--- description: The Red Hot Chili Peppers joined James Corden in his latest episode of Carpool Karaoke for the The Late Late Show With James Corden. title: Red Hot Chili Peppers Rock Out on 'Carpool Karaoke' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Red Hot Chili Peppers Get Topless With James Corden on Carpool Karaoke by [Casey Quackenbush](/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2016 8:25 AM CUT by [Casey Quackenbush](/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2016 8:25 AM CUT James Corden recruited the Red Hot Chili Peppers to backseat-drive him through Los Angeles for the latest rendition of Carpool Karaoke on _The Late Late Show_ Monday night. Squished into the black Range Rover, Corden and the four band members — Anthony Kiedis, Michael Balzary aka Flea, Josh Klinghoffer and Chad Smith — belt out some of their most famous hits including “By the Way,” “Can’t Stop,” and “Californication.” After Corden and Flea team up for a totally spontaneous interlude of “Food Glorious Food” from _Oliver the Musical_, Kiedis and Flea re-enact a song they wrote together at age 15 “while smoking large quantities of weed,” they admit. Corden then pulls over to wrestle Kiedis on a random suburban lawn, before they all get topless to sing “The Zephyr Song.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4367866/red-hot-chili-peppers-james-cordens-carpool-karaoke/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4367866/red-hot-chili-peppers-james-cordens-carpool-karaoke/"},"headline":"Red Hot Chili Peppers Get Topless With James Corden on Carpool Karaoke","datePublished":"2016-06-14T08:25:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:35:13.601Z","description":"The band rock out to some of their most famous hits","url":"https://time.com/4367866/red-hot-chili-peppers-james-cordens-carpool-karaoke/","keywords":["Television","celebrities","Music","Pop Culture","james corden","carpool karaoke"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Casey Quackenbush","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4367866/red-hot-chili-peppers-james-cordens-carpool-karaoke/","name":"Red Hot Chili Peppers Get Topless With James Corden on Carpool Karaoke"}}]}] ```