Snow ((Hey Oh))

"Snow ((Hey Oh))"
Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers from the album Stadium Arcadium
B-side	"Funny Face" "I'll Be Your Domino"
Released	November 20, 2006
Format	CD single, vinyl Digital Download
Recorded	March - December 2005 at The Mansion in Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	5:34
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Writer	Kiedis/Frusciante/Flea/Smith
Producer	Rick Rubin
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology
"Tell Me Baby" (2006) "Snow ((Hey Oh))" (2006) "Desecration Smile" (2007)

"Snow ((Hey Oh))"^[sic] is a single by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, originally released on the band's double album Stadium Arcadium on May 9, 2006. It is a softer, more melodic song, much like the songs from By the Way. The song is driven by rapid guitar riff by John Frusciante, and makes use of chords played on the bass by Flea. Frusciante.net revealed that this was going to be the third of seven songs released as a single off Stadium Arcadium. Before even being released as a single, it climbed to number fifty-three in the UK iTunes top 100 on May 13. In an interview, Tony Kaye, who also directed the video for "Dani California," told MTV he would be directing the video for the song. However, his footage wasn't used (pictures of this shoot can be seen here). Instead, Warner commissioned director Nick Wickham to shoot a new video showing the band at the 17 October and 18 October 2006 shows at Izod Center in New Jersey, along with black and white film of fans at the parking lot and lines at the live show. This video, which premiered early November 2006, can be watched on the band's official YouTube channel, here. On January 17, 2007, "Snow ((Hey Oh))" became the band's record breaking 11th number one Modern Rock single in the United States and is the third consecutive chart-topping Modern Rock single from Stadium Arcadium. The song is played during the credits of the second Death Note movie, Death Note: The Last Name. It was also used by ESPN in commercials for the X Games. During the summer of 2007, the song was used in a promotion for the new season of PBS's news-magazine program Frontline They also performed this song on February 11 2007 at the 49th annual Grammys. When they performed this song, thousands of white confetti, representing snow, came down from the roof, an event which also occurs in the music video. Immediately after their performance, they won the Grammy for Rock Album of the Year for Stadium Arcadium. Anthony Kiedis stated in an interview for Stadium Arcadium that the song is "about the repeated failure to start your life anew and how difficult it can be to get rid of old ways of thinking, and destructive ideas we become so attached to."

Track listings and formats

CD-single

1. "Snow ((Hey Oh))" – 4:41
2. "Permutation" (Live) – 3:43

Maxi-single

1. "Snow ((Hey Oh))" – 4:41
2. "Funny Face" – 4:46
3. "I'll Be Your Domino" – 3:54

International CD-single

1. "Snow ((Hey Oh))" – 4:41
2. "Funny Face" – 4:46

UK Picture disk

1. "Snow ((Hey Oh))" – 4:41
2. "Funny Face" – 4:46

iTunes Version Single

1. "Snow ((Hey Oh))" – 4:41
2. "Funny Face" – 4:46
3. "I'll Be Your Domino" – 3:54
4. "Permutation" (Live) – 3:43

References