Stand My Ground

"Stand My Ground"
Single by Within Temptation
from the album The Silent Force
B-side "Overcome", "Towards The End" "It's The Fear" "Forsaken" "The Swan Song"
Released 17 November 2004
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2004
Genre Symphonic metal, alternative metal
Length 4:26 (album version)
3:58 (single version)
Label Roadrunner
Writer(s) Robert Westerholt, Sharon den Adel, Martijn Spierenburg, Daniel Gibson [1]
Producer(s) Daniel Gibson
Within Temptation singles chronology
"Running Up that Hill"
(2003)		 "Stand My Ground"
(2004)		 "Memories"
(2005)
Music video
"Stand My Ground" on YouTube

"Stand My Ground" is the first single from Dutch symphonic metal/rock band Within Temptation's The Silent Force. The song is also included on the U.S. edition of the band's 2007 album The Heart of Everything. It became a top 10 hit in three countries (the Netherlands, Belgium and Finland) and became a top 40 hit in four other countries. It was also used in the trailer for the film Blood & Chocolate.[2]

Along with their earlier singles Ice Queen and Mother Earth, Stand My Ground has become one of the bands signature songs and is performed on their set of almost every concert since its release.

Track listing

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

Video

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.

Charts reception

The song was successful in the Netherlands reaching the #4 spot but was also the most successful song after Ice Queen in Europe. It went top ten in also Belgium and Finland and became a #13 hit in Germany. Although there was no sign of the song in the official Spanish chart, it topped the Spanish Airplay Chart and Los 40 Principales.

Charts

Single Charts

Chart (2004-2005) Peak
position
scope="row" Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 25
scope="row" Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 9
scope="row" Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[5] 5
scope="row" Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] 9
scope="row" Germany (Media Control Charts)[7] 13
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 5
scope="row" Norway (VG-lista)[9] 20
scope="row" Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 21
scope="row" Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 67

Year-end charts

Chart (2004) Position
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[12] 89

Chart performance

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

References

  1. ↑ Ascap entry for song ASCAP, accessed September 6, 2010
  2. ↑ http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/withintemptatio.htm
  3. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Within Temptation – Stand My Ground" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Within Temptation – Stand My Ground" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Within Temptation – Stand My Ground" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Within Temptation: Stand My Ground" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Chartverfulgong > Within Temptation > Stand My Ground – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  8. ↑ http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Within+Temptation&titel=Stand+My+Ground&cat=s
  9. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Within Temptation – Stand My Ground". VG-lista. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Within Temptation – Stand My Ground". Singles Top 60. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Within Temptation – Stand My Ground". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  12. ↑ http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2004
  13. ↑ Top 40 - Within Temptation - The Silent Force