Love On Your Side (song)

"Love On Your Side"
Single by Thompson Twins
from the album Quick Step and Side Kick
B-side "Love On Your Back"
Released 1983
Format
Recorded 1982
Genre Synthpop
Length 3:34
Label Arista
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Alex Sadkin
Thompson Twins singles chronology
"Lies"
(1982)
"Love On Your Side"
(1982)
"We Are Detective"
(1983)
Quick Step and Side Kick track listing
"Love On Your Side"
(1)
"Lies"
(2)

"Love On Your Side" is a 1983 song by the British pop group Thompson Twins. It was released as the second single from the band's third studio album, Quick Step and Side Kick, which was renamed Side Kicks in the U.S. (1983).

Background and recording

In 1982, after the commercial failure of their second album Set, the Thompson Twins collaborated with producer Alex Sadkin to record Quick Step and Side Kick. Sadkin produced the album including "Love On Your Side".

The original lyrics were written by Alannah Currie, but was later altered to that of a male perspective, as Currie wasn't the lead singer.[1]

Release

It was the band's first top ten hit, reaching no. 9 in the UK, as well as no. 45 in the US.

The song is featured in the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on the in-game radio station "Wave 103".[1]

Track listing

  1. "Love On Your Side (Rap Boy Rap)" - 7:22
  2. "Love On Your Side (No Talkin')" - 5:48
  1. "Love On Your Side" - 3:34
  2. "Love On Your Back" - 4:06

Official versions

  1. UK Album Version – 4:25
  2. US Album Version - 3:33
  3. Extended Version – 7:22

Sales chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1983) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[2] 9
Australian Singles Chart 80
Belgium Singles Chart 16
Dutch Singles Chart[3] 27
German Singles Chart[4] 32
New Zealand Singles Chart[5] 9
US Billboard 100[6] 45
US Hot Dance Club Songs 6

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Love On Your Side - Songfacts". songfacts.com. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  2. "Thompson Twins – UK chart history". ChartArchive.org. Retrieved 30 Sep 2012.
  3. "Thompson Twins – Love On Your Side". DutchCharts.nl. Retrieved 30 Sep 2012.
  4. "Thompson Twins – German Chart History". Musicline.de. Retrieved 30 Sep 2012.
  5. "Thompson Twins – Love On Your Side". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved 30 Sep 2012.
  6. "Thompson Twins – Doctor! Doctor!". Billboard.com. Retrieved 30 Sep 2012.
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