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Fortune Faded | 
 enlarge | Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Label: Wea International
Category: Music
Buy Used: $25.97
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 280632
Format: Single, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.2
UPC: 093624268024
EAN: 0093624268024
ASIN: B0000TI3FK
Release Date: December 23, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Fortune Faded | | • | Eskimo | | • | Bunker Hill |
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Album Description
Taken from the band's 2003 compilation 'Greatest Hits'. The title track is backed with two non-LP tracks, 'Eskimo' & 'Bunker Hill'. Warner.
Album Details
"fortune Faded" is the First Single to Be Taken from their Second Collection of "Greatest Hits" and Debuts on this Album for the First Time. The Backing Tracks of "Eskimo" and "Bunker Hill" Follow Suit and Are Exclusive to this Single!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Eskimo is the greatest song ever produced by the Red Hot Chili Peppers October 2, 2006
Jeffrey A. Lunt
You must buy this single! I assure you- this single needs to be in every collection if you are a red hot chili peppers fan. Buy it elsewhere though because you can purchase it for a better price.
Perplexing. July 31, 2006
Collin Lauten (Los Angeles, California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the first version of the Fortune Faded single (released with red writing, instead of blue). The song can be heard, otherwise, on the RHCP Greatest Hits assemblage and Live In Hyde Park (for a live interpretation).
The song itself is a strange little number that is fairly funky, but mostly melodious. The lyrics are what really catches you, though, as it tells a tale of insightful anecdotes and interesting events. This would have to be up there in the best unreleased tracks.
The b-sides for this version are really well worth the digging-up. "Eskimo" is an inexplicable song that sounds superb. Pure bliss, if I do say so myself. The memorable chorus has many different things going on at once, which really set this song apart from most. A genuine jewel.
"Bunker Hill" isn't half bad either, but when you compare it to the greatness of "Eskimo", it simply can not live up. It, unfortunately, leaves you with an empty felling--unsatisfied.
Positively Recommended.
 What is with this CHORUS??????? May 16, 2006
25 yr old (Chicago, IL)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This review is just concerning the song "fortune Faded"...
First off, this song starts off amazing. For some reason everytime I hear it I feel early 90's U2 and REM (Think Gloria, Electric Co.) I absolutely LOVE every part of this song BUT the chorus. What is with this chorus???
It just doesnt fit the song at all. I cant remember the last time I loved just part of a song this much and hated part of it. This chorus completely ruins the feel, flow, and energy of this song. I would describe it as the most genericlaly pop-ie and completely uncalled for section of a song I can remember.
I cant remember ever feeling so much animosity about a part of a song, but I want to love this song and be able to listen to it thru, but i can't even stand to listen to the chorus. ARGH!!!
Great b-sides September 30, 2005
Michael Stack (North Chelmsford, MA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Fortune Faded" was the single release from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Greatest Hits" compilation, and was issued in two parts. THis one contains two non-album tracks.
"Fortune Faded" is an odd little piece, with the sort of funky beat that was missing (not necessarily a bad thing) from "By the Way" and a suitably esoteric lyric. But on this single, it's really "Eskimo" that's the gem. A bizarrely arranged piece with a tense verse featuring upper register guitar work and a manic chorus, it really is one of the best songs in the Chili Peppers catalog. "Bunker Hill" is a decent funky rock tune that also deserves listen, though it feels a bit anticlimatic after the unnervingly superb "Eskimo".
All in all, this is an extroardinary single, well worth digging up. Recommended.
The returns January 24, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This single is like the comeback of songs that were left behind in the past.
The single starts out with the title track, Fortune Faded, which was the first song they wrote for By The Way, back in 2001. It was meant to be their big hit for their still unnamed album, but the studio version did not quite satisfy them. In case you've never heard the old versions, the main differences are different (less) backing vocals by John, a different melody in the chorus, and no acoustic guitar. I personally like that version better, but the new one is still good.
The second song is called "Eskimo", and it was originally recorded for their 2002 album, By The Way. The song, which is one of their strangest with John playing a light guitar melody, a heavy distorted guitar chorus and even a harpsichord, and Flea playing the trumpet apart from his bass, is slow, but it has a very heavy chorus. It's definately worth a listen, but after many I have already gotten sick of it.
The last track is also the oldest, Bunker Hill. It was one of the first songs written (in 1998) for Californication. The recording is from the album recordings, in 1999, and they didn't like how this one came up, either. Unlike Fortune Faded, this version is untouched, and it's, in my opinion, the greatest b-side of their last about three singles.
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