By Your Side
Sade
- Key
- F# major
- Camelot
- 2B
- BPM
- 145.2
Key confidence medium · relative Eb minor (2A) · BPM confidence medium · half-time 72.6 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · essentia.js@2.1-beta6-dev
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As of 2026-09-16, "By Your Side" by Sade has charted in 14 markets across 3 platforms, peaking at #6 (CA) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads F# major (2B) at 145.2 BPM.
- Markets
- 14
- First seen
- 2026-07-23
- Latest chart date
- 2026-09-16
- Peak
- #6 ca
Started in 1 market, now in 14.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
"By Your Side" was released on 3 October 2000 as a single from Sade's album Lovers Rock, written by Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman and Paul S. Denman and produced by the band. [1] Sade is listed by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a 2026 inductee in the Performer category, the band's first induction after four decades of recording. [2] Stereogum published a feature in October 2025 specifically about the song's continued popularity 25 years after its release, describing it as one of Sade's most durable recordings rather than one of her biggest chart hits. [3]
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Papua New Guineapg · applemusic#42#42—
- Slovakiask · deezer#56#51#56
- Nigeriang · deezer#82#82—
- Irelandie · shazam · 1 city#200#33#200
- United Kingdomgb · shazam · 4 cities#26#22#26
- Canadaca · shazam · 2 cities#47#6#47
- New Zealandnz · shazam#164#121#164
- South Africaza · shazam#59#59#59
Worldwide feeds · not markets
A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- World feedworld · shazam#185#181#185
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- gb 4 cities · best #22 london
- ca 2 cities · best #33 vancouver
- ie 1 city · best #33 dublin
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Editions
No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.
Identity
- ISRC
- GBBBM0002171
- Slug
- sade__by-your-side
- Sources
- applemusic, deezer, shazam
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Crude v0 identity: slug(artist)__slug(title).
Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
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