<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "Otherside" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "Otherside" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, released in 2000 . It was the third single from their album Californication, and confronts the battles addicts have with their prior addictions . The single was highly successful peaking at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, the fourth highest ever for the band; and number one on the US Modern Rock Tracks, which was, at the time, the fifth for the band . The song remained at number one on this chart for 13 consecutive weeks, one of the longest runs at the top of that chart . </P> <P> "Otherside" refers to former band member Hillel Slovak, who died of a heroin overdose on June 25, 1988 . The song talks about his struggles from this addiction . </P> <P> The video was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris in a black - and - white / monochrome Gothic style similar to Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, all influenced by German Expressionist art . Elements of Cubism and work by the graphic artist M.C. Escher are also seen in the video . </P>

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