By the Way

song by Red Hot Chili Peppers
VisualArtwork single Q75397
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By the Way

Summary

By the Way is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (303 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • By the Way's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • By the Way's instance of is recorded as song[4].
  • By the Way's genre is funk rock[5].
  • By the Way followed Parallel Universe[6].
  • By the Way was followed by The Zephyr Song[7].
  • By the Way was produced by Rick Rubin[8].
  • By the Way was performed by Red Hot Chili Peppers[9].
  • By the Way's record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Records[10].
  • By the Way is part of By the Way[11].
  • By the Way's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • By the Way was distributed by compact disc[13].
  • By the Way's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • By the Way was published on June 10, 2002[15].
  • By the Way's lyricist is recorded as Flea[16].
  • By the Way's tonality is recorded as D minor[17].
  • By the Way's beats per minute is recorded as {'amount': '+121'}[18].
  • By the Way's time signature is recorded as quadruple time[19].

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: Song[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 36e49aef-0f8d-3dcc-b97b-69328a3ce9d7[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

By the Way was performed by Red Hot Chili Peppers[9]. It was produced by Rick Rubin[8].

Publication

By the Way was published on June 10, 2002[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is funk rock[5]. It is part of it[11]. It was distributed by compact disc[13].

Adaptations and Inspiration

By the Way followed Parallel Universe[6]. It was followed by The Zephyr Song[7].

Why It Matters

By the Way ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (303 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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