Right by Your Side

"Right by Your Side"
Single by Eurythmics
from the album Touch
Released October 1983
Format 7", 12"
Recorded March 1983
Genre Pop, calypso
Length 3:52
Label RCA Records
Songwriter(s) Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart
Producer(s) David A. Stewart
Eurythmics singles chronology
"Who's That Girl?"
(1983)		 "Right by Your Side"
(1983)		 "Here Comes the Rain Again"
(1984)

"Who's That Girl?"
(1983)		 "Right by Your Side"
(1983)		 "Here Comes the Rain Again"
(1984)
Music video
"Right by Your Side" on YouTube

"Right by Your Side" is a song by the British pop duo Eurythmics. It was written by group members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart, and produced by Stewart. The track was released as the second single in the UK from Eurythmics' third album Touch.

"Right by Your Side" was something of a departure from previous Eurythmics songs, and is an uptempo love song which features a calypso music instrumental backdrop, complete with synthesized steel drum and marimba sounds and a horn section.

"Right by Your Side" became the fourth consecutive Eurythmics single to hit the Top 10 of the UK singles chart during 1983. It also climbed to number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Track listings

7"
  • A: "Right by Your Side" (7" Version) - 3:52
  • B: "Right by Your Side" (Party Mix) - 6:27
12"
  • A: "Right by Your Side" (Extended Version)* - 12:25
  • B1: "Right by Your Side" (Special Mix) - 0:59
  • B2: "Plus Something Else" 5:30 ** (later released on the Remastered Re-Issue of the LP 'Touch' (2005)

* Simply titled "Right by your Side" on the record, there is no indication on duration or version.

** this is an instrumental/dub mix of the song "Regrets"; Another version of "Regrets", this time a 7'34 "vocal" remix can be found on the EP "Touch Dance" (1984; 12" and CD) - original version of the song "Regrets" from the LP "Touch" (1983).

Chart performance

Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 15
Belgian Singles Chart[2] 28
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[3] 39
Dutch Singles Chart[4] 31
German Singles Chart[5] 61
Irish Singles Chart[6] 15
Japanese Singles Chart 90
New Zealand Singles Chart[7] 9
Polish Singles Chart 28
Swedish Singles Chart[8] 13
UK Singles Chart[9] 10
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 29
US Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs Chart[11] 32
US Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart[12] 38

References

  1. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 105. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between 1983 and 19 June 1988.
  2. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics - Right By Your Side". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  3. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 41, No. 2". (RPM. 15 September 1984. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics - Right By Your Side". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  5. ↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  6. ↑ Jaclyn Ward. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  7. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics - Right By Your Side". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  8. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics - Right By Your Side". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  9. ↑ "EURYTHMICS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  10. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/artist/301929/eurythmics/chart?f=379
  11. ↑ Eurythmics. "Eurythmics - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  12. ↑ Whitburn, Joel. "Top Adult Contemporary 1961–2001." Record Research Inc., Menominee Falls, WI, 2002. "Eurythmics", p. 88.
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