What do you think Dani California means?

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Dani California Meaning

Tagged: Hippies [suggest]
Album cover for Dani California album cover

Song Released: 2006


Dani California Lyrics

GETTING BORN IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
PAPA WAS A COPPER
AND MAMA WAS A HIPPIE

IN ALABAMA SHE WOULD SWING A HAMMER
PRICE YOU GOT TO PAY WHEN YOU BREAK THE PANORAMA

SHE NEVER KNEW THAT THERE WAS
ANYTHING MORE THAN POOR

WHAT IN THE...

  1. luvmeister
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    May 23rd 2006 !⃝

    The video has nothing much to do with the song! The video is showing that they are part of the history of rock! It's a bit arrogant but it is true! Good luck to them I say!

  2. colin
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    May 18th 2006 !⃝

    The bands they dress up as are bads they rate not bands they hate.

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  3. AnthonyKiedis
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    May 15th 2006 !⃝

    You just sang the words right out of my mouth...all correct except the prostitute part, close but check my lyrics in By The Way again!!!

  4. 2QT2BSTR8
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    May 8th 2006 !⃝

    To a certain degree, I think you're both right. I think it is saying "California rest in peace" as a way of saying California isn't the glamorous place it used to be. He is saying California is going to the dogs (also known as the untalented bands) and they are turning California into a completly different place. The girl is, metophorically, California.

  5. fenderchik421
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    May 2nd 2006 !⃝

    Yeah, it's about a girl named Dani California "California rest in peace." In the video they were saying California rest in peace and spoofing all these other bands because they're saying California get ready 'cause a lot of untalented bands are taking over.

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  6. anonymous
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    May 2nd 2006 !⃝

    This song seems to be about a girl named Dani. She was born to a poor family, a cop and a hippy. She, obviously, is a "bad seed". She robs banks and gets herself into all kinds of trouble, to the point that she is frequently staring down gun barrles. She ends up dead, which is why he says, "Day was gonna come when I was gonna mourn yeah".

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