Still Standing

Album: Still Standing (2010)
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Songfacts®:

  • This Christopher Bridges and Adonis Shropshire penned ballad is the title track of R&B singer Monica's sixth studio album. The track features guest vocals by her cousin-by-marriage - the rapper Ludacris.
  • The song serves as the theme song for her BET reality show Monica: Still Standing, which made the second highest series debut in BET history.
  • This song was originally earmarked as the album's lead single, with its production and release being tracked by an episode of her reality show. However, as Monica and the label were not in agreement with this becoming the first single, "Everything To Me" was released instead.

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