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“Fortune Faded” by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released 2003

“Fortune Faded” by Red Hot Chili Peppers appears on 25 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 2003 and 2005. It was first released in 2003. Its best result is #12 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #67 alternative song of 2003 and #307 of the '00s.

25countdowns
20stations
#12best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
2003–2005years charted

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"Fortune Faded" was the fresh bait on the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 2003 Greatest Hits, released as a single alongside the collection, but its roots run back to the By the Way sessions. The band tried it then, even played it onstage a handful of times in 2001 with another chorus, but weren't happy with how the studio take sounded, so they cut it again for the hits package with Rick Rubin producing at The Mansion.

The rebuilt version is a taut, twitchy rocker credited to all four of them, Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante and Chad Smith, with Richard Dodd handling the mix. A video came with it, and the B-sides dug into the vaults: "Bunker Hill" from the Californication era and "Eskimo", written during By the Way.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 38 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2003 91
2003 57 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003 106
2003 99 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003 100
2003 89 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003 92
2003 56 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 55 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2003 89
2003 84 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 80 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 71 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003 102
2003 91 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003 107
2003 56 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2003 106
2003 50 102.1 The Edge Dallas-Fort Worth, TX KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003 102
2003 69 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003 104
2003 12 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003 103
2003 22 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003 100
2004 68 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2004 91
2004 28 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 100
2004 77 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004 89
2004 33 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004 102
2004 78 CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2004 98
2004 31 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004 99
2004 33 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004 103
2004 145 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2004 227
2004 56 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004 100
2005 361 ModernRock.com Online ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 400

Charting alongside it in 2003

Best songs of 2003 →
  1. 1Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes
  2. 2Like a StoneAudioslave
  3. 3Bring Me to LifeEvanescence
  4. 4Somewhere I BelongLinkin Park
  5. 5Times Like TheseFoo Fighters
  6. 6Weak and PowerlessA Perfect Circle

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