Side to Side

This article is about the Ariana Grande song. For the Three 6 Mafia song, see Side 2 Side. For the Cat Empire song, see Cities (The Cat Empire album). For a definition of the phrase "side-to-side", see the Wiktionary entry side-to-side.
"Side to Side"
Remix EP artwork
Single by Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj
from the album Dangerous Woman
ReleasedAugust 30, 2016
RecordedMay 2015
StudioMXM (Stockholm)
Genre
Length3:46
LabelRepublic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Ariana Grande singles chronology
"Into You"
(2016) 		"Side to Side"
(2016) 		"My Favorite Part"
(2016)
Nicki Minaj singles chronology
"Do You Mind"
(2016) 		"Side to Side"
(2016) 		"Run Up"
(2017)
Music video
"Side to Side" on YouTube

"Side to Side" is a song by American singer Ariana Grande, featuring rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on August 30, 2016, by Republic Records as the third single from Grande's third studio album Dangerous Woman (2016). Grande co-wrote the song with Savan Kotecha, Alexander Kronlund, and Minaj along with its producers Max Martin and Ilya. It is a reggae-pop song.[1][2]

"Side to Side" peaked at number four on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart, becoming her first top-five single from Dangerous Woman in the former and first top-ten single from the album in the latter. It also reached number four on the Canadian Hot 100, number 3 on the Australian chart and number two in the New Zealand chart. It is her second single to top the US Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart. The single has sold 1.1 million copies as of 2018 in the country, and has been certified sextuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for additional equivalent units.

Its music video, directed by Hannah Lux Davis, made its premiere on American clothing brand Guess's website on August 28, 2016, and features Grande in a gym and frolicking with shirtless men in a sauna together with Minaj. The music video has since received a nomination at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Choreography. Grande and Minaj performed "Side to Side" at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards and the American Music Awards. Grande has also promoted the song with televised performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

  1. ^ "Urban/UAC > Future Releases". AllAccess. Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  2. ^ "Crossover: The Ballstreet Journal". HITS Daily Double. 2016-08-30. Archived from the original on 2023-06-20. Retrieved 2023-06-20.