I thought, 'I'm gonna try and do a little baby CPR real quick, see if I can get some air in this kid.

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Cross further wrote, "I thought we had something special, as most virgins do, but sadly we were just another notch on a tour belt. The third Red Hot Chili Peppers album, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, was released in September 1987 and peaked at No.Due to his addiction, Kiedis "didn't have the same drive or desire to come up with ideas or lyrics" and appeared at rehearsal "literally asleep". He's pretty lost; he's just a spirit but I would like for everyone just to take ten seconds to send him some love, to send his spirit some love because pretty soon he will be sailing on and I would appreciate it if his home town could send him love for a whole ten seconds of love.

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Give It Away" was the first single, which went on to achieve international fame and became the band's first number-one single on the Modern Rock chart.The Getaway made its debut at number one in ten different countries while reaching number two in the band's home country of the United States along with the United Kingdom and Canada. The band also performed covers of " Cracked Actor" and " Starman" in tribute to their friend David Bowie, who died the previous month. However, after the death of his close friend and bandmate Hillel Slovak, Kiedis's lyrics became much more introspective and personal, as exemplified by the Mother's Milk song "Knock Me Down", which was dedicated to Slovak along with the Blood Sugar Sex Magik song "My Lovely Man". Red Hot Chili Peppers reunite with drummer Jack Irons to honor late guitarist Hillel Slovak: Watch".