I'll Stand by You

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"I'll Stand by You"
Single by The Pretenders
from the album Last of the Independents
Released	1994
Genre	Rock
Writer(s)	Chrissie Hynde, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg
Chart positions
#10 (UK) #16 (U.S.)
The Pretenders singles chronology
"Night in My Veins" (1994)	"I'll Stand by You" (1994)

"I'll Stand by You" is a song by The Pretenders from their sixth studio album Last of the Independents (1994). It was released as the album's second single in 1994 (see 1994 in music) and reached number sixteen on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the top forty on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and number ten in the United Kingdom. It charted higher in the UK and U.S. than "Night in My Veins", the album's first single.

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"I'll Stand by You"
Single by Girls Aloud
from the album What Will the Neighbours Say?
B-side(s)	"Real Life"
Released	November 15, 2004
Format	CD single, maxi single
Recorded	2004
Genre	Pop
Length	3:45
Label	Polydor
Producer(s)	Xenomania
Chart positions
#1 (UK) #3 (Ireland) #5 (Greece)
Girls Aloud singles chronology
"Love Machine" (2004)	"I'll Stand by You" (2004)	"Wake Me Up" (2005)

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Girl group Girls Aloud recorded a cover of the song that served as the official Children in Need song of 2004 (see 2004 in music). It was released as a single and gave Girls Aloud their second UK number-one hit, selling over 60,000 copies in its first week of release and staying at the top for two weeks. In the UK it has sold more than 160,000 copies, making it Girls Aloud's third biggest selling single there, and the proceeds went to charity. It stayed in the UK top forty for nine weeks. Audio sample (help·info)

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Girls Aloud in the music video for "I'll Stand by You." Pictured from left to right are Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding (in back), Cheryl Cole, Kimberley Walsh (facing backwards), and Nicola Roberts (2004).

The video for Girls Aloud's version of "I'll Stand by You" begins with each member of the band lying or sitting motionless in a parched desert. At the song's climax a thunderstorm begins, and the band members come together and stand in a circle. A special Children in Need version of the video depicts the band members holding "Pudsey" teddy bears, the mascot of the organization, towards the end of the video.

In Ireland, the song managed to peak at number 3 and staying there for four consecutive weeks. In total, the single remained nine weeks in the top ten and fifteen weeks in the Irish Singles Top 50.

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