Stand My Ground

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"Stand My Ground"
Single by Within Temptation
from the album The Silent Force
B-side(s)	"Overcome"
Released	November 17, 2004
Format	CD single, DigitalDownload
Recorded	2004
Genre	Gothic Rock/Rock/Symphonic metal
Length	4.14
Label	Roadrunner Records
Writer(s)	Robert Westerholt, Sharon den Adel, Han'some, Daniel Gibson
Chart positions
#4 (the Netherlands) #9 (Belgium), Finland) #13 (Germany) #20 (Norway) #21 (Sweden) #25 (Austria) #67 (Switzerland)
Within Temptation singles chronology
"Mother Earth" (2002)	"Stand My Ground" (2004)	"Memories" (2005)
DVD Cover

Stand My Ground is the first single of Dutch band Within Temptation from their third studio album The Silent Force, a million selling album. It became a top 10 hit in 3 countries (the Netherlands, Belgium and Finland) and became a top 40 hit in 4 other countries.

Contents 1 TrackListing 2 Video 3 Charts Reception 4 Charts 5 Chart performance 6 Footnotes

[edit] TrackListing

CD single

1. "Stand My Ground" (radio version)
2. "Overcome (non album version)

CD Multi single

1. "Stand My Ground" (radio version)
2. "Overcome" (non album version)
3. "Its The Fear" (demo version)
4. "Stand My Ground" (album version)
5. "Towards The End"
6. "The Swan Song"

DVD single

1. "Stand My Ground" (Album Version)
2. "Overcome"
3. "It's The Fear" (Demo Version)
4. "Forsaken"
5. "Towards The End"
6. "Stand My Ground" (Video)
7. Making of ... "Stand My Ground" (Video)
8. "Studio impressions" (Video)
9. "On Tour" (Video)

[edit] Video

The video is shot almost totally in front of a greensheet (except the temple in the beginning) where they edited most of the surroundings around the band with the computer. The story of the video is that the singer of the band (Sharon) opens the ground with a necklace and finds a book. She starts to read the books and finds out that the earth will be overwhelmed by a storm and will be unlivable. As the storm begins Sharon and the band fight a way through the storm and survive by leaving with a boat.

The video was shot in the Netherlands and was released 2 weeks before the single release. Also the video was Superclip at the Dutch music station TMF. Which means it would be played every hour a week long.

Link to the video: [3]

[edit] Charts Reception

The song was most succesful in the Netherlands reaching the #4 spot but was also the most succesful song after Ice Queen in Europe. It went top ten in also Belgium and Finland and became a #13 hit in Germany. The lowest position was #67 in Switzerland. In the Spanish Airplay Chart and Los 40 Principales reaching #1.

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak
Dutch Singles Chart [1]	4
Belgium Singles Chart [2]	9
Finnish Singles Chart [2]	9
German Singles Chart [2]	13
Norwegian Singles Chart [2]	20
Swedish Singles Chart [2]	21
Austrian Singles Chart [2]	25
Swiss Singles Chart [2]	67

[edit] Chart performance

Dutch Top 40[3]
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09
Position	27	10	5	4	8	13	20	32	32

[edit] Footnotes

Within Temptation
Ruud Jolie | Jeroen van Veen | Stephen van Haestregt | Sharon den Adel | Martijn Spierenburg | Robert Westerholt
Discography
Enter (1997) | The Dance (1998) | Mother Earth (2001) | The Silent Force (2004) | The Heart of Everything (2007)