By Your Side (Sade song)

"By Your Side"
Single by Sade
from the album Lovers Rock
Released3 October 2000 (2000-10-03)
Recorded13–17 December 1999
Genre
Length4:34
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Sade
Sade singles chronology
"Cherish the Day"
(1993)
"By Your Side"
(2000)
"King of Sorrow"
(2001)
Music video
"By Your Side" on YouTube

"By Your Side" is a song by English band Sade from their fifth studio album, Lovers Rock (2000). Written by Sade Adu, and produced by her and Mike Pela, it was released as the album's lead single in the United States on 3 October 2000 and in the United Kingdom on 6 November 2000. The track was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards in 2001.[1] The music video for the single was directed by Sophie Muller. In 2002,[2] the song was listed as the 48th greatest love song of all time by VH1.[3]

  1. ^ "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - The 44th Annual Grammy Awards (2001)". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  2. ^ ""The Greatest" 100 Greatest Love Songs (TV Episode 2002)". Internet Movie Database. 14 November 2002. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  3. ^ Tompkins, Dave. "VH1 – 100 Greatest Love Songs (Music Database :: Dave Tompkins)". University of British Columbia. Retrieved 13 July 2014.