The Other Side (Aerosmith song)

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"The Other Side"
Single by Aerosmith
from the album Pump
B-side	"My Girl"
Released	June 6, 1990[1]
Recorded	1989
Genre	Glam metal[2] pop metal[3]
Length	4:07
Label	Geffen
Songwriter(s)	Steven Tyler Jim Vallance Holland-Dozier-Holland
Producer(s)	Bruce Fairbairn
Aerosmith singles chronology
"What It Takes" (1990) "The Other Side" (1990) "Monkey on My Back" (1990)

"The Other Side" is a song performed by the American rock band Aerosmith, and written by Steven Tyler, Jim Vallance, and Holland-Dozier-Holland. It was released on June 6, 1990 as the fourth single from the band's highly successful 1989 album Pump.

Jim Vallance composed the instrumental parts for the song between Christmas and New Year's Eve 1988. He then mailed a demo of the song with guitar, piano, bass, drums, and horn synthesizer to Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler, who came up with the lyrics and vocal melody.^[4] The songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland were eventually given songwriting credit on the song after threatening to file suit over similarities between "The Other Side" and their song "Standing in the Shadows of Love".^[4]