2003 greatest hits album by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Greatest Hits greatest hits album and secondcompilation album by theRed Hot Chili Peppers , released on Nov. 18, 2003, byWarner Bros. Records . Aside from their cover of "Higher Ground ", all songs on the album are from the band's tenure onWarner Bros. Records from 1991 to 2002, in addition to two newly recorded songs.
Greatest Hits was released along with a separately soldDVD containing most of their music videos from the same time period.
The album was released withCopy Control protection system in some European markets, but not in theUnited States .
While their first hits compilation albumWhat Hits!? Mother's Milk Blood Sugar Sex Magik By the Way Stevie Wonder 's "Higher Ground ".
"My Friends " is the only track included from the 1995 album,One Hot Minute .Aeroplane " is featured on the DVD version of the compilation. "Warped ", the lead single fromOne 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 theBillboard Modern Rock Tracks chart up to that point, only one, "Can't Stop ", from their 2002 albumBy the Way
Also absent were top-10 hits "Around the World ," from their 1999 albumCalifornication The Zephyr Song " fromBy 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, includingMother's Milk I'm with You
Unreleased studio album [ edit ] In 2011, drummerChad Smith discussed the recording sessions forGreatest 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, guitaristJohn 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.[ 6]
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 ofBy the Way Live in Hyde Park [ 7]
On February 7, 2014, in an interview with fans onReddit , Smith claimed that the band hoped to one day release a box set including all unreleased material from the recording sessions forGreatest Hits .[ 8]
Greatest Hits and Videos DVD (available asGreatest Videos music videos :
2011 weekly chart performance forGreatest Hits Chart (2011) Peak French Albums (SNEP )[ 31] 39
2020 weekly chart performance forGreatest Hits Chart (2020) Peak Polish Albums (ZPAV )[ 36] 3
2003 year-end chart performance forGreatest Hits Chart (2003) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[ 37] 25 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[ 38] 62 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[ 39] 33 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[ 40] 43 Irish Albums (IRMA)[ 41] 14 Italian Albums (FIMI)[ 42] 32 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[ 43] 49 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[ 44] 53 UK Albums (OCC)[ 45] 20 Worldwide Albums (IFPI)[ 46] 15
2004 year-end chart performance forGreatest Hits Chart (2004) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[ 47] 17 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[ 48] 22 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[ 49] 64 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[ 50] 42 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[ 51] 49 Italian Albums (FIMI)[ 52] 56 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[ 53] 39 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[ 54] 47 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[ 55] 27 UK Albums (OCC)[ 56] 58 USBillboard 200[ 57] 70
2006 year-end chart performance forGreatest Hits Chart (2006) Position UK Albums (OCC)[ 58] 133
2013 year-end chart performance forGreatest Hits Chart (2013) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[ 59] 81
2016 year-end chart performance forGreatest Hits Chart (2016) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[ 60] 41 UK Albums (OCC)[ 61] 80 USBillboard 200[ 62] 165
2017 year-end chart performance forGreatest Hits Chart (2017) Position USBillboard 200[ 63] 165 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard )[ 64] 28
2018 year-end chart performance forGreatest Hits Chart (2018) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[ 65] 66 UK Albums (OCC)[ 66] 96 USBillboard 200[ 67] 169 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard )[ 68] 29
2019 year-end chart performance forGreatest Hits Chart (2019) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[ 69] 74 UK Albums (OCC)[ 70] 88 USBillboard 200[ 71] 177 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard )[ 72] 28
2020 year-end chart performance forGreatest Hits Chart (2020) Position UK Albums (OCC)[ 73] 73 USBillboard 200[ 74] 173 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard )[ 75] 28
2021 year-end chart performance forGreatest Hits Chart (2021) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[ 76] 86 UK Albums (OCC)[ 77] 76 USBillboard 200[ 78] 179 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard )[ 79] 33
2022 year-end chart performance forGreatest Hits Chart (2022) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[ 80] 75 UK Albums (OCC)[ 81] 57
2023 year-end chart performance forGreatest Hits Chart (2023) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[ 82] 60 UK Albums (OCC)[ 83] 53
2024 year-end chart performance forGreatest Hits Chart (2024) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[ 84] 78 UK Albums (OCC)[ 85] 54
2000s decade-end chart performance forGreatest Hits Chart (2000–2009) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[ 86] 32
2010s decade-end chart performance forGreatest Hits Chart (2010–2019) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[ 87] 65
The album has made its return to the album charts at various times over the years since its release in 2003. Twenty-two years after its release in March 2025,Greatest Hits returned to the albums charts yet again. It landed at #131 on theBillboard 200 charts giving the album its highest chart position since 2004. It also appeared at #17 on theTop Alternative Albums chart, #20 on the Top Rock Albums chart and at #26 on theTop Rock & Alternative Albums chart. In total since the album's release, it has spent a total of 315 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart, 223 weeks on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart, 222 weeks on theTop Rock Albums chart and 213 on the Top Alternative Albums chart.[ 88]
Certifications forGreatest Hits Region Certification Certified units /salesArgentina (CAPIF )[ 89] Platinum 40,000^ Australia (ARIA )[ 90] 6× Platinum 420,000^ Austria (IFPI Austria)[ 91] Gold 15,000* Belgium (BRMA )[ 92] Platinum 50,000* Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil )[ 93] Gold 50,000* Denmark (IFPI Danmark )[ 94] Platinum 40,000^ Finland (Musiikkituottajat )[ 95] Gold 17,920[ 95] France (SNEP )[ 96] Gold 100,000* Germany (BVMI )[ 97] 2× Platinum 400,000^ Greece (IFPI Greece )[ 98] Gold 10,000^ Italy (FIMI )[ 99] sales since 2009 Platinum 50,000‡ Japan (RIAJ )[ 100] Platinum 250,000^ Netherlands (NVPI )[ 101] Gold 40,000^ New Zealand (RMNZ )[ 102] 3× Platinum 45,000‡ Spain (PROMUSICAE )[ 103] Gold 50,000^ Sweden (GLF )[ 104] Gold 30,000^ Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[ 105] 2× Platinum 80,000^ United Kingdom (BPI )[ 106] 7× Platinum 2,100,000‡ United States (RIAA )[ 107] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^ Summaries Europe (IFPI )[ 108] 3× Platinum 3,000,000* * Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
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