Songfacts®:

• A working title for this song was "Ghost Dance" because it sounded like the 1985 Chili Peppers song "American Ghost Dance." It was also known as "40 Detectives" at one point.
• Flea plays the trumpet in this song.
• When the Chili Peppers played this on their Stadium Arcadium tour, Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta (who were the opening act) often came on stage to play bongos during the breakdown of this song. >>>

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  Bert - Pueblo, NM, for all above
• Chris Rock directed the music video, which shows a block party going on when The Peppers emerge and start playing and dancing to the song. In the music video Anthony has grills and Flea is wearing his yellow outfit he wore during the Emmy awards. Also, Chris Rock appears trying to get into his own block party and the security won't let him in. Rock made sure the band were the only white people in the video. >>>

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  Matt - Salisbury, MD
• Long before they started working on the album, Flea spontaneously came up with the groove and Kiedis recorded it on his phone so they wouldn't forget it. But when it came time to select tracks for Stadium Arcadium, Kiedis wanted to nix "Hump De Bump" because he felt more emotionally connected to other songs. Producer Rick Rubin changed his mind, which was a relief to Flea, who thought it was one of the best tracks from the Stadium Arcadium sessions.
• This was the fifth and final single from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' ninth album. It was also the last single to feature guitarist John Frusciante, who quit the band in 2009 near the end of their hiatus. He rejoined in December 2019.