Breaking the Girl

"Breaking the Girl"
Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers
from the album Blood Sugar Sex Magik
B-side"Fela's Cock"
ReleasedAugust 3, 1992 (1992-08-03)
StudioThe Mansion (Los Angeles, California)
GenreAlternative rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock
Length
  • 4:55 (album version)
  • 4:27 (single edit)
LabelWarner Bros.
SongwritersFlea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith
ProducerRick Rubin
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology
"Suck My Kiss"
(1992)
"Breaking the Girl"
(1992)
"Behind the Sun"
(1992)
Music video
"Breaking the Girl" on YouTube

"Breaking the Girl" is a song by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers from their fifth studio album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991). It was released as the fourth single from their studio album in August 1992 and is a melodic ballad that refers to frontman Anthony Kiedis and his turbulent and inconsistent love life, highlighting his inability to focus solely on his girlfriend at the time, Carmen Hawk.