My Side of the Bed

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"My Side of the Bed"
Susanna Hoffs my side of the bed single.jpg
Single by Susanna Hoffs
from the album When You're a Boy
ReleasedDecember 1990 [1]
Genre Pop [2]
Length3:27
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Susanna Hoffs, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg
Producer(s) David Kahne
Susanna Hoffs singles chronology
"My Side of the Bed"
(1990)
"When You're a Boy"
(1991)
Alternative cover
Susanna Hoffs my side of bed japan.jpg
3" Japanese CD-single

"My Side of the Bed" is a song by American singer-songwriter Susanna Hoffs, released in December 1990 by Columbia as the lead single from her debut solo album, When You're a Boy (1991). It was written by Hoffs, Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg, and produced by David Kahne. [3] "My Side of the Bed" reached No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100, her highest-charting single. [4]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1990–91)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [5] 54
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [6] 20
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [7] 33
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [8] 11
Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) [9] 29
Germany (Official German Charts) [10] 36
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [11] 23
New Zealand (RIANZ) [12] 33
UK Singles (OCC) [13] 44
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 30
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [14] 27
US Cash Box Top 100 [15] 26
US Radio & Records CHR Top 4023
Finnish Singles (The Official Finnish Charts) [16] 25

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) [17] 82
Europe (European Hit Radio) [18] 30

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