Song · David Gray
“The Other Side” by David Gray
From the album A New Day at Midnight (2002)
“The Other Side” by David Gray appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2002 and 2007. It was first released in 2002 on the album A New Day at Midnight. Its best result is #62 (tie) on the WBER Listener Countdown 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #304 alternative song of 2002 and #7,754 alternative song of all time.
David Gray sent "The Other Side" out first from A New Day at Midnight, his sixth studio album, releasing it as a single in December 2002 on East West. It's a song about death, shadowed by the loss of his father in 2001, but it gets at grief through the wreckage of a failed romance, with Gray weighing up his own emotional and spiritual shortcomings alongside those of the partner he's lost.
Heavy stuff to lead a campaign with. Gray wrote it alone and produced it with Clune and Iestyn Polson, who engineered the sessions; Fred Defaye mixed it, with Simon Changer assisting. The single got as far as 35 on the UK Singles Chart. Its B-side, "Lorelei", also turned up as a bonus track on the album's Japanese pressing, and a Novation remix exists only on a promo vinyl.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 69 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2002 | 224 |
| 2003 | 62 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2003 | 196 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2005 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
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