"Stand" is a song written by Danny Orton and Blair Daly and recorded by American

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. It was released in January 2007 as the fourth and final single from their album ''

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''. The song became their seventh number-one hit on

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chart on the week of May 12, 2007.

Content

"Stand" is a country song with a theme of having to overcome obstacles in life.

Critical reception

Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a D rating. He summed up his review by saying to "remove all remaining charm and originality from the lyric, drain all life and energy from the production, and add the most pathetically wimpy lead vocal imaginable, and you have this single."

Personnel

From ''Me and My Gang'' liner notes. * Tim Akers -

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s * Eric Darken -

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Jay DeMarcus Jay DeMarcus (born Stanley Wayne DeMarcus Jr.; on April 26, 1971) is an American bassist, vocalist, pianist, record producer and songwriter. From 1999 to 2021, he was a member of the country pop group Rascal Flatts. Early life DeMarcus was born ...

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- guitars * Charlie Judge - keyboards *

Gary LeVox Gary LeVox (born Gary Wayne Vernon Jr., July 10, 1970) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for being the lead vocalist of the contemporary country music band Rascal Flatts, and his stage name was taken from the studio-console label ...

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Joe Don Rooney Joe Don Rooney (born September 13, 1975 in Baxter Springs, KS) is an American musician. From 1999 to 2021, he was the lead guitarist and high octave harmony singer in the American country pop trio Rascal Flatts. In addition to the Electric guit ...

- guitars * Jonathan Yudkin -

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Chart performance

Year-end charts

References

2007 singles 2006 songs Rascal Flatts songs Music videos directed by Shaun Silva Song recordings produced by Dann Huff Songs written by Blair Daly Lyric Street Records singles Country ballads Songs written by Danny Orton {{2000s-country-song-stub