My Side of Town

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My Side of Town
Album My Side Of Town.jpg
Studio album by
Released27 October 1997
Length37:01
Label CNR
Producer
Lutricia McNeal chronology
My Side of Town
(1997)
Whatcha Been Doing
(1999)
Singles from My Side of Town
  1. "Ain't That Just the Way"
    Released: 1997
  2. "My Side of Town"
    Released: 1997
  3. "Washington"
    Released: 1997
  4. "Stranded"
    Released: 1998
  5. "Someone Loves You Honey"
    Released: 1998
  6. "The Greatest Love You'll Never Know / When a Child Is Born"
    Released: 1998
My Side of Town track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."My Side of Town"
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:14
2."Always"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:39
3."Ain't That Just the Way"
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:33
4."Wannabe"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:13
5."Washington"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:40
6."Do's Me Good"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:37
7."Badlands" (featuring Swing)
  • McNeal
  • Richard Silva II
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
4:00
8."Closer"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Sham Zhamry Yusof [a]
3:23
9."Way in the Water"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
5:06
10."Crossroads"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
2:00
11."The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
1:56

UK release

Lutricia McNeal track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ain't That Just the Way"
  • Belland
  • Larson
  • Phillips
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:33
2."Always"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:39
3."Stranded"
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:33
4."Whatever Makes You Happy"
  • Per Adebratt
  • Ekman
3:38
5."My Side of Town"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:14
6."The Greatest Love You'll Never Know"
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
4:21
7."Someone Loves You Honey"Don Devaney
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:24
8."Washington"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:35
9."Life Is Funny" Rob'n'Raz 3:40
10."Badlands" (featuring Swing)
  • McNeal
  • Silva
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
4:00
11."Crossroads"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
2:00
12."The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
1:56
13."Ain't That Just the Way" (Steve Antony R&B edit)
  • Belland
  • Larson
  • Phillips
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Steve Antony [b]
4:02
14."Stranded" (Steve Antony R&B edit)
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Antony [b]
3:59

UK re-release

Lutricia McNeal reissue track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Stranded"
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:33
2."Ain't That Just the Way"
  • Belland
  • Larson
  • Phillips
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:33
3."The Greatest Love You'll Never Know"
  • Zizzo
  • Holland
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
4:21
4."Always"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:39
5."Whatever Makes You Happy"
  • Ekman
  • Larossi
  • Gicho
  • Adebratt
  • Ekman
3:38
6."Someone Loves You Honey"Devaney
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:24
7."My Side of Town"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:14
8."Washington"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:35
9."When a Child Is Born"
Andreas Romdhane 3:29
10."Life Is Funny"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Robert Wåtz
  • Rasmus Lindwall
Rob'n'Raz3:40
11."Badlands" (featuring Swing)
  • McNeal
  • Silva
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
4:00
12."Crossroads"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
2:00
13."The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
1:56

US release

My Side of Town – US edition track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ain't That Just the Way"
  • Belland
  • Larson
  • Phillips
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:35
2."Always"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:40
3."Stranded"
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:33
4."Whatever Makes You Happy"
  • Ekman
  • Larossi
  • Gicho
  • Adebratt
  • Ekman
3:38
5."My Side of Town"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:14
6."The Greatest Love You'll Never Know"
  • Zizzo
  • Holland
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
4:21
7."Someone Loves You Honey"Devaney
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:24
8."Washington"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:35
9."Life Is Funny"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Robert Wåtz
  • Rasmus Lindwall
Rob'n'Raz3:40
10."Badlands" (featuring Swing)
  • McNeal
  • Silva
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
4:01
11."Crossroads"
  • McNeal
  • Jay G.
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
3:27
12."Ain't That Just the Way" (Steve Antony R&B edit)
  • Belland
  • Larson
  • Phillips
  • Bäckström
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Antony [b]
4:02
13."Stranded" (Steve Antony R&B edit)
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Papalexis
  • Yacoub
  • Larossi
  • Antony [b]
3:59

Notes

Charts

Chart performance for My Side of Town
Chart (1997)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 22
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 51
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 37
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [10] 8
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 20
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 19
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 16

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