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Knock Me Down

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"Knock Me Down"
Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers
from the album Mother's Milk
B-side"Millionaires Against Hunger"
ReleasedAugust 22, 1989 (1989-08-22)
Recorded1989
Genre
Length3:44
4:44 (original long version)
LabelEMI/Capitol
Songwriter(s)Flea, Frusciante, Kiedis, Smith
Producer(s)Michael Beinhorn George Clinton (on "Millionaires Against Hunger")
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology
"Higher Ground"
(1989)
"Knock Me Down"
(1989)
"Taste the Pain"
(1989)
Music video
"Knock Me Down" on YouTube

"Knock Me Down" is a 1989 song by Red Hot Chili Peppers and is the second single from their fourth studio album Mother's Milk. It went to number 6 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks charts.

Track listing

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CD promo single (1989)
  1. "Knock Me Down" – 3:44
  2. "Millionaires Against Hunger" (Previously Unreleased) – 3:28
  3. "Fire" – 2:03
  4. "Punk Rock Classic" – 1:47
CD single version 1 and 12" single (1989)
  1. "Knock Me Down" – 3:44
  2. "Punk Rock Classic" – 1:47
  3. "Magic Johnson" – 2:57
  4. "Special Secret Song Inside" – 3:16
7" single/Picture disc (1989)
  1. "Knock Me Down" – 3:44
  2. "Punk Rock Classic" – 1:47
  3. "Pretty Little Ditty" – 1:37
7" version 2 (1989)
  1. "Knock Me Down" – 3:44
  2. "Punk Rock Classic" – 1:47
  3. "Pretty Little Ditty" – 1:37
7" version 3 (1989)
  1. "Knock Me Down" – 3:44
  2. "Punk Rock Classic" – 1:47
  3. "Magic Johnson" – 2:57
  4. "Special Secret Song Inside" – 3:16
12" single (1989)
  1. "Knock Me Down" – 3:44
  2. "Millionaires Against Hunger" (Previously Unreleased) – 3:28
  3. "Fire" – 2:03
  4. "Punk Rock Classic" – 1:47
CD single version 2 (1989)
  1. "Knock Me Down" – 3:44
  2. "Magic Johnson" – 2:57
  3. "Punk Rock Classic" – 1:47
  4. "Jungle Man" – 4:08
7" Australian single (1989)
  1. "Knock Me Down" – 3:35
  2. "Show Me Your Soul" – 4:20

References

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  1. Christopher Knowles (2010). Viva Editions (ed.). The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll. ISBN 978-1573445641. "Milk gave the band much-needed hits with “Knock Me Down” and a cover of Stevie Wonder's “Higher Ground,” both of which worked the funk-metal vein."