"Stand Up" is a song recorded by American country music artist

Mel McDaniel Melvin Huston McDaniel (September 6, 1942 – March 31, 2011) was an American country music artist. Many of his top hits were released in the 1980s, including " Louisiana Saturday Night", " Big Ole Brew", " Stand Up", " Baby's Got Her Blue Jean ...

. It was released in September 1985 as the lead single and title track from McDaniel's album ''Stand Up''. It peaked at number 5 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at number 3 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. It was written by

Bruce Channel Bruce Channel ( ; born November 28, 1940) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his 1962 number-one hit record " Hey! Baby". Career Channel performed originally for the radio program ''Louisiana Hayride'' and then joined with the harm ...

, Ricky Ray Rector, and

Sonny Throckmorton James Fron "Sonny" Throckmorton (born April 2, 1941) is an American country music songwriter. He has had more than 1,000 of his songs recorded by various country singers. He has also had minor success as a recording artist, having released two ...

. It was covered by

The Band The Band was a Canadian-American rock music, rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, in 1957. It consisted of the Canadians Rick Danko (bass, guitar, vocals, fiddle), Garth Hudson (organ, keyboards, accordion, saxophone), Richard Manuel (piano, d ...

on their 1996 album '' High on the Hog'' and Cody Canada & the Departed as a bonus track on their 2011 album This Is Indian Land.

Music video

The music video was directed by George Bloom and premiered in mid-1985. The video features actor

Gailard Sartain Gailard Sartain (born September 18, 1946) is a retired American actor who frequently played characters with roots in the South. He was a regular on the country music variety series ''Hee Haw''. He is also known for his roles in three of the Ern ...

portraying a defendant in a divorce court scenario of which he calls upon McDaniel as a key eyewitness testimony in an attempt to be exonerated from his case.

Chart performance

References

{{reflist 1985 singles Mel McDaniel songs Songs written by Sonny Throckmorton Capitol Records Nashville singles Song recordings produced by Jerry Kennedy Songs written by Bruce Channel 1985 songs