Pitchfork's #27 track of 2006, #235 track of the 00s

More remixes of this track (by Tensnake, D. Lectro, Russian Futurists, Grahm Zilla, Pete Herbert) are available on Remix Romance Vol 1 & Remix Romance Vol 2!

"Agebjörn's pinpoint synth stabs, 8-bit drums, and chilly, melodic breakdowns wheedle goosebumps, but ultimately it's Shapiro's barely-there choirgirl vocal that sells this as a mislaid pearl from the 45 bin in the attic." Pitchfork (4.5/5)

"in every respect it is an utterly perfect slice of italo synth-pop"
Vice Magazine

"Maybe the most beautiful thing I've ever heard" Hanna Fahl, P3 Pop Sweden

"The single of the summer"
Svenska Dagbladet

"We've been listening to "I'll Be By Your Side" at Pitchfork for the past two weeks and are hopelessly in love with it!"
Ryan Schreiber, Editor-in-Chief, Pitchfork

""I'll Be By Your Side" makes for an unlikely meeting: a Swedish producer who rekindles the cold flame of 1980s italo disco, and a pseudonymous chanteuse who brings out the genre's inner shyness. While Johan Agebjörn's four-on-the-floor beats and faraway synths make for beautifully nostalgic trappings, it's Sally Shapiro's soft voice that gives the song its fragile strength."
Marc Hogan, Pitchfork (Top 100 tracks of 2006)

"Some of the best italo this reviewer has ever heard! This 12” will blow any italo rocker out of their solar system sneakers. From moody classic italo to full on up beat disco delirium, this slab has it. A fantastic release"
Igloo Magazine

""I'll Be By Your Side" is a typically irresistible slice of Nordic joy, vocoder and all, that manages to balance economy and lushness in such an impeccably hip way that all your potential arguments simply bounce off the ironclad resolve of its pure poptasticness."
Stylus Magazine (USA)