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"Still on Your Side"
Single by BBMak
from the album Sooner or Later
Released5 November 2000 (2000-11-05) (US) 14 May 2001 (2001-05-14) (UK)
StudioHollywood (Hollywood, California)
Length
  • 3:24 (single version)
  • 3:30 (radio version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
BBMak singles chronology
"Back Here"
(2000) 		"Still on Your Side"
(2000) 		"Ghost of You and Me"
(2001)
Music video
"Still on Your Side" on
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"Still on Your Side" is a song by British pop rock band BBMak. It was released as the second single from their debut studio album, Sooner or Later (2000), in the US on 5 November 2000 and in the band's native UK on 14 May 2001. Having previously achieved success in the American market first with their single "Back Here", "Still on Your Side" was BBMak's second top 10 hit in the UK.

Mainstream Top 40 chart.[4]

Background

Stephen McNally said "Still on Your Side" sounds like an anthem song,[5] adding, "It's a song we wrote in Los Angeles and it's already been a big hit for us in America. You could imagine it being played at the World Cup with thousands of football fans singing along to it".[5]

The song is written by Bridget Benenate, Bob Thiele Jr., and Dillon O'Brian, in addition to the three members of BBMak.

Release

The single was originally planned to be released in the UK on 6 December 1999, but its commercial release was cancelled. A remixed version of the song was released in the U.S. on 5 November 2000.

UK Singles Chart that same month.[1]

Reception

bubblegum pop demographic. However, they had a rockier sound and played their own instruments, which is precisely where that market was heading. Thus, Still on Your Side was so right for the time and perfectly brought together all of those elements. There was enough boyband appeal about BBMak to tap into that market, but their music was packaged in a way that could credibly appeal to mainstream and adult contemporary radio.[7]

Additionally, the song is said to be "a welcome opportunity to cut loose with some triumphant ad-libs ('Don’t you know that I’m still on your si-i-i-ide') and screeching electric guitar riffs".[7]

Music videos

The first music video was filmed in the USA. It is set in a New York City street and opens with two Italian-American moving men trying to lift a wardrobe up to an apartment. The camera pans into one of the apartments where BBMak is performing the song. Throughout the video, each member of BBMak are able to save a woman from accidental injury. Christian pulls a woman out of the way of the falling wardrobe, Mark pulls a woman from the path of a stray baseball from a neighborhood kids' game, and Ste jumps in front of a woman before she can walk into incoming traffic.[8] The video ends with people from the neighborhood singing along to the song.

The second music video is set in the UK, reflecting the band's roots. It was filmed in London and directed by

House of Parliament, Regent Street, and a London Underground sign. A woman named Mia leaves a message on an answering machine, saying she wants to meet as soon as possible. The intended recipient of Mia's message is not shown, but each member of BBMak is shown receiving the message and believing it is meant for each of them, respectively. Each member gets in a Mini Cooper to drive to London and meet Mia in time. The three band members all reach their destination at the same time and have a laugh. This storyline is interspersed with footage of the band playing before a live audience inside a studio. The video had its world premiere on 20 November 2000 in an episode of MTV's Making the Video.[9][10] It reached the number 4 spot on TRL
that month.

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the UK CD1 liner notes.[11]

Locations

  • Recorded at Hollywood Studios (Hollywood, California)
  • Mixed at Royaltone Studios (California)
  • Artwork designed at Blade

Charts

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