| Forever by Your Side | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Manhattans |
| Album: | Forever by Your Side |
| B-Side: | "Locked Up in Your Love"[1] |
| Released: | September 1983 |
| Recorded: | 1983 (at Celestial Sound Studios)[2] |
| Length: | 4:27 (Album and single) |
| Label: | Columbia Records |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | Crazy |
| Prev Year: | 1983 |
| Next Title: | You Send Me |
| Next Year: | 1985 |
"Forever by Your Side" is a romantic song written and produced by the American songwriters and music producers Marc Blatte and Larry Gottlieb.[2] The song was recorded in 1983 by popular American R&B vocal group The Manhattans and released the same year on the album Forever by Your Side.[2] The title track "Forever by Your Side" was released as a single in September 1983,[1] and had moderate success in the US, peaking at number 30 on the R&B chart,[3] but did not reach any position on the Billboard Hot 100.[4]
In contrast to the small American reception, "Forever by Your Side" was a big hit in Brazil. In 1985, the song was included on the soundtrack of a Brazilian telenovela A Gata Comeu,[5] produced and shown on television by the broadcaster Rede Globo, the world's second largest television network, between the months of April and October 1985,[5] two years after the song was released. "Forever by Your Side" was a huge success in Brazil, ranking first position in the country and among the most played songs in Brazil in 1985.[6]
"Forever by Your Side" was the second and final single from Forever by Your Side, released after the success of the album hit "Crazy".
The song has a Portuguese version in Brazil, called "Pra Sempre Vou Te Amar", recorded by some Brazilian artists.
"Forever by Your Side" has no video official clip, only a video with a presentation of The Manhattans in the American musical variety television program Soul Train in 1983, presented by American television show host Don Cornelius. The video can be watched on .
| US Chart (1983) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) | 30 |
| US Top 100 Black Singles (Cash Box)[7] | 34 |
| Side | Song | Length | Interpreters | Writer/composer | Producers | Original album | Recording year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-side | "Forever by Your Side" | 4:27 | The Manhattans | Marc Blatte, Larry Gottlieb | Marc Blatte, Larry Gottlieb | Forever by Your Side | 1983 |
| B-side | "Locked Up in Your Love" | 4:40 | The Manhattans | John V. Anderson, Steve Williams | John V. Anderson, Steve Williams | Forever by Your Side | 1983 |
The B-side of the single contains the song "Locked Up in Your Love",[1] which was also recorded by The Manhattans in 1983 for the album Forever by Your Side.[2] It was written and produced by the musicians John V. Anderson and Steve Williams,[1] (the same authors as "Crazy").[2] It was a simple song from their album that was not released as a single.
In 1986, "Forever by Your Side" won a Portuguese version in Brazil, called "Pra Sempre Vou Te Amar". The lyrics in Portuguese were written by Brazilians Guto Angelicci and Carlinhos Kalunga,[8] [9] recorded by the Brazilian singer Adriana,[10] and included in the complementary soundtrack for the Rede Globo's telenovela Mandala (As 'Preteridas' de Tony Carrado) in 1987.[11] "Pra Sempre Vou Te Amar" was later recorded by the Brazilian sertanejo duo Wilson & Soraia in 1995,[12] and was included in the soundtrack of the Rede Globo's telenovela Irmãos Coragem (second version) in 1995.[13] In 2001, "Pra Sempre Vou Te Amar" was recorded again, by the Brazilian singer of Contemporary Christian music Robinson Monteiro.[14] The credits for "Pra Sempre Vou Te Amar" ("Forever by Your Side") are Marc Blatte and Larry Gottlieb, version Guto Angelicci and Carlinhos Kalunga.[8] [9]