Shallow Be Thy Game

"Shallow Be Thy Game"
"Shallow Be Thy Game"
Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers
from the album One Hot Minute
B-side	"Walkabout", "Suck My Kiss" (Live)
Released	June 10, 1996
Recorded	1995
Genre	Funk metal, alternative metal
Length	4:33
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Dave Navarro, Chad Smith
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology

"Shallow Be Thy Game" is a song by Red Hot Chili Peppers and was the fourth single from their 1995 album, One Hot Minute. The single was released in Australia only. It was also the only single from the album not to have a music video made for it.

The song is quite polemic in its direct assault on fundamentalist religion, which the lyrics openly mock.

Live performances

Despite being a single, the song was performed very rarely on the One Hot Minute tour and has not been performed since 1996 and never in the United States.

Track listing

CD single (1996)

"Shallow Be Thy Game" (album)
"Walkabout" (album)
"Suck My Kiss" (live)

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	88

References

^ The ARIA Report. Vol. 329. ARIA. June 9, 1996. p. 20.
^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 14 July 1996". ARIA. Retrieved April 16, 2020 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The HP column displays the single's highest position.

[1] The ARIA Report. Vol. 329. ARIA. June 9, 1996. p. 20.

[2] "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 14 July 1996". ARIA. Retrieved April 16, 2020 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The HP column displays the single's highest position.

[1]

[2]

v t e Red Hot Chili Peppers singles
The Red Hot Chili Peppers	"True Men Don't Kill Coyotes" "Get Up and Jump"
Freaky Styley	"Jungle Man" "Hollywood (Africa)"
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan	"Fight Like a Brave"
Mother's Milk	"Higher Ground" "Knock Me Down" "Taste the Pain"
Blood Sugar Sex Magik	"Give It Away" "Under the Bridge" "Suck My Kiss" "Breaking the Girl" "If You Have to Ask"
One Hot Minute	"Warped" "My Friends" "Aeroplane" "Shallow Be Thy Game" "Coffee Shop"
Californication	"Scar Tissue" "Around the World" "Otherside" "Californication" "Road Trippin'" "Parallel Universe"
By the Way	"By the Way" "The Zephyr Song" "Can't Stop" "Dosed" "Universally Speaking"
Stadium Arcadium	"Dani California" "Tell Me Baby" "Snow ((Hey Oh))" "Desecration Smile" "Hump de Bump"
I'm with You	"The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" "Monarchy of Roses" "Look Around" "Brendan's Death Song"
The Getaway	"Dark Necessities" "Go Robot" "Sick Love" "Goodbye Angels"
Unlimited Love	"Black Summer" "These Are the Ways"
Return of the Dream Canteen	"Tippa My Tongue" "The Drummer"
What Hits!?	"Behind the Sun"
Greatest Hits	"Fortune Faded"
Non-album singles	"Show Me Your Soul" "Soul to Squeeze" "Love Rollercoaster"
Other songs	"Catholic School Girls Rule" "For the Thrashers" "Good Time Boys" "Pretty Little Ditty" "Charlie" "Did I Let You Know" "Poster Child" "Eddie"