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Dani California

{{Short description|2006 single by Red Hot Chili Peppers}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Dani California

| cover = Dani_california.gif

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Red Hot Chili Peppers

| album = Stadium Arcadium

| B-side =

  • "Million Miles of Water"
  • "Whatever We Want"
  • "Lately"

| released = {{start date|2006|4|28}}

| recorded =

| studio = The Mansion (Los Angeles)

| genre =

  • Funk rock
  • alternative rock{{cite web |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/07/ranking-every-alternative-rock-hit-from-worst-to-best/4/ |title=Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best – Consequence |date=July 5, 2017}}
  • stadium rock{{cite magazine|last= Rolling Stone Staff|title= The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far|magazine= Rolling Stone|date= January 10, 2025|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-21st-century-1235177256/|accessdate= January 11, 2025|quote=...Singles like “Dani California,” “Snow (Hey Oh),” and “Tell Me Baby” are pristinely produced stadium-rock classics...}}

| length = 4:42

| label = Warner Bros.

| writer =

| producer = Rick Rubin

| prev_title = Fortune Faded

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Tell Me Baby

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Sb5aq5HcS1A|"Dani California"}}}}

}}

"Dani California" is a song from American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers' ninth studio album, Stadium Arcadium (2006). The single was first made available at the iTunes Music Store and was officially released on April 28, 2006. The international radio premiere was on April 3, 2006, when Don Jantzen, from the Houston radio station KTBZ-FM, played "Dani California" continuously for his entire three-hour program.{{Cite web|url=http://www.redhotchilipeppers.com/news/news.php?uid=164|title=KTZB Radio Station Interview|access-date=June 4, 2007|publisher=Red Hot Chili Peppers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103094828/http://redhotchilipeppers.com/news/news.php?uid=164|archive-date=January 3, 2010|url-status=dead}}

The single peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's third and most recent single to enter the top 10. In addition, "Dani California" became the second song (after R.E.M.'s "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" in 1994) to debut at number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, staying there for 14 consecutive weeks. It also charted at number one on the Mainstream Rock chart, where it spent 12 straight weeks on top. The song won two Grammy Awards: one for Best Rock Song and the other for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.{{Cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20061220160454/http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 20, 2006 |title=49th Annual Grammy Awards – Red Hot Chili Peppers |access-date=June 3, 2007 |publisher=Grammy }} It marked the band's joint-biggest UK hit to date along with "By the Way", peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart. Altogether, the single reached the top five in 10 countries.

Origins and character

Throughout the song, lyricist Anthony Kiedis laments the early death of Dani, a poor, young Southern girl who eventually lived in California, became a mother and lived a hard, fast, unsettled life.{{cite video|title=Stadium Arcadium|medium=CD|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|date=2006}} Kiedis has commented that the character of Dani is a composite of all the women with whom he has had relationships. The song narrates much of Dani's life, starting with her birth in Mississippi and apparently culminating with her death in the badlands, by a North Dakota policeman, while en route to Minnesota.{{Cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers/Dani-California/lyrics/32168326 |title=Song lyrics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725182817/http://music.yahoo.com/Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers/Dani-California/lyrics/32168326 |archive-date=July 25, 2008 }}

Dani first appeared in the 1999 song "Californication", which includes the lyrics "Teenage bride with a baby inside/Gettin' high on information" although the girl's name is not specified. She was next mentioned in the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 2002 single "By the Way" as "Dani the girl". Kiedis commented: "When this funky groove came up it struck me as a perfect place to actually tell a story. It sort of revealed itself to me that it's been the same character, just kind of developing. At first I didn't realize that I was writing about the same girl."[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3I1T7HXGoI YouTube – Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California"]

Guitarist John Frusciante used various instruments and effects devices in order to achieve the textures and treatments used throughout the song, including Mellotron, Moog effect pedals, and a Doepfer modular synthesizer, used for the filtering and processing of pre-recorded tracks. The one-minute guitar solo at the end of the song is an adaption of Jimi Hendrix's intro to "Purple Haze", with the effects kept very close to the original.

Reception

Shortly after its release, the originality of the song was questioned on the Dan Gaffney Morning Show on Delaware-based news/talk radio station WGMD 92.7 FM.{{Cite web |url=http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/05/31/104324.php |title=A Petty Case of Plagiarism |access-date=June 3, 2007 |work=BC Magazine |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521194848/http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/05/31/104324.php |archive-date=May 21, 2007}} Two of the station's talk show hosts, Dan Gaffney and Jared Morris, alleged that the Red Hot Chili Peppers had plagiarized Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 1993 hit "Mary Jane's Last Dance". To demonstrate, they presented audio snippets of both songs, both side by side and simultaneously (i.e. on top of each other) several times. They stated that the chord progression, key, and the lyrical theme of the songs (both produced by Rick Rubin) showed "startling similarities" and urged listeners to "decide for themselves."

Although the chord progressions sound similar, they do in fact differ as "Mary Jane's Last Dance" follows "Am, G, D, Am" (A Dorian mode), while "Dani California" follows "Am, G, Dm, Am" (A minor). University of Chicago musicologist Travis Jackson said the songs' chord progressions were similar, but were a "pretty standard groove" in music and not necessarily evidence of copying.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10481746/latest_news_petty_vs_chili_peppers_townshend_explains_song_and_more|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060704081804/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10481746/latest_news_petty_vs_chili_peppers_townshend_explains_song_and_more|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 4, 2006|title=Latest News: Petty vs. Chili Peppers, Townshend Explains Song and More|access-date=June 3, 2007|magazine=Rolling Stone}}

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Petty denied rumors that he planned to sue the Chili Peppers and said, "I seriously doubt that there is any negative intent there. And a lot of rock & roll songs sound alike."{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/06/28/tom-petty-to-chili-peppers-were-cool/ |title=Petty to Peppers: Andy Greene |access-date=June 3, 2007 |magazine=Rolling Stone |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070525051335/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/06/28/tom-petty-to-chili-peppers-were-cool/ |archive-date=May 25, 2007}}

Music video

Image:Danicali.jpg and Anthony Kiedis honoring funk]]

The music video for "Dani California" premiered on April 4, 2006.{{cite web|url=http://redhotchilipeppers.com/timeline|title=Timeline|website=redhotchilipeppers.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206002037/http://redhotchilipeppers.com/timeline|archive-date=February 6, 2015|access-date=November 21, 2021}} Directed by Tony Kaye, director of American History X (who was only accepted after initial choice Mark Romanek declined), the video is a quasi-chronology of the evolution of rock music; the band performs the song on a stage, but in a variety of outfits representing important figures and movements in the history of rock, with band members transformed into famous musicians.

Flea affirmed that "[The band] mainly did eras, not actual people: rockabilly, British Invasion, psychedelia, funk, glam, punk, goth, hair metal, grunge, and ourselves being the sum of all those parts." While the band's appearance was intentionally generic in each scene, obvious nods were made to certain specific artists, including Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Prince, Parliament-Funkadelic (as Flea was dressed like Bootsy Collins), David Bowie (as Flea was dressed like Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust persona), Slade, Sex Pistols, The Misfits' Glenn Danzig, Poison, Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister, Nirvana, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers themselves.{{Cite web|last=Michaels |first=Mitch |url=http://www.411mania.com/music/columns/40881 |title=The Self-Service Edition: Dani California Video |work=Ask 411 Music |accessdate=February 17, 2007 |publisher=411 Mania |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926233942/http://www.411mania.com/music/columns/40881 |archivedate=September 26, 2007 }} The video finishes with the Red Hot Chili Peppers as themselves, occasionally flashing back to the imitated transformed artists featured earlier in the film.

The video received seven nominations at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards; it won the award for Best Art Direction, failing to win its six other nominations for Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Best Rock Video, Best Direction, Best Editing and Best Cinematography. The video was also nominated for an MMVA for best international video.

Chart performance

"Dani California" debuted at number 24 and peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 (remaining for two weeks at that position), becoming their third and last top ten hit. It's the 2nd song to debut at number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart after R.E.M. in 1994 and before Linkin Park in 2007, remaining at the location for 14 weeks.{{cite web|title=Red Hot Chili Peppers Billboard Chart Performance.|url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:difrxqr5ldje~T51|access-date=March 30, 2008|website=Allmusic}} The song also managed to achieve 28,000 units of digital sales in the song's first week of release and debuted at number 16 on the Hot Digital Songs chart.{{cite magazine |last=Pietroluongo |first=Silvio |date=April 22, 2006 |title=Peppers Heat Up Hot 100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8hUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA70 |magazine=Billboard |page=70 |access-date=August 3, 2017}} In the UK, the song fared even better, peaking at the number two spot for one week (kept off by Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy"), and eventually remaining on that chart for over 15 weeks. It also stayed 12 weeks at number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song also became a cross-over hit to pop and adult contemporary radio peaking number five on the Adult Top 40 chart, their 1st Top 5 and Top 10 single on the chart beating "Scar Tissue" and "Otherside," both at number 11. The song also hit number 25 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart.

The song is among the few tracks the Red Hot Chili Peppers recorded which have broken the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was a success, with "Dani California" accumulating over 500 weeks collectively on over 20 charts.

In popular culture

The song is offered as a playable track in Rock Band, and was exportable to Rock Band 2 but not any future versions of the Rock Band series until a patch on November 8, 2011, made the song playable in Rock Band 3.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=225612 |title=RB 3 Title Update Coming 11/8 – Black Hole Sun & Dani California and Hide Song Option |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109035357/http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=225612 |archive-date=January 9, 2012 }} The song is used in the two Japanese live-action films, Death Note and Death Note 2: The Last Name, both directed by Shūsuke Kaneko.{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}} In addition, "Dani California" was used in the promo for the fourth season of Sons of Anarchy and as a NASCAR AD for All Star Weekend in 2006.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/RiK_y_cvVQQ Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200502074306/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiK_y_cvVQQ&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiK_y_cvVQQ| title = '06 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California NASCAR Commercial | website=YouTube| date = November 16, 2011 }}{{cbignore}} Red Hot Chili Peppers performed the song on January 30, 2025 at Kia Forum in Inglewood, California for FireAid to help with relief efforts for the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/arts/music/fireaid-los-angeles-concert.html | title=At FireAid Benefit, Stars Sing a Love Song to Los Angeles | work=The New York Times | date=January 30, 2025 | last1=Stevens | first1=Matt | last2=Sisario | first2=Ben }}{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fireaid-recap-lady-gaga-green-day-billie-eilish-no-doubt-1235250513/ | title=FireAid: Inside the Star-Studded Benefit Show for Los Angeles | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=January 31, 2025 }}

Track listings

CD single 1 5439 15759-2

  1. "Dani California" – 4:44
  2. "Million Miles of Water" – 4:06

CD single 2 9362 42925-2

  1. "Dani California" – 4:44
  2. "Whatever We Want" – 4:48
  3. "Lately" – 2:55

7-inch picture disc single 5439 15758-7

  1. "Dani California" – 4:44
  2. "Whatever We Want" – 4:48

iTunes EP

  1. "Dani California" – 4:44
  2. "Whatever We Want" – 4:47
  3. "Lately" – 2:55
  4. "Million Miles of Water" – 4:05

Personnel

Red Hot Chili Peppers

  • Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals
  • John Frusciante – guitars, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
  • Flea – bass
  • Chad Smith – drums

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!Chart (2006)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|8|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Dani California|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013}}
{{single chart|Austria|7|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Dani California|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013}}
{{single chart|Flanders|9|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Dani California|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013}}
{{single chart|Wallonia Tip|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Dani California|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013}}
scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/red-hot-chili-peppers/chart-history/cns/|title=Red Hot Chili Peppers Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 11, 2019}}

|1

{{single chart|Billboardcanadarock|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|rowheader=true|access-date=March 22, 2021}}
scope="row"|Croatia (HRT){{cite web|url=http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/maineng.html|title=Top Lista Hrvatskog Radija|publisher=Croatian Radiotelevision|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521052338/http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/strana_lista.html|archive-date=May 21, 2006|access-date=March 14, 2021}}

|1

{{single chart|Czech Republic|3|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Dani California|year=2006|week=26|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013}}
{{single chart|Denmark|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Dani California|rowheader=true|access-date=June 11, 2019}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2006/BB-2006-05-20.pdf|title=Hits of the World – Eurocharts|magazine=Billboard|volume=118|issue=20|page=49|date=May 20, 2006|access-date=July 25, 2020}}

|3

{{single chart|France|57|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Dani California|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013}}
{{single chart|Germany|12|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Dani California|songid=197159|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013|refname="ger"}}
{{single chart|Hungary|40|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Dani California|year=2006|week=32|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|7|song=Dani California|rowheader=true|access-date=January 16, 2020}}
{{single chart|Italy|4|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Dani California|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013}}
scope="row"|Japan (Oricon){{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/184081/products/647625/1/|title=ダニー・カリフォルニア {{!}} レッド・ホット・チリ・ペッパーズ|trans-title=Dani California {{!}} Red Hot Chili Peppers|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=September 17, 2023}}

|38

{{single chart|Dutch40|8|year=2006|week=19|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|7|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Dani California|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|7|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Dani California|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013}}
{{single chart|Norway|5|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Dani California|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013}}
{{single chart|Scotland|2|date=20060513|rowheader=true|access-date=July 3, 2018}}
{{single chart|Slovakia|41|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Dani California|year=2006|week=35|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013}}
{{single chart|Spain|7|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Dani California|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013}}
{{single chart|Sweden|2|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Dani California|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|4|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|song=Dani California|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013}}
{{single chart|UK|2|date=20060513|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|6|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|rowheader=true|access-date=February 16, 2013}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|5|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|25|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|rowheader=true}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (2006)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2006/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2006|publisher=ARIA|access-date=January 15, 2021}}

|54

scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2006|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2006|language=de|access-date=June 11, 2019}}

|38

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2006|title=Jaaroverzichten 2006|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=June 11, 2019}}

|31

scope="row"|Brazil (Crowley){{cite web|url=https://maistocadas.mus.br/2006/|title=Brazilian Top 100 Year-End 2006|publisher=Crowley Broadcast Analysis|date=April 3, 2018|access-date=January 30, 2022}}

|31

scope="row"|Canada Rock (Radio & Records){{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/00s/06/RR-2006-12-08-OCR-Page-0080.pdf|title=Top Canada Rock Songs|publisher=Radio & Records|access-date=January 9, 2024}}

|1

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/european_hot_100_singles.jsp|title=European Hot 100 Songs|magazine=Billboard|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114134432/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/european_hot_100_singles.jsp|archive-date=November 14, 2007|access-date=January 9, 2022}}

|68

scope="row"|Germany (Media Control GfK){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2006|title=Top 100 Singles – Jahrescharts 2006|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=June 11, 2019}}

|92

scope="row"|Italy (FIMI){{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/dettaglio_documento.asp?id=763&idtipo_documento=1|title=Musica: Classifiche Annunali 2006 FIMI-AC Nielsen|publisher=FIMI|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070112111437/http://www.fimi.it/dettaglio_documento.asp?id=763&idtipo_documento=1|archive-date=January 12, 2007|access-date=January 15, 2021}} Click on Scarica l'allegato.

|34

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2006|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2006|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=November 29, 2019}}

|30

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2006&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2006|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=June 11, 2019}}

|40

scope="row"|Sweden (Hitlistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2006&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 2006|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=January 15, 2021}}

|92

scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2006|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2006|language=de|access-date=June 11, 2019}}

|25

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20060108/37501/|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2006|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=July 3, 2018}}

|43

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=2006|title=Billboard Top 100 – 2006|access-date=August 31, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304120640/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=2006|archive-date=March 4, 2009}}

|23

scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/adult-pop-songs|title=Adult Pop Songs – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 22, 2019}}

|16

scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qg4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA20-IA37|title=Billboard Year-End Charts: Hot Modern Rock Songs|magazine=Billboard|volume=118|issue=51|date=December 23, 2006|access-date=June 11, 2019|page=81}}

|1

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Certifications

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Gold|certyear=2006|access-date=February 16, 2013}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=ringtone|award=Gold|certyear=2007|note=Ringtone|access-date=April 28, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|title=Dani California|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2006|certyear=2020|id=9782|access-date=December 8, 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|title=Dani California|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|award=Gold|relyear=2006|certyear=2017|access-date=October 30, 2017|id=4900}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=ringtone|title=Dani California|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|award=Platinum|relyear=2006|certyear=2011|certmonth=11|note=Full-length ringtone|access-date=May 31, 2021|refname=RIAJ}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=ringtone|title=Dani California|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2006|certyear=2008|certmonth=1|note=Ringtone|access-date=May 31, 2021|refname=RIAJ1}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|title=Dani California|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2006|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=February 12, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|award=Gold|certyear=2024|title=Dani California|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|accessdate=February 21, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2006|relmonth=4|certyear=2006|position=3339|access-date=February 16, 2013}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|title=Dani California|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2006|certyear=2025|id=9602-982-1|access-date=February 7, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|title=Dani California|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|award=Platinum|number=5|digital=true|relyear=2006|certyear=2021|access-date=September 29, 2021}}

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Release history

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!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

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!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}}

scope="row"|United States

|April 3, 2006

|Triple A radio

|rowspan="5"|Warner Bros.

|align="center"|{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1651|page=19|date=March 31, 2006}}

scope="row"|Europe

|April 28, 2006

|rowspan="4"|CD

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scope="row"|United Kingdom

|May 1, 2006

|align="center"|{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=April 29, 2006}}

scope="row"|Australia

|May 8, 2006

|align="center"|{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue844.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 8th May 2006|publisher=ARIA|page=29|date=May 8, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060519140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060520-0000/issue844.pdf|archive-date=May 19, 2006|access-date=November 21, 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

scope="row"|Japan

|May 10, 2006

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927030253/http://www.wgmd.com/SOUNDS/FEATURES/051706-petty.mp3 WGMD 92.7 podcast] Comparison of Dani California to Mary Jane's Last Dance

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