"Brite Side"
Single by Deborah Harry
from the album Def, Dumb & Blonde
ReleasedNovember 1989
Recorded1989
GenrePop
LabelChrysalis Records (UK)
Songwriter(s)Deborah Harry, Chris Stein
Deborah Harry singles chronology
"Kiss It Better"
(1989)
"Brite Side"
(1989)
"Sweet and Low"
(1990)
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Brite Side is a 1989 song by the American singer-songwriter Deborah Harry, taken from her third solo album, Def, Dumb & Blonde. The single was only released in the UK, where it peaked at #59.

The song is featured prominently in the second season of the American television show Wiseguy starring Ken Wahl which featured Debbie Harry. The song was the cornerstone of the "Dead Dog Records Arc", where Harry played a singer named Diana Price who was trying to have one last hit. The song she "wrote" was "Brite Side". It was played heavily through the first two episodes of the arc ("Dead Dog Lives", "And It Comes Out Here").

Track listing

All tracks (Deborah Harry/Chris Stein) unless otherwise noted.

UK 7", Poster Sleeve 7" & Cassette

  1. "Brite Side" - 4:34
  2. "Bugeye" - 4:06

UK 12", 12" Picture Disc & CD#1

  1. "Brite Side" - 4:34
  2. "In Love with Love" - 4:34
  3. "Bugeye" - 4:06

UK CD#2

  1. "Brite Side" - 4:34
  2. "French Kissin'" (Chuck Lorre) - 5:14
  3. "Bugeye" - 4:06

Charts

Chart performance for "Brite Side"
Chart (1989) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[1] 59

References