"Can't Stop" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 2002 album, By the Way. It is the third single released from the album.
"Can't Stop" is one of the few tracks on By the Way to revisit the original Chili Peppers method of short, rapped verses, containing less implemented texture. "Can't Stop" is unique, however, as it contains melodic and layered guitar and lyrical progressions, which the band's earlier work did not.
The song was the Chili Peppers' eighth number one on Billboard Modern Rock Tracks, where it spent three weeks topping the chart, and peaked at #57 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song performed moderately well on various other charts worldwide, as well as Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts, respectively. It was also the band's only #1 single not to be included on their 2003 Greatest Hits album.
This song is a playable track in the game Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades.
Music video
The Mark Romanek-directed music video for the single features all four of the band members doing seemingly random and excessively abstract actions such as holding lots of water bottles or attempting to balance buckets on their heads. It begins with the camera swooping through a yellow tube to Anthony Kiedis, wearing glasses, and is subsequently followed by the foursome running through a hall with light fixtures attached to their backs. The band engages in various activities, such as wearing a giant purple hippopotamus mask, playing with rubber balls, jumping, abstract scenes with boxes, buckets, water bottles, trash cans, flying through the air, pink foam peanuts, plants, playing guitar in a room full of empty blue chairs/room with lamps turning on and off. At the conclusion, a sign stands alone with white letters that arrange the phrase "Inspired by the 'One-Minute Sculptures' of Erwin Wurm".
Can't Stop may refer to:
Songs
"Can't Stop" is a song performed by After 7, issued as the fourth single from the group's eponymous debut album. It is the group's highest charting single, peaking at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. The song also became the group's second #1 R&B single, as well as peaking at #25 on the dance charts.
"Can't Stop" was certified Gold by the RIAA on February 7, 1991.
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Can't Stop is a compilation of American R&B early recordings attributed to singer Ashanti released first in 2004.
Compilation Released Without Ashanti‘s Consent
"Can't Stop" features material that Ashanti (born Ashanti Douglas) recorded on July 15, 1997. The tapes resurfaced in September 2004 and was re-mixed and mastered by Genard Parker and Ernie Lake.
Ashanti claims she recorded the material for demo-shopping purposes and never intended the recordings to be released to the public.
Further, on two of the tracks she only sings background vocals, while on another she is not performing at all.
Ashaniti filed suit to stop distribution. In addition to Genard Parker (and possibly Ernie Lake), Big Records Australia, Farm Records, Unique Corp., Simply Vinyl, Team Entertainment, ZYX Music and others are named as defendants in the lawsuit. The album has a street date of February 21, 2005.
Further Lawsuits
Genard Parker, sued Ashanti for breach of contract and the jury awarded $630,000. When Ashanti got a record deal, he let her out of the contract she signed with him, with the understanding that he'd get to produce some songs for her and earn royalties. Although the jury took Parker’s side, they didn’t give him everything he asked for. He had sued Ashanti for $2.2 million.