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About By the Way by Red Hot Chili Peppers
By the Way is credited to Red Hot Chili Peppers on By the Way (Deluxe Edition). This catalogue edition runs 3:37 and lists the song as track 1 of 18. The linked edition is dated 2002-06-10.
Catalogue artist credit: Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Catalogue title: By the Way. Genre: Alternative. The date above belongs to the linked edition; it is not a claim about the original release or the video upload date.
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The By the Way (Deluxe Edition) edition is the recording reference for this page. Use its source link for the album version, or the YouTube player for the separately identified video.
Selected video: Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way [Official Music Video]. Published by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Video length: 3:37.
Playback checked on 2026-10-19. Video edits and album recordings can have different running times.
Artist Information
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Compare the bass and guitar interplay in Give It Away and Can’t Stop with the more open textures of Under the Bridge and Scar Tissue. Californication and Otherside make a melodic starting pair; Snow (Hey Oh) draws attention to the repeating guitar pattern.
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