Universally Speaking

"Universally Speaking" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 2002 album By the Way. It was the fifth and final single from the album and was released solely in Europe and Australia. The track was also included on their live album Live in Hyde Park and their Greatest Hits album.

The video for the song features Dave Sheridan, who plays a deranged concertgoer who attempts to return a book to vocalist Anthony Kiedis, who left the book in his taxi in the video to "By the Way". The book he is returning to Kiedis is "Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs", which is the biography of Darby Crash, the late frontman for the late-1970s punk band the Germs and was written by Brendan Mullen. The music video was directed by longtime friend Dick Rude who also directed the video for "Catholic School Girls Rule" and the live DVD Off the Map.

The cover for the single is the same as the cover of the By the Way album, except the colors are reverted to normal.

XFM online said it was a "fairly upbeat rock ode" and Rolling Stone said it was "Beatlesque psychedelia".^[1]^[2]

Track list

CD singles

Version 1 (2003)

"Universally Speaking" (John Frusciante single mix) – 4:18
"By the Way" (live acoustic) – 4:59
"Don't Forget Me" (live) – 5:07

Version 2 (2003)

"Universally Speaking" (John Frusciante single mix) – 4:20
"Slowly Deeply" (previously unreleased) – 2:40
"Universally Speaking" (enhanced video)

Chart performance

Chart (2003)	Peak position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[3]	27

References

↑ "New CDs: Chilis". Rolling Stone. July 2002. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
↑ Singles Released June 16 2003 - Xfm
↑ "Red Hot Chili Peppers: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 19, 2016.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Anthony Kiedis

Flea

Chad Smith

Josh Klinghoffer

Studio albums

The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)
Freaky Styley (1985)
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
Mother's Milk (1989)
Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
One Hot Minute (1995)
Californication (1999)
By the Way (2002)
Stadium Arcadium (2006)
I'm with You (2011)
The Getaway (2016)

EPs

The Abbey Road E.P. (1988)
2011 Live EP (2012)
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP (2012)
2012-13 Live EP (2014)
Live In Paris EP (2016)

Single series

I'm with You Singles Collection (2012-13)

Live releases

Compilations

Sock-Cess (1989)
What Hits!? (1992)
Live Rare Remix Box (1994)
The Plasma Shaft (1994)
Out in L.A. (1994)
The Best of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1994)
Under the Covers: Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers (1998)
Greatest Hits (2003)
Road Trippin' Through Time (2011)
I'm Beside You (2013)

Videos

Red Hot Skate Rock (1988)
Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven (1990)
Positive Mental Octopus (1990)
Funky Monks (1991)
What Hits!? (1992)
Off the Map (2001)
Live at Slane Castle (2003)
Greatest Hits and Videos (2003)
iTunes Originals – Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006)
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm with You (2011)
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live From the Basement (2012)

Tours

Personnel

Producers	Danger Mouse Rick Rubin John Norwood Fisher Michael Beinhorn George Clinton Andy Gill Spit Stix

Session and touring musicians	Nate Walcott Chris Warren Samuel Bañuelos III Anna Waronker Elton John Mauro Refosco Lenny Castro Greg Kurstin Emily Kokal Money Mark Marcel Rodríguez-López Paulinho da Costa Stephen Perkins John Lurie Aimee Echo Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa Billy Preston Philip "Fish" Fisher Kristen Vigard Keith "Tree" Barry Angelo Moore Keith Morris Chuck Biscuits Maceo Parker Pat Lewis Gary Shider Fred Wesley Andre Williams Gwen Dickey Phil Ranelin

Other	Blackie Dammett Clara Balzary Bob Forrest Dave Rat Dick Rude Brendan Mullen Nigel Godrich Dave Jerden Brendan O'Brien Vlado Meller Damien Hirst Gus Van Sant Olivia Wilde Christopher Blauvelt Julian Schnabel Stéphane Sednaoui Beth Jeans Houghton Mark Ryden Andrew Scheps Dana Nielsen Mark Mann Howie Weinberg Greg Fidelman Dave Sardy Stephen Marcussen Andre Foxxe Zander Schloss River Phoenix Chris Rock Will Ferrell

Articles	Discography Videography Band members Songs Awards and nominations Scar Tissue An Oral/Visual History by the Red Hot Chili Peppers Fandemonium Woodstock 1994 Unearthed Silverlake Conservatory of Music Little Kids Rock "Bedrock Anthem"

Bands	What Is This? Atoms for Peace Rocket Juice & the Moon Antemasque Chickenfoot Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats Ataxia Dot Hacker The Process Jane's Addiction Fear Eleven Pearl Jam The Weirdos Parliament-Funkadelic Dead Kennedys Thelonious Monster The Bicycle Thief The Latino Rockabilly War Aleka's Attic P The Mars Volta Gnarls Barkley Fishbone Circle Jerks Off! The Meters

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Red Hot Chili Peppers singles discography

The Red Hot Chili Peppers	"Get Up and Jump"

Freaky Styley!	"Jungle Man" "Hollywood (Africa)"

The Uplift Mofo Party Plan	"Fight Like a Brave"

Mother's Milk	"Higher Ground" "Knock Me Down" "Taste the Pain"

Blood Sugar Sex Magik	"Give It Away" "Under the Bridge" "Suck My Kiss" "Breaking the Girl" "If You Have to Ask"

One Hot Minute	"Warped" "My Friends" "Aeroplane" "Shallow Be Thy Game" "Coffee Shop"

Californication	"Scar Tissue" "Around the World" "Otherside" "Californication" "Road Trippin'" "Parallel Universe"

By the Way	"By the Way" "The Zephyr Song" "Can't Stop" "Dosed" "Universally Speaking"

Stadium Arcadium	"Dani California" "Tell Me Baby" "Snow ((Hey Oh))" "Desecration Smile" "Hump de Bump"

I'm with You	"The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" "Monarchy of Roses" "Look Around" "Brendan's Death Song"

The Getaway	"Dark Necessities" "Go Robot" "Sick Love"

What Hits!?	"Behind the Sun"

Greatest Hits	"Fortune Faded"

I'm with You Sessions	"Strange Man / Long Progression" "Magpies on Fire / Victorian Machinery" "Never Is a Long Time / Love of Your Life" "The Sunset Sleeps / Hometown Gypsy" "Pink as Floyd / Your Eyes Girl" "In Love, Dying" "Catch My Death / How It Ends" "This Is the Kitt / Brave From Afar" "Hanalei / Open/Close"

Non-album singles	"Show Me Your Soul" "Soul to Squeeze" "Love Rollercoaster"

Other songs	"True Men Don't Kill Coyotes" "Catholic School Girls Rule" "Me and My Friends" "For The Thrashers" "Good Time Boys" "Deck the Halls" "Circle of the Noose" "Save the Population" "Charlie" "Havana Affair" "Did I Let You Know" "The Getaway"

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