It’s a hectic and wild drum beat that Flea brought to the table, and Flea was also playing some wild upright piano, and he wrote these chords, and it’s fast, and weird, and it reminded Flea of a song called ‘Fallout’ written either by Stuart Copeland, or by the Police, that we used to listen to in 1981-82. So it’s one of these songs that has a movement to it, that will rock you.”