Peak
9
Weeks
52
Score
8,450
Chart Year
2019
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Best known for his production work for the likes of Katy Perry ("I Kissed a Girl"), Ke$ha ("TiK ToK"), Rihanna ("Diamonds") and Justin Bieber ("Love Yourself"), "Eastside" marks Benny Blanco debut song as an artist. Released on Blanco's own label Friends Keep Secrets in partnership with Interscope Records, the track features duet vocals by Halsey and Khalid. The song finds Halsey and Khalid reminiscing about a teenage relationship. He used to meet me on the Eastside In the city where the sun don't set And every day you know where we ride Through the backstreets in a blue Corvette Now that they are older and times are harder, the pair look back on their relationship with happy memories. So come away, starting today Start a new life, together in a different place We know that love is how all thes e ideas came to be So baby, run away with me The pair now have adult responsibilities and are stuck with "dead-end jobs and got bills to pay." If only they could run away together and start over. Benny Blanco, Khalid and Halsey received writing help from Ed Sheeran for the track. Benny Blanco started writing the demo of this song with Ed Sheeran when they were on tour in Philadelphia. A month or so later Blanco was with Halsey at his house. He recalled to Billboard: "I pulled up the demo. Before I knew it, it was done." Later, Blanco was listening back to a demo of "Eastside" with Halsey's vocals, thinking he'd always wanted to do a song with Khalid. It occurred to him the song would work as a duet. Khalid agreed to come on board but was in Denmark at the time so Blanco recorded him from there. Guitarist and songwriter Andrew Watt then came over to Blanco's LA studio and recorded the riff. Konstantine Lois and Shane Williams of the band American XO brought legal action against Benny Blanco, Halsey, Khalid and Ed Sheeran, claiming "Eastside" copied their 2015 song "Loveless." In a motion filed on February 28, 2023 in California federal court, attorneys for Lois and Williams disclosed the two had dropped the lawsuit. The plaintiffs explained to Billboard they lacked "the financial resources or insurance to continue the fight."
Uh Yeah, yeah When I was young, I fell in love We used to hold hands, man, that was enough (yeah) Then we grew up, started to touch Used to kiss underneath the light on the back of the bus (yeah) Oh no, your daddy didn't like me much And he didn't believe me when I said you were the one Oh, every day she found a way out of the window to sneak out late She used to meet me on the Eastside In the city where the sun don't set And every day you know that we ride Through the backstreets in a blue Corvette Baby, you know I just wanna leave tonight We can go anywhere we want Drive down to the coast, jump in the seat Just take my hand and come with me, yeah We can do anything if we put our minds to it Take your whole life then you put a line through it My love is yours if you're willing to take it Give me your heart 'cause I ain't gonna break it So come away, starting today Start a new life, together in a different place We know that love is how all these ideas came to be So baby, run away, away with me Seventeen and we got a dream to have a family A house and everything in between And then, oh, suddenly we turned twenty-three Now we got pressure for taking our life more seriously We got our dead end jobs and got bills to pay Our old friends are now our enemies Now I, I'm thinking back to when I was young Back to the day when I was falling in love He used to meet me on the Eastside In the city where the sun don't set And every day you know where we ride Through the backstreets in a blue Corvette And baby, you know I just wanna leave tonight We can go anywhere we want Drive down to the coast, jump in the seat Just take my hand and come with me Singing We can do anything if we put our minds to it Take your whole life then you put a line through it My love is yours if you're willing to take it Give me your heart 'cause I ain't gonna break it So come away, starting today Start a new life, together in a different place We know that love is how all these ideas came to be So baby, run away with me Run away, now Run away, now Run away, now Run away, now Run away, now Run away, now He used to meet me on the Eastside She used to meet me on the Eastside He used to meet me on the Eastside She used to meet me on the Eastside In the city where the sun don't set
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jul 28, 2018 | 56 | 70 |
| 2 | Aug 4, 2018 | 52 | 74 |
| 3 | Aug 11, 2018 | 44 | 82 |
| 4 | Aug 18, 2018 | 55 | 71 |
| 5 | Aug 25, 2018 | 48 | 78 |
| 6 | Sep 1, 2018 | 31 | 95 |
| 7 | Sep 8, 2018 | 28 | 98 |
| 8 | Sep 15, 2018 | 34 | 92 |
| 9 | Sep 22, 2018 | 28 | 98 |
| 10 | Sep 29, 2018 | 29 | 97 |
| 11 | Oct 6, 2018 | 27 | 99 |
| 12 | Oct 13, 2018 | 29 | 97 |
| 13 | Oct 20, 2018 | 20 | 106 |
| 14 | Oct 27, 2018 | 22 | 104 |
| 15 | Nov 3, 2018 | 20 | 106 |
| 16 | Nov 10, 2018 | 18 | 108 |
| 17 | Nov 17, 2018 | 18 | 108 |
| 18 | Nov 24, 2018 | 21 | 105 |
| 19 | Dec 1, 2018 | 17 | 109 |
| 20 | Dec 8, 2018 | 18 | 108 |