Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Right By Your Side

What this video is

Released in October 1983, 'Right by Your Side' arrived at a pivotal moment for Eurythmics, consolidating their transformation from cult electronic act to mainstream British pop force. The song marked a deliberate stylistic departure — its calypso-inflected synth arrangement built around a Voyetra synthesizer steel-drum sound — signalling the duo's willingness to subvert audience expectations. The video's warm,…

Why it matters

A key document of the early-MTV performance video format at its most vibrant: fast-cut, single-location, performance-driven, and colour-saturated. The video demonstrates how British new wave acts used the music video medium to extend sonic genre-blending (here, synth-pop fused with Caribbean…

The director

Chris Ashbrook was a British cinematographer and director closely associated with Eurythmics' early visual identity, directing multiple videos in 1983–1986 including 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This),' 'Right by Your Side,' 'Sex Crime,' and 'Thorn in My…