Video hit INXS

INXS - By my side (live)

By My Side is a single by Australian band INXS, the third UK single and fourth Australian single taken from their album X. The song is a piano, strings and acoustic guitar based ballad with a big chorus.

The song was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence as part of the 1990 sessions for the X album. Record producer Chris Thomas, who produced the album, is also awarded songwriting credits, specifically contributing to the chorus and arrangement, as explained in the liner-notes for the X album special edition in 2002.

"By My Side" peaked at #42 on the UK Singles Chart, which was the bands poorest chart performance since first breaking into the UK top 40 with "New Sensation" in 1988.

Along with "Never Tear Us Apart", "By My Side" was one of two INXS songs played at the funeral of frontman Michael Hutchence following his suicide on 22 November 1997.

"By My Side" was used in commercials for Australian insurer NRMA from 2002-2008.

The lyrics:

In the dark of the night

Those small hours

Uncertain and anxious

I need to call you

Rooms full of strangers

Some call me friend

But I wish you were so close to me

In the dark of night

Those small hours

I drift away

When I'm with you

In the dark of night

By my side

In the dark of night

By my side, by my side, by my side

I wish you were

I wish you were

Here comes the clown

His face in a wall

No window

No air at all

In the dark of night

Those faces they haunt me

But I wish you were

So close to me

By my side

By my side

I wish you were

I wish you were

By my side

In the dark of night

Those faces they haunt me

I wish you were so close to me

Yes I wish you were

By my side