By Your Side (Tenth Avenue North song)
| "By Your Side" | ||||
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| Single by Tenth Avenue North | ||||
| from the album Over and Underneath | ||||
| Released | August 2008 | |||
| Format | Digital download | |||
| Length | 4:01 | |||
| Label | Reunion Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Mike Donehey, Jason Ingram, Phillip LaRue[1] | |||
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"By Your Side" is a song by contemporary Christian band Tenth Avenue North from their debut album Over and Underneath. It was released as the album's lead single in August 2008, and reached number 1 on R&R's Christian contemporary hit radio chart in January 2009.[2][3] In 2010, "By Your Side" won the 41st Annual GMA Dove Award for Song of the Year.[4] Also, this song we have a compilation album WOW Hits 2010 and WOW #1s.
[edit] Composition
The song is written from the perspective of Jesus Christ.[5] Tenth Avenue North lead singer Mike Donehey's vocals have been compared to Jon Foreman.[5]
The lyrics talk of how Jesus promises to be with us through all the circumstances that we face in life.[6]
[edit] Awards
In 2010, the song won a Dove Award for Song of the Year at the 41st GMA Dove Awards.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ "Tenth Avenue North - Over and Underneath". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?aid=1138337&pid=1003161. Retrieved 2009-06-16.[dead link]
- ^ Kim Jones (2009-01-17). "Did You Know ...". About.com. http://christianmusic.about.com/b/2009/01/19/did-you-know-8.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ^ "Tenth Avenue North Named 'New Artist of the Year' By Industry and Fans at 40th Annual GMA Dove Awards". Jesus Freak Hideout (Provident Label Group). 2009-04-29. http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/news/2009/04/24.TENTH%20AVENUE%20NORTH%20NAMED%20NEW%20ARTIST%20OF%20THE%20YEAR.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ^ Black, Nathan (April 22, 2010). "Casting Crowns, Jason Ingram Big Winners at 41st Dove Awards". The Christian Post. http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100422/casting-crowns-jason-ingram-big-winners-at-41st-dove-awards/. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
- ^ a b Russ Breimeier. "Tenth Avenue North - Over and Underneath". Christianity Today. http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2008/overandunderneath.html. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ "Tenth Avenue North - By Your Side Lyrics". I Heart Worship. http://iheartworship.com/tenth-avenue-north/by-your-side-tenth-avenue-north-chords/. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards nominees announced on The Tennessean (February 18, 2010)
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