Stay on My Side Tonight

2005 EP by Jimmy Eat World

A closeup of a woman's lap sitting by a pool

EP by

Jimmy Eat World

Released

October 4, 2005

Recorded

2005

Studio

Ocean Studios, with additional Recording at Unit 2 in Tempe, Arizona (first three tracks)

Genre

Jangle pop^[1]

Length

27:19

Label

Interscope

Producer

Jimmy Eat World and Mark Trombino

Jimmy Eat World chronology

Futures
(2004)

Stay on My Side Tonight
(2005)

Chase This Light
(2007)

Stay on My Side Tonight is a five-track EP released by American rock band Jimmy Eat World through downloads on September 13, 2005 and physically released on October 4, 2005. It consists of three unreleased songs, a cover of the Heatmiser song "Half Right", and a remix of the Futures track "Drugs or Me". The title of the album is taken from a line in the song "Disintegration", the EP's opening track.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
IGN	6.5/10^[1]
LAS Magazine	7/10^[3]

Stay on My Side Tonight received a positive review from Tim Sendra of AllMusic, who praised the three outtakes as possibly better than Futures and with "more life and power than one might expect", but calling the other tracks "interesting but not vital".^[2] IGN's Chris Carle rated the release a 6.5 out of 10, with reverse preferences: he wrote that the remix is the best song on the EP and the first three tracks "glide by forgettably, awash in a sea of jangly, same-sounding guitar riffs".^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Jimmy Eat World, except where noted.

"Disintegration" – 7:44
"Over" – 3:46
"Closer" – 5:51
"Half Right" (Heatmiser cover, written by Neil Gust and Elliott Smith) – 4:43
"Drugs or Me" (Styrofoam remix) – 5:15

Personnel

Jimmy Eat World

Jim Adkins – lead vocals; lead guitar; engineering on "Disintegration", "Over", "Closer", and "Half Right"; production on "Disintegration", "Over", and "Closer"; layout
Rick Burch – bass guitar; backing vocals; production on "Disintegration", "Over", and "Closer"; layout
Zach Lind – drums; production on "Disintegration", "Over", and "Closer"; layout
Tom Linton – rhythm guitar; backing vocals; production on "Disintegration", "Over", and "Closer"; layout

Other personnel

Jason Cupp – assistant engineering on "Disintegration", "Over", and "Closer"
Chris Fudurich – mixing on "Disintegration", "Over", "Closer", and "Half Right"
Tony Hajjar – percussion on "Disintegration"
Dan Monick – photography
Mark Trombino – engineering and production on "Disintegration", "Over", and "Closer"; percussion on "Disintegration"
Roger Seibel – mastering
Styrofoam – remixing on "Drugs or Me"
Liam Ward – layout

Charts

Chart performance for *Stay on My Side Tonight*
Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[4]	74

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Carle, Chris (November 4, 2005). "Jimmy Eat World- Stay on My Side Tonight EP". IGN. Archived from the original on June 16, 2009. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Stay on My Side Tonight at AllMusic
^ LAS Magazine review
^ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 21 November 2005" (PDF) (821). Australian Web Archive. December 20, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 19, 2005. Retrieved April 17, 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)