 For several days Frusciante and Kiedis worked on the song , and it became one of the few tracks written and completed prior to the band moving into The Mansion where they recorded the album . After the song was recorded , Rubin felt the grand and epic outro would benefit from a large group of singers . Frusciante invited his mother , Gail , and her friends , all of whom sang in a choir , to perform . 
