Side by Side (Feeder song)

"Side by Side" is a download-only single by the British rock band Feeder. The song was released on 27 March 2011 to support victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Background.
"Side by Side" was written and demoed during the sessions for "Renegades" under the title "Barbarella". It was later recorded as part of the sessions for "Generation Freakshow". Retitled "Side by Side", the song was released as Grant Nicholas felt that the song's chorus fitted the tsunami.
Release.
"Side by Side" charted at #91. Grant Nicholas cited on the band's Facebook page, that the single was released to help victims of the tsunami disaster, with the chart position not being as important.
Although not included on the UK release of "Generation Freakshow", "Side by Side" did appear on the Japanese release which charted at #57 there.
The band also contributed "Side by Side" to the "Music 4 Japan" compilation at https://web.archive.org/web/20110408112033/http://music4japan.org/
The single's artwork was shot by photographer Tadashi Okubo, a photographer with the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper. It depicts a 29-year-old mother, Yuko Sugimoto, looking for her whose 5-year-old son Raito (who was later found by the Japanese military). It was taken at 07:00 local time in Ishinomaki on 13 March 2011. She is looking in the direction of the remains of her son's play school. The photo was chosen by Mikey Eaton for the single release.
Other versions.
An acoustic version of "Side by Side" is included on the digital download release of Feeder's 2012 single, "Borders".