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If You Have to Ask

1993 single by Red Hot Chili Peppers
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If You Have to Ask

Summary

If You Have to Ask is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • If You Have to Ask's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • If You Have to Ask's genre is funk rock[4].
  • If You Have to Ask followed Behind the Sun[5].
  • If You Have to Ask was followed by Soul to Squeeze[6].
  • If You Have to Ask was produced by Rick Rubin[7].
  • Among the performers on If You Have to Ask was Red Hot Chili Peppers[8].
  • If You Have to Ask's record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Records[9].
  • If You Have to Ask is part of Blood Sugar Sex Magik[10].
  • If You Have to Ask was distributed by compact disc[11].
  • If You Have to Ask's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • If You Have to Ask was released on February 1993[13].

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[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a5823985-1e7e-3982-b216-0499bd33eabc[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

If You Have to Ask was performed by Red Hot Chili Peppers[8]. It was produced by Rick Rubin[7].

Publication

If You Have to Ask was released on February 1993[13]. Its genre is funk rock[4]. It is part of Blood Sugar Sex Magik[10]. It was distributed by compact disc[11].

Adaptations and Inspiration

If You Have to Ask followed Behind the Sun[5]. It was followed by Soul to Squeeze[6].

Why It Matters

If You Have to Ask ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Anthony Kiedis Chad Smith compact disc Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers Rick Rubin United States

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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