"By Your Side" is a bright and bouncy tune that harks back to Calvin Harris' early and mid-2010s singles. Released on June 4, 2021, when many artists were dropping music influenced by the COVID pandemic, it's a throwback to happier times. Harris told Apple Music's Zane Lowe he'd started on the song a while back but had forgotten about it until he was going through some of his old demos. When he listened back, it jumped out at him and Harris thought, I should finish this. "It felt nostalgic to me in a nice way," he said. "The sort of thing that nobody else is making."
Singer-songwriter Tom Grennan is the guest vocalist. He gives a comforting message to a love interest, assuring her he will always be by her side when she needs him.
Harris told Apple Music that Grennan was his first pick to be the singer. He'd liked his voice ever since he first heard his music, and once he started to follow Grennan on Instagram, Harris was struck by the "relentless positivity in his posts." After the Scottish producer completed the song, Grennan seemed an obvious choice.
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