Songfacts®:

• Among the things yelled at the beginning of the song is "Heavens to Murgatroyd!" which is the catchphrase from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Snagglepuss.
• Anthony Kiedis has said he does not like playing this song live. This song features more of a rap style, and over the years Kiedis' style has changed from rapping to singing. This can be seen in the difference between the way "Give It Away" was played when it was released in 1991, and the way it was played throughout the 2000s. >>

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• The working title was "Public Enemy" because RHCP guitarist John Frusciante was inspired by the same Public Enemy song that led to the 1999 Californication track "Get On Top." (Although he doesn't specify the song, it could be the hip-hop group's 1987 single "You're Gonna Get Yours," which has a similar sounding riff.) Says Frusciante: "It just goes to show that the same groove in the same song meant something different seven years later."
• This contains the goofy lyric, "You try to be a lady but you're walking like a sauerkraut," which is bassist Flea's favorite line from the song. In the album's track-by-track interviews, Kiedis told Flea, "I think it's good to have some funny lines in songs, and this song has an element of absurdity to it, you may have noticed."
• According to Kiedis, after he added his vocals to the tune, Frusciante lost his enthusiasm for it and even suggested it be left off the album. But the guitarist admitted the song does have "that quintessential Chili Peppers feeling to it that we thought would be a strong feeling to include on the record, so that's why it's there."
• Stadium Arcadium, the band's ninth studio album, is a double album containing two 14-song discs, titled Jupiter and Mars. "Storm In A Teacup" appears on the latter disc.