Never Gonna Leave Your Side Explained

Never Gonna Leave Your Side
Cover:Nevergonnaleaveyourside.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Daniel Bedingfield
Album:Gotta Get thru This
Length:3:56
Label:Polydor
Producer:Mark Taylor
Prev Title:I Can't Read You
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:Friday
Next Year:2003

"Never Gonna Leave Your Side" is the fifth single released from New Zealand-British singer Daniel Bedingfield's first album, Gotta Get thru This (2002). Issued in Australia on 30 June 2003 and in the United Kingdom on 21 July 2003, the song became Bedingfield's third number-one song on the UK Singles Chart, topping the chart on the week of 27 July 2003. The song also peaked at 11 in Ireland and No. 13 in New Zealand.

Music video

The music video for "Never Gonna Leave Your Side" was filmed in Ronda, Spain, known as the "Dreaming City". By coincidence, Ronda, Spain is located on the antipode of Auckland, New Zealand, where Bedingfield was born.

Track listings

  1. "Never Gonna Leave Your Side"
  2. "Never Gonna Leave Your Side" (Metro Mix radio edit)
  3. "Right Girl" (live)
  4. "Never Gonna Leave Your Side" (video)
  1. "Never Gonna Leave Your Side" (album version)
  2. "If You're Not The One" (The Passengerz Girlfriend Club Mix)
  1. "Never Gonna Leave Your Side"
  2. "If You're Not the One" (live video from the Shepherd's Bush Empire)
  3. "Never Gonna Leave Your Side" (Metro Mix)
  4. "If You're Not the One" (American video)
  1. "Never Gonna Leave Your Side" (album version) – 3:53
  2. "Never Gonna Leave Your Side" (Metro Mix) – 4:47
  3. "If You're Not the One" (The Passengerz Girlfriend Club Mix) – 7:09
  4. "Never Gonna Leave Your Side" (enhanced video) – 3:53
  5. "If You're Not the One" (enhanced US version) – 4:02

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[5] 6
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[6] 98

Year-end charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)
AustraliaCDPolydor[8]
United Kingdom[9]

Notes and References

  1. Never Gonna Leave Your Side. Daniel Bedingfield. 2003. UK CD single liner notes. Polydor Records. 9809364.
  2. Never Gonna Leave Your Side. Daniel Bedingfield. 2003. UK cassette single sleeve. Polydor Records. 980 925-4.
  3. Never Gonna Leave Your Side. Daniel Bedingfield. 2003. UK DVD single liner notes. Polydor Records. 980 936-5.
  4. Never Gonna Leave Your Side. Daniel Bedingfield. 2003. Australian CD single liner notes. Polydor Records. 9808607.
  5. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 22. 33. 11. 9 August 2003. 14 May 2020.
  6. Web site: Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 37, saptamina 29.09–05-10, 2003. Romanian Top 100. ro. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20050219121117/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10088.html. 19 February 2005. 14 May 2020.
  7. Web site: The Official UK Singles Chart 2003. UKChartsPlus. 21 September 2018.
  8. Web site: The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 30th June 2003. ARIA. 26. 30 June 2002. dead. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030706140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20030707-0000/Issue697.pdf. 6 July 2003. 13 June 2021.
  9. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 35. 19 July 2003. 8 September 2021.