"By the Way By the Way is the eighth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. The album was released July 9, 2002 on Warner Bros. Records. It sold more than 286,000 copies in the first week, and peaked at number two on the ""Billboard"" 200 (their next album would peak at number one). Singles from the album included ""By the Way,"" ""The Zephyr Song,"" ""Can't Stop,"" ""Dosed"" and ""Universally Speaking."" The lyrical subject matter vocalist Anthony Kiedis addresses in ""By the Way"" is a divergence from previous Chili Peppers albums, with Kiedis taking a more candid"
"featured lyric in the original song. It reached #29 for one week in late November/early December 2007 in the United Kingdom. It is included on the compilations ""Now 68"" and ""Wild Weekends 04"" (2007). It was C-listed by BBC Radio 1. A music video was made for the single. It was uploaded on Data Records' official YouTube account on November 13, 2007. By the Way (song) ""By the Way"" is a song by American funk rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. It is the title track and first single released from the band's eighth studio album of the same name."
"wasn't symbolic of peace and love, but of greed and cashing in... We woke up to papers and radio stations vilifying us for playing 'Fire'."" The writing and formation of ""By the Way"" began immediately following the culmination of ""Californication's"" world tour, in the Spring of 2001. As with ""Californication"", much of the creation took place in the band members' homes, and other locations of practice, such as a recording studio stage. Kiedis recalled of the situation: ""We started finding some magic and some music and some riffs and some rhythms and some jams and some grooves, and we added"
"had overused their funk side. Flea considered quitting the band after the album, but the two eventually worked out all their problems. ""By the Way"" was released in July 2002 and produced four singles; ""By the Way"", ""The Zephyr Song"", ""Can't Stop"" and ""Universally Speaking"". The album was their most subdued album to date, focusing primarily on melodic ballads as opposed to their classic rap-driven funk. Frusciante also concentrated on a more layered texture on many of the songs, often adding keyboard parts, that featured low in the mix, and also writing string arrangements for songs such as ""Midnight"" and"
"quit the band because he felt his role was no longer important. ""By the Way"" was released on 9 July 2002 to positive critical reviews. ""By the Way"" would go on to sell over nine million copies worldwide. The ensuing tour was extremely profitable; the Chili Peppers performed three concerts in London's Hyde Park to over 250,000 attendees and a total gross accumulation of US$17.1 million. It became the highest-grossing concert at a single venue in history. After another two-year world tour, the Chili Peppers wrote their ninth studio album ""Stadium Arcadium"" (2006). Unlike ""By the Way"", both Flea and"
"""Cabron"", ""Fela's Cock"", ""I Could Die For You"", ""Minor Thing"", ""This is the Place"", ""Time"", ""Venice Queen"", ""You Always Sing the Same"" and ""Warm Tape"" were performed live. By the Way World Tour The By the Way World Tour was a worldwide concert tour by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers to support the band's eighth studio album, ""By the Way"". The band was at a commercial peak at the time, having only been off the road for a short amount of time after touring in support of their 1999, best-selling ""Californication"". The band began writing their next album"
"The Way (Fastball song) ""The Way"" is a song by the American alternative rock band Fastball. It was released in February 1998 as the lead single from their second studio album, ""All the Pain Money Can Buy"". It peaked at number 1 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Modern Rock Tracks chart in April and remained there for seven weeks. The song also reached number 1 on Canada's Singles Chart. It peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart, having had a fair amount of airplay from independent radio stations such as Forth One. The song was voted by VH1 as"
"""Greatest Hits"" version. The band did not like how the ""By the Way"" sessions version sounded, thus it was re-recorded for the ""Greatest Hits"" collection. After the chorus' change, the band performed the original version once in 2005. A rough mix with a guide vocal of the ""By The Way"" sessions version with the original chorus has surfaced online, but has never been officially released by the band. CD single (2003) CD version 2 (2003) Fortune Faded ""Fortune Faded"" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was released in 2003 as a single, to coincide with the"
"was performed over 120 times from 2002-2004. However, it remained absent from the band's setlists for twelve years until finally returning in 2016. The Zephyr Song ""The Zephyr Song"" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the second single released from the band's eighth studio album, ""By the Way"", released on August 17, 2002. The song, as a single, was released in two parts. Both editions held two previously unheard-of B-sides, making it, collectively, hold four non-LP tracks. The single peaked at number 6 on the Modern Rock chart, breaking the band's streak of three straight number-one"
"By the Way (Theory of a Deadman song) ""By the Way"" is the sixth single from Theory of a Deadman's album ""Scars & Souvenirs"", released on May 18, 2009. The song features Chris Daughtry and Robin Diaz on back-up vocals. It is about a girl leaving her boyfriend without saying anything to him and he now thinks about her all the time and wishes she'd come back. The ""Scars & Souvenirs"" album title comes from a line in this song: ""Piled up from the years, all those scars and souvenirs"". The music video came out in the second week of"
"Oh, by the Way Oh, by the Way is a compilation boxed set by Pink Floyd released on 10 December 2007, by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States through Capitol Records. The boxed set includes all of Pink Floyd's then extant standard studio albums in scale replicas of the original vinyl packaging. In addition to the albums, and their extras, the set comes with a specially designed 40th Anniversary poster by Storm Thorgerson, featuring 40 Pink Floyd images. The title is a reference to a line in the song ""Have a Cigar"":"
"tours in 1999 and 2000 and given a full Japan-only release in 1998), ""At Some Point, Birds and Flowers Became Interesting"" (2001, self-released and also known as ""Pinecone""), ""Land Air Sea"" (2003) and ""Natural"" (2012). After being signed to Epitaph Records in mid-2003 the band re-released a remixed and re-ordered version of ""Land Air Sea"". Their song ""Life Goes By"" was featured on Punk-O-Rama Vol. 9 and an unreleased track ""Not The Way"" was featured on Punk-O-Rama Vol. 10. They released music videos for both ""N.F.A"" and ""Life Goes By"" from ""Land Air Sea"", the latter being directed by weezer.com"
"and cocaine addiction. The album also featured tributes to close friends the band lost during the recording process including Kurt Cobain on the song ""Tearjerker"" and River Phoenix, on the song ""Transcending"". After witnessing Frusciante's recovery from his heroin addiction, Kiedis wrote many songs inspired by rebirth and the meaning of life on ""Californication"" (1999). He was also intrigued by the life lessons, that the band had learned, including Kiedis' experience with meeting a young mother at the YMCA, who was attempting to battle her crack addiction while living with her infant daughter. On ""By the Way"" (2002), Kiedis was"
"most successful recording to date. Frusciante's return generated much response from critics, who recognized the album as a commercial revitalization from their previous record, ""One Hot Minute"". A two-year-long, international tour followed, which included several festival appearances, including Woodstock 1999 and Rock in Rio. The writing and formation of ""By the Way"" began immediately following the culmination of ""Californication's"" world tour, in the spring of 2001. As with ""Californication"", much of the creation took place in the band members' homes and other practice locations, such as a recording studio stage. Kiedis recalled of the situation: ""We started finding some magic"
"progressions on ""By the Way"", using tools such as the mellotron and various effects pedals throughout. In 2006, while promoting the band's subsequent studio album, ""Stadium Arcadium"", Flea reflected on the composition of ""By the Way"", stating: ""John went to this whole level of artistry. But he made me feel like I had nothing to offer, like I knew shit."" Kiedis was lyrically influenced by love, his girlfriend, and the emotions expressed when one fell in love. Songs written for the album such as ""By the Way,"" ""I Could Die for You,"" ""Dosed,"" ""Warm Tape"" and non-album tracks ""Someone"" and"
"Woodstock 1999, with Flea playing completely naked – something he would do again at the Reading and Leeds Festivals the same year as well as several other ""Californication"" tour concerts. Red Hot Chili Peppers spent most of 2001 writing their eighth studio album, ""By the Way"" (2002). The entire band began listening to more melodic, textured music, that would reflect heavily on the album. Frusciante became the driving force behind ""By the Way"", causing initial strife between him and Flea. If he introduced a funk rhythm into his bass lines Frusciante would consequently disapprove to the point where Flea almost"
"jams and some grooves, and we added to it and subtracted from it and pushed it around and put melodies to it."" Frusciante and Kiedis would collaborate for days straight, discussing and sharing guitar progressions and lyrics. For Kiedis, ""writing ""By the Way"" ... was a whole different experience from ""Californication"". John was back to himself and brimming with confidence."" Before recording ""By the Way"" (2002), the Chili Peppers decided that they would again have Rick Rubin produce the album. In the past, Rubin had given the band creative freedom on their recording material; this was something they thought essential"
"bands such as The Smiths, Fugazi and The Cure. He originally intended ""By the Way"" to be made up of ""these punky, rough songs"", drawing inspiration from early punk artists such as the Germs and The Damned. However, this was discouraged by producer Rick Rubin, and he instead built upon ""Californication""'s melodically-driven style. During the recording of ""Stadium Arcadium"", he moved away from his new wave influences and concentrated on emulating flashier guitar players such as Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen. With his recent solo work, he has cited electronic music—in which the guitar is often completely absent—as an"
"label, selling 281,948 copies in the United States in its first week and 1.8 million worldwide. It was certified gold just a few months later on October 26, 2002. Five singles were released from it; of these, the title track ""By the Way"" was the most successful, peaking at No. 2 on the UK charts and No. 1 on the Billboard rock charts. Although the album sold fewer copies than ""Californication"", ""By the Way"" managed to peak at No. 2 on the ""Billboard"" 200, one spot higher than ""Californication"". Around the world, the album debuted at number one in the"
"be so well received [in the United Kingdom] was shocking to me, but thrilling at the same time."" ""By the Way"" has been performed at almost every show since its first performance in 2002, making it one of the band's most performed songs ever with well over 350 performances and counting. The music video was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, a couple who have directed many other music videos for the band. The video starts off with Kiedis calling for a taxi. He gets in the taxi and the cabbie (played by Dave Sheridan) realizes he has him"
"Like The Way"" featuring Lauryn Hill and Cee Lo Green, saying that it ""seems a bit more forced."" The album is one of the best-selling albums in the world, and has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, with 11.8 million copies sold in the United States alone. It is the best-selling album by a Hispanic artist, peaking at number one in many countries. According to the ""Guinness World Records"" in 2005, it was the band's first album to peak at number one on the ""Billboard"" 200 since ""Santana III"" in 1971, making it the longest gap between two number one"
"press release. Chad Smith commented that ""By the Way"" is ""very honest, raw, emotional music. It's a very dynamic, rich and lush album. Probably the best collection of Chili Peppers songs we've ever put out. "" Warner Bros. Records promoted the album heavily in the months prior to the record's 2002 release, especially targeting the online market in order to steer customers away from illegal downloads. The record label implemented a campaign they colloquially title ""A Song a Day"". This program, initiated on June 21, was aimed at leaking one song per day until the album was released. Over 150"
"venues, eventually gaining support slots for groups such as Better Than Ezra and Sugar Ray. Shortly afterwards, the band signed to independent label Drive-Thru Records. Drive-Thru had a distribution deal with major label MCA Records, which allowed the latter to upstream bands from the former. The band's debut album ""Leaving Through the Window"", released in early 2002, was a joint release between both record labels. While on tour, McMahon began writing material for their next album. Early in the writing process, vocalist and pianist Andrew McMahon and Partington had discussions on what they wanted the album to sound like. They"
"By the Way (Lindsay Ell song) ""By the Way"" is a single by Canadian country singer Lindsay Ell. Written by Ell with Barry Dean and Luke Laird, the song was released in October 2015 and reached the country charts of the U.S. and Canada. In a 2016 interview with Radio.com, Ell said ""By the Way"" was written two years earlier following a breakup. ""Eventually I had reached that point where I was not gonna let this boy have an effect on me anymore."" Having grown up listening to female empowerment anthems by such artists as Shania Twain and the Dixie"
"like the way everyone else does it, too."" ""—"" denotes releases that did not chart. Information taken from Allmusic. The Way We Do The Way We Do is the only studio album by American contemporary R&B group Isyss, released September 24, 2002 via Arista Records. It peaked at number fifty-five on the ""Billboard"" 200. The album peaked at fifty-five on the U.S. ""Billboard"" 200 and reached the twelfth spot on the R&B Albums chart. While Dan LeRoy of Allmusic did state that the group ""offer an appealing twist or two on the formulaic approach of their competitors,"" he also noted"
"The band found critical success in the United States in 2002, with their third album ""Behind the Music"", released the previous year in Sweden and in the rest of Europe. It was nominated for the Best Alternative Album award at the 2003Grammy Awards. They toured the US in 2002 with Oasis in support of their album ""Behind the Music"". Their double album ""Communion"" was released in November 2008. After a tour of the US the band announced that they were working on their next record ""Throw It Into the Universe"". In October 2010, the band announced it would be releasing"
"in the process of working on their ""By the Way"" album. The tour would feature three live debuts from their upcoming album including ""Don't Forget Me"", ""Throw Away Your Television"" and ""Universally Speaking"". Another song, ""Fortune Faded"" was written and recorded for ""By the Way"", but would not make the album and eventually be re-written and released on the band's 2003 ""Greatest Hits"" album. This tour marked the first time the band actually started to leave out songs from their early 80's era and start to focus on their more recent work and 1991's ""Blood Sugar Sex Magik"", a trend"
"the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April. One month later, the band rerecorded the album ""One by One"". Following a UK mini-tour in August - which included the T in the Park 2002, Reading and Leeds Festivals - and a Paris concert in September, the album was released on October 22, 2002, with the promotional tour starting that same day at the Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre. Following dates in North America, which included Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit concert on October 26, came a European tour from November 16 to December 19. The Foo Fighters started 2003 with"
"with his 5th No. 1 album, ""The Rising"". His success on the singles chart was fading rapidly since the early 90's, with no Top 10 hits since 1994. Returning to the top for a further 2 weeks were the Chili's with ""By the Way"". Having been a successful band throughout the 80's the 90's was a slightly quieter decade for the group, but the release of ""Californication"" turned them around in 2000 and ""By the Way"" helped propel them straight to the top. Scoring a 2nd consecutive UK No. 1 album, another collection of the late Eva Cassidy's work was"
"the 2002 reissue of ""Forever Now"". The song is featured in the 1983 film ""Valley Girl"" and appears on the soundtracks of the 1998 film ""The Wedding Singer"", the 2017 film ""Call Me by Your Name"" (where its appearance inspired a major surge in streaming popularity), and the 2002 video game """" on the fiction in-game new wave radio station ""Wave 103"". The song is also downloadable content for the ""Rock Band"" series of music video games. Love My Way (song) ""Love My Way"" is a song by English band The Psychedelic Furs. It was released in July 1982 as"
"Along the Way Along the Way is the first live concert DVD from punk band Bad Religion. The concert footage was taken from fourteen different European stops on their 1989 tour for the album, ""Suffer"". It was originally released on VHS in Germany in 1990 (with a different cover) and in the United States in the following year, and on DVD for the first time in 2004, coinciding with the reissues of the band's pre-""Recipe for Hate"" albums. Both the VHS and DVD have the same cover shown on the right, which depicts Jay Bentley with his bass, while the"
"was not moving in the same direction. In ""By the Way"" (2002), many of the bass-lines were entirely stripped of funk. Flea felt the chords Frusciante had written were not supportive of his typical technique; furthermore, he does not feel the musical direction of the record was specifically melodic, but instead ""... a result of each one of us being who we are. The way we [the band] compose music is a very communal thing."" Flea's stepfather was in a bebop band that frequently jammed in his presence, so he soon became fascinated with the trumpet. Flea credits his continued"
"on foot. The chorus expresses the idea that the couple are achieving happiness by losing touch with the world, even though they may never see their home again. The beginning of the song features a radio scanning through FM stations; among the songs played are Jewel's ""Foolish Games"", Roy Orbison's ""You Got It"", and Madonna's ""Vogue."" The Way (Fastball song) ""The Way"" is a song by the American alternative rock band Fastball. It was released in February 1998 as the lead single from their second studio album, ""All the Pain Money Can Buy"". It peaked at number 1 on the"