By the Way

2002 studio album by Red Hot Chili Peppers
MusicAlbum album Q153475
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By the Way

Summary

By the Way is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.33% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,758 views/month, #203 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • By the Way's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • By the Way's genre is pop rock[4].
  • By the Way was produced by Rick Rubin[5].
  • By the Way was performed by Red Hot Chili Peppers[6].
  • By the Way's record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Records[7].
  • By the Way's place of publication is recorded as United States[8].
  • By the Way is part of Red Hot Chili Peppers' albums in chronological order[9].
  • By the Way's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • By the Way was published on July 9, 2002[11].
  • By the Way's tracklist is recorded as Q134383360[12].
  • By the Way's tracklist is recorded as Q134383361[13].
  • By the Way's tracklist is recorded as Q134383362[14].
  • By the Way's tracklist is recorded as Q134383364[15].
  • By the Way's tracklist is recorded as Q134383366[16].
  • By the Way's tracklist is recorded as Q134383368[17].
  • By the Way's tracklist is recorded as Q134383369[18].
  • By the Way's tracklist is recorded as Q134383371[19].
  • By the Way's tracklist is recorded as Q134383372[20].
  • By the Way's tracklist is recorded as Q134383374[21].
  • By the Way's tracklist is recorded as Q134383375[22].
  • By the Way's tracklist is recorded as Q134383376[23].
  • By the Way's tracklist is recorded as Q134383378[24].
  • By the Way's tracklist is recorded as Q134383380[25].
  • By the Way's tracklist is recorded as Q134383382[26].
  • By the Way's tracklist is recorded as Q134383383[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[28]

  • First release date: 2002-07-09[29]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, funk metal, funk rock, heavy metal, mainstream rock, pop rock, psychedelic, psychedelic rock, rock, trip hop[30]

  • Community tags: 00s, alt funk, alternative pop/rock, alternative rock, bittersweet, death, drugs, energetic, funk metal, funk rock, general alternative rock, hardnheavy, heavy metal, introspective, lonely, longing, love, lush, mainstream rock, male vocalist, melancholic, mellow, melodic, passionate, pop rock, psychedelic, psychedelic rock, rock, rock_pop rock_rock_pop rock_alternative rock, romantic, sensual, sentimental, sexual, summer, trip hop, warm[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: bbf6eaa8-1340-35c8-9599-34056896ebab[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

By the Way was performed by Red Hot Chili Peppers[6]. It was produced by Rick Rubin[5].

Publication

By the Way was published on July 9, 2002[11]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is pop rock[4]. It is part of Red Hot Chili Peppers' albums in chronological order[9].

Why It Matters

By the Way ranks in the top 0.33% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,758 views/month, #203 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Q14005. wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Record label Warner Bros. Records
    Publication date +2002-07-09T00:00:00Z
    Language of work or name English
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