I'm on Your Side (song)

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"I'm on Your Side"
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Single by Divinyls
from the album Divinyls
B-side "I Touch Myself" (Live)
Released9 September 1991 [1]
Recorded1990
Studio Groove Masters, Santa Monica
Genre Soft rock
Length4:16
Label Virgin Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Divinyls singles chronology
"Make Out Alright"
(1991)
"I'm on Your Side"
(1991)
"I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore"
(1992)

"I'm on Your Side" is a ballad performed by Australian rock duo Divinyls. It was released 9 September 1991 as the fourth and final single from their self-titled album, Divinyls (1991).

Contents

Background

"I'm on Your Side" is one of few Divinyls songs not written by Christina Amphlett and Mark McEntee. Instead it was written by American song writing duo, Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, who had both co-written Divinyls' "I Touch Myself" with Amphlett and McEntee.

"I'm on Your Side" peaked at number 92 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. [2]

Track listing

Australian 7" single

  1. "I'm on Your Side" – 3:41
  2. "I Touch Myself" (Live) – 4:03

Australian CD single

  1. "I'm on Your Side" – 3:41
  2. "I Touch Myself" (Live) – 4:03
  3. "Boys in Town" (Live) – 3:04

Australian EP maxi single

  1. "I'm on Your Side" - 3:41
  2. "I'll Make You Happy" (Live) – 3:45
  3. "Boys in Town" (Live) – 3:04
  4. "Pleasure and Pain" (Live) – 4:30
  5. "I Touch Myself" (Live) – 4:03

US Promo CD single

  1. "I'm on Your Side" (Greg Royale Edit) - 3:43

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 92

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References

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  2. 1 2 Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.