I'll Stand by You
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| Single by The Pretenders | ||||
| from the album Last of the Independents | ||||
| B-side | "Rebel Rock Me" | |||
| Released | July 21, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Length | 3:59 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Ian Stanley | |||
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| Single by Girls Aloud | |||||||||||||||
| from the album What Will the Neighbours Say? | |||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Real Life" | ||||||||||||||
| Released | 15 November 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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| Recorded | 2004 | ||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:44 | ||||||||||||||
| Label | Polydor | ||||||||||||||
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| Producer(s) | Xenomania | ||||||||||||||
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| Single by Carrie Underwood | ||||
| from the album Idol Gives Back | ||||
| Released | April 24, 2007 | |||
| Length | 3:31 | |||
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| Promotional single by Shakira featuring The Roots from the album Hope for Haiti Now | |
| Released | January 23, 2010 |
| Format | Digital download |
| Recorded | Studio 36 at CBS Television City (Queens, New York) |
| Length | 3:55 |
| Label | MTV |
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"I'll Stand by You" is a 1994 song recorded by The Pretenders from their sixth studio album, Last of the Independents. It was written by Chrissie Hynde in collaboration with the songwriting team of Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg. It was the Pretenders' last successful single in North America.
The song pledges love and faithful assistance in times of personal darkness. Since its initial release, "I'll Stand by You" has also become a major hit for British girl group Girls Aloud in 2004 and Carrie Underwood in 2007, both times recorded as a charity single.
"I'll Stand by You" was released as the second single from the album Last of the Independents in 1994, and it reached number 16 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the top 30 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 10 in the United Kingdom. It charted higher in the UK and the U.S. than "Night in My Veins", the album's first single. The music video for "I'll Stand by You" was released in 1994 and features Chrissie Hynde caring for an ill man.. It was later featured in the pilot episode of Dawson's Creek. Since 2010 the song has been used in an appeal advert for the NSPCC.
Additional musicians
In 2004, the British all-female pop group Girls Aloud recorded a cover of "I'll Stand by You" as the official Children in Need charity single. Their version was produced by Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania. The track was announced a single just ten days before its 15 November 2004 release. It became Girls Aloud's second number one on the UK Singles Chart, spending two weeks at the top position and receiving a silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry. The song appears on Girls Aloud's second studio album What Will the Neighbours Say? (2004).
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