If You Have To Ask (track)
by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Year: 1991
From the album Blood Sugar Sex Magik (track #2)
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If You Have To Ask appears on the following album(s) by Red Hot Chili Peppers:
- Blood Sugar Sex Magik (track #2) (this album) (1991)
- The Studio Album Collection 1991-2011 (track #2) (compilation) (2014)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/18/2026 19:26 | wizardalien | 9,010 | 67/100 |
| ! | 11/21/2025 00:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,243 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2025 16:05 | Siromynian | 16,010 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/21/2025 11:59 | dukeboxkool | 7,108 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/20/2025 13:22 |  Bach | 6,832 | 70/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 5% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 80.3/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.6.
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AAL2014 06/25/2016 05:04 | #169743
Really nice way to continue the album after the powerful Power of Equality. Very smooth and entertaining.
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