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'Stand by Me' is a song originally performed by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King and written by King, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller. According to King, the title is derived from, and was inspired by, a spiritual written by Sam Cooke and J. W. Alexander called 'Stand by Me Father,' recorded by the Soul Stirrers with Johnnie Taylor singing lead. The third line of the second verse of the former work derives from Psalm 46:2c/3c.^[2]

There have been over 400 recorded versions of the song, performed by many artists. It was featured on the soundtrack of the 1986 film Stand by Me, and a corresponding music video, featuring King along with actors River Phoenix and Wil Wheaton, was released to promote the film. In 2012 it was estimated that the song's royalties had topped $US 22.8 million (£17 million), making it the sixth highest-earning song as of that time. 50% of the royalties were paid to King.^[3] In 2015 King's original version was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, as 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant',^[4] just under five weeks before his death. Later in the year, the 2015 line up of the Drifters recorded it, in tribute to him.

• 1Song information
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Song information[edit]

In 1960, Ben E. King was inspired to update the early 20th century gospelhymn by Charles Albert Tindley, which was based around the psalm, 'will not we fear, though the Earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.'^[5]

According to the documentary History of Rock 'n' Roll, King had no intention of recording the song himself.^[6] King had written it for the Drifters, who passed on recording it. After the 'Spanish Harlem' recording session in 1960, King had some studio time left over. The session's producers, Jerry Leiber and Mike 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. I 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 ... .^[7]

In another interview, Stoller said:

Ben E. had the beginnings of a song—both words and music. He worked on the lyrics together with Jerry, and I added elements to the music, particularly the bass line. To some degree, it's based on a gospel song called 'Lord Stand By Me'. I have a feeling that Jerry and Ben E. were inspired by it. Ben, of course, had a strong background in church music. He's a 50% writer on the song, and Jerry and I are 25% each.... When I 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. I said, 'Let me hear it.'... Ben began to sing the song a cappella. I went over to the upright piano and found the chord changes behind the melody he was singing. It was in the key of A. Then I 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 basis for the string arrangement created by Stanley Applebaum.^[8]

The personnel on the song included Romeo Penque on sax, Ernie Hayes 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 by Leiber and Stoller.

King's record went to No. 1 on the R&B charts^[9] and was a Top Ten hit on the US charts twice—in its original release, entering the Billboard chart on May 13, 1961^[10] and peaking at No. 4 on June 16, 1961, and a 1986 re-release coinciding with its use as the theme song for the movie of the same name following its appearance in the film, when it peaked at No. 9 on 20 December 1986 - 3 January 1987, and also in an advertisement for Levi Jeans. It also reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1987 after its re-release, mostly because of the jeans spot, originally reaching No. 27 on its first release.

The song was not released on an album until it had been out as a single for two years. The song appeared on King's Don't Play That Song! album.

The song was ranked 122nd on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 1999, BMI named it as the fourth most-performed song of the 20th century, with about seven million performances.^[11]

On March 27, 2012, the Songwriters Hall of Fame announced that the song would receive its 2012 Towering Song Award and that King would be honored with the 2012 Towering Performance Award for his recording of it.^[12]

Structure[edit]

The song uses a version of the common chord progression now called the 50s progression, which has been called the 'Stand by Me' changes' after the song.^[13]

Other notable versions[edit]

• Adriano Celentano's 1962 Italian version, 'Pregherò' (meaning 'I will pray') reached no. 1 on the Italian charts.^[14]
• 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 eponymous single in 1964,^[15] charting on the Billboard 'Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles'.^[16] It was included on the CD Beat Of The Pops Vol 34.
• Spyder Turner's 1967 version climbed to No. 3 on the US Billboard Black Singles chart and No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100chart.^[17]
• John Lennon recorded his version of the song for his 1975 album Rock 'n' Roll. Lennon's remake 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.^[18] On May 3, 1975 this version was in its second of two weeks at the peak position #20 on the US Hot 100, right in front of King's comeback hit 'Supernatural Thing - Part I' at #21. Both tunes fell off the top 40 the next week and off the chart the week after that.
• Mickey Gilley released his version of the song in 1980, and it was included in the movie Urban Cowboy. It was his eighth #1 on the US country charts and also reached #22 on the US Hot 100.
• Maurice White's 1985 cover got to Nos. 6 & 11 on the BillboardHot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Adult Contemporary charts respectively.^[19][20]
• A version of the song released by American R&B group 4 The Cause in 1998 was a #1 hit in Switzerland, reached No. 2 of the Austrian and German singles charts and number three in New Zealand, and was a top-ten hit in several other countries.^[21][22]
• Prince Royce recorded a bachata version of the song as his debut single, changing parts of the lyrics into Spanish. This version peaked No. 8 on US Hot Latin Tracks and No. 1 on US Tropical Airplay. At the Latin Grammy Awards of 2010, Royce performed a live version of the song along with Ben E. King.^[23] Royce's remake received a Lo Nuestro award for 'Tropical Song of the Year'.^[24]
• Florence + the Machine recorded the song for the soundtrack and trailer of Final Fantasy XV in 2016.^[25][26] The cover peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot Rock Singles in December 2016.^[27]
• Playing for Change band recorded the song in their first album 'Songs Around the World'.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^[28][29]
• The Kingdom Choir performed the song at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, 2018.^{[citation needed]}
• Weezer covered the song on their 12th studio album Weezer (Teal Album) released on January 24th 2019.^{[citation needed]}

Chart performance[edit]

Ben E. King[edit]

For the year-end charts in the US, the song was the #63 song of 1961^[34] and #67 of 1987.^[35]

John Lennon[edit]

Mickey Gilley[edit]

Maurice White[edit]

4 the Cause[edit]

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Prince Royce[edit]

Florence + the Machine[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Songs From Final Fantasy XV - Florence + the Machine | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic'. AllMusic.
2. ^Laurence Ourac. 'Stand by Me: Digging The Oldies Part 3'. Retrieved October 8, 2016. (The actual reference is Psalm 46:2c rather than all of Psalm 46:2-3.)^{[clarification needed]}
3. ^'BBC4…The World's Richest Songs'. Did You Watch It?. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
4. ^'New Entries to National Recording Registry | News Releases - Library of Congress'. Loc.gov. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
5. ^Connor, Alan (May 21, 2018). 'Stand By Me: More than a royal wedding song'. BBC News. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
6. ^'Good Rockin' Tonight'. (c) 1995 Time-Life Video.
7. ^Leiber, Jerry; Stoller, Mike; Ritz, David (2009). Hound Dog: The Leiber & Stoller Autobiography. Simon & Schuster. p. 174. ISBN978-1-4165-5938-2.
8. ^'May 2012'. JazzWax. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
9. ^Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 325.
10. ^http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1961-05-13
11. ^'BMI Announces Top 100 Songs of the Century | News'. BMI.com. December 13, 1999. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
12. ^'Stand By Me Named Towering Song, Ben E. King Towering Performance, Lance Freed Abe Olman Publisher'. SongHall. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
13. ^Moore, Allan (1995). 'The So-Called 'Flattened Seventh' in Rock'. Popular Music. Cambridge University Press. 14 (2): 185–201. doi:10.1017/S0261143000007431.
14. ^'Hit Parade del 24 Novembre 1962'. Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
15. ^'Late Single Spotlights'. Billboard. Vol. 76 no. 10. March 7, 1964. p. 4. Retrieved May 11, 2017. The flip is a legit reading of the Ben E. King hit from a while back.
16. ^Stutz, Colin (June 4, 2016). 'Muhammad Ali the Grammy-Nominated, Billboard-Charting Musician'. Billboard. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
17. ^'Deep Online April 2010'. Soulexpress.net. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
18. ^The Old Grey Whistle Test (DVD). Warner Home Video. 2003.
19. ^ ^ab'Maurice White: Stand By Me (Hot R&B Songs)'. Billboard.com.
20. ^ ^ab'Maurice White: Stand By Me (Adult Contemporary)'. Billboard.com.
21. ^Steffen Hung. '4 The Cause - Stand By Me'. Austriancharts.at. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
22. ^'Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts'. Musicline.de. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
23. ^'Prince Royce All Set To Touch The Sky'. Thaindian.com. November 12, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
24. ^'Premio Lo Nuestro 2011 Winners List'. Nochelatina.com. February 18, 2011. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
25. ^Bilstein, Jon (March 31, 2016). 'Hear Florence and the Machine's Sweeping 'Stand By Me' Cover'. Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
26. ^'Florence + The Machine Covers Classic 'Stand By Me' for Final Fantasy XV' (Press release). Square Enix. March 30, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
27. ^'Chart History: Florence + the Machine'. Billboard. 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
28. ^Langone, Alix. 'Budweiser Just Released Its 2018 Super Bowl Commercial and It Has Nothing to Do With Beer'. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
29. ^Marzovilla, Julia. 'Skylar Grey Helps Highlight 'A Good Cause on a Large Scale' With New Budweiser Super Bowl Commercial'. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
30. ^ ^ab'Ben E. King awards'. AllMusic. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
31. ^ ^ab'Ben E. King'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
32. ^'Ben E. King Chart History (Hot 100)'. Billboard.
33. ^Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 130.
34. ^'1961'. Longbored Surfer. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
35. ^'1987'. Longbored Surfer. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
36. ^'John Lennon Chart History (Hot 100)'. Billboard.
37. ^Blaney, John (2005). John Lennon: Listen to This Book (illustrated ed.). [S.l.]: Paper Jukebox. p. 326. ISBN978-0-9544528-1-0.
38. ^'Mickey Gilley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)'. Billboard.
39. ^'Mickey Gilley Chart History (Hot 100)'. Billboard.
40. ^'Mickey Gilley Chart History (Adult Contemporary)'. Billboard.
41. ^'Maurice White: Stand By Me (Hot 100)'. Billboard.com.
42. ^'4 the Cause Chart History (Hot 100)'. Billboard.
43. ^'End of Year Charts 1998'. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
44. ^Prince Royce Billboard Singes, AllMusic
45. ^'Ultratop.be – Florence %2B The Machine – Stand By Me' (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
46. ^'Ultratop.be – Florence %2B The Machine – Stand By Me' (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
47. ^'Belgium Digital Songs'. Billboard. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
48. ^'Lescharts.com – Florence %2B The Machine – Stand By Me' (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
49. ^'Florence + the Machine – Stand By Me Media Forest'. Mediaforest.biz. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
50. ^'Florence + the Machine Chart History (Hot Rock Songs)'. Billboard. Retrieved January 19, 2017.

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