Side to Side

"Side To Side"
Remix EP artwork
Single by Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj
from the album Dangerous Woman
Released	August 30, 2016
Recorded	May 2015
Studio	MXM (Stockholm)
Genre	Reggae fusion pop dancehall
Length	3:46
Label	Republic
Songwriter(s)	Max Martin Savan Kotecha Alexander Kronlund Ilya Salmanzadeh Onika Maraj Ariana Grande
Producer(s)	Max Martin Ilya Salmanzadeh
Ariana Grande singles chronology
"Into You" (2016) "Side To Side" (2016) "My Favorite Part" (2016)
Nicki Minaj singles chronology
"Do You Mind" (2016) "Side to Side" (2016) "Swalla" (2016)
Music video
"Side to Side" on YouTube

"Side to Side" is a song by American singer Ariana Grande, featuring rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on August 30, 2016 by Republic Records as the third single from Grande's third studio album Dangerous Woman (2016). Grande co-wrote the song with Savan Kotecha, Alexander Kronlund, and Minaj along with its producers Max Martin and Ilya. It is a reggae-pop song.^[1][2]

"Side to Side" peaked at number four on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart, becoming her first top-five single from Dangerous Woman in the former and first top-ten single from the album in the latter. It also reached number four on the Canadian Hot 100, number 3 on the Australian chart and number two in the New Zealand chart. It is her second single to top the US Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart. The single has sold 1.1 million copies as of 2018 in the country, and has been certified sextuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for additional equivalent units.

Its music video, directed by Hannah Lux Davis, made its premiere on American clothing brand Guess's website on August 28, 2016, and features Grande in a gym and frolicking with shirtless men in a sauna together with Minaj. The music video has since received a nomination at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Choreography. Grande and Minaj performed "Side to Side" at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards and the American Music Awards. Grande has also promoted the song with televised performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.