A-side and B-side pirate radio stations operating off the British coast in the 1960s would buy the publishing rights to the B-sides of records they expected to be hits, and then plug the A-sides in the hope of driving up sales and increasing their share of the royalties. Occasionally, the B-side of a single would become the more popular song. This sometimes occurred because a DJ preferred the B-side to its A-side and played it instead. Some examples include "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor (originally the B-side of "Substitute"), "I'll Be Around" by the Spinners (originally the B-side of "How Could I
B-Side Babies do Girls Love Horses?" & "Greta X". "Physical" was covered by Nine Inch Nails, and appears as one of the two bonus songs on their 1992 EP "Broken". B-Side Babies B-Side Babies is a compilation album by English new wave musician Adam Ant on Epic Records. Not to be confused with "The B-Sides", a 7" single of "Friends" b/w "Kick"/"Physical" released by Do It Records in 1982. Mostly a collection of the B-sides of his singles, both solo and with Adam and the Ants, the collection is described in the following manner on the back cover of the CD: The