Template:About Template:Use British English Template:Infobox song "Side Saddle" is a hit single which was number one in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks from 27 March 1959.<ref name="500 Number One Hits">Template:Cite book</ref>
The honky-tonk style tune, composed by British popular music pianist Russ Conway under his real name Trevor Stanford, was written as part of the score for a television musical adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref> Asked to compose a tune at short notice, Conway wrote an "olde-world gavotte" which he called "Side Saddle".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The song was a staple of the BBC's Housewives' Choice radio programme.<ref name="#1hot50s">Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>