Song · Eurythmics
“Right By Your Side” by Eurythmics
From the album Touch (1983)
“Right By Your Side” by Eurythmics appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1989 and 2003. It was first released in 1983 on the album Touch. Its best result is #465 on the Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,111 alternative song of all time.
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"Right by Your Side" found Eurythmics swapping their usual synth-pop for a beach party. The Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart song hit British shops in November 1983, a few weeks ahead of their third album Touch, as its second single; America had to wait until July 1984, when it became the album's third. It started with a new machine: Stewart spent hours coaxing a Voyetra synthesizer he'd bought in New York into life, and the first sound he got out of it resembled steel drums. He and Lennox built the song around that, by his account in about ten minutes.
The result is an uptempo love song on a calypso bed of synthesized steel drums and marimba, plus horns from Dick Cuthell and Martin Dobson, Dean Garcia on bass and Stewart producing. Lennox sings it like she's finally let the sun in.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 469 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 1996 | 465 | Q101 | Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) | 500 |
| 1999 | 582 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 2003 | 1133 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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