# The best Red Hot Chili Peppers songs

Funk, rock and California: the Chili Peppers songs fans and critics rank highest, from Give It Away to Can't Stop.

- 1723 votes · 17 items
- Oct 17, 2022 · Jasmine R.
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## Top 17

1. **Under the Bridge** (155 · ▲169 ▼14) — 1991. Their most famous song, a ballad about loneliness in Los Angeles.
2. **Can't Stop** (136 · ▲148 ▼12) — 2002. Frusciante's riff; first for the AOTY community.
3. **Scar Tissue** (120 · ▲131 ▼11) — 1999. The comeback with Frusciante; second for Rolling Stone.
4. **Californication** (101 · ▲110 ▼9) — 1999. The dark side of the California dream.
5. **Otherside** (92 · ▲103 ▼11) — 1999. About friends lost to addiction.
6. **By the Way** (72 · ▲94 ▼22) — 2002. The title track that switches from frantic to melodic.
7. **Give It Away** (71 · ▲86 ▼15) — 1991. Flea's bass across the whole neck.
8. **Snow (Hey Oh)** (66 · ▲83 ▼17) — 2006. Endless arpeggios from Stadium Arcadium.
9. **Higher Ground** (55 · ▲73 ▼18) — 1989. Their Stevie Wonder cover.
10. **Dani California** (51 · ▲68 ▼17) — 2006. A video that runs through rock history.
11. **The Zephyr Song** (51 · ▲63 ▼12) — 2002. A breezy summer song.
12. **Suck My Kiss** (46 · ▲64 ▼18) — 1991. Raw funk from Blood Sugar Sex Magik.
13. **Breaking the Girl** (45 · ▲59 ▼14) — 1991. A waltz with odd percussion.
14. **Road Trippin'** (43 · ▲58 ▼15) — 1999. Acoustic and string-laden.
15. **Soul to Squeeze** (40 · ▲57 ▼17) — 1993. A gentle B-side that became a hit.
16. **Around the World** (36 · ▲50 ▼14) — 1999. The bass-heavy opener of Californication.
17. **Aeroplane** (31 · ▲51 ▼20) — 1995. The single from One Hot Minute with Dave Navarro.

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