Song · Sade
“By Your Side” by Sade
From the album Lovers Rock (2000)
“By Your Side” by Sade appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2009 and 2024. It was first released in 2000 on the album Lovers Rock. Its best result is #187 on the WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,601 indie & aaa song of all time.
"By Your Side" was the first single from Lovers Rock, the fifth studio album by English band Sade, and it arrived in the autumn of 2000 as a plain-spoken vow to stay beside someone no matter what. Sade Adu wrote the words and sings them in her trademark hush, and the music leans further toward rock than her records ever had, built on prominently strummed guitar from Stuart Matthewman, who also plays woodwinds. Paul S. Denman plays bass, Andrew Hale keyboards and Karl van den Bossche percussion, Leroy Osbourne adds backing vocals, and the band produced it with Mike Pela, who recorded it.
Critics were warm, the Grammys nominated it for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and in 2002 VH1 placed it at 48 on its list of the finest love songs ever recorded. Sophie Muller directed the video.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 187 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2016 | 766 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2022 | 1238 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2024 | 824 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
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