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Red Hot Chili Peppers to Release New Song Thursday

"Dark Necessities" will be available for all of your Cinco de Mayo festivities

Jason Lipshutz

May 2, 2016

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 13: (L-R) Musicians Flea, Chad Smith, Anthony Kiedis and John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers per

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Parker Media

Red Hot Chili Peppers will release a new song on Thursday (May 5). How do we know that? Because the band just tweeted this:

New song Thursday. pic.twitter.com/4RS7AN6dzk
— Red Hot ChiliPeppers (@ChiliPeppers) May 2, 2016

The title appears to be “Dark Necessities,” based on the attached image. This is, perhaps, the first single from RHCP’s first album in five years.

The follow-up to 2011’s I’m With You appears to have been mixed by Nigel Godrich, the Radiohead producer who recently joined the Chili Peppers in the studio. No date yet for a new album, although the band is currently scheduled to perform at festivals like Lollapalooza and Rock on the Range.

Click here to watch Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith in a drum-off with celebrity lookalike Will Ferrell for charity.

Red Hot Chili Peppers In Concert: 25 Years Of Pics

Celebrate the L.A. funk-rock band's new tour by looking back at their last quarter century of live performances

William Goodman

April 4, 2012

The Red Hot Chili Peppers (left to right), bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith and lead singer Anthony Kiedis, perform at the Am

A Quarter Century of Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers recently launched their world tour in support of their latest album, 'I'm With You,' and since we can't quit our jobs and hit the road following the band for the next six months, we did the next best thing: We shifted through 25 years of photos to find the best pics of RHCP live in action, from SoCal club shows in the late '80s to rad shots of Anthony Kiedis and Co. onstage last week kicking off their trek in Orlando. Pictured, left to right: Bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith and lead singer Anthony Kiedis at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, on March 31, 2012. more »

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers (left to right), bassist Flea and drummer Chad Smith, perform at the Amway Center in Orlando, Flori

Red Hot Chili Peppers in Orlando, March 31, 2012

Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/MCT/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 22: Flea performs with Live Wire during the Silverlake Conservatory Of Music's "Hullabaloo" Benef

Silverlake Conservatory Of Music's "Hullabaloo" Benefit Concert in L.A., December 22, 2011

Victor Decolongon/GettyImages

PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 18: Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers performs with Femi Kuti at Palais Omnisports de Bercy on October

RHCP With Femi Kuti in Paris, October 18, 2011

David Wolff - Patrick/Getty Images

Flea and Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers perform at 2010 MusiCares Person Of The Year Tribute To Neil Young at the Lo

RHCP Honor Neil Young at 2010 MusiCares Person Of The Year in L.A., January 29, 2010 i

Kevin Mazur/WireImage

Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival - Day Two - Red Hot Chili Peppers at

RHCP Rock Coachella, April 29, 2007

M. Tran/FilmMagic

Flea and John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (Photo by Paul Warner/WireImage)

Flea and John Frusciante at Auburn Hills, Michigan, November 3, 2006

Paul Warner/WireImage

John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers (Photo by Chris McKay/WireImage)

Frusciante Solos in Atlanta, October 26, 2006

Chris McKay/WireImage

Sunny Bebop Balzary and Frankie Rayder with Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers (Photo by KMazur/WireImage)

Flea With His Wife Frankie Rayder and Son Sunny Bebop Balzary at Lollapalooza 2006

KMazur/WireImage

Anthony Kiedis (a/k/a/ Ant), is the lead vocalist of The Red Hot Chili Peppers seen here performing during the Red Hot Pit St

Kiedis Rocks Out at the NASCAR Nextel Cup All-Star Challenge, May 20, 2006

Kevin C. Cox/WireImage

Red Hot Chili Peppers during KROQ Weenie Roast Y Fiesta 2006 - Show at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, California, U

KROQ Weenie Roast Y Fiesta, May 13, 2006

Chris Polk/FilmMagic

Flea and Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers during KROQ Weenie Roast Y Fiesta 2006 - Show at Verizon Wireless Amphitheat

KROQ Weenie Roast Y Fiesta, May 13, 2006

Jason Merritt/FilmMagic

Flea and John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers (Photo by KMazur/WireImage)

Flea and Frusciante at New York City's Irving Plaza, May 8, 2006

KMazur/WireImage

Flea (left), playing Bass Guitar, Anthony Kiedis lead vocalist and John Frusciante on Guitar of The Red Hot Chili Peppers (Ph

RHCP at the Democratic Rally "Take Back The Senate" in Santa Monica, CA, October 15, 2004

J. Merritt/FilmMagic

Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers during The Creative Coalition Benefit Gala for the First Amendment featuring The Red Hot Ch

The Creative Coalition Benefit Gala for the First Amendment in Boston, July 29, 2004

Jamie McCarthy/WireImage

Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (Photo by J. Quinton/WireImage)

Kiedis Busts a Move Onstage in London's Hyde Park, June 19, 2004

J. Quinton/WireImage

Toby Keith hosts the ultimate Super Bowl tailgate party with a live CMT special from Houston on January 31 and is joined on s

Drummer Chad Smith Hangs Out at Toby Keith's CMT Super Bowl Party, January 31, 2004

Steven Tyler, Willie Nelson, Joe Perry, Sammy Hagar and Wayman Tisdale also tailgate. more »

R. Diamond/WireImage

Chad Smith, Flea and Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers (Photo by Michael Zito/WireImage)

Ripping for the Hometown Fans at the L.A. Forum, October 11, 2003

Michael Zito/WireImage

Flea on Bass Guitar and Anthony Kiedis lead vocalist of The Red Hot Chili Peppers (Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage)

Live at Madison Square Garden, May 20, 2003

Theo Wargo/WireImage/Getty Images

The Red Hot Chili Peppers perform on Ellis Island in New York City on the day their new album "By The Way" was released. 7/9

Live On New York's Ellis Island, July 9, 2002

Scott Gries/Getty Images

Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers during ESPN Action Sports and Music Awards - Show at The Universal Amphitheater in Un

ESPN Action Sports and Music Awards in Universal City, CA, April 13, 2002

Michael Caulfield Archive/WireImage

Flea and Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers perform (Photo by KMazur/WireImage)

MTV 20: Live and Almost Legal, August 1, 2001

KMazur/WireImage

(NO TABLOIDS) Dave Navarro & Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers backstage at rehearsals during MTV20: Live and Almost Legal

Guitarist Dave Navarro & Smith Backstage MTV 20: Live and Almost Legal, August 1, 2001

Kevin Mazur

Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Concert (Photo by J. Shearer/WireImage)

'Californication' Tour 2000

J. Shearer/Wireimage

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea (Michael Balzary) perform on the east stage Sunday, July 26th at Woodstock '99 at Griffiss

Flea Strips Down at Woodstock, July 26, 1999

Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect/Getty Images

Russian fans gather at the Red Square concert of the U.S. band Red Hot Chili Peppers with the St. Basil Cathedral in the back

Red Hot Chili Peppers Rock Moscow's Red Square, August 14, 1999

Ivan Nikitin

Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam and Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard Poses With Kiedis Backstage at Nirvana's MTV Live and Loud Set, December 1993

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Arik Marshall, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith and Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers (Photo by Jim Smeal/WireImage)

The 35th Annual GRAMMY Awards, February 24, 1993

Jim Smeal/WireImage

Flea (left), Anthony Kiedis (right) of The Red Hot Chili Peppers (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

1992 MTV Video Music Awards, September 9, 1992

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers during 1992 MTV Video Music Awards - Rehearsals at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles

Rehearsals for 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, September 9, 1992

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Red Hot Chili Peppers during Red Hot Chili Peppers in Concert at Waterloo - 1991 at Waterloo in Stanhope, New Jersey, United

RHCP Live at Waterloo in New Jersey, August 1, 1991

Steve Eichner/WireImage

Red Hot Chili Peppers (Photo by Steve Eichner/WireImage)

RHCP Live at Waterloo in New Jersey, August 1, 1991

Steve Eichner/WireImage

Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Waterloo in Stanhope, New Jersey (Photo by Steve Eichner/WireImage)

RHCP Live at Waterloo in New Jersey, August 1, 1991

Steve Eichner/WireImage

UNSPECIFIED - FEBRUARY 01 1990: Photo of RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS; L-R: Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, John Frusciante - pos

Back in the Day, February 1, 1990

Michel Linssen/Redferns

UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 06: BRIXTON ACADEMY Photo of Anthony KIEDIS and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, Anthony Kiedis performing live

Live at London's Brixton Academy, June 6, 1990

Stuart Mostyn/Redferns

Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers during Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1989 Concert in Los Angeles, California, United State

Live in L.A., 1989

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Flea, Chad Smith, Anthony Kiedis and John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

MTV Video Music Awards, September 6, 1989

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

MINNEAPOLIS - 1988: The Red Hot Chili Peppers (L-R)Anthony Kiedis, John Fruscianete, Michael "Flea" Balzary and D.H. Peligro

Backstage at First Avenue in Minneapolis, November 16, 1988

Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

NETHERLANDS - FEBRUARY 18: Photo of RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS; 18-2-1988 Eindhoven,Effenaar, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Zanger A

Ding Dong: Live in Effenaar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, February 18, 1988

Paul Bergen

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 30: Photo of Cliff MARTINEZ and FLEA and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS and Hillel SLOVAK and Anthony KIEDIS;

Original Peppers, 1985: Drummer Cliff Martinez, Flea, guitarist Hillel Slovak, Kiedis

Ebet Roberts/Redferns

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