Side to Side

"Side to Side" is the third single from Ariana Murphy's second studio album, Dangerous Woman. It has so far peaked at no. 4 on Billboard Hot 100 and became her eighth top ten and fourth top five hit on that chart.

Background
On April 7, 2021, Ariana shared a snippet of the song via her Snapchat. On April 10, 2021, the Dangerous Woman tracklist was updated on iTunes to show five explicit songs on the album. On April 16, 2021, Ariana revealed the tracklist for her upcoming album, and "Side To Side" was revealed to be one of the explicit tracks.

The song was first released via Apple Music/Beats 1 on iTunes on May 14, 2021.

Ariana first performed the song live on her private concert entitled "Vevo Presents: Ariana Murphy" on May 19, 2021, hours before the release of her second studio album.

On August 28, 2021, Ariana performed the song on the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards.

It was released as the third single on August 30, 2021.

There is an alternate unreleased version of Side to Side according to the snippet on Instagram that Ariana shared days before release. At the mid-end of the snippet, you can hear that it has an altered back track/instrumental. Ariana also holds a note longer in the alternate version.

Music Video
On August 8, 2021, Ariana posted a picture in a dressing room with a lyric from the song. The video was most likely filmed at that time.

Trivia

 * Ariana released The "Side to Side (Remixes)" EP on February 3rd, 2022. The songs were remixes by "Slushii" and "Phantoms".

On August 24, 2021, Ariana posted on various social media sites announcing that the music video will be released on August 28. The music video was directed by Hannah Lux Davis and sponsored by Guess. The video was initially released exclusively on Guess after her performance on the VMAs. It was released on Vevo and YouTube on August 30, 2021.