# Talk:Give It Away (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)

River Phoenix died 2 years after this song was released, so his death couldn't have inspired the song. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.26.165.180  (talk • contribs) 17:55, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
The line was written before he had died, but is about him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elthearosa  (talk • contribs) 05:42, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Could someone upload a screenshot from the music video? I would if I knew how. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.104.33.215  (talk • contribs) 18:55, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Can anybody make a disambaug page for this. Due to the song by george strait "Give it Away" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.134.123.62  (talk • contribs) 02:06, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Thoroughly done.  Oldag07 (talk) 23:15, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

"Proponents of this theory are also quick to point out that the next track on the album is "Blood Sugar Sex Magik"."
It's not a concept album... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.104.47.105  (talk • contribs) 16:57, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

This article is praising the band too much. Someone need to neutralize it.--Nog64 03:02, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't think it is.  Give me some examples and add it back, but I'm removing it for now.Xihix 02:16, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

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 Done—♦♦ SʘʘTHING(Я) 12:36, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Has anyone else noticed that the riff Frusciante plays at the end of the song is *really* similar to the main riff of Black Sabbath's "Sweet Leaf".  Apparently this song was written in a spontaneous jam, I think it's very possible that at the end they were intentionally jamming on top of that riff.  At the very least I think we should include a mention of "Sweet Leaf" somewhere in the article.

 During recent performances (such as their special concert for Top of the Pops), the band has begun to include a heavy, energetic intro inspired by the 1987 Public Enemy single "You're Gonna Get Yours" (the first track from their debut album Yo! Bum Rush the Show), before segueing into "Give It Away" itself. 

They used this intro even back in 2001-2002 (on Off the map DVD, for example).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.222.142.20 (talk) 11:21, 16 November 2007 (UTC) 
DOes anyone think mentioning somthing about a Jew's harp being used in the song might help this article?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.94.5.204 (talk) 14:01, 25 April 2008 (UTC) 

I cleaned up links.  Most everything that used to link to Give it Away, now links to this page. Thank God for AutoWikibrowser Oldag07 (talk) 23:07, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Give It Away is funk rock not alternative rock  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.81.201.149 (talk) 17:26, 2 February 2010 (UTC) 

No, it's very much an alternative rock song. WesleyDodds (talk) 23:08, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
It is funk rock, Kiedis raps a lot in the song + the guitar riff and the bass line are very funky, so it should be funk rock. 84.248.39.41 (talk) 15:14, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
I think that mentioning funk rock as a genre is significant given the context, having directly preceded and led into the Chili Peppers’ huge success with “Under the Bridge,” which was (at the time) uncharacteristically not funk-based.  Considering the link between the two songs, it seems misleading to label them as the same genre. Onomatopoeiaieopotamono (talk) 22:56, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I've seen numerous sources stating that this a funk rock song too. This song is very funky too, so I can't see why it can't be listed under the genres. I would go as far as saying that rap rock should be listed as a genre too, since the vocals here almost exclusively consist of rapping. I'll go look for those sources again now. Kokoro20 (talk) 12:14, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Alternative rock is pretty sufficient for describing this song--bear in mind working in funk was a trend in alt-rock right before grunge hit the mainstream. WesleyDodds (talk) 09:37, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Fair enough.  I guess the only thing that bugs me (slightly) is that it fits into the funk half of the Chili Peppers’ catalogue, and since the other half is usually described as alternative rock, it seems slightly misleading to someone who might be familiar with the band’s styles but not with the song.  But I suppose in a more broad perspective it's accurate enough, and excess genres can get pretty stupid easily.Onomatopoeiaieopotamono (talk) 23:48, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
It doesn't change the fact that it's a funk rock song though. I mean, Under the Bridge is an alternative rock song, but not this. Kokoro20 (talk) 10:06, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Two people hardly constitute a consensus. I feel the audiences who listen to country and those who listen to the Red Hot Chili peppers are so different that a disambig would make more sense. Oldag07 (talk) 06:11, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi, I'm translating this article into Spanish. I need to know where the Bibliography is, since I cannot verify sources just called "Apter" or "Kiedis". Could you please add it to the article somewhere? I have the intention to turn the Spanish article into a GA. Regards, мιѕѕ мαηzαηα (let's talk) 04:18, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Just like to point at that RHCP sampled Onyx's song "Atak of Da Bal-Hedz" http://www.whosampled.com/sample/72991/Onyx-Atak-of-Da-Bal-Hedz-Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers-Give-It-Away/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.239.181.138 (talk) 00:23, 17 August 2014 (UTC) 

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