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Sade – By Your Side (UK CD Maxi Single)

READER REQUEST

“By Your Side” is the lead single from English group Sade‘s fifth studio album, Lovers Rock. It was released in October 2000. The track was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, losing out to Nelly Furtado‘s “I’m Like a Bird“. The video for this single was directed by Sophie Muller.

Chart Performance

“By Your Side” reached number seventy-five on the US Billboart Hot 100 chart, the week of January 20, 2001. It did better on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart landing at forty-one, and number two on the Dance/Club Play charts.

The Remixes

The Neptunes remix was the work of by now ultra famous Pharrell Williams, along with Chad Hugo. They are credited with contributing the sound for some successful Hip hop, R&B and Pop artists in the late-90s and 2000s.

I have no information on the producers of the Yard and Reggae remixes.

The Cottonbelly remix was created by one of Sade’s band members, Stuart Matthewman. He remixed other artists like Janet Jackson, Maxwell, and P.M. Dawn.

The Lazy Dog Remix was created by Ben Watt, best known as member of Everything but the Girl, along with his wife Tracey Thorn. He also remixed tracks by Zero 7, Maxwell, Meshell Ndegeocello.

The Naked Music Mix was produced by Naked Music. They have remixed artists such as Kelis, Maxwell, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Britney Spears. This mix was not released on Sony, but I suspect it was officially licensed. Some sources claim it was created by Naked Music co-founder Jay Denes, also known as Bluesix, while others credit Miguel Migs, who has collaborated with Naked Music.

Single Information:

Comes in slimline jewelcase. As with most european Sony releases, this cd single was made in Austria for distribution in the UK and the rest of Europe.

Track 1 is an edit of the album version. Tracks 2, 3, and 4 are remixes.

Track 5 contains a CDRom section which features the “By Your Side” video.

Label:

Epic, Sony Music Entertainment (UK)

Catalog Number:

669912 2

Track Listing and Details:

1. By Your Side (4:17)
Produced by Sade and Mike Pela

2. By Your Side (The Neptunes Remix) (3:57)
Remix by The Neptunes

3. By Your Side (Yard Mix 1) (4:18)
Remix by Christopher Miller and Rowan Dwyer

4. By Your Side (Reggae Mix 1) (3:57)
Remix by Bobby O’Hare

BONUS TRACKS

5. By Your Side (Cottonbelly Remix) (3:57)
Remix by Cottonbelly

6. By Your Side (Ben Watt’s Lazy Dog Remix) (8:58)
Remix by Ben Watt

7. By Your Side (Naked Music Mix) (8:06)
Remix by Naked Music

Rip Information:

Source: CD

Format: mp3

Bitrate: 320 kbps

Password: steptothebeat

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