Jimmy Somerville – By Your Side – August 1995

	5″ CD Single “By Your Side” (Radio Edit ) “Nothing Said, Nothing Done” “By Your Side” (The Shining Mix) “By Your Side” (Miss You Like Crazy Mix)
	12″ Maxi “By Your Side” (The Shining Mix) “By Your Side” (Miss You Like Crazy Mix)
	12″ Maxi – Black Labe – DJ Promo “By Your Side” (The Shining Mix) “By Your Side” (Miss You Like Crazy Mix)
	12″ Acetat “By Your Side” (The Space Kittens Remix)

Jimmy Somerville – Songtext

Whatever we may do Whatever we may fall All I ask of you Please love me too, like I love you

Always, always By your side

We share the pain inside Together we will try To understand, why? For those who die, so many friends Goodbye

Always, always By your side Always, always By your side By your side

If life is all we are Then shine like every star Nothing lasts forever Time will make our history As love will too

Always, always By your side Always, always By your side By your side By your side

Always, always Always, always By your side

“By Your Side” released as the third and final single from his 1995 album Dare to Love. The song was written and produced by Matt Rowe, Somerville and Richard Stannard. The song was released as the follow-up single to the two previous singles from the album; “Heartbeat” and “Hurt So Good”. Both of the songs had entered the UK Top 25, whilst “By Your Side” peaked at #41. The song had debuted as its peak position before dropping to #75 the following week. The song lasted two weeks in the Top 100. In 1996, a live version of the song appeared on the promotional European album Coca-Cola Planet Live!, released via Austereo MCM. In 2009, Somerville released the studio album “Suddenly Last Summer” which featured Somerville performing interpretations of his favorite tracks, picked from his own iPod playlist. On the stripped-down acoustic covers album, a new version of “By Your Side” was included.

Writer(s): James William Somerville, Richard Frederick Stannard, Ash Frances Howes, James Somerville, Matthew Cardle, Matt Rowe, Seton Daunt, Richard Stannard Copyright: Porky Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Uk) Limited, Polygram Music Publishing Ltd. Gb, BMG Rights Management (Uk) Limited, BMG Chrysalis, BMG Rights Management (Uk) Ltd.