Album: Stand! (1969)
Charted: 22
Play Video
  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Sylvester Stewart
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 6

  • James A. White Sr from OhIt is now, more than ever before, for Black folks or any other ethic population to STAND UP for truth. justice, equity and societal integrity. We don't need the majority population to give us our freedom and equity. We earned it. We are the core, heart beat and essences of the New World and America and made it a WORLD POWER.
    We as kidnapped African people and now citizens of USA have worked and died to Make America the nation that it is today. Any one who attempts to stop us we will BE persecuted to the full extent of the law for felony murder.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn April 6th 1969, "Stand!" by Sly and the Family Stone entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #80; five weeks later on May 11th, 1969 it would peak at #22 {for 1 week} and spent 8 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #23 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart...
    The record's B-side, "I Want to Take You Higher", also made the Top 100, it peaked at #60 and stayed on the chart for 7 weeks...
    Between 1968 and 1974 the Bay-area group had sixteen Top 100 records; five made the Top 10 with three reaching #1, "Everyday People" for 4 weeks in 1969, "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)" for 2 weeks in 1970, and "Family Affair" for 3 weeks in 1971...
    They just missed having a fourth #1 record when "Hot Fun in the Summertime" peaked at #2* for 2 weeks in 1969...
    * The two weeks that "Hot Fun in the Summertime" was at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "I Can't Get Next to You" by the Temptations.
  • Matt from Galway, IrelandI love the way it gets all funky in the end.
  • Melissa from The Acerage, FlThis song is amazing. I love how the message is getting bihind your beliefs and holding them to yourself! Not wimping out just because someone bigger is telling you that you are wrong. Letting people know that you are you and nobody else.

    "I am me.
    I am just me.
    I am a little like other cats but mostly i am just...
    ME!"
  • Farrah from Elon, NcThis song so speaks to me.
  • Dave from Scottsdale, Az"You,ve been sitting much too long, there's a permanent crease in your right and wrong."
see more comments

Editor's Picks

Benny Mardones

Benny MardonesSongwriter Interviews

His song "Into The Night" is one of the most-played of all time. For Benny, it took him to hell and back.

Billy Joe Shaver

Billy Joe ShaverSongwriter Interviews

The outlaw country icon talks about the spiritual element of his songwriting and his Bob Dylan mention.

Director Mark Pellington ("Jeremy," "Best Of You")

Director Mark Pellington ("Jeremy," "Best Of You")Song Writing

Director Mark Pellington on Pearl Jam's "Jeremy," and music videos he made for U2, Jon Bon Jovi and Imagine Dragons.

Supertramp founder Roger Hodgson

Supertramp founder Roger HodgsonSongwriter Interviews

Roger tells the stories behind some of his biggest hits, including "Give a Little Bit," "Take the Long Way Home" and "The Logical Song."

Reverend Horton Heat

Reverend Horton HeatSongwriter Interviews

The Reverend rants on psychobilly and the egghead academics he bashes in one of his more popular songs.

Rickie Lee Jones

Rickie Lee JonesSongwriter Interviews

Rickie Lee Jones on songwriting, social media, and how she's handling Trump.