Pretty Little Ditty

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It is one of the few tracks on the album not to feature any guitar layering; music journalist Jeff Apter defined the song "a dreamy, sweetly stoned instrumental featured deft picking and strumming from Frusciante, intertwined with blasts of trumpet from Flea".[1]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Impact and legacy

In 1999, part of the second segment of the instrumental track was sampled by rap rock band Crazy Town for their single "Butterfly", featuring additional lyrics by the members of the band. The single sold 6 million copies worldwide.[2][3] "Butterfly" itself, and the associated musical segment, was sampled by Gayle and featured on Barbie the Album, on the track "Butterflies".

"Pretty Little Ditty" was also sampled on the August 2020 track "Ain't It Different" by British rappers Headie One, AJ Tracey and Stormzy.

References

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  1. Apter, 2004, p. 194.
  2. The Great Rock Discography, Sixth Edition, Canongate US, 2002, p. 256
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