Greatest Hits (Red Hot Chili Peppers album) explained

Greatest Hits
Type:greatest
Artist:Red Hot Chili Peppers
Cover:GreatestHitsRHCP.jpg
Recorded:1988–2003
Genre:Funk rock, alternative rock
Length:66:46
Label:Warner Bros.
Prev Title:By the Way
Prev Year:2002
Next Title:Red Hot Chili Peppers Live in Hyde Park
Next Year:2004

Greatest Hits is the second greatest hits album and second compilation album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on Nov. 18, 2003, by Warner Bros. Records. Aside from their cover of "Higher Ground", all songs on the album are from the band's tenure on Warner Bros. Records from 1991 to 2002, in addition to two newly recorded songs.

Greatest Hits was released along with a separately sold DVD containing most of their music videos from the same time period.

The album was released with Copy Control protection system in some European markets, but not in the United States.

Overview

While their first hits compilation album What Hits!? encompasses material from their 1984 debut to 1989's Mother's Milk, this collection of songs takes off from that point, including material from their 1991 album Blood Sugar Sex Magik up through their 2002 album By the Way. It was during this period of their career that the band became a major commercial force in the music industry. Therefore, this compilation includes the majority of hit singles released since their breakthrough cover of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground".

"My Friends" is the only track included from the 1995 album, One Hot Minute. However, the music video for "Aeroplane" is featured on the DVD version of the compilation. "Warped", the lead single from One Hot Minute, is also absent as both a song and music video on the DVD.

Of the band's eight U.S. number-one singles on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart up to that point, only one, "Can't Stop", from their 2002 album By the Way, was excluded, though the music video was featured on the DVD.

Also absent were top-10 hits "Around the World," from their 1999 album Californication and "The Zephyr Song" from By the Way although the DVD contained the music videos for the songs. Conversely, "Breaking the Girl" was not included on the DVD, as well as "Parallel Universe," the latter of which never had a music video released.

To date, Greatest Hits has outsold six of the band's 13 studio albums, including Mother's Milk and I'm with You, making it the band's fifth-highest-selling release.

Unreleased studio album

In 2011, drummer Chad Smith discussed the recording sessions for Greatest Hits, mentioning that the band had recorded 16 songs and wished to release an entirely new album just for this material after a brief tour; however, guitarist John Frusciante was heavily against this idea at the time, claiming that his playing style had evolved and changed too much, as had his musical influences. Smith said there was an entire Red Hot Chili Peppers album out there that nobody would ever hear.[1]

Aside from the two new tracks on the album ("Fortune Faded" and "Save the Population”), only two other studio tracks from these sessions have been officially released. "Bicycle Song" and "Runaway" appeared as bonus tracks on the deluxe edition of By the Way when it was released on iTunes in 2006 and can now be found on many other digital music stores. Live versions of several other songs have also been released. "Rolling Sly Stone" and "Leverage Of Space" were included on the Live in Hyde Park album in 2004 and "Mini-Epic (Kill for Your Country)" was released as an "official" bootleg in 2015. A studio in-house CD-R was leaked in 2014 which contained two instrumental tracks from these sessions, called "Starlight" and "50/Fifty", and three different takes of "Runaway".[2] The names of the remaining songs are either unknown or unconfirmed.

On February 7, 2014, in an interview with fans on Reddit, Smith claimed that the band hoped to one day release a box set including all unreleased material from the recording sessions for Greatest Hits.[3]

DVD

Greatest Hits and Videos
Type:video
Artist:Red Hot Chili Peppers
Released:November 18, 2003
Recorded:1989–2003
Genre:Alternative rock, funk rock
Label:Warner Bros.
Prev Title:Off the Map
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:iTunes Originals – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Next Year:2006

Greatest Hits and Videos was also released with the tracks above, including a DVD (available as Greatest Videos) containing the following music videos:

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2003)!scope="col"
Peak
position
Singaporean Albums (RIAS)[4] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)! scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 25
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 62
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 33
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 43
Irish Albums (IRMA)[9] 14
Italian Albums (FIMI)[10] 32
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 49
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 53
UK Albums (OCC)[13] 20
Worldwide Albums (IFPI)[14] 15
Chart (2004)! scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] 17
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16] 22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] 64
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18] 42
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 49
Italian Albums (FIMI)[20] 56
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[21] 39
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[22] 47
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 27
UK Albums (OCC)[24] 58
US Billboard 200[25] 70
Chart (2006)! scope="col"
Position
UK Albums (OCC)[26] 133
Chart (2013)! scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[27] 81
Chart (2016)! scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[28] 41
UK Albums (OCC)[29] 80
US Billboard 200[30] 165
Chart (2017)! scope="col"
Position
US Billboard 200[31] 165
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[32] 28
Chart (2018)! scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[33] 66
UK Albums (OCC)[34] 96
US Billboard 200[35] 169
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[36] 29
Chart (2019)! scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[37] 74
UK Albums (OCC)[38] 88
US Billboard 200[39] 177
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[40] 28
Chart (2020)! scope="col"
Position
UK Albums (OCC)[41] 73
US Billboard 200[42] 173
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[43] 28
Chart (2021)! scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[44] 86
UK Albums (OCC)[45] 76
US Billboard 200[46] 179
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[47] 33
Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[48] 75
UK Albums (OCC)[49] 57
Chart (2023)! scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[50] 60
UK Albums (OCC)[51] 53

Decade-end charts

Chart (2000–2009)!scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[52] 32
Chart (2010–2019)! scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[53] 65

Notes and References

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  3. Web site: Hey reddit, Chad Smith here. The REAL Chad Smith. Drummer, Red Wings Fan, and closeted Guitarist. : IAmA. reddit.
  4. Web site: RIAS CHART FOR WEEK ENDING 21 November 2003. November 14, 2023. December 6, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20031206201909/http://www.rias.org.sg:80/chart2.html. dead.
  5. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2003. Australian Recording Industry Association. March 7, 2021.
  6. Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 2003. austriancharts.at. de. March 7, 2021.
  7. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2003. Ultratop. nl. March 7, 2021.
  8. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 2003. dutchcharts.nl. nl. March 7, 2021.
  9. Web site: Best of 2003 - Albums. Irish Recorded Music Association. May 10, 2021.
  10. Web site: Classifica annuale 2003 (dal 30.12.2002 al 28.12.2003) – Album & Compilation. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. it. June 27, 2021.
  11. Web site: Årslista Album – År 20013. Sverigetopplistan. sv. March 7, 2021.
  12. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2003. hitparade.ch. March 7, 2021.
  13. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2003. Official Charts Company. March 7, 2021.
  14. Web site: Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2003 . . February 1, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081117003117/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2003.pdf . November 17, 2008.
  15. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2004. Australian Recording Industry Association. March 7, 2021.
  16. Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 2004. austriancharts.at. de. March 7, 2021.
  17. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2004. Ultratop. nl. March 7, 2021.
  18. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 2004. dutchcharts.nl. nl. March 7, 2021.
  19. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. de. March 7, 2021.
  20. Web site: Classifica annuale 2004 (dal 29.12.2003 al 02.01.2005) – Album & Compilation. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. it. July 4, 2021.
  21. Web site: 年間 アルバムランキング 2004年度. Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 2004. ja. Oricon. September 6, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20190713175519/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/y/2004/p/4/. July 13, 2019.
  22. Web site: Top Selling Albums of 2004. Recorded Music NZ. March 7, 2021.
  23. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2004. hitparade.ch. March 7, 2021.
  24. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2004. Official Charts Company. March 7, 2021.
  25. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2004. Billboard. March 7, 2021.
  26. Web site: 2006 UK Albums Chart. ChartsPlus. April 9, 2021.
  27. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2013. Australian Recording Industry Association. March 7, 2021.
  28. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2016. Australian Recording Industry Association. March 7, 2021.
  29. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2016. Official Charts Company. March 7, 2021.
  30. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2016. Billboard. March 7, 2021.
  31. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2017. Billboard. March 7, 2021.
  32. Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2017. Billboard. March 7, 2021.
  33. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2018. Australian Recording Industry Association. March 7, 2021.
  34. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2018. Official Charts Company. March 7, 2021.
  35. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2018. Billboard. March 7, 2021.
  36. Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2018. Billboard. March 7, 2021.
  37. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2019. Australian Recording Industry Association. March 7, 2021.
  38. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2019. Official Charts Company. March 7, 2021.
  39. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2019. Billboard. March 7, 2021.
  40. Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2019. Billboard. March 7, 2021.
  41. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2020. Official Charts Company. January 5, 2021.
  42. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2020. Billboard. December 5, 2020.
  43. Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2020. Billboard. March 7, 2021.
  44. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2021. Australian Recording Industry Association. January 13, 2022.
  45. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2021. Official Charts Company. January 6, 2022.
  46. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2021. Billboard. December 3, 2021.
  47. Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2021. Billboard. December 3, 2021.
  48. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart for 2022. Australian Recording Industry Association. January 4, 2023.
  49. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2022. Official Charts Company. January 4, 2023.
  50. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart for 2023. Australian Recording Industry Association. January 12, 2024.
  51. Web site: End of Year Albums Chart – 2023. Official Charts Company. January 3, 2024.
  52. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums of the 00's. Australian Recording Industry Association. January 16, 2020.
  53. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums of the 10's. Australian Recording Industry Association. January 17, 2020.

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