By the Way (chanson)

By the Way - song by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Article “By the Way (chanson)” in French Wikipedia has 11.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 4 references and 4 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.62 points.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (French) language version.

Since the creation of article “By the Way (chanson)”, its content was written by 36 registered users of French Wikipedia and edited by 415 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 90 times in French Wikipedia and cited 966 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (French): #15765 in December 2016
• Global: #42298 in July 2019

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (French): #100252 in April 2008
• Global: #302549 in August 2024

There are 17 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) By the Way (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)		62.844
2	German (de) By the Way (Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers-Lied)		36.2994
3	Finnish (fi) By the Way (kappale)		33.0229
4	Russian (ru) By the Way (песня)		32.4995
5	Italian (it) By the Way (singolo Red Hot Chili Peppers)		31.9111
6	Slovak (sk) By the Way		27.8211
7	Dutch (nl) By the Way (single)		25.8746
8	French (fr) By the Way (chanson)		11.7271
9	Portuguese (pt) By the Way (canção)		7.4775
10	Spanish (es) By the Way (canción)		5.8701

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "By the Way (chanson)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) By the Way (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)		313 939
2	Spanish (es) By the Way (canción)		101 578
3	Italian (it) By the Way (singolo Red Hot Chili Peppers)		66 723
4	French (fr) By the Way (chanson)		42 272
5	Portuguese (pt) By the Way (canção)		33 441
6	Russian (ru) By the Way (песня)		27 985
7	Polish (pl) By the Way (singel)		26 860
8	Dutch (nl) By the Way (single)		15 088
9	Finnish (fi) By the Way (kappale)		5 418
10	Slovak (sk) By the Way		3 342

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "By the Way (chanson)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) By the Way (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)		2 534
2	Italian (it) By the Way (singolo Red Hot Chili Peppers)		218
3	Russian (ru) By the Way (песня)		179
4	Spanish (es) By the Way (canción)		165
5	French (fr) By the Way (chanson)		131
6	German (de) By the Way (Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers-Lied)		90
7	Portuguese (pt) By the Way (canção)		58
8	Finnish (fi) By the Way (kappale)		18
9	Polish (pl) By the Way (singel)		18
10	Dutch (nl) By the Way (single)		14

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "By the Way (chanson)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) By the Way (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)		169
2	Italian (it) By the Way (singolo Red Hot Chili Peppers)		53
3	French (fr) By the Way (chanson)		36
4	Spanish (es) By the Way (canción)		32
5	Dutch (nl) By the Way (single)		31
6	Portuguese (pt) By the Way (canção)		18
7	Russian (ru) By the Way (песня)		17
8	Polish (pl) By the Way (singel)		14
9	German (de) By the Way (Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers-Lied)		9
10	Hebrew (he) By the Way (שיר של רד הוט צ'ילי פפרז)		8

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "By the Way (chanson)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) By the Way (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)		2
2	Bulgarian (bg) By the Way (песен)		0
3	German (de) By the Way (Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers-Lied)		0
4	Greek (el) By the Way (τραγούδι)		0
5	Spanish (es) By the Way (canción)		0
6	Finnish (fi) By the Way (kappale)		0
7	French (fr) By the Way (chanson)		0
8	Galician (gl) By the Way (sinxelo)		0
9	Hebrew (he) By the Way (שיר של רד הוט צ'ילי פפרז)		0
10	Italian (it) By the Way (singolo Red Hot Chili Peppers)		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "By the Way (chanson)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) By the Way (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)		122
2	Italian (it) By the Way (singolo Red Hot Chili Peppers)		122
3	Portuguese (pt) By the Way (canção)		95
4	Polish (pl) By the Way (singel)		91
5	French (fr) By the Way (chanson)		90
6	Bulgarian (bg) By the Way (песен)		89
7	Russian (ru) By the Way (песня)		75
8	Swedish (sv) By the Way (sång)		58
9	German (de) By the Way (Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers-Lied)		52
10	Greek (el) By the Way (τραγούδι)		51

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#	Language	Value
bg	Bulgarian By the Way (песен)
de	German By the Way (Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers-Lied)
el	Greek By the Way (τραγούδι)
en	English By the Way (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)
es	Spanish By the Way (canción)
fi	Finnish By the Way (kappale)
fr	French By the Way (chanson)
gl	Galician By the Way (sinxelo)
he	Hebrew By the Way (שיר של רד הוט צ'ילי פפרז)
it	Italian By the Way (singolo Red Hot Chili Peppers)
lt	Lithuanian By the Way (daina)
nl	Dutch By the Way (single)
pl	Polish By the Way (singel)
pt	Portuguese By the Way (canção)
ru	Russian By the Way (песня)
sk	Slovak By the Way
sv	Swedish By the Way (sång)

Best Rank

French: #100252 04.2008

Global: #302549 08.2024

Best Rank

French: #15765 12.2016

Global: #42298 07.2019

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