Forever by Your Side (song)

"Forever by Your Side"
Single by The Manhattans
from the album Forever by Your Side
B-side"Locked Up in Your Love"[1]
ReleasedSeptember 1983[1]
Recorded1983
(at Celestial Sound Studios)[2]
Genre
Length4:27 (Album and single)[1][2]
LabelColumbia Records[2]
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Marc Blatte
  • Larry Gottlieb[2]
The Manhattans singles chronology
"Crazy"
(1983) 		"Forever by Your Side"
(1983) 		"You Send Me"
(1985)
Music video
"Forever By Your Side" by The Manhattans live at the Soul Train (1983) on YouTube

"Forever by Your Side" is a romantic song written and produced by the American songwriters and music producers Marc Blatte and Larry Gottlieb.[2] The song was recorded in 1983 by popular American R&B vocal group The Manhattans and released the same year on the album Forever by Your Side.[2] The title track "Forever by Your Side" was released as a single in September 1983,[1] and had moderate success in the US, peaking at number 30 on the R&B chart,[3] but did not reach any position on the Billboard Hot 100.[4]

In contrast to the small American reception, "Forever by Your Side" was a big hit in Brazil. In 1985, the song was included on the soundtrack of a Brazilian telenovela A Gata Comeu,[5] produced and shown on television by the broadcaster Rede Globo, the world's second largest television network, between the months of April and October 1985,[5] two years after the song was released. "Forever by Your Side" was a huge success in Brazil, ranking first position in the country and among the most played songs in Brazil in 1985.[6]

"Forever by Your Side" was the second and final single from Forever by Your Side, released after the success of the album hit "Crazy".

The song has a Portuguese version in Brazil, called "Pra Sempre Vou Te Amar", recorded by some Brazilian artists.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d 45cat. "Manhattans – Forever by Your Side / Locked Up in Your Love 7" (1983)". Retrieved February 22, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "The Manhattans – Forever By Your Side (1983)". Discogs. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  3. ^ "The Manhattans – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  4. ^ "The Manhattans – The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "A GATA COMEU – TRILHA SONORA". Memória Globo. Archived from the original on April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  6. ^ "Mofolândia->Músicas e Cantores->As músicas mais tocadas.->1985". Mofolândia. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
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