Stand! (song)

"Stand!" is a 1969 song by the soul/rock/funk band Sly and the Family Stone Issued as a single that year by Epic Records, it reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 14 on the Hot Soul Songs charts.[1][2][3]

"Stand!"
Single by Sly and the Family Stone
from the album Stand!
ReleasedMarch 1969
Format7" single
Recorded1969
GenrePsychedelic soul, funk
Length3:08
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Sly Stone
Producer(s)Sly Stone
Sly and the Family Stone singles chronology
"Everyday People" / "Sing a Simple Song"
(1968)		 "Stand!" / "I Want to Take You Higher"
(1969)		 "Hot Fun in the Summertime"
(1969)
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Overview

The song's title and lyrics are a call for its listeners to "stand" up for themselves, their communities, and what they believe in. Like nearly all of Sly & the Family Stone's songs, Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart was credited as the sole songwriter.

The original mix of "Stand!" garnered a warm, yet unenthusiastic, reaction when Sly Stone had an early acetate of the record played in a San Francisco club. As a result, Stone went back into the studio and had the song's final section, a fevered gospel music-styled break, rerecorded. Most of the Family Stone was unavailable for the session, and Stone resorted to using mostly studio musicians for the rerecorded section.

"I Want to Take You Higher", the b-side of "Stand!", was also a hit single in 1969/1970.

In 2004 the song was ranked #241 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[4]

Personnel

Cover versions
  • In 1971, Solomon Burke coverd the song on Electronic Magnetism
  • The Jackson 5 covered the song on their debut album, Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
  • Liquid Jesus recorded the song for the film Pump Up the Volume.
  • In 1991, the Minneapolis-Saint Paul-based ensemble Sounds of Blackness included a version of "Stand!" on their debut album, The Evolution of Gospel.
  • In 1995, Pedro Aznar recorded a Spanish version of the song on his album David y Goliath.
  • In 1997, Christian rock band Geoff Moore & The Distance covered the song as a hidden track on their "Threads" album.
  • Kathy Troccoli has also released a cover of the song on her album "K.T.'s Groovy Medleys"
  • Tony! Toni Tone! released a cover on the CD Panther released in 1995.
  • Phish covered the song in concert on June 13, 1997, at SFX Hall in Dublin.[5]

References
  1. Sly & The Family Stone: Stand!. Epic Records. 1969.
  2. "Stand!: Sly & The Family Stone (Hot 100)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  3. "Stand!: Sly & The Family Stone (Hot Soul Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  4. "Sly and the Family Stone, 'Stand!'". rollingstone.com.
  5. "Jun 13, 1997 Setlist - Phish.net". phish.net. Retrieved 2020-01-29.


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