| The Blue Side | |
| Cover: | theblueside.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Crystal Gayle |
| Album: | Miss the Mississippi |
| B-Side: | Danger Zone |
| Released: | May 10, 1980 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:18 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Allen Reynolds |
| Prev Title: | It's Like We Never Said Goodbye |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | If You Ever Change Your Mind |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
"The Blue Side" is a song written by David Lasley and Allee Willis, and recorded by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. It was released in May 1980 as the third single from the album Miss the Mississippi. The song reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks.[1]
Prior to the song's official release, Billboard noted that the new single was more "slower and bluesier then her previous efforts" made for United Artists Records, piano parts resembled "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue".[2]
| Chart (1980) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 4 | |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary | 3 |
It was featured in the background of a barroom scene in the Paul Newman crime drama Fort Apache, The Bronx.
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits:1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 131.