"True Men Don't Kill Coyotes" is the first track from the eponymous 1984 debut album of The Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was the first music video the band ever released although the song was never released as a proper single for radio airplay. The following single, Get Up and Jump was the first to be released as a radio only single.
This song was written by Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Jack Sherman and Cliff Martinez, rather than the original line-up (Anthony and Flea with Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons) which quite a few of the songs on the first and even second album.
It was included on the band's What Hits!? collection on CD and DVD.
True Men Don't Kill Coyotes has been performed just once since 1987 (on the band's 1989 Mother's Milk tour) although on their 2011 I'm with You Tour Flea teased fans by playing the intro however did not play the entire song.
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