The best Red Hot Chili Peppers songs In honor of the band's remarkable legacy, we peek back at our favorite tracks, from "Higher Ground" to "These Are the Ways." By Debby Wolfinsohn The Red Hot Chili Peppers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame over the weekend, validating a long, strange career in which they evolved from goofy funk pranksters into ^{TeamRock looks at the 10 greatest songs by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. No sock required. Red Hot Chili Peppers circa 1990 (Image credit: JA Barratt\/Photoshot\/Getty) Formed as a joke to play one show in 1983, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have kept the gag going for well over three decades.} .