On Mercury (track)
by Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Year: 2002
From the album By The Way (track #13)
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On Mercury appears on the following album(s) by Red Hot Chili Peppers:
- By The Way (track #13) (this album) (2002)
- The Studio Album Collection 1991-2011 (track #58) (compilation) (2014)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/20/2026 18:00 | Siromynian | 18,466 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 15:11 |  DommeDamian | 77,392 | 51/100 |
| ! | 03/31/2026 21:18 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/29/2026 10:14 |  pedro1976 | 6,078 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2026 20:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,897 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 10% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.4/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.9.
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Medelsvensson 10/25/2019 10:04 | #244103
Very underrated. If this was a clash song it would be rated higher.
AAL2014 06/21/2017 05:21 | #192962
A solid song continuing the theme of different songs stylistically. Also another great chorus.
Probably RHCP's most underrated song ever
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