By Your Side (Tenth Avenue North song)

"By Your Side"
Single by Tenth Avenue North
from the album Over and Underneath
ReleasedAugust 2008
Recorded2007–08
GenreContemporary Christian music
Length4:01
LabelReunion
Songwriter(s)Mike Donehey, Jason Ingram, Phillip LaRue[1]
Tenth Avenue North singles chronology
"Love Is Here"
(2008) 		"By Your Side"
(2008) 		"Hold My Heart"
(2009)

"By Your Side" is a song by contemporary Christian band Tenth Avenue North from their debut album Over and Underneath. It was released as the album's lead single in August 2008, and reached number 1 on R&R's Christian contemporary hit radio chart in January 2009.[2][3] In 2010, "By Your Side" won the 41st Annual GMA Dove Award for Song of the Year.[4] In addition, the song also appeared on compilation albums WOW Hits 2010 and WOW #1s.

The song peaked at No. 2 on the Hot Christian Songs chart. It lasted 58 weeks on the overall chart, their longest charting single.[5] The song is played in a G major key at 130 beats per minute.[6]

  1. ^ "Tenth Avenue North - Over and Underneath". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 21, 2015. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  2. ^ Kim Jones (2009-01-17). "Did You Know ..." About.com. Retrieved 2009-06-16.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Tenth Avenue North Named 'New Artist of the Year' By Industry and Fans at 40th Annual GMA Dove Awards". Jesus Freak Hideout (Provident Label Group). 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  4. ^ Black, Nathan (April 22, 2010). "Casting Crowns, Jason Ingram Big Winners at 41st Dove Awards". The Christian Post. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  5. ^ "Tenth Avenue North By Your Side Chart History". Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  6. ^ "Key & BPM for BY Your Side by Tenth Avenue North". TuneBat. February 12, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2018.