Breaking the Girl
| "Breaking the Girl" | ||||
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| Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||||
| from the album Blood Sugar Sex Magik | ||||
| B-side | "Fela's Cock" | |||
| Released | August 3, 1992 | |||
| Studio | The Mansion (Los Angeles, California) | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock | |||
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| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriters | Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith | |||
| Producer | Rick Rubin | |||
| Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology | ||||
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| "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.