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Anthony Kiedis stared at the tracklist on the studio wall, a strip of gaffer tape with twenty names scrawled in four different colors of marker. Flea sat upside down on a couch, his legs hooked over the back, blood rushing to his bald head. John Frusciante tuned his ’62 Stratocaster for the seventh time that hour. Chad Smith drummed paradiddles on his own knees, impatient.

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Flea put an arm around him. “We’ll be lucky to be alive at fifty.”

That became Fortune Faded . A song about chasing the dragon of success and finding only your own reflection. greatest hits red hot chili peppers

“You think we’ll still be doing this at fifty?” he asked.

Anthony closed his eyes. He remembered his father’s old cassette deck. A girl on a beach who smelled like jasmine and sorrow. The word fortune came to him, then faded . He scribbled in his notebook: “Not everyone is out to get me / Not everyone can be my friend.” Anthony Kiedis stared at the tracklist on the

The compilation came out in November. Silver cover. A red asterisk for a logo. It debuted at number one in the UK, number three in the US. Critics called it “definitive.” Fans argued online about what was missing ( “Where’s ‘My Lovely Man’?” ).