South Side (song)

"South Side"
US CD two-track edition
Single by Moby featuring Gwen Stefani
from the album Play
B-side
  • "Ain't Never Learned"
  • "The Sun Never Stops Setting"
ReleasedOctober 10, 2000 (2000-10-10)
StudioMoby's home studio (Manhattan, New York)
GenreDance-rock[1]
Length
  • 3:48 (album version)
  • 3:49 (single version)
  • 3:25 (radio edit)
LabelV2
Songwriter(s)Moby
Producer(s)Moby
Moby singles chronology
"Porcelain"
(2000)
"South Side"
(2000)
"Find My Baby"
(2000)
Gwen Stefani singles chronology
"South Side"
(2000)
"Let Me Blow Ya Mind"
(2001)
Music video
"Moby - South Side feat. Gwen Stefani" on YouTube

"South Side" is a song written and recorded by American electronica musician Moby. It was released to radio on October 10, 2000, as the seventh single from his fifth studio album, Play. Initially recorded with No Doubt frontwoman Gwen Stefani, production problems forced Moby to leave Stefani's vocals off the mix of the song included on Play; Stefani's vocals were then restored for the song's single release. The drums are sampled from "What's Up Front That Counts" by the Counts.[citation needed]

Although "South Side" was not released as a single in Europe or Australia, it is one of Moby's most commercially successful singles in North America, becoming his first song to appear on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 14. In Canada, the song reached number three on the Canadian Singles Chart.

  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (December 23, 2022). "The Number Ones: Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl"". Stereogum. Retrieved December 24, 2022.