Artist
Ben E. King
Lyrics
When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
No I won't be afraid, oh I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
So darling, darling
Stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand, stand by me
Stand by me
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
Or the mountains should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry
No I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
And darling, darling
Stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand now, stand by me
Stand by me
So darling, darling
Stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand now, stand by me, stand by me
Whenever you're in trouble would you stand by me
Oh stand by me, oh would you stand now, stand by me
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
No I won't be afraid, oh I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
So darling, darling
Stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand, stand by me
Stand by me
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
Or the mountains should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry
No I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
And darling, darling
Stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand now, stand by me
Stand by me
So darling, darling
Stand by me, oh stand by me
Oh stand now, stand by me, stand by me
Whenever you're in trouble would you stand by me
Oh stand by me, oh would you stand now, stand by me
RS500_rank
121
Length
2:54
BPM
108.9
Released Year
1961
Genre Era
Genre
Key
F#m
Produced By
Leiber, Stoller
Released Info
April '61 on Atco
Chart Weeks
14 weeks
Chart Top
No. 4
Musicbrainz ID
ef2be31b-26c6-3388-424f-fe3eece7b896
Song Note Source
Rolling Stone 500
Song of Day Date
Written By
King, Elmo Glick, Jerry Leiber, Mike<br/>Stoller
Album
The Very Best of Ben E. King (Rhino)
Song Status
King wrote "Stand By Me" when he was still the lead singer of the Drifters -- but the group didn't want it. As King recalled, the Drifters' manager told him, "Not a bad song, but we don't need it." But after King went solo, he revived "Stand By Me" at the end of a session with Leiber. "I showed him the song," King said. "Did it on piano a little bit. He called the musicians back into the studio, and we went ahead and recorded it." "Stand By Me" has been a classic ever since.