Stand by Me (Ben E. King song)

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"Stand by Me"
"Stand by Me" by Ben E King US vinyl Side-A.png
One of side-A labels of the original 1961 US single
Single by Ben E. King
from the album Don't Play That Song!
B-side "On the Horizon" (1961)
"Yakety Yak" by the Coasters (1986)
Released1961
RecordedOctober 27, 1960
Genre
Length2:57
Label Atco
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jerry Leiber
  • Mike Stoller
Ben E. King singles chronology
"First Taste of Love"
(1961)
"Stand by Me"
(1961)
"Amor"
(1961)
Official vinyl video
"Stand by Me" by Ben E. King on YouTube

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for "Stand by Me"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [51]
physical
Gold50,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [52] Platinum90,000
Italy (FIMI) [53]
sales since 2009
Platinum100,000
Japan (RIAJ) [54]
1991 physical release
Platinum100,000^
Japan (RIAJ) [55]
Full-length ringtone
Gold100,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [56] 2× Platinum1,200,000
United States
digital sales
1,639,489 [57]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

John Lennon version

"Stand by Me"
Stand by me by john lennon US Starline reissue variant A.png
Side A of a US reissue
Single by John Lennon
from the album Rock 'n' Roll
B-side "Move Over Ms. L"
ReleasedMarch 10, 1975
Recorded1974
Genre Rock and roll
Length3:26
Label Apple
Producer(s) John Lennon
John Lennon singles chronology
"Number 9 Dream"
(1974)
"Stand by Me"
(1975)
"(Just Like) Starting Over"
(1980)
Official music video
"Stand by Me" (Ultimate Mix, 2020) by John Lennon on YouTube
John Lennon in summer 1975 John Lennon last television interview Tomorrow show 1975 (cropped 2).JPG
John Lennon in summer 1975

John Lennon recorded his version of the song [58] for his 1975 album Rock 'n' Roll . Lennon's remake became a single three weeks after the album's release [59] and was his last hit prior to his five-year retirement from the music industry. Lennon filmed a performance of the song for The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1975. [60] Cash Box said of it that "John's serenading guitar chords herald this bright new production of one of rockdom's favorites," and that it displays Lennon's "magical, mysterious voice...at his finest." [61]

On the week of May 3, 1975, this version was in its second of two weeks at the peak position number 20 on the US Hot 100, right in front of King's comeback hit "Supernatural Thing – Part I" at number 21. Both tunes fell off the top 40 the next week and off the chart the week after that. Lennon's version stayed on top 100 of the UK Singles Chart for seven weeks, peaking at number 30 on its fourth week on the week of May 18–24, 1975. [62] It peaked at number 13 on Canada's RPM Top Singles chart on the week ending May 3, 1975 [63] and stayed on the peak position the following week. [64] It peaked at number 11 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart on the week of July 14, 1975. [65]

The single's B-side track is "Move Over Ms. L", initially intended for Lennon's previous album Walls and Bridges but was cut from the final lineup due to his dissatisfaction with his early takes. [66] Keith Moon covered "Move Over Ms. L" for his 1975 solo album Two Sides of the Moon . [66]

Before the parent album's official release, during Lennon's March 1974 sessions with Harry Nilsson for Nilsson's album Pussy Cats , Lennon recorded two takes of the song in collaboration with former Beatles member Paul McCartney. McCartney performed on the drums; Lennon on guitar. The unreleased recordings would eventually be included in a bootleg album A Toot and a Snore in '74 . [67]

Billboard regarded Lennon's version as "the best version since the original." [68] Pitchfork writer Marc Hogan found Lennon's version "more affecting (just barely)" than the original due to the "acoustic guitar and Lennon's fervent vocals". [69] A 2007 book The Words and Music of John Lennon by Ben Urish and Ken Bielen called Lennon's version one of the "stronger" tracks of the album. [59] Journalist and book author Robert Webb in 2013 called this version one of the "greatest cover versions". [70]

Personnel

Personnel per John Lennon Website [71]

Chart (1975)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [72] 19
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [73] 13
German Singles Chart22
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [74] 11
US Billboard Hot 100 [75] 20
US Cashbox Top 100 [76] 20
UK Singles (OCC) [77] 30

Mickey Gilley version

"Stand by Me"
Single by Mickey Gilley
from the album Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
B-side "Cotton-Eyed Joe" by the Unstrung Heroes
"Here Comes the Hurt Again" (UK)
ReleasedMay 31, 1980
Recorded1980
Length3:35
Label Epic
Producer(s) Jim Ed Norman
Mickey Gilley singles chronology
"True Love Ways"
(1980)
"Stand by Me"
(1980)
"That's All That Matters"
(1980)

Mickey Gilley released his version of the song in 1980, and it was included in the movie Urban Cowboy . It was his eighth No. 1 on the US country charts and also reached No. 22 on the US Hot 100. This version also peaked at No. 3 in Canadian RPM Country Singles in September 1980 [78] and No. 51 in RPM Top Singles the following month. [79] The song would "become one of Gilley's signature songs." [80]

Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [81] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [82] 22
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [83] 3
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [84] 3
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [85] 51

Playing for Change version

External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Official music video via verified Playing for Change channel on YouTube

Documentary filmmaker Mark Johnson, who had created the Playing for Change project, witnessed street performer Roger Ridley singing "Stand by Me" in Santa Monica, California, in March 2005. [86] Ridley died eight months later.

Johnson was inspired to film Ridley's performance [87] and another thirty-six musicians' individual performances of the song "around the world" [88] and then mix the clips into one music video. [87] The music video was featured in an October 2008 episode of Bill Moyers Journal , where Johnson was promoting the documentary film Playing for Change: Peace Through Music, [87] which includes the music video and was shown as part of the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. [88] The music video was uploaded via the Playing for Change YouTube channel in November 2008, garnering more than 10 million views in May 2009. [88] The total amount of views of the YouTube video increased to more than 24 million in December 2010, [89] 30 million in March 2011, [90] 40 million in March 2012, [91] 50 million in some time between 2012 and 2014, [92] 60 million in 2014, [93] 74 million in May 2015, [94] 100 million in 2017, [95] 140 [96]  (or 142 [97] ) million in March 2020, and 190 million in November 2023. [98]

The musicians' performance of the song would be later included in their 2009 debut album Songs Around the World.[ citation needed ] The debut album has nine other tracks, comes with the seven-track bonus DVD, and sold about 26,000 units on its first week, 85% of sales from online sales and "nontraditional retail stores (including Starbucks locations)" and 25% from outside the United States. [88]

Prince Royce version

"Stand by Me"
Prince Royce - Stand By Me.jpg
Single by Prince Royce
from the album Prince Royce
ReleasedJanuary 19, 2010
Recorded2009
Genre Bachata
Length3:25
Label Top Stop Music
Producer(s) Sergio George, Eduardo Aguilar
Prince Royce singles chronology
"Stand by Me"
(2010)
"Corazón Sin Cara"
(2010)
Music video
"Stand by Me" on YouTube

Prince Royce recorded a bachata version of the song as his debut single, changing parts of the lyrics into Spanish. This version peaked number eight on US Hot Latin Tracks and number one on US Tropical Airplay. At the Latin Grammy Awards of 2010, Royce performed the song live along with Ben E. King. [99] Royce's remake received a Lo Nuestro award for "Tropical Song of the Year". [100]

Royce performed the song live again at a July 2016 Philips Arena concert in Atlanta, Georgia, alongside a male fan, [101] at a 2017 Amway Center concert in Orlando, Florida, [102] as the second song for the 2019 RodeoHouston concert, [103] and at the third night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention. [104] He also made a dance version for his debut album.

Other notable versions

1960s and 1970s

Adriano Celentano's 1962 Italian version, "Pregherò" (meaning "I will pray") reached number 1 on the Italian charts.[ citation needed ]

Muhammad Ali (as Cassius Clay) released a version on his 1963 spoken-word/comedy album I Am the Greatest . Clay's recording was released as the B-side of the single in 1964, [112] charting on the Billboard "Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles". [113] It was included on the CD Beat Of The Pops Vol 34.

External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg "Stand by Me" by Otis Redding on YouTube

Otis Redding covered the song for his 1964 debut album Pain in My Heart ; [114] Kenny Lynch's 1964 version stayed on the top 100 UK Singles Chart for seven weeks, peaking at number 39 on the week of May 7–13, 1964, its fourth week. [115] Spyder Turner's 1967 version climbed to number 3 on the US Billboard Black Singles chart, number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, [116] and number 10 in Canada. [117]

David and Jimmy Ruffin (credited as the Ruffin Brothers) remade the song for their only collaborative album I Am My Brother's Keeper (1970). [118] Released as a single, [119] the version stayed at its peak position number 61 on Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks on the weeks ending November 28 (its sixth week) [120] and December 5, 1970 (seventh week). [121] It also peaked at number 24 on Billboard Soul Singles on the week ending November 21, 1970, its fourth week. [122]

1980s

External media
Audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg "Stand by Me" by Maurice White on YouTube (the band Earth, Wind & Fire is credited)
Video
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg "Stand by Me" by Julian Lennon on YouTube
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg "Stand by Me" by Anita Mui (Cantonese) on YouTube

Maurice White's 1985 cover from his album Maurice White reached No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart [123] and No. 11 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs chart. [124] White's version also topped at No. 5 on the RPM Canadian Adult Contemporary Songs chart and No. 8 on the New Zealand Singles chart. [125] [126]

U2 performed the song with Bruce Springsteen at the John F. Kennedy Stadium (Philadelphia) concert on September 25, 1987, during the Joshua Tree Tour. [127]

Anita Mui recorded the Cantonese version for her 1987 Cantonese album Mung Leui Gung Tseui. In 1988, Mui's version was awarded as one of top ten gold songs by Hong Kong telecommunication stations RTHK [128] and by TVB. [129] After Mui's death in 2003, Hong Kong singers and actors Miriam Yeung, Denise Ho, Alex To, Edmond Leung, band members of Grasshopper, Andy Hui, and William So performed Mui's version at Anita Mui. 10. Memory. Music. Gather. (梅艷芳。10。思念。音樂。會), the December 30, 2013, tribute concert for Mui. [130]

1990s

In a 1995 music video entitled Disney's Timon & Pumbaa in "Stand by Me", [131] Timon performs the song with slightly altered lyrics, while every time Timon sings the chorus, Pumbaa survives physical mishaps and ferocious creatures. A trio of frogs then finish the song at the end. [132]

A version of the song was released by American R&B group 4 the Cause as their debut single in 1998. It was a number-one hit in Switzerland, reached number two of the Austrian and German singles charts and number three in New Zealand, and was a top-ten hit in several other countries. [133] [134]

2010s

Tracy Chapman performed the song live in 2015 in the final season of Late Show with David Letterman at Letterman's request. The critical and popular response was very positive, with James Christopher Monger of AllMusic praising Chapman's "emotionally pitch-perfect, spotlight-stealing rendition" of the song. Monger further said:

With just her voice and an electric guitar, she managed to simultaneously bring the house down and build it back up again, which is no small feat, even for an artist who has proven herself time and again to be a powerful yet always benevolent force of nature. [135]

A recording of that live performance was released as the final track of Chapman's Greatest Hits the same year.

"Stand by Me"
Single by Florence and the Machine
from the album Songs From Final Fantasy XV
ReleasedAugust 12, 2016 (2016-08-12)
Length4:05
Label Island
Producer(s) Benjamin Nelson [136]
Florence and the Machine singles chronology
"Wish That You Were Here"
(2016)
"Stand by Me"
(2016)
"Sky Full of Song"
(2018)
Audio
"Stand by Me" by Florence + The Machine on YouTube

Florence and the Machine recorded the song for the soundtrack and trailer of Final Fantasy XV in 2016. [137] [138] The band released its EP Songs from Final Fantasy XV on August 12, containing the band's remake. The cover peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot Rock Singles in December. [139]

External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg "Stand by Me" by Skylar Grey on YouTube
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg "Stand by Me" by Karen Gibson and The Kingdom Choir at the Royal Wedding (BBC) on YouTube

Skylar Grey recorded the song which appeared for a Budweiser commercial for Super Bowl LII, with proceeds for the song to go to the American Red Cross. [140] [141]

The Kingdom Choir performed the song at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, 2018. [142] Their version debuted and peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs chart on the week ending June 2, 2018. [143] [144] It also entered the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 94 on its first and only week, the week of May 25–31, 2018. [145] It is included in their debut album, Stand by Me, [146] released later that year. [147]

2020s

External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Snoop Dogg performing the song via Instagram

On October 24, 2021, Snoop Dogg performed the song alongside the audience at a Big Night Live concert in Boston as a tribute to his mother Beverly Tate, who died at age 70 earlier on the same night. [148] [149]

Charts

Maurice White

Chart (1985)Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [123] 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [150] 8
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary [125]
5
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [124] 11
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [151] 38
US Billboard Hot 100 [152] 50

4 the Cause

Certifications (4 the Cause)
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA) [183] Gold25,000*
Germany (BVMI) [184] Platinum500,000^
Sweden (GLF) [185] Gold15,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [186] Gold25,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Florence + the Machine

The Kingdom Choir

Weekly charts
Chart (2018)Position
US Billboard Hot Gospel Songs [143] 1
UK Singles (OCC) [194] 94

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