Stand or Fall

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"Stand or Fall"
Stand or Fall - The Fixx.jpg
Single by the Fixx
from the album Shuttered Room
B-side "The Strain"
Released26 March 1982
Genre New wave, synth-pop
Length3:40
Label MCA
Songwriters Cy Curnin, Jamie West-Oram, Adam Woods, Rupert Greenall, Charlie Barrett
Producer Rupert Hine
The Fixx singles chronology
"Some People"
(1982)		"Stand or Fall"
(1982)		"Red Skies"
(1982)

"Stand or Fall" is a song by new wave/rock band the Fixx. Released in 1982, it was the third of four single releases from the group's debut album, Shuttered Room .

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"Stand or Fall" became the group's first charting hit. In the United States, it peaked at number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number 7 on the Top Rock Tracks chart. [1] The song also charted in Australia (No. 33), Canada (No. 37) [2] and the United Kingdom (No. 54). [3]

Music video

The music video features Cy Curnin singing in a house, before cutting to soldiers in combat during World War II alongside a tank. It ends with Curnin leading the men and tank with a white horse (representing peace).

Charts

Chart (1982–83)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)33
Canada RPM Top Singles [4] 37
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [3] 54
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 76
US Billboard Top Rock Tracks [1] 7
US Cash Box Top 10091

References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks (1981-2008). Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 93. ISBN   978-0-89820-174-1.
  2. ↑ RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada, October 23, 1982
  3. 1 2 "Fixx: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. ↑ RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada, October 23, 1982
  5. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002, 2005, Record Research Inc., ISBN   978-0898201550
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