▁the ▁song , ▁including ▁M ell ot ron , ▁Mo og ▁effect ▁ped als , ▁and ▁a ▁Do ep fer ▁mod ular ▁synth es izer , ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁filtering ▁and ▁processing ▁of ▁pre - record ed ▁tracks . ▁The ▁one - min ute ▁guitar ▁solo ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁is ▁an ▁ad a ption ▁of ▁Jim i ▁Hend rix ' s ▁intro ▁to ▁" P ur ple ▁Haz e ", ▁with ▁the ▁effects ▁kept ▁very ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁original . ▁ ▁The ▁working ▁title ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁" W u - T ang " ▁because ▁Smith ' s ▁drums ▁sound ed ▁similar ▁to ▁those ▁on ▁the ▁Wu - T ang ▁Cl an ' s ▁debut ▁album , ▁Enter ▁the ▁Wu - T ang ▁( 3 6 ▁Ch amb ers ), ▁though ▁they ▁ended ▁up ▁a ▁bit ▁more ▁like ▁Lyn yr d ▁Sk yn yr d ' s ▁" S weet ▁Home ▁Alabama ". ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Short ly ▁after ▁its ▁release , ▁the ▁original ity ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁question ed ▁on ▁the ▁Dan ▁G aff ney ▁Mor ning ▁Show ▁on ▁Del aware ▁based ▁news / t alk ▁radio ▁station ▁W G MD ▁ 9 2 . 7 ▁FM . ▁Two ▁of ▁the ▁station ' s ▁talk ▁show ▁hosts , ▁Dan ▁G aff ney ▁and ▁J ared ▁Morris , ▁alleg ed ▁that ▁the ▁Red ▁Hot ▁Ch ili ▁Pe ppers ▁had ▁pl ag iar ized ▁Tom ▁Pet ty ▁and ▁the ▁Heart break ers ' ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁hit