By Your Side

original song written and composed by Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman, Paul S. Denman; first recorded by Sade
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q583971
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By Your Side

Summary

By Your Side is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (325 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • By Your Side's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • By Your Side's composer is recorded as Sade Adu[4].
  • By Your Side's composer is recorded as Paul Denman[5].
  • By Your Side's composer is recorded as Andrew Hale[6].
  • By Your Side's composer is recorded as Stuart Matthewman[7].
  • By Your Side's genre is soul[8].
  • By Your Side was performed by Sade[9].
  • By Your Side was performed by Ane Brun[10].
  • By Your Side is part of Lovers Rock[11].
  • By Your Side's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • By Your Side was published on 2000[13].
  • By Your Side's lyricist is recorded as Sade Adu[14].
  • By Your Side's lyricist is recorded as Paul Denman[15].
  • By Your Side's lyricist is recorded as Andrew Hale[16].
  • By Your Side's lyricist is recorded as Stuart Matthewman[17].
  • By Your Side's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'By Your Side'}[18].
  • By Your Side's different from is recorded as By Your Side[19].
  • By Your Side's form of creative work is recorded as song[20].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[21]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, britpop, contemporary r&b, funk, hip hop, pop, r&b, rock, soul, swing[22]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, britpop, contemporary r&b, funk, hip hop, pop, r&b, rock, soul, swing[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 85a9d81f-7c8e-3440-843d-c312c39667fb[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Sade[9] and Ane Brun[10].

Publication

By Your Side was released on 2000[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is soul[8]. It is part of Lovers Rock[11].

Why It Matters

By Your Side ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (325 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). By Your Side. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/by-your-side
MLA “By Your Side.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/by-your-side.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_by-your-side_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{By Your Side}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/by-your-side}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer Sade, Ane Brun
    Part of Lovers Rock
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