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Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2021 single by Rod Wave
"By Your Side"
Single by Rod Wave
from the album Beautiful Mind
ReleasedNovember 14, 2021
Length3:14
Label
  • Alamo
  • Sony
Songwriters
  • Rodarius Green
  • Thomas Horton
  • Ryan Hartlove
Producers
  • TnTXD
  • Harto Beats
Rod Wave singles chronology
"Time Heals" (2021) "By Your Side" (2021) "Cold December" (2022)
Music video
"By Your Side" on YouTube

"By Your Side" is a song by American rapper and singer Rod Wave. It was released on YouTube on November 14, 2021, before being uploaded to other platforms on November 22. It is the lead single to Wave's fourth studio album Beautiful Mind (2022). The song sees Rod Wave open a new chapter in life, while reflecting on life after the nine months since he released his third album, SoulFly. The chorus interpolates the Plain White T's' "Hey There Delilah" (2006).

Background and composition

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In March 2021, Rod Wave released his second album, SoulFly, which has a track called "Gone Till November", on which he promises: "So I, I'll be gone 'til November, go in and mark your calendar". He fulfilled that promise by releasing "By Your Side" onto YouTube on November 14, and on other digital platforms on November 22. He opens the song by acknowledging that promise.[1] Furthermore, the song contains pitched up vocals and "trunk-rattling" 808s, as Rod reflects on all the success he has achieved in the last year and his progression in the music industry, while also accepting his past.[2][3] The song contains only one verse, and towards the end of it, Rod references his 2019 track "Cuban Links", on which he raps that he will die wearing Cuban Link jewelry; on "By Your Side" though, he dismisses that notion, as he now prefers luxury brand Richard Mille, and has found a renewed interest in life ("I got inside my bag and got out my feelings").[1] In the chorus, Rod directly interpolates the first verse from Plain White T's's 2006 single "Hey There Delilah", except he changes "Hey there Delilah" to "Hey there everybody".[1][4] Genius' Ken Partridge opined that "'By Your Side' isn't a love letter to one person; it's a song for anyone who's stuck in their feelings and would like a little company".[1]

Music video

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The music video that accompanied the song's release shows behind-the-scenes footage of Rod Wave's SoulFly tour.[2]

Charts

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Weekly charts

[edit] Weekly chart performance for "By Your Side"
Chart (2021–2022) Peakposition
Global 200 (Billboard)[5] 119
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 58
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[7] 10
US Rhythmic Airplay (Billboard)[8] 22

Year-end charts

[edit] 2022 year-end chart performance for "By Your Side"
Chart (2022) Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[9] 38

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[10] 2× Platinum 2,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

[edit] Release history for "By Your Side"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various November 14, 2021
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 Alamo [11]
United States February 15, 2022 Rhythmic contemporary [12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Partridge, Ken (November 23, 2021). "Rod Wave Interpolates Plain White T's On New Song "By Your Side"". Genius. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  2. ^ a b A., Aron (November 15, 2021). "Rod Wave Shares New Song "By Your Side"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  3. ^ Cho, Regina (November 15, 2021). "Rod Wave will be "By Your Side" in latest visual". Revolt. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  4. ^ Sacher, Andrew (November 20, 2021). "28 New Rap and R&B Songs Out This Week". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  5. ^ "Rod Wave Chart History (Global 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  6. ^ "Rod Wave Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  7. ^ "Rod Wave Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  8. ^ "Rod Wave Chart History (Rhythmic Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  9. ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2022". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  10. ^ "American single certifications – Rod Wave – Time Heals". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  11. ^ "By Your Side - Single by Rod Wave". Retrieved January 25, 2022 – via Apple Music.
  12. ^ "Future Releases for Rhythmic Radio Stations". All Access. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
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Discography
Studio albums
  • Ghetto Gospel
  • Pray 4 Love
  • SoulFly
  • Beautiful Mind
  • Nostalgia
  • Last Lap
Extended plays
  • Jupiter's Diary: 7 Day Theory
Singles
  • "Heart on Ice"
  • "Cuban Links"
  • "Close Enough to Hurt"
  • "Dark Clouds"
  • "Thief in the Night"
  • "Pray 4 Love"
  • "The Greatest"
  • "Girl of My Dreams"
  • "Freestyle"
  • "Street Runner"
  • "Tombstone"
  • "Richer"
  • "Time Heals"
  • "By Your Side"
  • "Cold December"
  • "Stone Rolling"
  • "Alone"
  • "Break My Heart"
  • "Fight the Feeling"
  • "Call Your Friends"
  • "Come See Me"
  • "Boyz Don't Cry"
  • "Checkmate"
  • "Passport Junkie"
  • "Fall Fast in Love"
  • "Westside Connection"
  • "Sinners"
  • "Leavin"
  • "Feed the Streets"
Featured singles
  • "Before I Go"
Other songs
  • "Fuck the World"
  • "Rags2Riches"
  • "Letter from Houston"
  • "SoulFly"
  • "Gone Till November"
  • "Don't Forget"
  • "OMDB"
  • "Already Won"
  • "Home Ain't Home"
  • "Yungen"
  • "Never Get Over Me"
  • "Sweet Little Lies"
  • "Nostalgia"
  • "Long Journey"
  • "Turks & Caicos"
  • "Great Gatsby"
  • "25"
  • "By Myself"
Tours
  • Nostalgia Tour
  • Last Lap Tour
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