"Stand Up" is a song by

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, released as the second official single in 2003, and taken from his fourth album, '' Chicken-n-Beer''. It was his first number-one single, with production by

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and co-production by Ludacris himself. The song topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for the week of December 6, 2003, and topped the R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart for four weeks, making it the rapper's first number one on both charts respectively. Stand Up spent a total of 28 weeks on the Hot 100. Ludacris went on to be nominated for a

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. The song made a reappearance in a commercial for the all-new 2019

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Sedan that appeared during

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on February 3, 2019. The commercial featured

himself performing the song at an

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, and also featured

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and

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Music video

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was made for the song, directed by Dave Meyers. Ludacris raps at a night club with many bizarre elements, such as a huge beer bottle, which he drinks from, a giant sneaker that he later wears, disabled people in wheelchairs dancing, a woman whose behind grows to a humungous proportion after kissing Luda, Luda and another woman as toddlers, and much more, with scenes mostly alluding to the song's lyrics.

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, Kanye West (the song's producer),

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made cameo appearances on the video.

Charts

Weekly charts

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Decade-end charts

Certifications

Remixes and cover versions

An official remix was also recorded, in which Ludacris' third verse was removed and replaced with a verse from

. The remix appeared on the ''Akademiks: JeaniusLevelMusikKanye West Vol. 2'' & ''Kon The Louis Vuitton Don'' mixtapes.

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covered the song as a

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-style version on his 2004 album '' I'd Like a Virgin''. Ludacris also made a remix of the song for the

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. Ludacris used this song to mix it with "

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" in a faster tone in some club radio stations.

References

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* {{Authority control 2003 singles 2004 singles Ludacris songs Shawnna songs Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Music videos directed by Dave Meyers (director) Song recordings produced by Kanye West Songs written by Ludacris Songs written by Kanye West 2003 songs