RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS SCORE 12TH NO. 1 SINGLE ON ALTERNATIVE RADIO CHART WITH "THE ADVENTURES OF RAIN DANCE MAGGIE"

BAND HOLDS RECORD FOR MOST NO. 1'S IN THE CHART'S HISTORY

   

"THE ADVENTURES OF RAIN DANCE MAGGIE" IS FIRST SINGLE OFF MULTI-PLATINUM BAND'S UPCOMING ALBUM I'M WITH YOU, DUE AUGUST 30TH IN NORTH AMERICA FROM WARNER BROS. RECORDS

August 9, 2011- Burbank, CA - With the Red Hot Chili Peppers' latest single, "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" claiming the top spot on Billboard's Alternative chart this week, the Los Angeles quartet have surpassed their own record for the artist with the most Number One singles in Modern Rock radio chart history with 12. The track is also No. 1 on both the BDS and Mediabase charts.

The band's previous Number One Modern Rock tracks are 1991's "Give It Away," 1993's "Soul to Squeeze," 1995's "My Friends," 1999's "Scar Tissue", 2000's "Otherside" and "Californication," 2002's "By the Way" and "Can't Stop," and 2006's "Dani California," (which spent 14 weeks at No. 1 and is one of three songs in the history of Billboard's Alternative Chart to debut in the top spot), "Tell Me Baby," and "Snow (Hey Oh)."

"The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" is the first single from the band's upcoming tenth studio album I'm With You, which will be released in the U.S and Canada on August 30th and varying dates internationally through Warner Bros. Records.

Recorded at East West In Los Angeles and Shangri-la in Malibu, CA, I'm With You was produced by Rick Rubin, who produced the band's previous five albums, "Stadium Arcadium" (2006), "By The Way" (2002), "Californication" (1999), "One Hot Minute" (1995), and "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" (1991). The album was mixed by Andrew Scheps and Greg Fidelman.

Red Hot Chili Peppers, which is singer Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, will perform headline Japan's Summer Sonic Festival in Osaka on August 13th and in Tokyo on August 14th. They will also perform at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on August 24th before traveling to South America in September for several shows, including a headlining stint at the Rock in Rio Festival in Brazil on the 24th. In October, the band set off on a European tour. Please visit www.redhotchilipeppers.com for all tour dates.