Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby

Whether you love 'em or loathe 'em, the Chili Peppers have pretty much wiped the floor in the funk-rock stakes. Their mass appeal has always stemmed from their ability to interweave classically catchy pop in amongst John Frusciante's blasts of reverberated guitar and Flea's busy bass-playing. Single number two from 'Stadium Arcadium' is further evidence of this simple route to world domination. Neither particularly complex nor memorable, Tell Me Baby is nevertheless an upbeat little number that may well ingratiate itself on your eardrums. [Nick Mitchell]