"The Other Side" is a song performed by the American rock band Aerosmith, and written by Steven Tyler, Jim Vallance, and Holland-Dozier-Holland.
It was released on June 6, 1990 as the fourth single from the band's highly successful 1989 album Pump.
Jim Vallance composed the instrumental parts for the song between Christmas and New Year's Eve 1988.
He then mailed a demo of the song with guitar, piano, bass, drums, and horn synthesizer to Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler, who came up with the lyrics and vocal melody.
It was used in Tony Scott's 1993 film True Romance, with Christian Slater and Dennis Hopper.