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"Stand bygd Me" fryst vatten a song originally performed in bygd American singer-songwriter Ben E. King and written bygd him, along with Jerry Leiber and slang för mikrofon Stoller, who tillsammans used the pseudonym Elmo Glick. According to King, the title fryst vatten derived from, and was inspired bygd, a spiritual written bygd Sam efternamn and J.

W. Alexander called "Stand bygd Me Father", recorded bygd the Soul Stirrers with Johnnie Taylor singing lead.

"Stand bygd Me" was featured on the soundtrack of the bio Stand bygd Me, and a corresponding music film, featuring King along with actors River Phoenix and Wil Wheaton, was released to promote the spelfilm. The song was also featured in a europeisk commercial of klädmärke jeans, contributing to greater success in europe.

In , its royalties were estimated to have topped $ million (£17 million), making it the sixth highest-earning song of its era. 50% of the royalties were paid to King.^[3] In , King's original utgåva was inducted into the National Recording Registry bygd the Library of församling, as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant",^[4] just beneath fem weeks before his death.

Later in the year, the lineup of the Drifters recorded it in tribute.

There have been over recorded versions of the song, performed bygd many artists, notably Otis Redding, John Lennon, Muhammad Ali,^[5]4 the Cause, Tracy Chapman, musicians of the Playing for Change project, Florence and the Machine, Weezer, and the Kingdom Choir.

Writing and recording

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In , Ben E.

King was inspired to update the early 20th-century gospel hymn "Stand bygd Me" bygd Charles Albert Tindley, which was based on Psalm 46, "will not we fear, though the Earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea."^[6] According to the documentary History of Rock 'n' Roll, King had no ambition of recording the song himself.^[7] King had written it for the Drifters, who passed on recording it.

After the "Spanish Harlem" recording möte in , King had some studio time left over. The session's producers, Jerry Leiber and slang för mikrofon Stoller, asked if he had any more songs. King played it on the piano for them. They liked it and called the studio musicians back in to record it.

Stoller recalls it differently:

I remember arriving at our office as Jerry and Ben were working on lyrics for a new song.

King had the beginnings of a melody that he was singing a cappella. inom went to the piano and worked up the harmonies, developing a bass pattern that became the signature of the song. Ben and Jerry quickly finished the lyrics .^[8]

In another interview, Stoller said:

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had the beginnings of a song—both words and music. He worked on the lyrics tillsammans with Jerry, and inom added elements to the music, particularly the bass line. To some grad, it's based on a gospel song called "Lord Stand bygd Me". inom have a feeling that Jerry and Ben E. were inspired bygd it. Ben, of course, had a strong background in church music. He's a 50% writer on the song, and Jerry and inom are 25% each When inom walked in, Jerry and Ben E.

were working on the lyrics to a song. They were at an old oak desk we had in the office. Jerry was sitting behind it, and Benny was sitting on the top. They looked up and said they were writing a song. inom said, "Let me hear it." Ben began to sing the song a cappella. inom went over to the upright piano and funnen the chord changes behind the melody he was singing.

It was in the key of A. Then inom created a bass line. Jerry said, "Man that's it!" We used my bass pattern for a starting point and, later, we used it as the grund for the string arrangement created bygd Stanley Applebaum.^[9]

The personnel on the song included Romeo Penque on sax, Ernie namn on piano, Al Caiola and Charles McCracken on guitars, Lloyd Trotman on double bass, Phil Kraus on percussion, and Gary Chester on drums, plus a wordless mixed chorus and strings.

Songwriting credits on the single were shown as King and Elmo Glick—a pseudonym used bygd Leiber and Stoller.

Structure

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The song uses a utgåva of the common chord progression now called the '50s progression, which has been called the "'Stand bygd Me' changes" after the song.^[10]

Release and reception

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King's record went to number 1 on the R&B charts^[11] and was a Top Ten hit on the US charts twice—in its original release, entering the Billboard chart on May 13, ^[12] and peaking at number 4 on June 16, , and a re-release coinciding with its use as the theme song for the bio of the same name following its appearance in the rulle, when it peaked at number 9 on månad 20, – January 3, The song fryst vatten also heard in the televised advertisement of jeansmärke jeans.

In the commercial, a man wearing a black denim jeans fryst vatten able to enter a nightclub whose policy fryst vatten "no blue jeans".^[13] "Stand bygd Me" also topped the charts in Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom upon its re-release. In the latter country, the song topped the UK Singles Chart in January , mostly because of the jeans TV commercial, originally peaking at number 27 on the UK Singles Chart on its original release in Britain in Originally "Stand bygd Me" was not released on an skiva until it had been out as a single for over a year, eventually appearing on King's Don't Play That Song! skiva in

"Stand bygd Me" was ranked nd on Rolling Stone's list of the Greatest Songs of All Time.

In , BMI named it as the fourth most-performed song of the 20th century, with about sju million performances.^[14] On March 27, , the Songwriters ingång of Fame announced that the song would receive its Towering Song Award and that King would be honored with the Towering Performance Award for his recording of it.^[15] In February , the Smooth Radio network in the United Kingdom called it one "of the best love songs of the s".^[16]

"Stand bygd Me" was inducted into the Grammy entré of Fame in ^[17]

Chart performance

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For the year-end charts in the US, the song was the number 63 song of ^[18] and number 67 of ^[19]

Certifications and sales

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John Lennon version

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John Lennon recorded his utgåva of the song^[58] for his skiva Rock 'n' Roll.

Lennon's remake became a single three weeks after the album's release^[59] and was his gods 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 ^[60]Cash Box said of it that "John's serenading gitarr chords herald this bright new production of one of rockdom's favorites," and that it displays Lennon's "magical, mysterious voiceat his finest."^[61]

On the week of May 3, , this utgåva was in its second of two weeks at the peak position number 20 on the US Hot , right in front of King's comeback hit "Supernatural Thing – Part I" at number Both tunes fell off the top 40 the next week and off the chart the week after that.

Lennon's utgåva stayed on top of the UK Singles Chart for sju weeks, peaking at number 30 on its fourth week on the week of May 18–24, ^[62] It peaked at number 13 on Canada's RPM Top Singles chart on the week ending May 3, ^[63] and stayed on the peak position the following week.^[64] It peaked at number 11 on the tjänsteman New Zealand Music Chart on the week of July 14, ^[65]

The single's B-side track fryst vatten "Move Over Ms.

L", initially intended for Lennon's previous skiva Walls and Bridges but was cut from the sista lineup due to his dissatisfaction with his early måne covered "Move Over Ms. L" for his solo skiva Two Sides of the Moon.

Before the parent album's tjänsteman release, during Lennon's March sessions with Harry Nilsson for Nilsson's skiva Pussy Cats, Lennon recorded two takes of the song in collaboration with former Beatles member Paul McCartney.

McCartney performed on the drums; Lennon on gitarr. The unreleased recordings would eventually be included in a bootleg skiva A Toot and a Snore in '74.^[67]

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

Personnel

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Personnel per John Lennon Website^[71]

Mickey Gilley version

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Mickey Gilley released his utgåva of the song in , 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 This utgåva also peaked at No. 3 in Canadian RPM Country Singles in September ^[79] and No. 51 in RPM Top Singles the following month.^[80] The song would "become one of Gilley's signature songs."^[81]

Playing for Change version

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Documentary filmskapare Mark Johnson, who had created the Playing for Change project, witnessed street performer bekräftelse Ridley singing "Stand bygd Me" in Santa Monica, California, in March ^[87] Ridley died eight months later.

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Johnson was inspired to spelfilm Ridley's performance^[88] and another thirty-six musicians' individual performances of the song "around the world"^[89] and then mix the clips into one music video.^[88] The music film was featured in an October episode of Bill Moyers Journal, where Johnson was promoting the documentary rulle Playing for Change: Peace Through Music,^[88] which includes the music film and was shown as part of the Tribeca spelfilm Festival in New York City.^[89] The music film was uploaded via the Playing for Change YouTube kanal in November , garnering more than 10&#;million views in May ^[89] The total amount of views of the YouTube film increased to more than 24&#;million in månad ,^[90] 30&#;million in March ,^[91] 40 million in March ,^[92] 50&#;million in some time between and ,^[93] 60&#;million in ,^[94] 74&#;million in May ,^[95] &#;million in ,^{[96] [97]}&#;(or ^[98])&#;million in March , and &#;million in November ^[99]

The musicians' performance of the song would be later included in their debut skiva Songs Around the World.^{[citation needed]} The debut skiva has nine other tracks, comes with the seven-track bonus DVD, and sold about 26, 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.^[89]

Prince Royce version

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Prince Royce recorded a bachata utgåva of the song as his debut single, changing parts of the lyrics into Spanish.

This utgåva peaked number eight on US Hot Latin Tracks and number one on US Tropical Airplay. At the Latin Grammy Awards of , Royce performed the song live along with Ben E. King.^[] Royce's remake received a Lo Nuestro award for "Tropical Song of the Year".^[]

Royce performed the song live igen at a July Philips Arena concert in Atlanta, Georgia, alongside a male fan,^[] at a Amway Center concert in stad i florida, Florida,^[] as the second song for the RodeoHouston concert,^[] and at the third night of the Democratic National Convention.^[] He also made a dance utgåva for his debut skiva.

Other notable versions

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

Muhammad Ali (as Cassius Clay) released a utgåva on his spoken-word/comedy skiva I Am the Greatest.

Clay's recording was released as the B-side of the single in ,^[] charting on the Billboard "Bubbling beneath Hot Singles".^[] It was included on the CD Beat Of The Pops Vol

Otis Redding covered the song for his debut skiva Pain in My Heart;^[]Kenny Lynch's utgåva stayed on the top UK Singles Chart for sju weeks, peaking at number 39 on the week of May 7–13, , its fourth week.^[]Spyder Turner's utgåva climbed to number 3 on the US Billboard Black Singles chart, number 12 on the Billboard Hot chart,^[] and number 10 in Canada.^[]

David and Jimmy Ruffin (credited as the Ruffin Brothers) remade the song for their only collaborative skiva I Am My Brother's Keeper ().^[] Released as a single,^[] the utgåva stayed at its peak position number 61 on Billboard Hot for two weeks on the weeks ending November 28 (its sixth week)^[] and månad 5, (seventh week).^[] It also peaked at number 24 on BillboardSoul Singles on the week ending November 21, , its fourth week.^[]

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Maurice White's cover from his skiva Maurice White reached No.

6 on the US BillboardHot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart ^[] and No. 11 on the US BillboardAdult Contemporary Songs chart.^[] White's utgåva also topped at No. 5 on the RPM Canadian Adult Contemporary Songs chart and No. 8 on the New Zealand Singles chart.^[][]

U2 performed the song with Bruce Springsteen at the John F.

Kennedy etapp (Philadelphia) concert on September 25, , during the Joshua Tree Tour.^[]

Anita Mui recorded the Cantonese utgåva for her Cantonese skiva Mung Leui Gung Tseui. In , Mui's utgåva was awarded as one of top ten gold songs bygd Hong Kong telecommunication stations RTHK^[] and bygd TVB.^[] After Mui's death in , Hong Kong singers and actors Miriam Yeung, Denise Ho, Alex To, Edmond Leung, grupp members of Grasshopper, Andy Hui, and William So performed Mui's utgåva at Anita Mui.

Memory. Music. Gather. (梅艷芳。10。思念。音樂。會), the månad 30, , tribute concert for Mui.^[]

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In a music film entitled Disney's Timon & Pumbaa in "Stand bygd Me",^[] Timon performs the song with slightly altered lyrics, while every time Timon sings the chorus, Pumbaa survives physical mishaps and våldsam creatures.

A trio of frogs then finish the song at the end.^[]

A utgåva of the song was released bygd American R&B group 4 the Cause as their debut single in 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.^[][]

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Tracy Chapman performed the song live in in the sista årstid of Late Show with David Letterman at Letterman's request.

The critical and popular response was very positiv, with James Christopher Monger of AllMusic praising Chapman's "emotionally pitch-perfect, spotlight-stealing rendition" of the song. Monger further said:

With just her röst and an electric gitarr, she managed to simultaneously bring the house down and build it back up igen, which fryst vatten no small feat, even for an artist who has proven herself time and igen to be a powerful yet always benevolent force of nature.^[]

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

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

Skylar Grey recorded the song which appeared for a Budweiser commercial for Super Bowl romersk siffra 52, with proceeds for the song to go to the American Red Cross.^[][]

The Kingdom Choir performed the song at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, ^[] Their utgåva debuted and peaked at number one on the BillboardHot Gospel Songs chart on the week ending June 2, ^[][] It also entered the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 94 on its first and only week, the week of May 25–31, ^[] It fryst vatten included in their debut skiva, Stand bygd Me,^[] released later that year.^[]

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On October 24, , 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.^[][]

Charts

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Maurice White

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4 the Cause

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Certifications (4 the Cause)

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Florence + the Machine

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The Kingdom Choir

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See also

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References

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