So Much I by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Album: Stadium Arcadium (2006)

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This song came from the feeling you get not when you tell somebody that you love them, but when you say, "I love you so much." >>>
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Stadium Arcadium, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' ninth studio album, was praised for encompassing the different styles the band have explored throughout their career, which started as a funk-styled, rap-rock outfit in 1983. The upbeat rocker "So Much I," which appears on the album's second disc, Mars, is a necessary component in the band's music. "We need that in part of the repertoire," Kiedis said. "We need that motion, that locomotion."
Although he wasn't part of the writing process for the track, guitarist John Frusciante thinks of this as a tribute to his friend Guy Picciotto of the band Fugazi because the tune immediately reminded him of Guy's guitar playing.
Kiedis thinks the driving nature of the verse is reminiscent of the '80s punk-rock band the Minutemen.

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Martin from Prague, Czech RepublicOne of the few songs on Stadium Arcadium that originated from Flea's bass line. However, the "Please don't turn away..." chorus is John's piece of work.
Alec from Mechanicsburg, SdThe Chili Peppers played this song during Al Gore's Live Earth concert in 2007.
Elizabeth from Fort Worth, Txwow i really do believe this song is about head now!!! its makes since! haha its def. changed that song forever for me
Sanja from Zabok, Croatiainteresting, derek... :)
i like the way he's trying to say something that's realy hard to say...so his performance to those words is realy original.
Derek from Appleton, Withis song is about head. when they say "I wanna show you what your head is for
I I, I I, I I, I I I I, I" is refering to head.

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