Side To Side - Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Menaj (Karaoke Version)

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Artist: Ariana Grande
Featured artist: Nicki Minaj
Album: Dangerous Woman
Released: 2016
Genres: Reggae fusion, Pop
Just before its official release, Grande and Minaj memorably performed the song at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. Their sexy athletic outfits-not to mention the exercise bikes-got many thinking that Grande wasn’t just implying she was feeling in love in her song’s chorus, “And boy, got me walkin’ side to side.”
Grande soon after confirmed that, yep, Side to Side is an ode to sex that is so vigorous (rigorous?) that she can’t walk straight the next day, having to hobble side to side as if after an intense cycling workout because your thighs are so sore-or as her uncensored lyrics make plain, because of “riding dick bicycle.”
The phrase side to side itself dates back to the 1500s, and Grande’s use of it joins a long history of popular music hiding sex in its lyrics. The very name rock and roll, after all, began as a reference to sex.