By The Way (track)
by Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Year: 2002
From the album By The Way (track #1)
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By The Way appears on the following album(s) by Red Hot Chili Peppers:
- By The Way (track #1) (this album) (2002)
- Greatest Hits (track #8) (compilation) (2003)
- Live In Hyde Park (track #5) (2004)
- Live At Slane Castle (track #2) (2003)
- Cardiff, Wales 06.23.04 (track #6) (2015)
- 2011/11/19 Birmingham, UK (track #15) (2011)
- I'm With You - 12/07/11 Stadthalle, Vienna, AUT (track #16) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/25/2026 15:08 |  DommeDamian | 76,153 | 51/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2026 11:54 | Siromynian | 18,131 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2026 10:13 |  NowhereMan | 14,731 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 10:36 | Johnnyo | 45,146 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/31/2026 21:17 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.3/100, a mean average of 86.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.3.
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Martini 10/18/2015 18:32 | #151635
Good song.
I Don't like the rap part though.
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