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“Just Stand Up!”
“Just Stand Up!” cover
Promotional single by LeAnn Rimes and other Artists Stand Up to Cancer
Released August 29, 2008 (digital)
September 30, 2008 (CD single)
Format Digital download, CD single
Recorded 2008
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 3:34
Label SU2C (digital)
SU2C/Island Def Jam (CD single)
Writer(s) Babyface, Ronnie Walton
Producer Babyface, Antonio "L.A." Reid

"Just Stand Up!" is a song performed by an all-star charity supergroup of pop, R&B, rock, country artists during the live version during the telethon "Stand Up to Cancer". The group was purposely billed as Artists Stand Up to Cancer to the public.

American songwriter and producer Antonio "L.A." Reid conceived the collaboration after a meeting with the founder of Stand Up to Cancer, which will benefit from the proceeds of the record. Reid co-produced the track with American singer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, and the single was released on August 29, 2008.

The singers performed the song live on the "Stand Up to Cancer" show, which aired simultaneously on US TV networks ABC, CBS and NBC on September 5, 2008.[1][2]

The single was re-released on September 30, 2008, with the original recording, as well as the audio of the live performance. The CD was enhanced so it had special features for a computer. A music video was not produced for the single.

On October 15, 2010, the song was confirmed to be double-Platinum by the RIAA, and the music video was confirmed to be Gold.[3]

Performers (in order of appearance)[]

  • Beyoncé
  • Carrie Underwood
  • Rihanna
  • Miley Cyrus
  • Sheryl Crow (only on studio version)
  • Nicole Scherzinger (only on live version)
  • Fergie
  • Leona Lewis
  • Keyshia Cole
  • Natasha Bedingfield
  • LeAnn Rimes (only on studio version)
  • Melissa Etheridge (only on studio version)
  • Ciara
  • Ashanti
  • Mary J. Blige
  • Mariah Carey

Live performance[]

The live performance was on "Stand Up 2 Cancer" event on September 5, 2008, aired by multiple channels. All the original artists appeared for the performance, except LeAnn Rimes, Sheryl Crow and Melissa Etheridge, with the addition of Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls singing the parts of Sheryl Crow. The live performance is slightly different from the original song available for download. The live performance video is available on iTunes.

Track listing[]

Digital download[4][5]
  1. "Just Stand Up"
CD single[6]
  1. "Just Stand Up!"
  2. "Just Stand Up!" (Live TV Performance)

Chart performance[]

The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at seventy-eight on the week of September 13, 2008. The next week it was the greatest sales gainer and jumped sixty-seven places to land at number 11. The next week, however, the song fell to number thirty-six. It has also peaked on the Billboard Pop 100 chart at eighteen. On the UK Singles Chart, it debuted at number thirty-nine, before climbing the chart to number twenty-six.[7] Also on the Canadian Hot 100 chart it made a "Hot Shot Debut" at number ten in the week of September 11, 2008, based on downloads.

Charts[]

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[8] 39
Austrian Singles Chart[9] 73
Canadian Hot 100[10] 10
Irish Singles Chart[11] 11
Italian Singles Chart[12] 7
Japanese Singles Chart 85
New Zealand Singles Chart[13] 19
Swedish Singles Chart[10] 51
UK Singles Chart[7] 26
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 11
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[14] 57
US Pop 100[15] 18

Personnel[]

  • With vocals – Mariah Carey, Carrie Underwood, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Natasha Bedingfield, Miley Cyrus, Leona Lewis, Keyshia Cole, LeAnn Rimes, Ciara, Ashanti and Nicole Scherzinger (only on live version)
  • Mariah Carey and Melissa Etheridge appear courtesy of Island Records.
  • Beyoncé appears courtesy of Columbia Records.
  • Mary J. Blige appears courtesy of Geffen Records.
  • Rihanna appears courtesy ofDef Jam Recordings.
  • Fergie and Sheryl Crow appear courtesy of A&M Records.
  • Natasha Bedingfield appears courtesy of Epic Records.
  • Miley Cyrus appears courtesy of Hollywood Records.
  • Leona Lewis appears courtesy of Sony BMG/Syco/J Records.
  • Carrie Underwood appears courtesy of Arista Nashville.
  • Keyshia Cole appears courtesy of Interscope-Geffen-A&M.
  • LeAnn Rimes appears courtesy of Curb Records.
  • Ashanti appears courtesy of Universal Records
  • Ciara appears courtesy of Zomba, Sony BMG.
  • Nicole Scherzinger appears courtesy of Polydor, A&M Records and Interscope (only on live version)

Release history[]

Country Date Label Format Catalog
United States August 29, 2008 SU2C Digital download N/A
September 16, 2008
September 30, 2008 SU2C / Island Def Jam CD single

References[]

  1. Kaufman, Gil (2008-08-19). "Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Fergie, Miley Cyrus, More Collaborate On Cancer Benefit Single". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1593043/20080819/carey_mariah.jhtml. Retrieved 2008-08-20. 
  2. Jessen, Monique (2008-08-20). "Mariah Carey, Beyoncé Unite For Charity Record". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20220273,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-26. 
  3. "Gold & Platinum - February 26, 2011". RIAA. 2010-10-15. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&title=Just%20Stand%20Up&go=Search&perPage=50. Retrieved 2011-02-26. 
  4. "Just Stand Up! - Single by Various Artists". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/just-stand-up!-single/id289089106. Retrieved 2013-09-16. 
  5. "Just Stand Up! - Single by Various Artists". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/just-stand-up!-single/id291405927. Retrieved 2013-09-16. 
  6. "Just Stand Up!". Amazon.com (US), Amazon.com Inc. http://www.amazon.com/Just-Stand-Up-To-Cancer/dp/B001FY7B7K. Retrieved 2013-09-16. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Artists Stand Up To Cancer - Just Stand Up". ChartStats. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=33719. Retrieved May 15, 2011. 
  8. Just Stand Up! chart history - australian-charts.com. australian-charts.com. Retrieved on June 28, 2009.
  9. Steffen Hung. "Stand Up To Cancer - Just Stand Up". lescharts.com. http://www.lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Stand+Up+To+Cancer&titel=Just+Stand+Up&cat=s. Retrieved 2011-02-26. 
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Artists Stand Up to Cancer - Just Stand Up!. acharts.us. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  11. "TOP 50 SINGLES, WEEK ENDING 11 September 2008". IRM. http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2008&year=2008&week=37. Retrieved May 15, 2011. 
  12. http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_result_digital.php?anno=%202008&mese=09&id=136
  13. "RIANZ". RIANZ. http://rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp. Retrieved 2011-02-26. 
  14. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales
  15. Billboard Pop 100