ROULETTE

Recorded during: Unlimited Love/Return of the Dream Canteen sessions
Length: 4:57
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:

“It was not even born until the recording of the record was in progress. We were at a place called Shangri-La, owned and operated by the great Rick Rubin, our friend and co-worker. The boys were riffing between the recordings of some song, and I was like, ‘What was that? What was that?’ And they were like, “It’s nothing, we’re just tuning our instruments,” and I was like ‘That’s a song.” So we recorded it, and then I took it over the Pacific Ocean with me and put some words to it, very last minute, it’s called ‘Roulette,’ it’s got a vibe.”