Love Is on My Side explained

Love Is on My Side

Cover:

The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side.png

Type:

single

Artist:

the Black Mamba

Released:

7 March 2021

Length:

2:55

Label:

Self-released

Prev Title:

Beautiful Lie

Prev Year:

2020

Misc:

Embed:	yes
Song:	"Love Is on My Side"
Year:	2021
Country:	Portugal
Artist:	The Black Mamba
Language:	English
Composer:	Pedro Tatanka Taborda
Lyricist:	Pedro Tatanka Taborda
Place:	12th
Points:	153
Place Semi:	4th
Points Semi:	239
Prev Link:	Medo de sentir
Prev Year:	2020
Prev:	Medo de sentir
Next:	Saudade, saudade
Next Year:	2022
Next Link:	Saudade, saudade

"Love Is on My Side" is a song by Portuguese soul band the Black Mamba that represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.^[1] It was written by the lead vocalist of the band, Pedro Tatanka, and is the first Portuguese entry in the contest to be performed entirely in English.

Background

The song is about a sex worker that the band met during a trip to Amsterdam in 2019. The song is sung from the woman's perspective. In the beginning, she is young and full of hope. But, things didn't turn out as planned and she would end up using drugs and going into prostitution. However, despite the hardships, she still retains some of her youth.^[2]

Eurovision Song Contest

See main article: Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The song was selected to represent Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, after winning Festival da Canção, the music competition that selects Portugal's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The semi-finals of the 2021 contest featured the same line-up of countries as determined by the draw for the 2020 contest's semi-finals. Portugal was placed into the second semi-final, held on 20 May 2021, from which they qualified in 4th place. In the grand final, held on 22 May 2021, the song was performed 7th in the running order and came 12th with 153 points.

Charts

Chart (2021)! scope="col"
Peak position
Iceland (RÚV)^[3]	17
Lithuania (AGATA)^[4]	46
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)^[5]	5

Notes and References

Web site: The Black Mamba slides towards Rotterdam. 7 March 2021. Eurovision.tv. 7 March 2021.
Web site: 2021-04-08. The Black Mamba "Love Is On My Side" Lyrics — Portugal Eurovision 2021. 2021-05-23. wiwibloggs. en-US.
Web site: Vinsaeldalisti Rásar 2. RÚV. is. 1 June 2021.
Web site: 2021 21-os SAVAITĖS (gegužės 21-27 d.) SINGLŲ TOP100. lt. AGATA. 28 May 2021. 28 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210528143430/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/21s/. 28 May 2021. live.
Web site: Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 21. Sverigetopplistan. 28 May 2021.